A poor farmer had a friend who was famous for the wonderful apples he grew. One day， his friend gave him a young apple tree and told him to take it home and 1 it.

    Seeing the gift， the farmer was very happy， and he thought he would also have a lot of wonderful apples， but when he got home， he felt 2 . He did not know where to plant it. He thought over and over and considered every place he could think of. 3 ， he decided to plant the tree in his woods. There were many high trees with thick leaves in the woods. With those trees around ，no one else could see the young apple tree. He even felt proud of himself for finding so secret a place for the apple tree. Every day he went to take care of the tree， watering it. To his surprise and 4 ， the apple tree didn't grow as well as he expected.  It died without sunlight and good soil.

    Later the friend asked the farmer why he had planted the tree in such a 5place. "What's the difference?" the farmer said angrily. "If I had planted the tree near the6 ， passers-by(行人) would have stolen the fruit. If I had planted the tree in one of my fields， my neighbors would have come at night and 7 some of the apples! If I had planted it near my house， my own children would have taken the fruits. No matter where I plant the tree， I can't have8 to enjoy the apples： So there is no difference where I planted it."

    "Yes，" said the friend. "But sooner or later someone could have enjoyed the fruit. Now you not only have robbed(抢夺) everyone of the fruit， but also have 9 a good apple tree! You don't know the true meaning of 'share'!"

    We should learn to 10in our life. The more you want to own something all by yourself， the less you get at last.

    My father is an office worker. He works nine to five like most of my classmates' fathers. Like most other fathers, he cares a lot about his children. He cares about my health and how I am doing in school. He never 1 any parents' meetings in my school, and he shows up at my school sports day for me. Yes, my father is an ordinary(普通的)father just like the others' fathers.

    But2 most of the others' fathers, my father does a very different and special thing when he is not at work. My father is a 3 in a local hospital. He helps to take care of the sick people. He is happy to speak with them, listen to them, and 4read newspapers for them. Sometimes, he will take me with him, and when I'm there, I see that all the patients, doctors and nurses like my father very much. They always 5 and say hi when they meet him, and some of the 6 patients even run to him for a hug. This shows how 7 he is in the hospital.

    Besides helping in the hospital, my father also encourages us to take part in community services with him 8 he believes that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those 9 more. And he always tells us, "To make 10 happier, you should help others."

    I am glad to have a father who's willing to give and help. I am proud of my father.

Jessica Long is a very fast Paralympic (残奥会的) swimmer. She was born in Russia 1 a disability (残疾). This was difficult for her mother and Jessica 2 in a special home for children. 

When Jessica was thirteen months old, 3 American couple, Steve and Beth Long, 4 this home. They adopted (收养) her and took her to the USA with 5 . Jessica had a new mom and dad. 

When Jessica was eighteen months old, the 6 said she must lose her legs below the knee. They gave Jessica artificial legs and she learned to 7 for the first time. 

When Jessica was a young child, she 8 to swim in her grandparents' swimming pool. 9 the age of ten, she started to swim in competitions. "She was 10 the first person in the swimming pool and the last person out of it," says her father. 

At twelve, Jessica went to her 11 Paralympic Games in Greece. Her family went with her 12 she was very young. 

Nobody thought Jessica would win, but they were 13 . She won three gold medals (奖牌)!

At fourteen, Jessica went to the World Swimming Championships in South Africa. She won nine more gold medals and she broke five world records!

Jessica likes other 14 , too. She enjoys 15 and, at fourteen, she started rock climbing. Jessica Long is really amazing.

A food delivery driver (送餐员) from Hangzhou has been a champion of the third season of CCTV's Chinese Poetry Competition (《中国诗词大会》) show.

Lei Haiwei won in the TV contest's final on 4th, April 2018, remaining calm as he answered a lot of difficult questions on ancient Chinese poetry.

More than ten years ago, he didn't have enough money to buy books. In order to read poetry, he would go to the bookstore and memorize poems, then return home and write them down from memory. In this way, he learned over 800 poems.

These days, he reads ancient poetry when waiting for food to be prepared or when he has a moment to rest. Like most delivery drivers, Lei Haiwei's work is hard and he often has to deliver more than 50 meals in one day. While delivering food to others, he's often hungry himself, but he hardly spends more than half an hour a day in eating and won't spend over 25 RMB.

Lei was born in 1981, in Hunan, but moved to Hangzhou ten years ago to find work. He lives in an 80-square-metre apartment with several other delivery drivers and usually works 10-hour days.

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The Picture of Peace

When Mike was seven, he knew his dream was to be a photographer. He kept working on it for years. Recently, he was trying to take a picture of a sunset(日落) to enter the school1 competition. 

"Mom，it has been cloudy these days. I don't think I can get this picture!" Mike complained. 

"Why not use one of your photos on the computer?" suggested Mom. 

"I can't-the rules say the photos have to be taken with a traditional camera. We hand in a roll of film, it gets developed(冲洗胶卷), and we2 one photo for the competition. "

"Why is a sunset so important?" Mom asked. 

"The3 of the competition is peace，" Mike explained, "and I feel most peaceful seeing a sunset. "

Zach, his six-year-old brother came out of the bedroom. " Hey, you want to take a picture of me? Look!" He put both arms over his head. 

"Not right now, " said Mike, laughing. 

That very afternoon, Mike felt excited when he saw clear skies. He carefully lined up his shot(镜头) and waited4 till the sun reached the ground. 

"That's it! Perfect!" he shouted cheerfully. 

The next morning, Mike noticed he could take one more picture to complete the roll of film, so he walked into Zach's room. Zach was 5 quietly with a teddy bear under his arm. Mike didn't wake Zach up, and carefully took a picture of him. 

A week later, Mike got the photos. The sunset picture was the one he was most6 to see. There it was! It was as nearly perfect as Mike had expected. 

Then, he looked through the other photos. Suddenly，he stopped. His eyebrows(眉毛) rose as he 7 the photo of Zach. He looked back at the photo of the sunset，which seemed less perfect now. He 8 the two choices. Finally, he decided to hand in the photo of Zach for the competition.