My mother only had one eye. I hated her, as she was such an embarrassment (难堪）for me. She ran a small shop at a market, selling anything for the money we needed.

    One day, my mom came to my school. I threw her a hateful look and ran out. The next day, my classmates shouted, “Your mom only has one eye!" and they taunted me. My face turned red.

I wished that my mom would just disappear from this world, so I said to her, “Mom, why don't you have the other eye? You make me a laughingstock.” She didn't say anything. Maybe it was because my mom hadn't punished me, so I didn't think that I had hurt her feelings very badly. I decided to study hard so that I could leave her for the rest of my life. I made it at last. Now I'm living happily as a successful man in another country.

Many years later, I received a letter, which said, “I think my life has been long enough now， but would it be too much to ask if I wanted you to visit me once in a while? I'm sorry that I am an embarrassment for you. You see, when you were very young, you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn't stand watching you having to grow up with only one eye, so I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son that was seeing a whole new world for me, in my place, with that eye. I was never angry with you for anything you did. I miss the time when you were still young around me. You mean the world to me. I love you.” I can't help crying with the letter in my hand.

    Mr. Coates works in an office in Brighton, England.  One Saturday, he went to the office to do some work. When he got on the lift, it stopped between floors. Mr. Coates could not get out of the lift. He started to shout, but no one heard him. Then Mr. Coates remembered that it was a holiday in England. No one was going to come to work until Tuesday! There was nothing for Mr. Coates to do. He had to wait. With nothing to eat or drink, Mr. Coates slept for most of the time. Early on Tuesday morning, his workmates came into work and found the lift was not working. When the lift was opened, Mr. Coates came out. He was cold, weak, and tired. He had been in the lift for 62 hours! Now Mr. Coates says, "I only use lifts if they have telephones in them. "

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    Nick was born with no arms or legs. There was only a small foot on his hip(臀部). He can't do the easiest things like washing his face or brushing teeth, but he can type, pick things up between his toes (脚趾)and even kick a ball.

    Nick grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He wasn't happy at school because his classmates often laughed at him. At the age of 10, he even wanted to kill himself. But later, he changed. He tried to look at good things around him. When he was 17, a friend encouraged(鼓励) him to give speeches. From then on, he began to travel around the world and give talk about his life. He thinks it can help others. Up to now, he was been invited to more than 50 countries and given thousands of talks.

    Now Nick is 32 years old. He lives in California with his wife, Kanae, and their 2-year-old son.

    When you are sad, think of him. At least you have arms and legs.

    Fred is a sports fan(迷). He likes all kinds of s ports games. He never plays football, but he knows much about it. When there is a football game on TV, he watches it. Sometimes he does not go to school.

    One day, there are two games on TV. One is at 8:00 in the morning, and the other begins at two in the afternoon. Fred decides to stay at home for the whole day.

    At 7:30, Fred's mother comes to Fred. She sees him still in bed.

    "Is there anything wrong with you?" she asks.

    "I am not feeling well," Fred answers.

    "Shall I take you to the doctor?" she asks.

    "No. Don't worry, Mum. I will be OK soon," says Fred.

"Then I'll go to work. My students are waiting for me," she says, "If you really feel bad, do call me. OK?"

    Fred's mother hurries out of the room. Now Fred gets out of his bed quickly.

    He turns on the TV and sits in front of it. How exciting (激动人心的 ) the game is! He forgets all about his lessons.

    To his surprise, his mother comes back for the key to her office.

    "Are you really ill?" she asks.

"Well, er … I'm all right now. Sports is good medicine (药),"Fred says.

    Two months ago, I went to Australia for a meeting with my workmate, John. We decided to drive across the country to Brisbane after the meeting ended. The drive was going to take four days and most of it was across the desert.

    The first day was a lot of fun as we were excited and laughing at each other's jokes. On the third day, we began to get bored.

    We had been quiet for a few hours when John saw some kangaroos. We were both excited and decided to catch up with the kangaroos. We got closer and closer- too close when we heard a loud BANG!

    John stopped the car and we got out. Behind the car was a large kangaroo lying on the ground. He didn't move. John went over the kangaroo and put his baseball hat on its head.

    He took off his jacket and put it on the kangaroo. I took out my camera. While I was focusing the camera, I saw the kangaroo move. It woke up, and ran away before we could do anything.

    I started laughing but John looked very serious. He said his wallet was in the jacket. I laughed even harder. I stopped laughing, however, when he said that our car keys were also in the jacket.

    Bob comes out of the station and at first he doesn't know the way where to go. This is the first time he comes to this town. He's a president (总裁) in a company(公司). He comes to see his good friend, Peter. Peter is a worker and works in a car factory (工厂). But Bob doesn't know where the factory is. He walks in the street. He passes a hospital (医院), a post office, a bookshop and at last he gets to a school. Some students are coming out. He asks one of them, "Excuse me, do you know where the Red Star Car Factory is?" "Of course, I know. I live there. My father works in that factory. It's outside the town," answers the boy. "Is it far from here? Can you show me the way, please? "Bob asks again. "Yes, I'm going home now. Will you please go with me? I'll take you there." "That's great! Thank you very much." "You are welcome. Then let's go to that bus stop. We'll take a No 1 bus there."