Most children like watching TV. It's very {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  . By watching TV they can see and learn a lot and know many things about {#blank#}2{#/blank#} country and the world. Of course, they can also {#blank#}3{#/blank#} over the radio. But they can learn better and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} on TV. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  ? Because they can hear and watch at the same time. But they can't see {#blank#}6{#/blank#} over the radio. TV helps to open children's {#blank#}7{#/blank#} . It helps to open their minds, too. They learn newer and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}  ways of doing things. Many children watch TV only on Saturday or Sunday evening. They are always busy  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} their lessons. But a few children watch TV every night. They go to bed very {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. They can' t have a good rest. How about you, my young friend?

    Last night, when I was driving back home, I noticed a hitchhiker (搭便车的人) who was having no luck getting a ride. I rolled down my window and signed to the man to my car. I asked him where he was heading and he told me he needed a ride to his doctor's office which would close in 15 minutes. I told him to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and he gratefully did so.

    As soon as he got in, he told me that he was a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} and went out to set for weeks at a time. He took medicine for his nerves and needed to get another prescription (处方) before he left on the boat. He said that he had prayed (祈祷) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} would stop for him so he could be there before the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} office closed. With some fast diving we managed to make it there in about 10 {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I then asked him how he planned on getting back home and he said he could walk. "I'll patiently wait for you and bring you back," I told him. He {#blank#}6{#/blank#} me and said he should only be about 15 minutes.

    Afterwards he got back in my car and tried his hardest to pay me back: offering me dinner, gas money, even offering to ship me 40 lbs of scalps (海扇贝)! I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} refused, gave him a smile card and asked him to help someone else the nest time he had a {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. I drove him {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to where I had picked him up and after one more "thank you", he was on his way.

    I fell that the world always offers us {#blank#}10{#/blank#} we need. In the man's case it was ride, in mine the chance to help someone else.

    Diana is Australian. She once {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in a big company. She lived with her friend in a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} apartment and drove to work. She travelled to many {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, but she seldom took the plane. She was afraid of flying.

    One day, Diana saw a TV {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about ORBIS. She learnt about the Flying Eye Hospital. She wanted to help poor people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} eye problems, so she made up her mind to train as a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and attended courses after work.

    Diana is working for ORBIS now. She has to travel {#blank#}7{#/blank#} 300 days a year. She is getting used to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} by plane.

    Diana enjoys {#blank#}9{#/blank#} work. She is glad to be able to help people see again. She does not have as much money as before, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} she thinks her life is more meaningful.

    Starbucks(星巴克) coffee shops have good drinks and comfortable seats. They are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} places to have a drink. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Starbucks opened in 1971, in Seattle, Washington. At first, it was just a common coffee shop. In the 1980's, the managers turned Starbucks into an Italian-style(意大利风格的) coffee shop. Soon, there were Starbucks coffee shops in many American cities. In the 1990's, Starbucks went {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . They opened the first shop in Japan in 1995. After that, shops opened in countries all over Asia. By the year 2000, there had been {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 3,000 Starbucks coffee shops around the world. Starbucks is much more than a coffee shop. The company is part of many community(团体) projects. For example, there is a group of managers called the "Green Team". They {#blank#}5{#/blank#} trees and clean neighbourhoods in their city. So, next time you have a drink at Starbucks, feel good about yourself. It's nice to know that some companies care about you and your environment, not just your money.

    Flying into the sky at speeds of up to 100 miles per hour, a pair of nine-year-old British girls broke a record to{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the world's youngest wing walkers(机翼行走者)!

    The two girls. Rose and Flame, are cousins. They took to the sky on two biplanes(双翼飞机), and the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}of one of the planes was their grandfather. They completed a wing walk as the two planes flew just metres apart.

    After getting down from the planes, they said, "That was{#blank#}3{#/blank#}！It was so cool looking down and seeing all the small houses！"

    Not every nine-year-old girl can take on an adventure like this. Rose and Flame are braver than other girls of their age. Besides, they come from a family of wing walkers. They are deeply affected by what they see and hear.

    This time, the brave girl took on the adventure, not just to break the record but also to{#blank#}4{#/blank#}for the poor. They try to do something for the society.