A little boy invited his mother to attend his elementary school's first teacher-parent conference. To be little boy's1 she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her 2.Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar that 3nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy 4wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.

    At the conference, the people were5by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother6the scar, the little boy was still embarrassed and 7himself from everyone. He did8 got within earshot of a 9between his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.“How did you get the10on your face?” the teacher asked.The mother replied, “When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire 11was too afraid to go in because the fire was12so I went in. As I was running towards his bed, I saw a beam(横梁) coming down and I placed myself over trying to13him. I was knocked14but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us.” She touched the 15side of her face. “This scar will be 16but to this day, I have never17doing what I did.” At this point, the little boy18running towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the 19that his mother had made for him. He held her hand20for the rest of the day.

Bradley's Bicycle

    When our son Bradley was ten, the new bicycle he had received earlier that year was missing. Having a bike was a big deal to our children. They spent hours and hours on their bikes, 1 up and down the footpath, and at the front of the house. We also rode as a 2 at holidays, when all the members enjoyed staying together. Bicycling was a great way to get the kids out of the house and into the fresh air 3 spending any money.

    Bradley discovered that his bicycle had been 4 from our backyard when he and his sister went outside for a morning ride. He couldn't 5 that someone would do this. 6, none of the other bicycles were touched and nothing else was missing.

    Bradley painted a sign (告示) on a large piece of cardboard,7 for the bicycle to be returned, and 8 it to the letterbox. The following morning, when I went out to collect the mail, I found a white 9 with the magical words, "Buy yourself a new bike." It took me a little while to 10what it was inside it. It was a $100 banknote.

    We were very 11that someone had the heart to do this. We've never been able to thank the person but we 12 that it may have been one of our wonderful neighbors. Bradley painted a big "Thank you" on the sign and we 13it outside for a couple of weeks afterwards in case it was someone who drove down our street.

    Bradley was able to 14 a new bicycle. As the years went on, bicycles became bigger and more expensive but remained just as 15 for those family bicycle rides. Now the kids have grown up and cars have 16their bicycles. Bradley is twenty-five this year. Sometimes I 17 the days when receiving a bicycle was the best thing in the world to them.

    All these years later we are still grateful to that incredibly kind 18. A young boy's sorrow turned to joy when he got his19. We were a young family with three little children and it meant a lot to us. We still talk about it and, even now, 20who actually gave us the help.

    On the night of August 24, 2001, everything changed when my friend's car hit a wall with me inside. I lost most of my right 1, and I was left bleeding with several broken bones. 2, my mind was still very clear in the hospital. I just kept telling myself to 3 and I 4 with the doctors that once I could roll onto my side, I would leave. They agreed. Two weeks later, I was 5 to go home.

    6 I left the hospital, the fight was far from over. My left knee was badly injured, which 7 different surgeries (外科手术) over the next few years. And soon, more of my right leg had to be 8. This made it harder to wear my false leg, so I donated it to a nurse who couldn't 9 one for herself, from 10 I gained greater happiness than the joy I felt on any day I was able to wear it myself.

    People often tell me they're 11 of me for staying strong. But in my mind, I can do 12 but stay strong. So, on the 13 I left the hospital, I made a promise to myself to 14 live life to the fullest. I soon 15 everyday life again, until one day I realized I wasn't living my life as 16 as I wanted to. After 13 years of thinking I was confident, 17, I knew I should help people around me.

    In 2014, I even started modeling. My dream is that one day a little girl will see me in a magazine and say, Wow, she's 18, and she had only one leg. I could do that too some day, even though I have a 19. My dream is simple, to 20 people to believe they are beautiful the way they are.

    "How dare you!" My anger finally burst out when my son 1 to go to the piano classes for the third time that day. He rolled his eyes at me, which made me even 2. I completely lost my 3 and screamed at the top of my lungs, "Enough! You are not my boy anymore!" He didn't 4 or talk back to me. He responded in 5 with a look of helplessness that I had never seen before. He used to cry violently and beg me to 6 him. The innocence shining in his big eyes would 7 that hot-tempered beast in me away in the end. 8, this time…

    Did what he had done really make me 9? No. Did such anger come entirely from his improper 10? No. Had I ever given it a chance to listen to and 11 him? No. My demanding job, my 12 housework, my kid's cry for company..., all formed a minefield and all that was needed to 13 it up was a fuse (导火索). My son was the 14.

    The rest of the day, he 15 an outdoor walk, a ride in the park and even his favorite games and just wanted to be alone. I could 16 the greatest sorrow and the most true innocence in his eyes. After admitting my own fault, I held this tiny trembling creature 17 in my arms, tears swelling in my eyes.

    For those who believe "Sticks and stones may break the bone, but 18 can never hurt anyone", I have a piece of heartfelt advice. Do not try this most powerful weapon 19 the people you love. It is 20 enough to cut the deepest into a soul.

    A mother and daughter were rescued from the wreckage (残骸) of a car crash thanks to an app. It can 1 people anywhere in the world using just three 2.

    Valerie Hawkett, 33, lost 3 of her Ford Fiesta while 4 round a sharp bend in Somerset last October. Ms Hawkett's 5went flying over a bush and landed on its 6 in a field.

    Her four-year-old 7  Tegan was in the back and the 8 mother called the police to come to her aid — but she didn't know 9 she was.

Officers were able to find their way to Ms Hawkett in the field— after 10 her the link to a website called what3words. It is able to find the exact 11 of any location on Earth. It told Ms Hawkett the three-word square she was in —"Weekend foggy earphones" — which 12 policemen to a road near a field on the A36 heading out of Norton St Philip, Somerset.

    Ms Hawkett, from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, said: "It was absolutely brilliant. It's really, really 13 . I could have been in that field all day 14 the three-word location."

    Ms Hawkett said her car landed on its side, with the only means of 15being through the back passenger-side door. She said: "The only thing 16 me in my seat was my seat belt. But I 17 to get that undone and get me and my daughter out through the back door. I 18 the police after we got out the car."

    Ms Hawkett and Tegan were taken to a 19 nearby to be checked over — but were told they were 20 injured and sent home shortly afterwards.

Strategies to Overcome Self-Doubt Once and For All

Being self-confident is not easy and not everyone can do it, but it doesn't need to be that difficult. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Going through life can be very challenging at times. When we were young, no one told us how hard it will be in the future but here we are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} And it is unpleasing and can kill your confidence levels if not controlled from the beginning.

We will all experience some self-doubt, which is natural. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} It happens to us during normal days or whenever we are going to start a new job, a new task, or a new relationship, anything new in life will make you self-doubt. This sort of feeling puts you into dark days when nothing seems to go right and you might feel like giving up, and that is the time to be strong.

 {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Self-doubt is when you are unsure about one or more aspects of yourself. For example, when starting a new job, you might feel inexperienced or might think that you are not fit enough for the job, and this is a prime example of self-doubt.

 {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Low-level of self-criticism is actually good for you. It motivates you and pushes you to be better in life, to become greater than yesterday. This type of feeling will push you to work harder and faster than before and will also increase your productivity, but it should be a low level of self-criticism. You don't want to punish yourself over things that are beyond your control.

A. We needn't take it seriously.

B. It's impossible for us to deal with it.

C. One of the big problems of adult life is having self-doubt,

D. Self-doubt isn't all that bad, let us tell you why.

E. Let's explore to find ways to remove self-doubt forever.

F. It will take long for us to solve this problem.

G. There are some people mistaking self-doubt for something else.