Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a distance of about 80 miles. It was late, I was late, and I was driving 1.

    At one point along an open highway, I came to a crossroads with a traffic light. I was 2 on the road by now, but as I came near the light, it turned 3, and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right, and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, 4 there I sat, waiting for the light to 5, the only human being, for at least a mile in any 6.

    I started wondering why I 7 to run the light.  I was not afraid of being caught, because there was 8 no policeman anywhere around and there certainly would have been no 9 in going through it.

    Much later that 10, after I'd met with a group in Lewisburg and had climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light 11 me. I think I stopped 12 it's part of a contract (契约) we all have with each other. It's not only the law, but it's an agreement we have, and we trust each other to follow 13: we don't go through red lights.

    We do 14 we say we'll do. We show up when we say we'll show up.

    I was so 15 of myself for stopping for that red light. And as no one would ever have known what a good person I was on the road from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, I had to tell someone.

    Mabel is a beautiful girl. She likes all kinds of clothes, but she didn't1 her heart into her lessons when she was at school. With her friends' help, she finally finished middle school, 2 she learned little there. Of course, she can't do any important work and now she is a salesgirl in a 3 She has to work there and hopes to find a better one .

    One afternoon the girl argued with her mother angrily. So the following morning, . When she served an old man, she was very4 The old man chose a pair of shoes and bought them. Before he left, he asked, "How 5  will the shoes last?"

"It depends. If you don't use them .the shoes will  6  be broken. "

The old man  7 nothing and went away. That afternoon, while Mabel was  8  for supper, she cut her finger. She had to go to a hospital. That old man happened to be on duty. After Mabel got the medicine from him, she asked, "When will I get 9 ?"

    "It depends, "said the old man. "If you don't use 10 , you'll lose your finger. "

That wasn't a sunny day, but we felt very happy because we went to the Shanghai Waterworks Museum.

First, we went to a grey building. When we entered it, we saw a map on the floor. We met each other happily. On the map there was the Yangtze River, the Huangpu River, and so on. Then, we saw a large fish bowl in the wall. But there were only five plastic(塑料的) fish. That means if we waste water, we will no longer see real fish.

Next, we went upstairs. There we saw a big blue poster. There was a water tap at the top of the poster and the earth was under the water tap(水龙头). It tells us we should save water. The No.3121 water supply station was found on the left side of the poster. An old man was writing on the blackboard. Two women were washing some clothes. At that time, there were stones in the water. The man was writing the number of the stones in the water.

After that, we went to the first floor. We took some photographs there.

We left the museum at eleven o' clock in the morning. Every one of us had I an interesting and meaningful experience that day.

John, a famous musician, took his priceless violin and played it in the crowded subway station. The music from the violin was in the wind throughout the whole station. However, during the one-hour play, only six or seven people were truly 1 the music. A three-year-old kid was so2 in the music that he forgot everything around. John only got 52 dollars for his work that day. 

However, in3 days, when John is about to hold a concert, one ticket can be sold at more than 100 dollars, and it is really 4 to buy a ticket even at such a high price.5 later, many passers-by in the station that day for not recognizing the famous musician and missing such a.6 but cheap music feast (盛宴) . 

I have a very busy friend called Charles. He had totally7 after knowing that his wife came down with an illness that cannot be 8 , and she couldn't live long. He cooked by himself for the family and took a walk with his wife every day. But even so, his wife still didn't 9 the illness and passed away. After that, he often sighed. Due to his past busy life, he had missed a lot of 10 time with his wife. But now, it is impossible to 11 for it. 

But it is no use crying over spilt milk. In our life, we have missed a lot of precious things without knowing to 12 them. The reason is less than simple; we had thought that we could 13 own them tomorrow. 

There was a famous-Buddhist mook saying that in many people's lives, they have only done two things: waiting and regretting. The result is that they were always too late to cherish what they had before they lost it. We would often expect to do 14 when we grow up, or when we have money or when we become old, etc. However, when we reach the 15 we have expected, we could no longer realize our wish, because we have lost it by then

 One night in July at an all-girls summer camp, the students sat around a fire and talked with each other. Their teacher asked if any of the girls wanted to1 something. It could be anything that happened that day and what they     2 it. One girl put up her hand. She said that another girl said something bad to her and it hurt her     3 . For that, she felt quite sad about it. The teacher went into the4 , and carried a tube of toothpaste(牙膏) when she walked out     5 the door. Then she held the tube     6 in the air so that every student could see7 . She squeezed(挤) a bit so some toothpaste came out. She then tried to put the toothpaste back in the tube, 8 she couldn't make it. It just made a mess(脏乱). She squeezed the tube even more, 9 more toothpaste and making even more of a mess. 10 of the toothpaste would go back into the tube. 

11 , the teacher then told the students, "This toothpaste is just like the12 you say. When you say something bad, it's13 to take it back. It only makes a mess. 14 before you speak and make sure something you say are15 before you let them out. We should always be careful with what we say. "

 Remember: something you say can be a soothing medicine or a sharp knife.