My name is Philippe and my wife's name is Sophie. We're from1 Recently we were faced with a 2situation while traveling by car in the mountains with our hired(雇佣的) driver. Just as we began to doze(打盹), the car made a strange, loud noise and then3working.

    We tried communicating with the driver but with little4because he couldn't speak French. He tried to tell us with body language that he was going to get help and then he left.

    We were in a poor area, with5houses in sight. We started to bear the cries of wild animals Sophie was very afraid. We didn't have much food and it was getting 6and darker I began to lose7 Should we leave the car? Would our driver ever8? Was he a trustworthy man? We were very worried.

    A couple of hours passed.9 the headlights from another car appeared in the dark. A man got out of the car. Finding us cold and hungry, he kindly asked us to10his car.

    11we left, he put a note on the windshield of the car with his phone number on it. Then he drove us to a nearby village, and we met his family. His cousin spoke French and he 12us tea and local foods.13asked us questions and they were excited to have unexpected guests.

    Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our14 He had kept his word and fixed the car.

    I will15forget the warmth we received on that day because we depended on a complete stranger for help.

    One day, a poor young man went to Paris to visit one of his father's friends and 1 that his father's friend could help him find a simple job for living.

    "Are you good at math," his father's friend asked him.

    The young man shook his head.

    "How are your history and geography?"

    The young man shook his head again.

    "How about your law?"

    The young man 2 his head embarrassedly.

    His father's friend asked again and again,3 the young man could only shake his head and told him he himself couldn't find out any4.

    "Then write down your address first."

    The young man wrote down his address and turned to leave, but he was stopped by his father's friend. "Your name is written very 5 which is your advantage. You shouldn't satisfy yourself with finding a job only for 6"

    Years later, the young man wrote the classical works that won the world fame. He was Alexandre Dumas, a famous French writer of 18th century. One of his greatest works 7 The Three Musketeers was popular 8 a great number of readers.

    There are many ordinary persons in the world who all have many 9advantages, but they are neglected (忽视) because of their self-abasement (自卑). In fact, there is a gold mine (矿) in every ordinary life. If you're willing to dig, you will dig out treasures to 10 yourself.

    When I was about 12 years old, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to tell me about my weak points. Week by week her list became1I was very short, I wasn't a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as possible as I could. Finally, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

    He listened to me2, and then asked, "Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever3what you're really like? Now you have that girl's ideas. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things that she said. "

    I did as he told me. To my great4, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change, like being very short, but a great number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things, and for the first time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

    I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. "That's just for you," he said," you know better than5else the truth about yourself, but sometimes others' opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to6, and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something that is said about you is true, you'll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to all of them, but hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do." I have remembered my father's advice at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.

I was expecting to have a quiet day, but it turned out(结果是) to be just the opposite. It was Saturday morning 1 I was reading on the sofa when the phone rang. "Come quickly, Sam, I need your 2 ！" It was my best friend George, so I couldn't 3 . "Where are you？" I asked. "I'm 4 home, watching the house opposite. Come quickly, through the back garden."

I 5 there. George told me two men were stealing things from Simon's house. They were moving the TV and the computers onto their van(客货车)．

"But George, it's clear，" I said impatiently(不耐烦地). "They 6 be moving house."

"That's impossible! You know Simon's in our class, but he has said 7 about it！" said George.

I realized he was right. So we phoned the 8 . They soon arrived and took the two men 9 . "You are so brave！" said one policeman. Later, Simon's parents learned what we had done and they were so 10 . They took us out for dinner that night.

Sometimes, a small act can mean a lot to others.

My classmate Thomas is 13. He is a basketball1 in our school.He can play basketball well.Thomas thinks basketball is2 interesting game.So he plays3 with his friends after school.He4 basketball games onTV.too.He plays basketball really5 .We like to play basketball6 Thomas.

Thomas eats well.He has good7 habits.He8 an apple and two eggs for breakfast.He9 eggs are healthy.For lunch.he eats rice,chicken10 vegetables.Thomas likes fruit and he always eats some strawberries11 lunch.In the afteroon,he likes12 and salad.But his teacher doesn't13 Thomas to eat hamburgers.He doesn't wantThomas to get 14 .In the evenimg.Thomas eats some vegetables for dinner.

So Thomas is15 .

We should learn from Thomas.

To many in the Gulf （海湾），Ghanim Al Muftah is a well﹣known face. Ghanim was born in May 2002 in Qatar，without the lower half of his body because of a serious illness. Even though the young boy was only given 15 years to live by his doctors，his parents didn't give up on him. 

Ghanim was often very sad when he was at school. No one liked to play with him. His mother comforted him that his classmates were just afraid of hurting him，not scared of him. She also encouraged the boy to communicate more with his classmates and let them know more about his illness. His mother's words cheered him up and made him become more optimistic（乐观的）. 

Now，21﹣year﹣old Ghanim is an example to the world and especially to those fighting with physical disabilities. He used his weakness to develop a strong will（意志） . A surprising fact about Ghanim is that he loves sports and actively takes part in football，skateboarding，ice hockey and even scuba （潜水） . 

Ghanim is also one of the youngest businessmen in Qatar. His ice cream business provides jobs for the people in the city. At the same time，with his family's support，Ghanim has also set up an organization to give away free wheelchairs to those disabled people in need. 

The young boy lives up to the meaning of his name. "Ghanim Al Muftah" means "the winner" in Arabic. He is an example of strength and courage who teaches the world that no difficulty is big enough to prevent someone from living the life of their expectations.