Have you ever wanted to achieve something really amazing in life? Well, Greg Mortenson wanted to climb a mountain, but he ended up helping thousands of people to have a better life.

 Greg's story began with failure. In 1993, he set out to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. But Greg never made it to the top.  After five days, he stumbled(踉跄）into the village of Korphe in northern Pakistan, injured(受伤）and hungry. The kind villagers there looked after him for several days.

 Greg saw that the villagers were very poor and hungry, and some of them were ill. Also, the village school didn't have a roof(屋顶）and the children wrote on the ground with sticks. Greg knew he wanted to do something to help. " I'll build you a school,”he told the villagers. “ I promise.”

 Greg went back home to the USA to raise money for the school. He even lived in the car to save money! Finally he went back to Korphe and built the school. But this was just the beginning of something bigger! Since then, Greg's organization has built around 80 schools and runs many others in Pakistan and other countries, too.

 Greg hasn't finished yet. He does many other things to help people in poor countries. He has got many prizes, but it's the smiles of the children he has helped that makes him happy!

 Greg has just written a best-selling book about his story called Three Cups of Tea. It's an interesting and exciting book which tells us what ordinary(普通的）people can do with courage and determination(决心）!

    Robert wanted to do well in his exams．He spent all his free time studying．He wanted to be a scientist when he grew up．Unluckily,this meant that he was almost always serious．Although he was young，he didn't relax and enjoy himself．

    Robert's first important exam was coming soon．He had spent almost all the week preparing for it．He had got little sleep and felt very tired．However,Robert thought that he was ready for the exam．"I worked harder than anyone else．I'm▲ I will get a good mark，"he thought during the breakfast．

    After breakfast．he started to feel a little ill．He also had a little headache and found it difficult to concentrate (专心)．But he refused(拒绝)to believe that he'd fail (不及格)the exam．Robert arrived at the school hall and took his chair．He noticed how relaxed and happy his friends looked．

    "They are just under prepared(准备不充分的)，"he thought as the exam began．

    Unluckily,Robert wasn't able to finish his exam．Twenty minutes after the exam started，he felt very hot and uncomfortable．He then slumped(瘫倒)in his chair,and one of his friends called for help．His teacher took him to the school hospital at once．In the hospital，the doctor told him that he was too tired to finish the exam．

He spent the lunch break in the nurse's office．

    He spent the lunch break in the nurse's office.He looked outside and watched his friends.They were playing happily．Robert decided that from then on,he wouldn'-t take it all so seriously．

    "A balanced (平衡的)life is more important．I guess I know what to do next time，"he thought．

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    Once upon a time, a girl called Goldilocks went into the forest and picked some flowers. She saw a little house and she knocked on the door. There was no one there, so she entered the room. On a table there were three bowls with some food in them. First, she finished the food in the smallest bowl. Next, when she sat down, she destroyed the smallest chair. Finally, she walked into the bedroom and was soon asleep in the smallest bed.

    Goldilocks didn't know the little house was three bears' home. When the three bears returned home, they didn't notice Goldilocks at first. But finally they saw her. When Goldilocks opened her eyes and saw them, she was very frightened and hurried away without her basket. She didn't return again.

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    A beautiful and very successful actress was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the country，but she didn't want to go back there every night，so she bought an expensive house in the center of the city，got some beautiful furniture and got a man to paint the rooms in new colour.

    It was very difficult to get tickets for her show in the evening，because everyone wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of month，when she got the painter's bill. At the bottom of it were these words "Four hours from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm watching Miss Hall sing and dance：3 pounds," with this note:"Before5：00 pm I get 10 shillings（先令）an hour and after 5:00pm 15 shillings."

    US teenagers Hannah Lucas, 15, and her brother Charie, 13, have created an app called not OK. People just need to pay $1.99(12.5 yuan) each month to use it.

    Imagine having a simple app(应用程序) that works like: When you need help, just open the app, touch the "notOK" button and a text message will be sent to five pre-selected(预先选定的)people, along with a location(位置)to show where you are. The message reads, Hey, I'm not OK. Please call me, text me, or come to find me."

    Hannah was inspired(启发) to create the app during a dark time in her life last year. She suffered from a disease that caused her to pass out at school. Other kids sometimes bullied (欺凌)her about this. She felt sad and wanted to find an app that would allow her to get help when she wasn't feeling OK.

    She asked her brother Charlie, whose nickname is "Tech Support", to find such an app. When they couldn't find they decided to create one themselves.

    They came up with some designs for the app first Charie took a programming class last summer and built a website for the app. Hannah also shared her idea in her summer business class. Some app developers showed interest and decided to help her.

    Hannah is happy that her app is helping others. "It makes everything I went through last year worth it," she said.

    GreenHome campaigners (发起者) really love the natural world. In fact, we love it so much that we're determined (决心) to do our best to protect it. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}For that, we need money too. GreenHome can be strong only with the support from people like you. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    If the joy of walking through the green forest, the excitement of climbing ancient rocks, or even the simple pleasure of watching wildlife in its own habitat (栖息地) really moves you, then share GreenHome's idea of the world. Please turn that idea into some support today.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}So take action right now! Even a very small amount, like$1a month, will soon build up into a valuable contribution (贡献) to protecting the natural world we love so much. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}We'll also use it to develop ways to deal with environmental problems.

    Think about it in another way. If you want a future where you can continue to do the things you love in the great outdoors, you need to make sure you've got great outdoors to do them in. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}And this way is simple enough—that's got to be worth $1 a month.