In my living room, there is aplaque that advises me to “bloom {#blank#}1{#/blank#}youare planted”. It reminds me of Dorothy. I got to know Dorothy in the early1980s, when I was teaching Early Childhood Development through a program. Thejob {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(responsible) requiredoccasional visits to the classroom of each teacher in the program. Dorothystands out in my memory as on one {#blank#}3{#/blank#}bloomed in her remote area.

       Dorothy taught in a remote school nearHarlan. To get to her school from the town of Harlan, I followed a road {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(wind) around the mountain. In theeight-mile journey, I crossed the same railroad track five times, giving thepossibility of {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(catch) by thesame train five times. Rather than feeling excited by this drive throughmountains, I found it depressing. The poverty level was shocking and the smallshabby houses gave me the greatest feeling of {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(hope).

        From the moment of my arrival at thelittle school, all my gloom disappeared. Upon arriving at Dorothy's classroom,I was greeted with smiling faces and treated like a queen. The children{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(prepare) to show me their {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(late) projects. Dorothy told me witha smile that they were serving poke greens salad and cornbread they madethemselves for dinner.

        Lonely {#blank#}9{#/blank#}she was far away from the moderncivilization and convenience, she never ran out of reports of excitingactivities of her students. Her enthusiasm never cooleddown. She passed all the tests {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(excellent)and I found that Dorothy was really blooming where life had planted her.

    I came across an interesting story when I visited my cousin in Henan Province,China.My cousin grew up next door to a girl{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Li Shichun.The "Chun" part of Li Shichun stands for spring.That's when she was born.But that's not all.She is also named{#blank#}2{#/blank#}a Sui Dynasty engineer,Li Chun.Her father thought him{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(admire) because he built bridges you can really count on.But her mother wouldn't like her daughter{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(have) that name because she thought that{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(sound)too much like a boy's name.She was worried that her daughter would have to put up with too much teasing with{#blank#}6{#/blank#}man's name.So they figured out a way to change it.They added "Shi" from her grandmother's name.Well,that was lucky because she looks like her grandmother anyway.Li Shichun{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(eventual) went to university{#blank#}8{#/blank#}she studied medicine.However,she didn't like it so she changed her studies and ended up{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (become) an engineer!She became quite famous when she invented a new way of holding up suspension{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(bridge) during the building process.

    One Saturday morning in September I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) to a local music festival. I left it early{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I had an appointment later that day. My friends walked me to the bus stop and waited with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (I) until the bus arrived. I got on the bus and found a seat near the back, and then I noticed a man {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sit) at the front. He pretended that a tiger toy was real and giving it a voice. He must be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (mental) disabled.

    Behind him {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) other people to whom he was trying to talk, but after some {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (minute) he walked away and sat near me, looking annoyed. I didn't want 3{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (laugh) at for talking to him but I didn't like leaving him on his own either. After a while I rose from my seat and walked to the front of the bus. I sat next {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the man and introduced myself. We had {#blank#}10{#/blank#} amazing conversation. He got off the bus before me and I felt very happy the rest of the way home.

    I'm glad I made the choice. It made both of us feel good.

    One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen .Suddenly, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（find）that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son," Go to the Village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much {#blank#}2{#/blank#} too little."

    His son looked surprised. "I can understand why I shouldn't pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} not save a bit of money?"

    "That would be a very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（reason）thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours," Nick said.

    Nick's guests,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied," The only reason a man would sell salt {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect {#blank#}7{#/blank#}the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it."

    "But such a small thing couldn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（possible）destroy a village."

    "In the beginning, there was only {#blank#}9{#/blank#}very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little ,always {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（think）that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today."

    Dogs are the best friends of man. It is a good idea to give them training. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (actual), training a dog is very different from training humans. Of course, you have to deal with some characteristics of your dog at first.

    Dog training is not really {#blank#}2{#/blank#} easy task. You must be {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(patience) and work hard. Dog training is the process of teaching them how {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(follow) some basic orders, do tricks, hunt and so on. There is a lot of specific training that you can give your dog. But, if you are still a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(begin), the process could be a bit difficult.

    Look for guides and try to figure out {#blank#}6{#/blank#} would be a good way to train your dog. With the help of these guides, you can save time {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(learn) what you should do, especially if the guides {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(write) by expert dog trainers.

    Training it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(you) will take more time than hiring someone to train it for you. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} this training is your chance to get closer to your dog, and the results is worth your effort.