Once there was an island where all the feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and all of the others, including Love. One day it was said that the island would go down, so all made boats and left except Love.

    Love was the only one who stayed. Love wanted to offer her help until the last possible moment. When the island had almost gone down, Love decided to ask for help.

    Richness was passing by Love in a great boat. Love said, "Richness, can you take me with you?" Richness answered, "No, I can't. There is a lot of gold and silver in my boat. There is no place here for you."

    Sadness was close by, so Love asked, "Sadness, let me go with you." "Oh, Love, I am so sad that I need to be by myself!"

    Happiness passed by Love, too, but she was so happy that she did not even notice when Love called her.

    Suddenly, there was a voice, "Come, Love, I will take you." It was an elder. Love was so excited that she even forgot to ask who the elder was. So Love asked Knowledge, another elder, "Who helped me?" "It was Time." Knowledge answered. "Time?" asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"

    Knowledge smiled with deep wisdom and answered, "Because only Time understands how valuable Love is."

    If you want to study in a foreign country, you have to think about where to live. Because I'm still too young to rent a flat by myself. I am living with a homestay family in Canada and I feel like I'm part of the family.

    I had a homestay in 2013 for the first time. During that time, I stayed in Ajax, a town in Canada for a week with a homestay family. Carlton lives with his nephew and hisniece-in-law9侄子和侄媳妇）.Carlton drove me to a school to learn about Canadian culture every morning, and he picked me up in the afternoons. Our free time was in the evening. The meals he made for me were delicious and we usually watched a movie after dinner. I couldn't forget the life there although I didn't live there for a long time.

    I'm now living with a Hungarian（匈牙利）family with another Chinese boy. There are two family members — Mrs. Perger and her son, Robert. I've already lived here for nine months. Once, my roommate went running and didn't come back for a long time. Mrs. Perger called him, but he didn't answer the phone. She began to worry about him and cry. Fortunately, he was fine and got back home later. I was deeply moved.

    However, living with a homestay family also has some problems. when you live with a foreign family, you live a lifestyle different from your own family's. It may take you a long time to get used to (习惯于)it.

    Living with a homestay family teaches me how to communicate with different people and what we should do when different lifestyles and cultures meet together.

Many newspapers and magazines have an advice page. People write to ask for help with their problems. Three teenagers wrote the following Internet posts to  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}online newspaper.

Anna: I'm  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(worry) about my friend Jilin. She wants to be a model and she's thin, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}she thinks she's fat. She always eats very little and now she's getting too thin. But whenever I talk to her  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}it, she becomes quite unhappy. How can I help her?

Peter: I went out with a group of friends yesterday. When we were walking across the road,  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(sudden), we saw a lady lying in the street. She looked very sick. My friends made jokes about her and  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(laugh) at her. I regret not saying anything. I feel ashamed (羞愧) of  {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(I). What should I do in this situation?

Simon: I've just started  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wear)braces(牙箍), but I hate them. My friends all laugh at me. I feel quite uncomfortable  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. I smile or open my mouth. The braces hurt my  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (tooth), and it's difficult for me to eat. What should I do?

I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer on my newspaper route(送报路线)when I was twelve. Yet she taught me a 1 that I shall never forget.

On a winter afternoon a friend and I were 2 stones onto the roof(屋顶)of the old lady's house near her garden. I found myself a 3 and threw it. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped(滑) from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small window on the lady's door. At the sound of 4 glass, we knew we were 5 . We ran faster than any of our stones 6 off her roof.

I was too afraid about getting 7 that night and worried about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered, I stated to feel it a great shame 8 making her so much trouble. She still greeted me with a smile each day 9 I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act comfortably when seeing her.

I decided that I would 10 my paper deliver(送) money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the 11 in an envelope with a note saying that I was 12 for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost of repairing it.

The next day, I handed the old lady her paper. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of biscuits she had made herself. I thanked her and ate the biscuits as I 13 my newspaper route. After several biscuits, I felt an envelope and 14 it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was 15 . Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, "I'm proud of you."