It was a Sunday afternoon, a girl was unhappy. She complained to her father about her hard life. There were so many problems! One problem wasn't solved but1came. She wanted to give up.

    Her father smiled and took his daughter into the2.He filled three 3with water. And he put some carrots in the first one. In the second one, he put some eggs. Coffee was put in the third one. Then he boiled them. The girl watched her father. Her father just waited4saying a word.

    The girl wondered5her father was doing that for. About 20 minutes later, her father 6the carrots and put them into a bowl. The eggs were put on a plate and the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter7, Dad asked, "What do you see? ""Carrots, and coffee.” she answered

    Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were soft. After that he asked his daughter to take the eggs and feel them. The eggs were hard. At last, her father asked her to taste the coffee. “What's the meaning, Dad?” He explained that8of the things had met with the same unlucky experience—the boiling water, but the three things had 9results.

    The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after they were put into the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it 10 the water. "Which one will you choose to be, a carrot, an egg or coffee? That's up to you to decide. "said her father.

①It's often believed that only grown-ups can make a difference (产生影响). Is it true? Teen Vogue interviews (采访) some teenagers across the world. Get ready to be inspired (启发).

②16-year-old Michael starts using social media (媒体) to cheer up teenagers of his age to follow their dreams on his baseball blogs (博客). Michael also writes about sports people and how they will face their challenges.

③Lesein, 14 years old, first learns about climate change when he is twelve years old. His home country of Kenya loses about 29,650 acres (英亩) of forest each year.

④With a deep love of soccer, Lesein starts Trees for Goals, planting a tree for every goal he scores in a match. Later the school's soccer and basketball teams all follow him. In 2019, almost 1,000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi are planted. Now the government provides (提供) trees for them to plant.

⑤Alexis Lewis, a 15-year-old inventor, designs a simple wheelchair with bamboo to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to hospitals. Another invention of his is a special mask which can be thrown through a window of a smoke-filled building to people inside.

⑥Alexis said, "People are dying because they can't be saved in time. Another reason why I want to invent something is that I love physics and I use it to improve technologies." Alexis also tells our reporter that he wants children to know that ____.

⑦These young people are certainly shining examples to show you're never too young to make a difference.

My day began when I saw my six-year-old son Jonathan doing something in the garden by my azalea bush(杜鹃花丛). By the time I got out, I found he had broken it! It was my favorite!

"Can I take this to school?" he asked, smiling. Though a bit 1 , I nodded in agreement. Then I turned back to the broken bush and touched it as if to say silently, "I'm sorry." Later I pruned(修剪) it 2 .

The rest of the day, I was busy doing endless housework. Time had passed by fast before I realized it was already 3:00. Leaving the clothes in the washing machine, I hurriedly got to school to pick up Jonathan. When I got there, the teacher told me she wanted to talk about Jonathan.

"What now?" I thought.

I had prepared myself for the worst, 3 the teacher's words greatly surprised me. "Did you know Jonathan brought 4 to school today?" she asked. I nodded, thinking about my favorite bush. "See that little girl? How happy she is now!" the teacher continued. I saw a 5 child busily drawing a picture with crayons(蜡笔). I nodded again.

"Well, her parents are separated and she has been 6 these days. I did all I could to comfort her, but nothing 7 . This morning I watched your son walk over to her with some pretty pink flowers and say, "This is for you."

I felt my heart full of pride for what my son had done. Holding Jonathan's hand, I said, "Thank you! You've 8 my day.''

I was warmed by the 9 Jonathan showed to the little girl, and I made up my mind to pass it on. Later that evening when my husband came back home from a tiring workday, I 10 some pink azaleas and handed them to him. "This is for you," I said.

It just hadn't been a very good week. On Tuesday, Sam's father lost his job. Then on Wednesday, Sam's mother said that the rent(房租) of their apartment was going up. Now it was Friday, and Sam received an invitation from Rosa to her birthday party.

Sam knew Rosa from Adventure Club. He knew he would enjoy Rosa's party, but he didn't want to go without a gift. What could he possibly buy her with the little bit of money he had? Sam knew he couldn't ask Mom or Dad for any money-not this week!

Later that afternoon, Sam noticed a second-hand book sale going on. He went there and had a quick look. Two books caught his eyes. The first was a cookbook of Puerto Rican foods, and the second was a book about women explorers(探险家). "Rosa would like these," Sam thought, "But would it be tacky(蹩脚的) to give her second-hand books for her birthday?"

Sam decided that a second-hand gift was better than no gift at all. Besides, Rosa supported recycling in a big way. So, she would probably like it. With his last dollar, Sam bought the books and went home. He felt a little better.

The party was on Saturday. Rosa opened all her gifts and thanked everyone for the nice things they had given her. She paused(停顿) when she opened Sam's gift, which made him wonder if she liked the books, but nothing was said.

When Sam got home, he opened his e-mail and found this note from Rosa.

Dear Sam

Of all the gifts I received today, yours was the nicest. How did you know I would love a book about women explorers and a cookbook of Puerto Rican foods? Now I have something to read that will inspire me to follow my dream of becoming an adventurer and I have a book that I can share with my grandmother.she is getting older and wants to be sure her granddaughter knows how to make the wonderful foods of Puerto Rico. Thank you so much.

Love,

Rosa.

The week turned out to be a good one after all.

A student asked his teacher," Sir, I have a question. How many friends should a man have- one or many?"

" It is very easy," the teacher answered." Get me that red apple

from the highest(最高的) branch(树枝) of the tree." The student looked up and said," It's too high! I can't get it."

" Ask a friend to help." the teacher said.

 The student called a friend and stood on his shoulders(肩膀) for the branch.

"I still can't get it, sir," said the student sadly after the first try.

" Don't you have more friends?" the teacher smiled.

 The student asked more friends to come over. They stood on each other's shoulders, trying to make a pyramid(金字塔) to get higher. But the student still couldn't get the apple. Then one of the friends went home, brought a ladder(梯子) and the student finally picked the apple.

After getting the apple, the teacher asked," So, do you know how many friends a man needs?"

"I do," the student said." Many, so together we can work out any problem."

" Sounds good," the teacher said." You need as many friends as you can. Among (在…之中) them, there will be at least(至少) one clever man who can think of a good idea, like getting a ladder!"

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