Mr. and Mrs. Green were very worried about their son, Daniel. He was born normal (正常) in every other way,1 seemed to be dumb (哑的). Mr. and Mrs. Green tried everything to get him to 2, but with no success.

    When Daniel was six years old, the best doctors in the town examined (检查) him3, but could find nothing wrong. And he seemed to be smart. It was just that he 4 spoke.

    “There might be something wrong with his 5, and he doesn't know he's able to speak,” one doctor said.

    “But he can read and write,” said Mr. Green, “We've written him notes, telling him to speak some day.”

    “It's certainly very 6,” another doctor said. “Perhaps he will be able to speak some day.”

    7passed. Daniel went to university. But he didn't speak a single word.

    Then one day Daniel was having a meal with his parents. Without any warning, he looked up from his 8 and said, “Pass me the salt, please.”

    Mr and Mrs Green were excited. “You spoke! You spoke!” they cried. “Why have you 9 so long to speak?”

    “I didn't have anything to say,” he said. “Until now everything was10. But you forgot to put salt in these potatoes.”

    I still remember my kindergarten(幼儿园)teacher, Mrs. White. She looked just like Snow White1she had the same bright eyes and short dark hair.

    We used to2a lot. And I would show what I wrote to Mrs. White for correction (批改). She would look at my writing and see many mistakes in it. But she3made any red correction and she always gave a star. I was feeling 4of my writing each time I got a star. But it5my mother. So one day, when she met Mrs. White at a parent-teacher meeting, Mum asked her why she never corrected my6and why she never said no to her child.

    Mrs. White said, “The children are just beginning to get 7about using words. Spelling and grammar can wait. We can't8that interest with a red pen.” As it was a long time ago, my mother could only remember the main idea of 9Mrs. White said about my writing. However,

    I grew up learning to use words with loving care and 10like that.

    If Mrs. White had used her red pen more often, I 11wouldn't be telling you about this now. Whenever I look back on those encouraging 12from Mrs. White, I feel they just look 13real ones in the night sky—bright, shiny, and guiding me on my way somewhere, I do believe she was such a 14teacher, who tried to use a red pen less to keep the joy, wonder and excitement in a child's 15.

    Thanks to Mrs. White, I have no fear about writing. Also, I'm not afraid of any mistakes in my life!

    A group of frogs were traveling through the forest, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how 1 the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn't 2 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 3 saying that they were sure to die. 4, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, 5. Then he fell down and died.

    The other frog, however, 6 to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he 7, the other frogs asked, "Didn't you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 8, explained, "I thought you were encouraging me all the time. "

    The story teaches us a 9：There is power(力量) of live and death in the tongue. An 10 word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.

Today, I was sitting on a bench(长椅) at a subway station, eating candies. A woman came and sat next to me. She looked very 1. I said hello to her and2 her some of my candies. She3 politely because she had just eaten something and she was4. But the ice was broken and we5 for about half an hour. She told me some6 things in her life. I understood her. But I tried to7 her to notice the good sides. And then she promised that she would often smile and feel hopeful about8. When we said goodbye, she was a 9 person—Her tiredness seemed to be gone. She left with a10, thanking me for talking with her.

    A few minutes later, I saw a blind man coming. He walked11 with a stick in his right hand. I went to him and asked if I could help him and he agreed. 12 I walked on his left side so that he could catch my arm. We walked into the train and talked all the way to his13. He gave me his name card before getting off the train, and I promised to14 him. I will and maybe we will meet and walk in the park one day.

Today I brought smiles and an enjoyable15 to two people, and for sure they also made my day brighter.

    It's 12 o'clock. Mr Bakery goes into a restaurant for a quick 1. "Hi! Can I help you?" a waiter says. "I'd like some French fries, a hamburger and a medium Coke," says the man. "2 else?" asks the waiter. "No," the man answers. "That's all." "For here or to 3?" asks the waiter. "I'll take it away," says the man. The waiter puts the food into a bag. Then the man goes away4 the bag. "Have a nice day," the waiter says.

    The man goes back to his office. He sits down and opens the bag. There is a hamburger, some French fries and a Coke. But there is also some 5in it. "That's the money for my lunch," says the man. He wants to go back to the restaurant 6he doesn't want to get his lunch for free. He is always such a nice man.

    When he gets back to the restaurant, he finds it's7. So he has to wait for half an hour there. When it is his turn, he tells the waiter everything. After hearing the man's 8, the waiter smiles at the man and asks him to wait a minute. Then the waiter 9 the manager (经理) what has happened. The manager thinks the man is 10, so he says to the man, "Sorry. We made a mistake (错误). You are so nice that we decide(决定) to give the food to you as a  reward (作为回报)."