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A Bag of Kindness
"Boys and girls, tomorrow I want you to bring a cup of macaroni（通心粉）for our craft class, OK?"These{#blank#}1{#/blank#} from my teacher rang in my mind all evening. I was afraid of the next day because I knew we had no macaroni at home. Living in an alcoholic（嗜酒的）family, we never had too much of anything {#blank#}2{#/blank#} beer bottles.
I went home after school. Where could I find macaroni? I knew that the local bottle shop gave ten cents for a beer bottle, so I decided to sell some bottles to get money for macaroni. I started to
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} the bottles. After selling those bottles, I earned eighty cents. Although I did my {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ,I still had no macaroni for my craft class.
"Weren't you{#blank#}5{#/blank#} when I asked you to bring it, John?"my teacher asked.
I went red in the face. I didn't know what to say and other children started laughing. Then a little girl, Rosalyn, who sat beside me turned to me and said, "You can have some of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}."She offered a bag of macaroni to me. The k{#blank#}7{#/blank#}in her eyes made me cry and I ran out of the room. I {#blank#}8{#/blank#} took her macaroni or thanked her for her bag of kindness. However, I often think about Rosalyn and the way she turned to save me t hat day. I used to spend a great deal of my life complaining and keep kind people like Rosalyn a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} ,After that class, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} I am grateful to all the people like Rosalyn that made this world a better place to live in.

It's very important for everyone to protect the environment. As a student, I always try my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to save energy at home. I turn off {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  when I don't need them. And I try to save water when I wash the dishes. I don't {#blank#}3{#/blank#} bottles or newspaper away because it's better to recycle them.
I think everyday activities at home can make a difference to the environment. I feel proud of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, and I will not only keep saving energy but also advise others to do the same things as me. If everyone cares about {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the environment, I'm sure we'll have a better life.

    It was another wonderful Autumn here. I took my dog outside this morning. The air was cooler and drier than it had been for months. Our dog, Fluffy was carrying around a freshly fallen leaf in his mouth. I breathed (呼吸) {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and smiled. This was my favorite time of the year. I closed my eyes for a moment and a thousand {#blank#}2{#/blank#} memories began to appear in my mind.

    I was a four-year-old kid carrying an armful of (一抱) colorful leaves into the house {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to my mom. I was a young boy riding my bike down a hill with the wind whistling (呼呼地刮) past my face. I was taking a walk with my wife in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} wondering why some leaves turned a rich red, while {#blank#}5{#/blank#} turned a light yellow. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} around a local lake with my children wondering why the prettiest season seemed to be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} in a year. I was sitting on my back porch (走廊) drinking tea, thanking God {#blank#}8{#/blank#} another great Autumn afternoon, and wondering {#blank#}9{#/blank#} in Heaven it was Autumn all of the time.

    As I bathed my mind in these memories, I remembered {#blank#}10{#/blank#} Emerson had once said, "Beauty is God's handwriting." I wondered too if God had a special pen just for Autumn.

    We are all traveling through sweet seasons in this world. May we always take the time to add our own love, joy, and beauty to them.

    Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy(辛辣的)food？Is it because the spices(调味品)make the food taste better？Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food, or is there some{#blank#}1{#/blank#}between spices and healthy food？

    Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals. These chemicals can kill bacteria which spoil food.

    "Most common spices can kill 75 to 100{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of the bacteria in food, "explains one of the scientists. The bacteria grow more{#blank#}3{#/blank#}and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures. For this reason, it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates.

    Do you like your food spicy？You answer probably tells something about the country you come from. If you like spicy food, it is possible that hundreds of years ago, when there were no fridge, people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling. The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live{#blank#}4{#/blank#}, healthier lives. Today, in a time of fridges, the spices just make the food taste good.