Three1ago, my family got our first computer. 2 the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a 3 one. After my father and I talked for a long time, he 4 . We went to many shops and read many ads 5 we bought an HP computer.

    During the first week, I noticed 6 our computer had some problems. I spent many hours 7 to fix it, but it 8 work. So I 9 to phone the HP company and ask them 10 to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 11 that day.

    The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer 12 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing. A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by 13 .

    It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I believe that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems, 14 I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't 15.

    It was a hot afternoon and Tom was feeling sleepy in his English class. It was a grammar lesson. He 1grammar. He wanted to leave school and work. Tom looked out of the 2. He looked at the trees and flowers. Then he started daydreaming.

    After ten minutes the teacher stopped 3. He asked the students to do some grammar exercises. The students took 4their exercise books and pencils, and started writing. The teacher looked at Tom. He saw that he wasn't writing, so he said, "Why aren't you 5, Tom?"

    "What, sir?" Tom said.

    "6, don't have a daydream, Tom!" the teacher said, "Why aren't you writing?"

    Tom thought for a moment and replied, "I aren't got a pencil."

    The teacher looked at Tom and said, "You aren't got a pencil? You mean you don't 7a pencil?"

    Tom didn't understand the English teacher, 8he said, "Sorry, sir."

    The teacher said in a(n) 9voice, "I don't have a pencil. He doesn't have a pencil. She doesn't have a pencil. We don't have pencils. They don't have pencils. Tom, do you understand?"

    Tom thought for a while and he said, "My goodness! What happened to all the 10, sir?"

    She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal Mart. She must have been 6 years old. It was 1outside. We all just stood 2the door of the Wal Mart. "Mom, let's run through the rain," she said with a 3 voice." What? "Mom asked." Let's run through the rain! "She repeated." No, honey. We'll wait until it 4 down a bit." Mom replied.

    This young child waited about 5 minute and repeated, "Mom, let's run through the rain."

    "We'll get wet if we do," Mom said. "No, we won't, Mom. That's not what you said this morning," the young girl said." This morning? 6 did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?" "Don't you remember? When you were talking to Daddy about his cancer, you said, 'If God can get us 7this, he can get us through anything! "

    The entire crowd became dead silent. I dare say you couldn't hear anything but the 8. We all stood silently. Mom stopped to for a moment about what she would say. "Honey, you are absolutely right. Let's run through the rain. If we get wet, maybe we just need  9," Mom said. Then off they ran.

    We all stood watching, smiling and laughing as they  10 past the cars. They held their shopping bags over their 11 just in case. They got wet. But they were12by a few who screamed and laughed like children all the 13 to their cars. And yes, I did. I ran. I got wet. I needed washing. Circumstances or people can take away your material possessions (财产), they can take away your money, and they can take away your  14. But no one can ever take away your precious 15. So, don't forget to take time and take the opportunities to make memories.

    Two boys were walking down a road. They noticed a man 1 in the field. The younger boy looked at his elder friend and said, "Let's hide his shoes 2 he won't be able to find them. It must be funny!"

    The elder boy thought for a moment and said, "The man looks3 . Have you seen his clothes? Let's do this instead: Let's hide a silver coin in each shoe and 4 how he deals with them."

    The younger boy 5. They put a silver coin in each shoe and hid nearby. Then the farmer finished his work and came out. He put on a shoe and immediately felt the money 6his foot. He held the coin in his hand, looked at it in 7 and wanted to know who had put it in his shoe. Then he 8 to see who had done it, but no one was there. He then put on the other 9and felt the second coin. The man was so 10 when he found another one in his shoe.

    He then dropped to his knees and said 11 . The boys could hear it as they were very  12 . He said that his sick wife and his boys were in need of food. He was thankful for the 13from an unknown person.

    After the farmer 14, the boys came out from their hiding place and slowly walked home. They felt happy and learned how wonderful it was to15 others.

    I am a book lover. So my house is forever full of1. I have new ones, old ones,

    hardcovers, paperbacks,2and non-stories. I have three boxes of books in my closet, two boxes of books on the floor of my bedroom, and a box of children's books 3 for my future grandchildren. I have even more books4the two I wrote on my desk. I try to keep the books 5 building up by donating as many as I can to the local 6, but as soon as I donate a few, I find myself buying a few more.

    Books I read keep my mind young, my heart7, and my soul bright. They bring me knowledge, laughter and joy. They connect me with the wisdom(智慧)of the past and the new ideas of the8.They keep me moving on the right path as I journey through life.

    I have learned that people are a lot like books as well. Some have bright and shiny covers, 9don't have very much to say inside of them.10look old and plain but so full of wisdom and light that reading them can11your whole life. One difference between books and people, though, is that while a book has an ending, the writing inside of us12forever

    Take care when writing the book of your own life. Fill it with love for yourself, others, and this world.  Fill it with all the wisdom you have learned, goodness you have done, 13you have shared, and joy you have14. Keep writing it every day, too. Make it everything you are and everything you want to be, and then open it to15. I know it will be a wonderful and fantastic book.