Betty and I are best friends. Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we had a costume party instead.

      While we were writing the invitations, my mum came in and asked, "Why not invite John?" John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in Maths than anyone else in class. I wrinkled (皱起) my nose, “Mum, he wears the same pants to school every day. How could he even afford a costume?" Mum said nothing. The next day, mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate (凭证) in it. "I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John" Mum said. But how? We didn't want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.

      On the day of our party, kids arrived, dressed differently. John arrived, in an old sheet (床单), but still in the same brown pants as usual. We danced, ate snacks and played games in groups. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, “Now it is time for the great prize game.  It is the following riddle……". It was a maths game. None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope.

      Everything went on well as we planned. John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.

When we help others, we need to find a proper way, or we may hurt them in another way.

    Robert was a greedy（贪婪的）man. One day, he lost 30 gold coins. He went to his friend Mike's house and told him how he lost his gold coins. Mike was kind and decided to help him find them.

    The next day, Mike went to Robert's house and told him he found his 30 gold coins.

    After counting the gold coins, Robert said, "I had 40 gold coins. The of them are missing. You must have taken them. And you should pay me back."

    "No, I didn't take them, "said Mike.

    Robert went to court（法庭）and told the judge（法官）what had taken place between him and his friend.

    "How many gold coins did you find?" the judge asked Mike.

    "Thirty, "answered Mike.

    "How many gold coins did you lose?" the judge asked Robert.

    "Forty, "answered Robert.

    "Then those coins are not yours, "said the judge, "for you lost 40, while your friend found 30."

    Then the judge told Mike to take the 30 gold coins home.

    "If anybody reports that they have found 40 gold coins, I will send them to you, "the judge told Robert.

    Then Robert said that he didn't tell the truth and that he lost 30 gold coins, but the judge did not listen to him.

    Always be honest; dishonesty never pays.

A simple honk（汽车喇叭声） from the bus is one part of a secret code（代码） between the driver and students living in a far—away village in Wanzhou district，Chongqing.

Seeing a schoolbag hanging from the doorknob of an old house along the road，the bus driver drives toward the roadside and makes a honk to answer the "code".Then a boy runs outside，takes the schoolbag，and gets on the bus.

The boy's parents work far from home，leaving him in the care of his grandmother.The boy is in the ninth grade this year.He comes home every Friday and goes back to school in the city every Sunday.To make the journey easier，he and the driver，Cheng Lin，have developed a special "code".When the boy's schoolbag is hanging outside the house，it"tells" Mr Cheng，"Today，it's time to go back to school.I need to catch the bus."

The parents of the boy are deeply touched when they know this.They show their heartfelt thanks to Mr Cheng and feel happy that there is someone taking care of their son while they are away.

Mr Cheng has been driving the Luotian to Wuqiao Nan Station bus for many years.There are many left—behind children on this bus line.Realizing the importance of his role in their lives，he has paid more attention on Fridays and Sundays.

The driver's kindness to the boy touches the hearts of many people.One wrote online，"He is a good driver.The schoolbag is their code，packed with love inside."

There were no {#blank#}1{#/blank#} that afternoon. Henry went to a clothes shop near his home. The shop {#blank#}2{#/blank#} many jackets. He looked at {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and found a very nice one. He told the shopkeeper (店主) to put it into a bag.

At that time his friend Bruce came into the shop. They didn't see each other for a long time. They were so {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to meet again that they forgot everything. Soon they were busy {#blank#}5{#/blank#} with each other. And they talked {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. It was six o' clock, so they wanted to go and have {#blank#}7{#/blank#} together. They walked to the door. The shopkeeper stopped them and asked Henry to pay for the jacket. Henry looked at him in {#blank#}8{#/blank#} at first, but soon he remembered that he didn't pay for it. He said {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. And he gave him the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and then left the shop with his friend.

What are you going to be when you grow up? Maybe a teacher, a doctor or a scientist? How about an ice- cream taster? There is really a job where you can get paid by tasting ice- cream. And this is what Feng Yuanyuan now does.

Feng Yuanyuan, born in 1995, has worked at an ice- cream company for two years. Her main role is to taste and test ice cream products(产品). Usually she tastes more than ten ice- creams a day, but sometimes she has to taste over twenty ice- creams. After eating one, she needs to wash her mouth with lots of warm water so as to comfort her tongue. Through this taste- testing, Feng makes more than 10,000 yuan a month, more than most of her college classmates. However, a by- product of eating so much ice- cream is that she is getting fat." I need to take exercise every day to keep in shape," said Feng.

" To be an ice- cream taster, a person needs to have a sensitive(敏感的) tongue and he must really like ice- cream. Many people may become tired of ice- cream easily if they have to eat it every day, so a good ice- cream taster isn't easy to find," said Feng.

This cool job keeps Feng Yuanyuan busy but happy. She's also very happy that the company's products sell well." After more than a year's hard work, I can tell if an ice- cream has additives(添加剂) just by tasting it.I hope that in the future I can find out what a product is made from with only one bite," Feng said.

 Sometimes, it's great fun to show people that they are important through some acts of kindness. My daughter Cindy, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}eight- year- old girl, was kind of shy in the past, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}one thing made her very active and outgoing. 

I still remember the thing that happened to her clearly. Last month, Cindy felt {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( comfortable), so I took her to see the doctor. While we were waiting in line outside the waiting room, we saw a lady standing just beside {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( we). She looked very worried. I had never seen her before, so I said nothing to her. However, Cindy gave a smile card to the lady, saying"I hope everything goes well to you. " It brought tears to her eyes. The lady hugged Cindy but said nothing. Later, Cindy gave out five more smile{#blank#}5{#/blank#}( card) to people that day. 

 Last Monday, I went shopping in a supermarket. I was in a hurry, so after I bought what I wanted, I went to the cashier(收银台) {#blank#}6{#/blank#} ( quick). To my {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( surprised), I couldn't find my wallet(钱包) and I didn't know what {#blank#}8{#/blank#} ( do). At that time, a lady came to me and paid the bill {#blank#}9{#/blank#} me. Oh, she was the lady who was outside the waiting room that day. I said" thank you" to her. She said, "I was moved by your daughter's kindness. "

 Everyone in our family {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ( enjoy) helping others since then, and smile cards are a good tool to do more. Of course, what we have done has changed my daughter.