My father is an office worker. He works nine to five like most of my classmates' fathers. Like most other fathers, he cares a lot about his children. He cares about my health and how I am doing in school. He never 1 any parents' meetings in my school, and he shows up at my school sports day for me. Yes, my father is an ordinary(普通的)father just like the others' fathers.

    But2 most of the others' fathers, my father does a very different and special thing when he is not at work. My father is a 3 in a local hospital. He helps to take care of the sick people. He is happy to speak with them, listen to them, and 4read newspapers for them. Sometimes, he will take me with him, and when I'm there, I see that all the patients, doctors and nurses like my father very much. They always 5 and say hi when they meet him, and some of the 6 patients even run to him for a hug. This shows how 7 he is in the hospital.

    Besides helping in the hospital, my father also encourages us to take part in community services with him 8 he believes that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those 9 more. And he always tells us, "To make 10 happier, you should help others."

    I am glad to have a father who's willing to give and help. I am proud of my father.

    I once knew an old man named John Smith. His bad1made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes 2what he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly (不断地)remind him about his meetings, his classes3his meals. Once he forgot he had eaten breakfast4, at home and at school.

    Since Smith was a professor at a well—known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment (尴尬).It wasn't that he was not5, as some people say, just very, very absent-minded (走神的). One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his6to a seaside town about a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more7for his students, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the 8of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the 9. He offered to take care of the students while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was 10.

    An English traveller found himself in Norway with only enough money to buy the ticket for his journey back home. As he knew that it would take him only two days to get to England, he decided that he could easily spend the time without food. So he bought a ticket and got on the ship. The man closed his ears to the sound of the lunch bell. When dinner time came, he didn't go to the dining room, saying that he was not feeling very well.

    The next morning, he still didn't have breakfast and at lunch time he again stayed in his room. But at dinner time he was so hungry that he went to the dining room and ate everything the waiter put in front of him. He got ready for the quarrel(争吵).

     “Bring me the bill,” he said. “The bill, sir?” said the waiter in surprise. “There isn't any bill. On our ship meals are included(包括)in the money for the ticket,'' said the waiter.

This story is about a young man. He worked hard at his lessons. He was too busy. He didn't have time to rest, so he was ill. Every night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tried to sleep. But he couldn't. He thought, "I must go to see the doctor." He said to the doctor, "I can't go to sleep at night." "Try counting numbers. When you reach one thousand, you'll be asleep."

The next day the man came back to the doctor's office. "Well," said the doctor, "how are you today?" 

"Yes," he said. "I tried counting one, two, three … up to （直到)one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drank some tea. Then I went on counting up to one thousand. But I still couldn't fall asleep." 

 Peter Penguin had an idea. The family picnic happened only once a year, so why not take a family photo?"How will I bring everyone together?" Peter wondered.

 Peter ran over to get his uncles. They were making cupcakes.

 Peter said. "I'm trying to take a family photo."

"That's a great idea." his uncle said without moving.

 Then Peter walked to tell his aunts. They were talking about

 something interesting

 After a while, Peter saw his cousins playing games. "It's time for the family photo." he called. The cousins smiled, "We can't now, Peter. We' re busy!"

 Peter was sad. No one was ready for the family photo. Everyone was too busy having fun."Why are you so sad?" asked . Grandma. He told her everything. Grandma smiled, "Having a picture of the family is :meanıngtul But taking photos of everyone's fun moments is also important. It can help everyone remember the fun they had. "Peter nodded.

"Are you ready to have fun?" she asked.

"Yes!" Peter said. To his surprise, Grandma started a snowball fight! The delighted Peter enjoyed himself for an hour. And then, he got the meaning of grandma's advice and knew what to do next...