We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail (细节) of all the events in her daily life.

    Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been identified(确定) as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory ( HSAM,超级自传体记忆症). It means she can remember every small event—which most people would forget with in (在......以内) days—as if it had happened just minutes ago.

    "I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old,” she said. " That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that every day, what the weather was like and so on.”

    Rebecca can also re—experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly "taste” it.

    However,  sometimes her memories prove (证明) to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. "When I relive （再体验) memories, the feelings return, too,” Rebecca said. "For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee. "

    "At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on, she added. "1f it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep. "

    Curly is my big dog. He is so strong that he can carry everything on his back. He likes to run and play with me. He likes to follow my father around in the fields, too.

    One day my father took off his coat and put it on the ground under a big tree. Curly stood watching him. My father said, "Watch my coat, Curly." Curly sat down on the coat. My father forgot all about his coat and went home without it. Late in the evening I missed my dog. I looked everywhere for him, calling, "Curly, Curly" but Curly did not come. Soon my father wanted something that was in his coat pocket. Then he remembered what he had done. He went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was sitting on the coat so that nobody could carry it away.

    Tony loves his grandma. She often tells him stories about Santa Claus(圣诞老人).

    Today is December 24. Tony's grandma takes him to Kevin's Store to shop. She gives Tony fifty dollars and says, "Take the money and buy something for someone who needs it. I'll wait for you in the car."

    Tony thinks of everyone he knows: his family, friends and classmates. Then he thinks of Bobbie. Bobbie sits behind Tony. He doesn't have a warm coat. Tony knows it because Bobbie never goes out to play in winter. So Tony buys a blue coat for him. It looks really warm.

    In the evening, his grandma helps Tony put the coat in a Christmas box, and writes, "To Bobbie, From Santa Claus" on it. "Santa always helps people but never lets them know," Tony's grandma says. They put the box in front of Bobbie's house and then go back home.

    That night Tony knows Santa Claus is real, and they are on his team(队伍).

It was December 23. I became 1 because it was my last night at school that term. The December holidays would 2 the next day.

3 , the happy time came and the December holidays started. I hurried home and well prepared for my trip. It was time for my 4 , my sister and me to meet my father at the airport and fly on holiday.

Mum drove a car to the 5 . A close family friend, Peter, was coming with us. Everyone was 6 on the way. We sang songs with the radio. Suddenly mum 7 , "Oh, God, the brakes (刹车) aren't working!"

We were coming to a cross road. The traffic light ahead was 8 . Many cars were waiting patiently. Mum had to make a 9 : rush into the cars or turn onto the side walk. There was nobody on the side walk. To avoid causing danger to other cars, she 10 to make a turn.

The turn was so sudden that the 11 hit a big tree. Peter was not wearing his seatbelt (安全带) and his door opened. He12 from the car and fell to the ground heavily.

When the car completely 13 , we ran to him and called the police. He was sent to the 14 at once. Luckily, he was saved.

Always remember to 15 your seatbelt in a car. It's a matter of life and death!

Mr. Dawson is an old man with a bad temper (脾气). He had several apple trees in his yard, full of apples. However, kids were 1 to go into the yard. They would rather stay far away from it. 

One day, 12-year-old Janet and 2 friend Amy had to walk past Mr. Dawson's yard. As soon as Janet saw him there, she suggested they cross the street and walk on 3 side. But Amy said they didn't need to. 

When Mr. Dawson saw Amy, he smiled and said, "Hello, Amy! I see you have a new friend 4 you today. " Amy smiled back. Mr. Dawson was kind and gave them each a fresh 5 from his yard. 

Later, Janet asked Amy, "Everyone says Mr. Dawson is the 6 person in town. Why was he so nice to us?" Amy 7 that she was also afraid of him when she first walked past his yard. 8 she told herself the old man was not as cold as he seemed and tried smiling at him. To her 9 , the man smiled back. From then on, they began to talk more every time they met. 

Janet then realized smiles do 10 . 

If we keep trying to smile at someone, sooner or later, they will smile back. 

 Marco and Kim left the school and walked towards home.

"I wish we could play basketball at our neighborhood park." said Kim.

"But the basketball hoop at the park is1 ," said Marco. "It hasn't been fixed yet."

Marco and Kim walked past the town's recycling station. 2 Marco saw many recyclable plastic, paper and metal objects, he thought of an idea— Maybe we could reuse something to make a basketball hoop. As he looked around the station, an old plastic laundry basket(洗衣篮) caught his 3 . "We can use this." he held it up and said to Kim.

 Kim4 , "It looks useless."

 Marco smiled and said, "It won't look so bad. I could make a fine hoop with it."

 At home, Marco made a post and a backboard with some waste wood. Then he5 the bottom of the basket, stuck the basket to the backboard, and the backboard to the post. After that, he went to the park, dug a hole, and put the post in the 6 .

 The next day, Kim saw the recycled hoop. He tried and scored a goal. He said 7 , "I was wrong. It is a lot better than I thought!"

"When we reuse things, we make waste 8 again. And everyone of us could9 to our society."

"Wonderful! Now we can not only play basketball whenever we want, but also turn our neighbor into a 10 place!" Kim shouted and scored another goal.