Ben Jones was walking home from school one day when he saw a black cat. It was walking across the srteet in front of him. Ben stopped, turned around, and walked down a different srteet to go home. Why did he do that?
    "It's unlucky when a black cat crosses the street in front of you,”says Ben,“I did not want to walk down that street!”
     Many people think that some things bring bad luck. For example, some people think that 13 is an unlucky number. They never invite 13 people to a party.
    "I never walk under a ladder(梯子),”says Ben.“And I never open an umbrella inside the house. They both bring bad luck.”And what brings good luck?“We have a horseshoe over the front door of our house for good luck,”says Ben.
 “And when I find a peney on the ground, I always pick it up. That brings me good luck all day!”

    A driver stops his car in front of a shop and he wants to have a rest. Just when he closes his eyes, a man comes up and knocks at his window to ask the time. The driver opens his eyes and looks at his watch. "It's eight o' clock." He says. Then he closes his eyes again. But a second man is knocking at the window now. "Sir, do you have the time?" he asks. The driver looks at his watch again and tells the man it's half past eight.

    Just like this he can't have a good rest. So he writes some words on a piece of paper and puts it on the window for all to see. It says, "I don't know the time."

    Again the driver closes his eyes and he thinks he can have a good rest now. A few minutes later, a third man comes up and begins to knock at the window. "Hey sir, "he says, "It's a quarter to nine."

    Mike was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always happy and always had something interesting to say. If someone asked him how he was doing, he would reply, "Couldn't be better!" He was really a care-free young man and never felt tired.

    Mike used to say, "Each morning I wake up and say to myself, 'Mike, you have two choices (选择) today. You can choose to be happy or you can choose to be upset.' I choose to be happy. Each time something happens, I am always ready to learn a good lesson. I choose to learn from life."

    I tried to understand what he said. Indeed life is all about choices. Every situation is a choice. The bottom line is: You're living your life and you make it either happy or sad.

    Several years later I had a car accident and my legs were seriously injured. When I was lying on the ground, I remembered that I had two choices: I could choose to live or choose to die. I chose to live.

    People like to say, "Choose the one you love and love the one you choose." Why not choose the one we love and live happily?

Do you like traveling? You always see {#blank#}1{#/blank#} landscapes(风景) on the trip. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, the landscape is so beautiful that you'd like to take it home. Kathleen Vance can help {#blank#}3{#/blank#} make it come true.

Vance lived {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a farm in Maryland when she was young. Later, she moved to New York City. But Vance {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the life there. She loved nature(大自然). So she tried to bring nature {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people's life. She started to put landscapes into suitcases (手提箱).

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} you open Vance's suitenses, you will see small forests. hills and rivers. But you can't find roads or {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. It's Vance's special way of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} nature."I want people to enjoy nature and think about what they can do for it." Vance said

Now, you can see Vance's " Traveling Landscapes" in art shows around the world. But you don't need to{#blank#}10{#/blank#} for them to come to your city. Because Vance of ten shares (分享) them on the Internet(?正联网).

Last year Tom left school. He came to Taipei to1 a job. He went from one company(公司) to another but2 wanted him. Now he had little money. He had to go back to his small town. So he came to the station. He felt3 and tired. It was very late at night and4 was full of people. They were waiting5 tickets of the last train. He bought the last ticket, and he was very happy. 

At that time, a woman with a crying baby walked to him. She asked him to sell her the ticket. He gave her the ticket. He thought they needed it 6 he did. After 7 left, he sat on the bench(长凳) and didn't know 8 to go. Just then, an old man came and said, " Young man. 19 what you did to the woman. I have a big company. I need a good young man like10 . Would you like to work for me?"

It is the second day of the winter holiday. My family are taking a train to visit1  grandparents in Harbin. They are very  2 , but I'm not. I don't know why they start the long journey3  telling me. I can't watch my friend Tina 4  volleyball this Sunday. I will be 30. 5  Diana's birthday party in ten days. I feel angry, so I just keep 6 . I don't want to say a word. 

"Nana, do you like 7 ?"I hear my dad ask my 4-year-old sister Nana. 

Nana 38  to my dad and answers,"Of course. It 9  snows in our city, but it often snows in Harbin. I also hope to skate. " Then an idea jumps into my 10 :"I can teach Nana to skate when we get to Harbin. "

The word" Harbin" suddenly brings back many good 11  of my grandparents to me. Every winter, the city 12  a festival called Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival. I remember my 13  took me there 4 years ago. I was too short to see shows, so Grandpa  14  me on his shoulders. He also taught me to skate and make snowmen. We can't see my grandparents very often, 15  they really love us. 

I feel better and hope to see them very soon.