When William Brown taught at Boston University, he once thought about the people that he hadn't thanked in his life. They taught him, encouraged (鼓励) him or cared a lot about him.

    Tina Johnson was a teacher. She once taught William geography, and William loved geography all his life. So he wrote a letter of thanks to her.

    He got the teacher's letter later. It began, “My dear Willie”. He was happy. Now over 50, he didn't think someone would called him “Willie”. Here is that letter.

    My dear Willie,

    I cannot tell you how much your letter meant to me. I am in my eighties, living alone in a small room and cooking my own meals. You will be interested to know that I taught school for 50 years and yours is the first letter of appreciation (感激) I ever got. It came on a cold morning and it made me feel very warm.

    ......

    William cried when he read the letter. She was one of the people that William hadn't thanked in his past. She helped him to believe in himself. He would never forget her.

    There are some people we should always remember, because they helped to shape our life. William Brown found a way to show his appreciation—he wrote them letters.

    Who are some of the people that you need to say thank you to in your past? It may be too late to say “Thanks”.

    My holiday with grandma and grandpa is great! They lived with us in New York, but they moved to Ariz when I was five. Dad usually visits them. He is sending me to stay with them for a two-week holiday.

    This is my first time to travel by myself. On the plane, I study the picture from grandma. It's a picture of an old village and the village is on top of a tall hill. It looks high, and I am not sure I can climb so high.

    Grandpa meets me at the airport. When we drive away from the city, I look at the beauty of the place new to me. Soon we get to my grandparents' village. We are so high up, I feel like a bird!

    Grandma is waiting for us at the door of a building. "Joe, this is called a „pueblo'. The buildings are made from stones（石头）and earth（泥土）," she says.

    Grandma and grandpa's rooms feel cool after standing under the hot sun. Grandma says that the stones keep the rooms cool. After dinner we take a walk outside.

    I really like meeting the people here. One man helps me make an earth vase（花瓶）for Mom.

    The children ask me to their ball games. Sometimes I help grandpa and his friends work on the farm.

    I feel I am part of a big family in our village in the sky. It is hard to leave my grandparents when my two weeks are over.

Since my mother moved to live with us in the city，she1 much heavier than before. As time went by，her health got 2 . So I had to take her to see a doctor. My mother was told to lose weight by doing exercise every day. She had no choice but 3 the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning. 

On the first morning，she got up very early and ran with me in our neighborhood. I tried to run slowly so that she could follow me. After running for 4 minutes，I told her proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me carefully. 5 made me remember that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid. 6 the morning of the second day，I praised her for keeping running with me. 

But after two weeks，she wanted to give up running because she thought the two﹣week exercise didn't work at all. To encourage her，I taught her how to use the facilities（设施）7 exercise in the gym 8 I always do sports. She began to exercise again. 

With my help，it took her one month to develop a good habit of daily exercise. "Thank you，my dear daughter. 9 exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will never worry about my health. "Her words touched my heart 10 . I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother's life. 

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注意：

1. 词数 60~80, (开头已给出, 不计入总词数);

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 文中不能出现真实姓名及学校名称。

Mike's Sunday

Hi, my name is Li Hui. Mike is my best friend.

……

 Dawn Loggins was born in North Carolina, America. She had a hard childhood because of her {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (父母) problems. There was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (从不) enough money for food and living, so the family often lived in buildings without power or running water. Dawn really wanted to learn, but {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (学习) at home was difficult with no lights.

 As she got older, Dawn {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (明白) that education was the only way to change her life. When her parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (突然) moved away to Tennessee, she was left behind and moved in with a woman. The woman was a hotel {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (经理). Dawn was finally in a normal home. To make money, she took a job as a school cleaner and worked every day before classes {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (开始). With great efforts, she always got A {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (在······期间) her teenage years and worked even harder. She hoped to get into Harvard {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (大学) one day.

 As the saying goes, "No pains, no gains." Her dream came {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (真的) and she studied biology there. This was a fantastic achievement for a teenager whose life had been far from easy.