Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father. 1 , he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 2 and ill.

    My father was 3 a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day.

Even talking is 5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started 6 about life, and I told them about one of my 7 . I said that we must very often give things up 8 we grow — our youth, our beauty, our friends — but it always 9 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up 11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of anything to say. 12 , he answered his own question: “I 13 the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

    I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to feel angry at someone, I 15 remember his words and become 16 . If he could 17 his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 18 to give up my small anger. In this 19 , I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

    Sometimes I 20 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am ashamed(惭愧的) for this one word.

    Sophie was a ten-year-old girl. She loved 1. She drew before breakfast. She drew after breakfast. Sometimes she even drew on her way to 2.

    One day Sophie arrived 3 at school. "Why are you late, Sophie?" asked her teacher. "I'm sorry, Miss. I was drawing a big house on the way to school. I forgot about the class.

    "Oh, Sophie," said her teacher. "You must think 4 about your drawing and more about school. Can you give me your 5 now please?"

    "I'm sorry, Miss, I don't have it finished."

    "6 , Sophie?"

    "Yesterday I was in town. I saw a 7 running down the road. He had a handsome face so I drew him." The teacher gave Sophie a strange look. "But Sophie, there was a 8 robbery (抢劫案) in town yesterday..."

    "Maybe that was the man I 9," said Sophie. "Maybe I have drawn a picture of the robber!"

    After school, Sophie went to the police station. She 10 her picture to a policeman. "Where did you 11 this picture?" asked the policeman.

    "I drew it," said Sophie. "I drew it yesterday in 12."

    "This is a picture of Ronnie, the Robber," said the policeman. "So Ronnie robbed the bank! Thank you, Sophie. Now we can 13 him."

    A week later, the policeman 14 a letter to Sophie's school. "Sophie's drawing helped us catch Ronnie the Robber," he said. "She is a very clever girl."

    Now her teachers were very 15 of Sophie, the girl who loves to draw

    I know a Catherine who is smart, educated and interesting. But I avoid her because she never1 complaining(抱怨)! For years, I fought against my feelings, because I really like and admire her, but I've found I just can't be her friend. Her world is 2 “buts…”. The trip would have been nice, but the drive was too long. The food was good, but the light of the restaurant was too 3. The hotel was too hot, the bed hurt her back and the room service was too slow. Her complaints were 4 changing me. Months ago, my best friend Daisy was listening to me complaining about Catherine 5 she just became really angry. “Either break up with her, or leave me alone.” She shouted at me, “I'm tired of listening to your complaining.” Her honesty surprised me, and I began to keep myself away from Catherine. Later, I did6 her.

    Now I try to remain happy and positive (积极的) about life, and find friends of the same. There's been scientific research lately. It shows that people who find7 to be thankful for their lives are actually happier, and I believe that is true. Endless complaining seems to control your life if you let it come into your brain. And too much complaining will actually make your life 8 .

    Some people take “gratitude (感激之情) walks” every day, where they9 their lives in a positive way. By developing a grateful attitude, you can be turned away from what's troubling you, and10what makes you happy. Then you will have a beautiful life.

    It was a hot, sunny day .The waves(浪)off Santa Barbara were almost three feet high because of a strong wind. Surfers(冲浪者)were having fun. Then the fun 1. One surfer started shouting. Surfers on the 2 saw his arms going up and down. He went under water. Then he came back 3, shouting for help.

    "He was in big 4," said one woman. She called 911. He was still shouting and 5.

    They could not see a shark(鲨鱼), but they 6 the surfer was being attacked(袭击)by one. Again, the surfer went under. Four surfers jumped onto their boards and swam quickly out to the surfer. By the time they got to him, he was 7. The shark had given up on the taste of the swimwear and the fight with the surfer.

    The 24-year-old man was in great pain, but he was still alive. The surfers put him on a board and swim back to the beach. "I don't think he's going to make it," said someone on the beach. "Look at his 8."

    A helicopter(直升机)arrived quickly and doctors jumped out. They 9 the surfers and the woman for their help, and took the man to the hospital. An hour later, the hospital said that the surfer would keep on 10. The man lost one of his legs but he was still so lucky

    I am Tom. I'm a student in a middle school. It's nice 1 you here. First let me say something about my family.

    There are five people in my 2: my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and I.

    My father is an 3 worker. My mother is a teacher 4 English. My sister is eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I'm fourteen. We 5 in the same middle school. We all study hard.

    My home is at West Hill. There is a big river near our 6. And behind it there is a pear tree and the small 7 are apple trees, 8 there aren't any pears or apples on them.

    9a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three 10 in my bedroom. We like them very much.

    Rudi Matt lived in a small village in the Swiss Apls in 1865. What he wanted most in the world was to climb the1peak(山峰) in the Alps, Rudi's mother and his uncle, Franz, a mountain guide, wanted him to stop climbing and start working in a hotel. Rudi would not2his dream and secretly got in touch with an English mountain climber who was planning to climb the highest peak.

    Franz was very3when he found out what Rudi had done, but he finally agreed to let Rudi go if he went climbing too. Franz also didn't want Emil Saxo, a guide from another village, to go to the top4him.

    Rudi turned out to be a very good climber, but as they got close to the top, the Englishman got sick and could not go farther. Franz stayed behind to take care of him, but Saxo continued, wishing to be the5to the top. Rudi went after Saxo, hoping to beat him to the top. When they met, Saxo fought with Rudi and fell down by accident. Saxo was helpless and hurt. Rudi must6whether to carry Saxo back down to safety or to continue alone to the top.

    He decided Saxo's life was more important than his dream and helped him down.

    During that time, the Englishman and Franz continued the climb, and finally they reached the top. Later, when they returned to the village, they told people that Rudi was the real conqueror(征服者) of the mountain.