William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the USA, was born in a small town. When he was a boy, he was very quiet and shy. Because he was so quiet, everyone thought that he wasn't bright. People in the town often put a nickel(五分镍币)and a dime(十分硬币)before him and asked him which to choose. He always chose the nickel and they laughed.

    One day a woman felt sorry for him. She asked, "Why do you never take a dime and always choose a nickel? Do you know a nickel is worth(值……钱) much less than a dime?"

    "Certainly I know it.” William answered slowly. "But if I choose the dime, they will not ask me to choose them any more.”

    Mr. Knott [not] is a teacher. He teaches in a big school in London. Because he lives a long way from the school, he is usually quite tired（疲惫的） when he get home. At nine o'clock one evening when he is in bed, the telephone rings（铃响）, so he answers the phone, " Hello! Who's that?"

    "Watt [what]." a man says.

    "What's your name, please?" says Mr. Knott.

    "Watt's my name," the man answers.

    "Yes, I asked you that what is your name." Mr. Knott asks.

    "I told you. Watt's my name." says the man. "Are you Jack Smith?"

    "No, I'm Knott," says Mr. Knott.

    "But what's your name?" the man says.

    Mr. Knott and Mr. Watt put their telephone down and think, "What a foolish（愚蠢的）man!"

Billy's favorite color isorange. But he can't see what orange looks like.

A month after he was born, his mother noticedthat his eyes weren't quite as1asa normal baby's. "Billy would never be able to see, he is2."the doctor said. Even so, with the hope to help Billy learn all about the worldaround him, his mother kept talking to him and describing3shesaw.

Billy does not only depend on his mother's descriptionsto learn about the world around him. He sees4hisears and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls,he can5the numbers they dial (拨).

"He is very confident and his disabilitydoesn't stop him from being an important part of the class," his teachersaid, "The students love him, and he is just one of them."

Billy loves computer science. He began teaching6computerprogramming when he was just seven years old. As a young boy, he7goingto study in Stanford University. And for years of efforts (努力), he got the best grades in his classes, he finally8hisdream. Many people wanted to find out the9ofhis success. Billy explained, "Move forward! Don't let any difficultiesget in the way of your dreams."

You cannot choose what you are given10youcan choose how you make use of it.

I work in a foreign company in my city. My company is big and I always have lots of work to do. However, no matter how 1  I am every day, I won't forget one important thing. That is to 2  my daughter Sally at her school gate on time. I hope that she can see 3 as soon as she rushes out of her school. After we get home, Sally 4  her workbooks and starts to do her homework at once. After she finishes it, we go to the park in our neighbourhood. There Sally plays with other kids. I 5  wait for her. Every time I tell her that it's 6 to go back home, Sally answers, "Five more 7  , Dad!"I always smile and say"OK"to her.

 "What a 8 father you are! Your kid is so lucky to have a father like you!"Every time I hear such words, I feel that being a father makes me really 9  .

I didn't spend lots of time 10  Sally, in fact. I didn't change 11  Tom's son died in a traffic accident. Tom told me that he almost had no time to stay with his son, not even five minutes a day. I can never 12  Tom's sadness. At that time I decided not to make the same 13 as Tom had made. I think that when my daughter wants more time to play, I have more time to 14  being with her.

Life keeps on changing. 15  knows what will happen tomorrow. So, please give someone you love another five minutes today.