In a national spelling contest in America, an 11–year–old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her 1 voice the judges were not sure if she spelled the word with the letter A or E. They talked it over and 2 decided to simply ask her what she had said. By now, the girl knew she had 3 the word. But instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the 4 letter — so she lost the contest.
As the girl walked off the 5, the entire audience stood to their feet clapping to applaud her 6. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this 11– year–old girl's honesty, even when it 7 her the contest. But the fact is that she 8 the biggest contest that day: the contest of her 9.
Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get 10. This young girl could easily have 11 and nobody would have known it but herself. But that's just it: She would know she did wrong. It's been said, “If you 12, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was strong and smart enough to prize her own 13 and character more than the prize from a spelling 14. Her respect for herself was more important than any 15 others might give her for winning a contest. She knew she would have to live with herself and the 16 she made in that moment will have long–lasting influence.
It's so true that the choices you make today17 what you are tomorrow. Our children will 18 our behavior much more than our advice. So if we want them to 19to be honest, we must show them the way by being honest ourselves. Remember, our kids are20 what we do and how we live even when we don't think they see or know.
As Internet users become more dependent on the Internet to store information, are people remember less? If you know your computer will save information, why store it in your own personal memory, your brain? Experts are wondering if the Internet is changing what we remember and how.
In a recent study, Professor Betsy Sparrow conducted some experiments. She and her research team wanted to know the Internet is changing memory. In the first experiment, they gave people 40 unimportant facts to type into a computer. The first group of people understood that the computer would save the information. The second group understood that the computer would not save it. Later, the second group remembered the information better. People in the first group knew they could find the information again, so they did not try to remember it.
In another experiment, the researchers gave people facts to remember, and told them where to find the information an the Internet. The information was in a specific computer folder (文件夹). Surprisingly, people later remember the folder location (位置) better than the facts. When people use the Internet, they do not remember the information. Rather, they remember how to find it. This is called “transactive memory (交互记忆)”
According to Sparrow, we are not becoming people with poor memories as a result of the Internet. Instead, computer users are developing stronger transactive memories; that is, people are learning how to organize huge quantities of information so that they are able to access it at a later date. This doesn’t mean we are becoming either more or less intelligent, but there is no doubt that the way we use memory is changing.
In today's Internet age, the demand for online games continues to grow. Online computer game centers exist in many cities and towns throughout Asia. Facing the pressures of school and life, people turn to the virtual world, expecting a diversion from these problems. Too often, however, they can lead to problems and unhealthy addictions.
This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. The country has the world's highest percentage of high-speed Internet services. It also has a high number of online game players and related problems. In 2013, a young man collapsed and died while playing online games. He had been playing almost nonstop for 86 hours at an Internet cafe. Another young man killed his sister after becoming confused between the online world and real life. A 12-year-old boy stole US $ 16,000 from his father and ran away from home. He did this to continue his obsession with an online game. Such problems, however, don't just happen in South Korea. They are spreading to other parts of Asia, as well.
What kinds of people develop online game addiction? What does the problem look like? Dr. SueHuei Chen, a clinical psychologist, researches Internet addiction. She discovered some signs of at-risk individuals such as lack friendships and good social skills. Those problem individuals feel it so compulsive to play online games that they could sacrifice things such as school or family. They feel the need to spend more and more time online. And they become upset if anyone tries to limit their online game playing.
How many problem game players are there? In mainland China, the potential number of problem online gamers is alarming. In 2014, the China Daily reported that China had 13.8 million online game players. Furthermore, it stated that 80 percent of these were under 25 and had signs of addiction. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth.
Make sure to keep control over your online game playing. If you don't control it, it can get control of you.
My most rewarding experience throughout the past two years was volunteering at the swimming competition for Special Olympics where a disabled friend of my community took part. This had special 1for me because experiencing it helped improve my leadership skills, my character, and support my community.
First, my leadership skills developed when I 2directed each swimmer where to line up at the platform and 3each player when they needed to swim. I had to make sure that the swimmers were 4and ready to perform. This kept me on my feet at all times and5of each event's time and location. I learned each swimmer's name, since many of them swam in more than one 6.
Secondly, my7was greatly improved when I saw the swimmers get their awards for winning each swimming event, I was8that most swimmers could swim better than I. It astonished me by their 9attitudes, whether they won or lost. This also expanded my horizons, offering me the opportunity to10people I would normally not come across. I went out of my11zone and did whatever was needed to be done. It was especially 12when I saw the cheerful faces of the players.
Lastly, I was of 13to my community by lending a hand to this organization in need of 14. To be a15of it gave me a chance to improve my community and become16with the people living in this area.
As Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we do, but we make a lite by what we give. ”The17should be done throughout your life.18through the many opportunities my community has offered I was privileged to be 19in this exciting and important event in these players' lives. I hope to be a(n)20at this event in years to come.
Running for a Dream
I will never forget that November day. It was hotter than normal. This was the 1my father and I had waited so long for, because we had been working towards this race for three years. Dozens of familiar faces from church and school flashed across my view. They had come2me. I saw worry and3on my father's face. Then the race began!
For the first two and a half miles. I felt4.I had never before been so ready for something. The weeks leading up to the race were filled with controlled5and a strict diet. My friends hadn't seen me in weeks, but they understood the6required to make my dream a reality. As in all of my races, I didn't7out in the front, I loved the pleasure of passing people as my strength overtook their premature speed.
Then without warning, my strength began to decrease. Neck and neck with one of my greatest competitors, I8see the finish line. I had begun the final dash into9when my knees became weak and my legs gave way. Nothing I could do would make them10weight.
I watched as runners rushed by me.11I knew my dreams of victory were destroyed. I had to finish the race. However, my legs hurt badly. With all of the 12left in me, I got on my hands and knees and crawled （爬）,inch by inch, across the finish line. Voices, both13and familiar, cheered me on. They gave me the courage to keep14until the very end.
The doctors were there in seconds, but my eyes searched the crowd for him. There was only one person I wanted to15to. I whispered, "I'm so sorry, Dad, I'm so sorry I 16you." He looked at me, saying," You could never disappoint me. Sometimes these things just17.All that matters is that you did your best."
"But we worked so18.What about our dream？"He reached over for my hand and said, "Don't you know that you are my dream and it has come true？"
It wasn't long before my running shoes were back on, marking a19path for my journey, I learned that all of the miles, the tears, the sweat, and the pain my dad and I experienced together were not for a20.What I realized, though, was that to him ,I was the greatest prize he had ever won.
I always remember one Christmas when we 1 outside of town. My older brother had a job in a different city 2 he always made it home to celebrate the holidays. During the few days before Christmas Day, we 3 a violent snowstorm with powerful winds. It was so 4 that the country road was almost impassable.
The day before Christmas was more 5 than I had ever imagined. My older brother was stuck at a stranger's home where he had been 6 to stay overnight because of the storm. The person was 7enough to let him stay until morning. But, the 8 was that he couldn't get his car to start and there was no assistance available.
So, my dad and I 9. We were lucky enough to make it to where my brother was 10. After his car warmed up, he thought it much 11 to head back to his place rather than try and make it home for Christmas. So we headed in 12 directions.
The drive back got even worse. We got stuck in a huge snowdrift. A(n) 13 had to be made. We placed a shovel(铲子) about ten feet behind the car to 14 anyone else that there was an obstruction(障碍物) ahead.
We left the cars in the 15 , wrapped(包裹) blankets around our heads and 16 on top of the snowdrifts. We made it about a mile up the road to a neighbor's farmhouse where we 17 for the next mile walk home. We all made it 18 home that night.
Christmas was very 19 that year. It didn't matter if there were20 or not under the tree the next morning. We each got our gift—the gift of life, home with our family safe and sound. What better gift is there? None.
Takamizawa, aged 91, was one of the more than 200,000 people who requested to volunteer for Tokyo's 2020 Games. English is not required for service, but it is a helpful1 for volunteers to have. But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. She was in high school when World War Two 2. She said, "In my second year there, English was banned(禁止) because it was the 3 language."
Takamizawa said that her grandchildren helped 4 her she was not too old to learn.
"When I talked to my grandchildren about my5, they said, 'it's not too late. We will teach you one word a day. It's going to be a good 6 for you."
Natsuko is Takamizawa's 7 and main English teacher. Natsuko 8 a new English word to her grandmother's phone every day. They also often work together 9 on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics.
"Welcome to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you?" Takamizawa answers when 10 to say an English phrase she has learned.
Natsuko 11 that she wanted to give her grandmother something to 12. "I can clearly see her English is getting better. It's my joy now."
For the level of English spoken in a country, Japan ranks (排列)49th among countries where English is not the 13 language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations 14English. Japanese students often learn English at a much 15 age than they did in the past.
However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen 16 Japanese people become more open to the rest of the world. She says that people in Japan should act not only as Japanese citizens, but also as "17 members" of the Earth.
With around 500 days to go until the Games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to welcome the world to Tokyo. When Japan last held the Summer Olympics in 1964, Takamizawa was too busy 18 a family to go to any events.
Takamizawa said she never thought the Olympics would happen in Tokyo 19 in her lifetime. "It's good," she said, "to 20 long."
"When I grow up, I want to be a mountain climber," Jack, my four-year-old son, announce. My husband, Jack and I are now 1 Cradle Mountain. Here the sky is clear and the plants are green. We don't know how our kid will progress, but we're 2 to give it a go.
Usually some parents, me included, would 3 that bushwalking would present a great opportunity for disaster. However, we couldn't be more 4. We are swallowed up (吞没) by the 5 of the nature.
My husband and I 6 glances (眼色) as Jack runs ahead of us. He keeps a confident and steady (稳的) 7, staying three or four meters ahead of us. Who is this kid 8 us through the bush? This can't be the same boy who won't play outside 9 someone keeps him company (陪伴).
"Hey, look at this!" Jack cries, pointing at a 10 in a tree. "Who lives here? It may be a snake's 11." His dad and I 12 and look on, nodding and predicting (预测) who might call the tree home. Before reaching a 13, Jack is off again, keeping a distance between himself and us.
I think about how I have often felt 14 as a parent. Frequently I find myself 15 to cross the tricky (棘手的) pass of boyhood: "Why won't this child 16? Why won't he do as he is told? Why is he so 17?" Yet, here we find ourselves in the wilderness, and the boy is showing us the 18. The world is unfolding before him, and he is crossing it with 19 and natural curiosity, and as his parents, we are only 20 on his journey, following in his size 12 footsteps.
There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see there is a lot of sleeping on the bus or train on the 1 home from work in the evenings. A man will be 2 the newspaper, and seconds later it 3as if he is trying to 4 it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger 5 next to him. 6 place where unplanned short sleep 7 is in the lecture hall where a student will start snoring(打鼾)so 8 that the professor has to ask another student to 9 the sleeper awake. A more embarrassing(尴尬)situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and the 10 of the head pushes the arm off the 11, and the movement carries the 12 of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no 13 of getting there. The worst time to fall asleep is when 14. Police reports are full of 15 that occur when people fall into sleep and go 16 the road. If the drivers are 17, they are not seriously hurt. One woman's car, 18, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of 19 and thought it was raining. When people are really 20, nothing will stop them from falling asleep-no matter where they are.
Electronic games are often seen as a distraction from schoolwork, but now, there's a school course to study them- since this semester, Peking University has 1 an optional course called General Theory of Electronic Games, which has gained 2among students. It was 3 designed to accept 120 students, but around 200 attended the first two lessons.
However, the new course has caused a heated public debate. Some people think that as the celebrated Peking University has opened a course on electronic games, students may believe it's 4 to play games rather than 5 the research.
In response to these 6, the course teacher explained that the course isn't designed to 7 conventional view. "I like playing games, but fully 8of the problems that the games have brought about," he said. "I have a sense of 9. I want more students to know what electronic games are —their benefits and harms."
Instead of teaching students how to play electronic games, the course will 10 issues related to electronic games, such as research and development, technology and 11psychology.
This new course at Peking University arrives at a time when China's game industry is 12. China's video game market is the world's largest and is expected to continue to 13.
And the flourishing industry has 14 influenced many Chinese people, especially the young. More than 38 percent of Chinese people younger than 26 said their ideal job would be to work as a(n) 15 electronic gamer.
Despite this, a professor from Shenzhen University said it is 16 for universities and individuals to keep a 17 head in face of the market. "I hope the public can view electronic games as 18 activity and leave enough room for 19 development," he said. "Parents and teachers should also help students choose majors that can give full play to their 20.
Daily random (随意的) acts of kindness can begin with two words, "Good morning!" It's 1 how two words expressed from the heart can 2 the outcome of a day, any day for that matter.
During my daily visit to a local store, I've befriended an employee who occasionally seems to be 3 lack of sleep. However, he does his best to offer a good 4. I've made it a(n)5 to greet him with a "Good morning" each day and most 6, mean it. I'll even ask how he's doing and stop to listen to his story. Equally important is a 7 smile that shows, "It's good to see you. I'm glad you're working today."
Over the last few weeks, this young man has started giving me free coffee refills for no reason. When I asked him why, he said, "It's because you are always nice to me. I 8 it." During my weekly Friday Breakfast Group, I shared how 9 I was to get "free" coffee just by saying "Good morning". I 10 all of them to try it, for a day, a week, a month.
One day I found him in low 11. My morning greetings didn't 12 for once and neither did my smile. "Come on. It can't be that bad. Your time's coming." I comforted him, 13 those words of assurance (保证) didn't 14 me. Try as I might to blow it off, I couldn't shake the thought. Why wait for someone else to make a(n) 15 when I could do it myself?
I noticed a gift shop just a stone's 16 away. Twenty minutes later, I returned to the store and presented this young man with a 17. "See, I told you good things would come your way." He looked 18, but finally he smiled.
The next day my "Good morning" greeting was met with one cheerful hello from a most grateful employee. He said, "Thank you. I was having a bad day and you went out of your way to 19 it." I was trying to think of something else to say. "What goes around comes around, doesn't it?"
The acts of kindness, even if it begins with two simple words, can 20 easily. I can tell you they will change your life for the better.
It was in four decades of nursing that I'd had such a terrible problem with a colleague. Rita seemed to look down upon me and I had no idea why. Every 1 I expressed had the opposite effect. Our relationship was so impossibly 2 that I didn't even pray about it.
It is eight years since I 3 from nursing, and certainly retired from ever thinking about that 4 coworker. A pandemic (流行病) had 5 us all like a ton of bricks and even my town of Huntington had sold out of protective masks. I 6 for a box of hospital-grade masks I had left over. Well, I didn't find the masks, 7 I found some old, unopened mail — a Christmas card — I'd 8 placed near some reference materials a year ago. That kind of thing is always a 9 to find, but the return address was Florida and I couldn't 10 who I knew there.
I opened the envelope and read the card in 11 —-it was from Rita. ''Please 12 me for being such a mean person. '' she wrote. A 13 of love and forgiveness washed over me. I'm not really a(n) 14 because of a problem with my hands, but there at 11:30 p.m., I typed out an emotional message 15 her that there was no cause for concern, no need for forgiveness 16 there is only love and gratitude for the mercy and miracles of God. In a matter of seconds, I 17 a text back. Rita was over the moon with 18. She said that this reconciliation(和解) and my physical healing had been her 19 prayer. That was 20, I thought, but then again with God nothing is really ever that unexpected, is it?
If you have strong arms and feet, patience and a good temper, you might 1 a good waiter. You must start, 2, not in the restaurant, but in the kitchen, helping the chef, to learn how each dish is 3.
From this first step, you may enter the restaurant 4 a ''commis'' (厨助). But you won't be 5 to serve the customers yet. They will only let you do the bottomed jobs, 6the tables and carrying the plates. But all the time you must watch and learn with 7.
Later you may become ''chef de rang'' (a waiter in charge of a number of tables). You may even become a head waiter 8, if you have the right sort of personality and you are not 9 of hard work.
When Carlo Bianchi first arrived in London, he spoke only two words of English - ''please'' and ''Hello''. He 10 to get a job helping in the kitchen of a restaurant, and he spent what little 11 time he had learning English. He was a good worker and soon they 12 him a job in the restaurant as a waiter.
Every night, Carlo 13 to go home exhausted, but never too 14 to study the language for half an hour before going to sleep. And no matter how tired or ill he felt, he always wore a 15 for his customers. They liked him, and people came and asked to be 16 by Carlo.
Now, twenty-five years later, Carlo is in 17 of six restaurants, and he 18 to open a seventh shortly. So friends, in this world success never comes overnight. Start from the 19and make progress step by step with enough patience and 20 chances will fall upon you.
The journey my daughter Cathy has had with her swimming is as long as it is beautiful.
Cathy suffered some terrible 1 in her early childhood. After years of regular treatment, she 2 became healthy.
Two years ago, while Cathy was watching the Olympics, a dream came into her sweet little head—to be a swimmer. Last summer, she wanted to 3 our local swim team. She practiced hard and finally 4 it. The team practice, 5 was a rough start. She coughed and choked and could hardly 6 her first few weeks. Hearing her coughing bitterly one night, I decided to 7 her from it all. But Cathy woke me up early next morning, wearing her swimsuit 8 to go! I told her she shouldn't swim after a whole night's coughing, but she refused to 9 and insisted she go.
From that day on, Cathy kept swimming and didn't 10 a single practice. She had a 11 intention within herself to be the best she could be. My ten-year-old was growing and changing right before my eyes, into this 12 human being with a passion and a mission. There were moments of 13 of course: often she would be the last swimmer in the race. It was difficult for Cathy to accept that she wasn't a 14—ever. But that didn't stop her from trying.
Then came the final awards ceremony at the end of the year. Cathy didn't expect any award but was still there to 15 her friends and praise their accomplishments. As the ceremony was nearing the end, I suddenly heard the head coach 16, "The highest honor goes to Cathy!" Looking around, he continued, "Cathy has inspired us with her 17 and enthusiasm. 18 skills and talents bring great success, the most valuable asset(财富) one can hold is the heart."
It was the greatest 19 of my daughter's life. With all she had been 20 in her ten years, this was the hour of true triumph(成功).
My husband and I arrived in a new country just a month ago. We were sort of 1about what was waiting for us. However, when we2at the airport, a tall man with smiling eyes greeted us. The days and months were3made easy for us by this kind man.
He greeted us every day with his smiling face. He4us in going to the bank, in buying our groceries, in telling us5to buy almost everything. He told us he is our big brother.
6 ， we watched the match in a coffee shop. During the first gettogether, he7us that we're lucky—my husband and I are8in this foreign land. He said he has been9for eight years now because he rarely sees his family,10they are in his home country.
During the second gettogether, he11told us that we are his family. He said that he loves us and that he will12us because he has been given a13of 45 days to go back to his home country. That night, he spoke these words which 14a great impact in my life, “You changed my life...”
That night deep in our hearts we were15by our friend's words. We texted him upon reaching home, thanking him for being a big brother to us in the foreign land.
What will you become in the future depends a lot on what you are doing to yourself now. You don't need a fortune1to tell you what your future life will be.
You can be brilliant, unforgettable or interesting2you believe that you are the3of yourself. Once you know what you want to achieve, each little step you4everyday will bring you closer to your goal. The books you have read, the television programmes that you have5to watch and the type of people you have met are what6you when you choose to create the type of person you will7in the future.
Don't8that life is easier. Don't let others get you9and stop you from achieving what you10to achieve. Be in charge of yourself11as you move towards your life goal, you will get a great12 .Don't13and let luck determine your future.14about life and your surroundings will not earn you15.
Tell yourself that you are in16and the world will not be able to hold back a person on a17path. The best golf players always are in the golf field and the best swimmers are always found in the18. They understand that they are the creators of their own self in the future.
Learn to be19. Go and discover your unique qualities and learn to move away from your 20 zone. Take vigorous (果断的)action.
Remember, you are the creator of yourself.
Many Western cultures measure their days with the solar calendar. Therefore, they 1the coming of the New Year on January 1. Cultures in Asia use other calendars and celebrate the New Year at other times. Events and rituals2from country to country. But in each place, New Year celebrations are a big 3.
Most world cultures have been celebrating the New Year for centuries. The earliest New Year celebrations took place during spring or4time. With 5weather ahead, or plenty of food to eat, people 6felt like having a party! As the days became longer and as nature renewed itself, people also felt like they could have a new start. The New Year could bring better fortune, more opportunities and new challenges. Such 7ideas remain the same today.
Some cultures have 8 New Year traditions. Italians throw old things out of their windows at midnight, symbolizing the 9of the old. People of the Philippines fire guns into the air to ward off 10Danes jump off chairs exactly as the clock 11midnight, so they can jump into the New Year. Greek children leave their shoes by the fireplace on New Year's Day. They hope someone will come and fill the shoes with12. In Vancouver, Canada, some people celebrate the New Year by jumping into the ocean. The weather is freezing cold! As you might expect, most people come to watch the swimmers 13swim themselves.
London hosts an annual New Year's Day parade that 14nearly a million spectators. It features bands, floats and enormous balloons. These balloons are so huge that they15over nearby buildings!
I was born with a heart disease. As I grew up, parts of my heart started to 1 and I was often out of breath. So when I was eight, the doctors opened my chest to 2 it. When they saw the state of my heart, they told my parents, "We don't expect him to 3 the night." I was in and out of a coma (昏迷) for three months. Every day the fact that I wasn't 4 was a good thing.
Finally, the doctors 5 I'd be better off at home — saying that I wasn't going to live long. But I 6 and had something close to a 7 childhood. As a teenager, I began to 8 heart failure again. But I was 9 to go to college, become a manager and get married to Jo.
I started my own 10 so I could work flexible (灵活的) hours, 11 Jo and I had two children: Josh and Liam. I 12 to keep a good standard of life for everyone, even when I was waking up feeling sick every morning. By January last year, my heart failure was so 13 I often couldn't walk more than a few yards.
I was worried about not being around for my 14 . I had to explain to Josh that the 15 telling me an organ (器官) had been found could come any time and I'd be rushed to hospital, perhaps 16 I could say goodbye. A few days later, the phone rang and Josh said, "Is that the doctor with your new 17 ?" However it was 18 a salesman.
May 4 was the day a transplant (移植) match was found. I was out of hospital within five weeks and, within a few 19 , feeling much better. By October, I was taking part in a 30-mile bike ride.
These days I spend a lot of time talking to kids with heart 20 . I want to support others who've had a hard time.
My husband and I are taking a trip back to my childhood home, deep in the Kansas countryside. As far as I knew, no one lived in it after we hurriedly 1 to another city so my father could take a job there.
The old two-storey farmhouse mixes in a cloudy late-autumn sky. After stepping through the old door, I wait for my 2 to adjust(适应) to the darkness . Flowered wallpaper still 3 to the broken walls. Mother loved 4 , inside and out. When there was less 5 to put on the table during hard times, she balanced it out with fresh flowers.
The 6 makes sounds with each step. This is a risky business, but it's my last chance to say 7to the place my brother and I 8 . It was a happy time. Our 9 worked, played together and loved one another.
In the 10, I recall Mother's Home Comfort stove (火炉) and the heavy oak table that filled the centre of the room. That's where we 11 and talked as a family.
12, I jump up at the sound of a car horn (喇叭). My husband is getting 13. "Goodbye, old house. Thanks for staying here and 14me," I say as I move slowly to the door. I wish I could 15 something with me, but there's nothing left. Then my foot 16 something in a pile of rubbish. I put my hand into the dirt and my 17 close over a piece of metal.
When I 18 what it is, tears run down my cheeks. Mother 19 a few cents from the egg money each month to save up for a belt buckle(扣环) for my father's birthday. Father 20 it when we moved. Holding the buckle with words — My Family's Love to my chest, I run back down the road with my lost treasure.
One day I was driving to the marsh（湿地）for bird-watching. The weather forecast called for the possibility of fog. As I1the destination, the fog began to2. At a turning point, I lost3of the car and ran into the wet land.
I tried to open the door, but it was locked as the water had4the electrical system. I remembered I had a fire extinguisher（灭火器）. I5it and gave the window a.6hit. It merely bounced off. I hit it again, with the7result.
The water level had risen. and soon I was swinging（挥动）the extinguisher underwater. I had to8for air and down to take as many9as my breath would allow. I was nearly10. A part of me just wanted to give up. But then another thought came to mind, "You have11more time. What will you do with it?" "I'm going to try12," I responded.
I13swinging the fire extinguisher as hard as I could and suddenly the impact felt different. I14my left hand and felt a hole in the15. I. knew I was going to live.
