One day a woman wrote to a doctor to invite him to have a dinner with her family in the restaurant. The doctor wrote and answered, but he wrote too badly and the woman couldn't read it. "What can I do?" she asked her husband, "I don't know whether he is going to come or not. I don't want to call and say that I don't know what he writes. "

    Her husband thought for a few minutes and he had an idea. "Take it to the chemist, "he said." He will read it for us. "

    "Thank you, "the woman said, "That's a good idea." She went to the chemist's shop and gave the doctor's note to him. The chemist looked at it for a long time.

    "Wait a moment, please." he said, then he went to the back of the shop. After a few minutes he came back, carrying a large bottle to the woman. "Take one spoonful（一匙）every day." he told the woman.

    I was born in Mississippi, America in the 1960s. When I was a five year old boy, I was badly ill and became disabled. I grew up knowing I was different. The first time I felt hurt and left out was in Grade Five. The other fourth and fifth graders played together in gym class, while I was put in the second grade gym class. 'Mom called the school to say it was unfair, but the school scolded me for complaining too much.

    In the 1980s, when my mom was giving birth to my sister, she died. My dad became even more distant. I was very sad and began drinking wine to ease the pain.

    Dad got remarried in 1985. Everyone went to his wedding except me. He told me to stay at home and watch the house. When my high school bail came around, I wanted to go out but wasn't allowed. When I graduated, my dad and step-mom weren't willing to hold a party for me. They put me into a group home after graduation.

    However, my life changed when I became a local leader of the National Self-advocacy(自我辩护) Group. At first, I thought the group wasn't for me until I found out it was all about empowerment(授权) ! My goal is to be the voice for people who haven't been heard and to help them. Many families, like mine, don't believe their disabled family members have a voice of their own.

    Looking back over my 16 years of leadership experience, I'm proud that I've helped so many disabled people. They should be encouraged to never give up and to follow their own way.

Jack's friend Sally isn't fine these days.

One day she asks Jack for help. And she tells Jack about her eating habits. For breakfast, she always eats some bread. For lunch, she always has some chicken. She likes eating ice-cream and a hamburger in the evening.

"They're not healthy for you, Sally," Jack says. "I know, but I like them," Sally says.

"What about vegetables? Do you like eating carrots?" Jack asks.

"No, I don't," Sally says.

"Sally, don't eat ice-cream. You must eat some vegetables and fruit. They are good for you," Jack says.

"I think you're right," Sally says.

In the next days, Sally always eats vegetables and fruit. And she is well now.

I am having a good time visiting my aunt in Thailand now. She is working here. It's really a beautiful place. You can do a lot here. I like outdoor activities like {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, biking and diving (潜水). All of these are wonderful. I visit many temples (寺庙) and learn about their history. I also learn a lot about elephants here. The elephant is one of Thailand's {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. The first flag of Thailand had a white elephant on it. Elephants can play soccer or music. They can walk for a long time and never get {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. They can also remember places {#blank#}4{#/blank#} food and water. It's really cool, isn't it? I also miss my parents very much. I like Thailand and my vacation here, but there is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} "no place like home".

At the age of 9, I heard about Lu Xun's name for the first time. One afternoon, my mother asked me to 1 From Baicao Garden to Sanwei Study (《从百草园到三味书屋》). "The 2 is Lu Xun. Chairman Mao once called him 'the sage (圣人) of modern China',"she said. I still remember there were many3 Chinese characters (汉字) for me. But I could understand the main 4 . When I finished reading it, I told my mum, "I also want my Baicao Garden 5 Lu Xun's. It's a (n)6 place for fun. " My mum asked, "What do you 7 the Sanwei Study?"I answered, "It is like a school, but 8 are there only a few students in it?" My mother smiled, "You can try to find the answer by 9 when you grow up."

As I 10 older, I got to know Lu Xun is his pen name. His 11 name is Zhou Shuren. He was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province in 1881. He 12 in the Sanwei Study from the age of 12 to 17.13 , the Sanwei Study was a famous private (私人的) school in Shaoxing at that time. At first, Lu Xun hoped to be a doctor,14 he went to Japan to study medicine (医学). But he started writing short15 a few years later because he wanted to tell people about society. 2 of such novels are A Madman's Diary and The True Story of Ah Q. 

Now students can find some of Lu Xun's works in their textbooks.