June 22nd, 1993 is a day that I will never forget. It was on that day that my life1forever.

    I was a nurse working in a2. After being a single mother (单亲妈妈) for 12 years, I was finally 3 to enjoy life with my four children.

    4on June 22nd, 1993, I had an accident on the way to work. I was seriously hurt. I 5 my job, and I believed my life was over, too.

    I had a lot of surgeries (外科手术). After the first surgery, I was6helpless and could do nothing for myself. Several months later, the doctor said there was 7 else he could do and he let me go home.

    At home, I had to spend most of my time in the wheelchair. Though my children8me carefully, I was upset and lost interest in everything.

    After several months of being sad, I started to look at my life differently. Now I realize9the important thing in life is. I enjoy spending time with my family. And I start to appreciate (欣赏) the little things that I 10 to care about before. Now I feel I'm living a new life.

    Maxim Gorky(高尔基)was born in a carpenter's (木匠) family. When he was five, he1  his father.

    He 2 his childhood in his grandfather's home.3the age of ten, his mother 4of illness. His grandfather5 him look for a job by himself.  For ten years, young Gorky 6 about in the street. He did whatever kinds of jobs he 7 , and he lived such 8 life. The dog's life in the ten years made him deeply understand the hardship of the 9people and deeply hate the old system (制度).

    During that time he read all kinds of books which  10_him a lot of materials for works later on.

    Many people don't like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something 1 or do something exciting. People from the countryside go to the 2, and people from the city go to the countryside for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very 3 to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people 4 cars or buses for travelling.

    Last National Day, my family went to the countryside by car for our 5. There was too much traffic on the road. We had to move very 6. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we 7 to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought that was a good place for a 8, so we stopped and 9 the food, fruits and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly, a strong wind came and soon it started to 10. We all got wet. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove home. What a bad trip we had!

    It was the last lesson before1 holiday. The students 2 very happy. Their English teacher was very3, too. The teacher 4 played nice games with them. He sang some nice songs, and then he went to the blackboard and wrote "SMILE"5 it. "This is one of the 6 words in English", he said to the class. 7 the students laughed, and then one girl 8 and said, "Why is it one of the longest words in English?" The teacher said 9 for a while. Then he smiled and said," Because there is a mile between the 10letter and the last.

    It was a cold snowy morning after the winter vacation. And it was my first1at my new school. I was walking alone slowly and 2about lots of things. It was early and there weren't many people on the road. Suddenly a girl who was 3a bike on ice fell down. She was trying hard to get up but fell again. 4 thinking, I went over and helped her. She said "5" with a smile and then rode away. Her words warmed me a lot.

    Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the 6 and introduced me to the class. Then he asked me to sit down beside a girl. I felt so 7 that I didn't dare to look at her. Soon the first class, 8, started. Their textbooks were different from those in my old school. As I was wondering 9 to do, an English book appeared in front of me. "Let's share," the girl beside me said, "Hi, I'm Carrie." I 10. It was the girl I helped this morning. Later on, we became good friends.

    From that I learned: to help others is actually to help ourselves!