It was a cold night in Washington, D.C., and I was heading back to the hotel when a man came to me. He asked if I would give him some money so he could get something to eat. I'd read the signs: “Don't give money to panhandlers (乞丐）.” So I shook my head and kept walking.

    I wasn't prepared for a reply, but he said, “I really am homeless and I really am hungry! You can come with me and watch me eat!” But I kept on walking.

    I couldn't forget what happened to me that day for the rest of the week. I had money in my pocket and it wouldn't have killed me to hand over a dollar or two even if he had been lying. On a very cold night, no less, I thought the worst of a fellow human being. Flying back to Anchorage, I still couldn't help thinking of him.

    I was the writer of a weekly garden column (专栏）at The Anchorage Daily News. One day, out of the blue, I came up with an idea. Bean's Cafe, the soup kitchen in Anchorage, feeds hundreds of hungry people every day. Why not try to get all my readers to plant one row in their gardens for Bean's? Plant a row and take it down to Bean's. Clean and simple.

    We didn't keep records back then, but the idea began to take off. People would call me when they took something in. Those who only grew flowers gave them away. Food for the spirit.

    In 1995 , the Garden Writers Association of America ( GWAA) held their meeting in Anchorage and alter learning of Anchorage's program, Plant a Row for Bean's became Plant a Row for the Hungry. The idea was to have every member of the Garden Writers Association of America write or talk about planting a row for the hungry.

    As more and more people started working with the program, many companies gave free seed to customers and had the logo (商标）seen in public.

    Garden editor Joan Jackson raised more than 30,000 pounds of  fruits and vegetables her first year, and showed the public how the program could really work. Texas fruit farms gave away food to their local food bank alter hearing about Plant a Row. Today the program continues to grow.

    I am shocked that millions of Americans are threatened by hunger. If every gardener in

    America - and we're seventy million strong - plants one row for the hungry, we can make a difference in the number of neighbors who don't have enough to eat. Maybe then I will stop feeling guilty (愧 疚) about walking past a hungry man I could have helped.

    The boy is Guan Tianlang. He is a popular golf(高尔夫)player in China.

    Guan was born in 1998 in Guangzhou. When he was a kid, he often watched golf games with his father. He started to play golf when he was four. And two years later, he went to America to compete(比赛). He became famous in 2011, because he got first at the Junior World Golf Championships(青少年高尔夫锦标赛)in America.

    Guan is a good boy. He didn't give up his study because of golf. He does well in school, so his parents don't worry about his study. His favourite golf player is Tiger Woods. "I think he has a strong heart. That's why he is a good player, "he said. Guan wants to be a great golf player, just like Tiger Woods. His dream will come true, because he is working hard for it.

    Frank was a very talkative little boy. He never saw a new thing without asking a great many questions about it.

    His mother was very patient and kind. When it was proper to answer his questions, she would do so. Sometimes she would say, "You are not old enough to understand that, my son. When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell you." When his mother said this, Frank never bother(烦扰)her any more. He knew she always liked to answer him when he asked proper questions.

    The first time Frank saw an hourglass, he was very much interested, but he did not know what it was. His mother said, "An hourglass is made in the shape of the figure 8. The sand is put in at one end and runs through a small hole in the middle. As much sand is put into the glass as will run through in an hour."

    Frank watched the little stream of sand. He was impatient, because it would not run faster. "Let me shake it, mother," said he, "it is lazy, and will never get through."

    "Oh, yes, it will, my son," said his mother, "The sand moves by little and little, but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very slowly, and so they do, but they never stop. While you are at play, the sand is running, grain by grain(一粒粒). The hands of the clock are moving, second by second. At night, the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved all around its great face. This because they keep at work every minute. They do not stop to think how much they have to do, and how long it will take them to do it."

    Now, Frank's mother wanted him to learn a little hymn(赞美诗), but he said, "Mother, I can never learn it."

    His mother said, "Study all the time. Never stop to ask how long it will take to learn it. You will be able to say it very soon."

    Frank followed his mother's advice. He studied line after line, very busily; and in one hour and a half he knew the hymn perfectly.

For many children, their birthday is their favorite day. They like spending it with their parents and friends. All parents want to hold (举办) wonderful birthday parties for their children.

Last Saturday was Tom's fourth birthday. His mother, Mrs. Green, helped him to invite six friends to their house. She held a very nice party for Tom.

Mrs. Green prepared for the party for a long time. She thought about their ages, the activities, the time, the food, the cake and the gifts. She said,"Don't let the party last(持续) too long. For children's party, 90 minutes or two hours is enough. "At the party, Mrs.Green chose a nice cake for the children. She also prepared some gifts for them. They were very happy.

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Dear Ruby, 

Yours,

Li Min

Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone has his or her own dream. The dreams are very important to them. The dreams can give them power(力量) and make them work {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hard) than before.

I am a 15-year-old boy and I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (study) in a middle school now. It is my dream to be {#blank#}3{#/blank#}teacher in the west of China. Many children there want to go to school{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they can't. Because their {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (family) are very poor and the parents don't have enough money {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (send) their children to school. But going to school is the only way to change their life. Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(they). I am going to be kind to my students and make friends {#blank#}8{#/blank#} them. I am going to give them love and teach them {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to be a useful person. I think it is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) job in the world.