She used to sleep on the sidewalk of the Fifth Street Post Office. I could smell her before I came close. She wore dirty clothes and her mouth was nearly toothless. I hardly saw her talk with others. If she was not asleep, she talked to herself. I always had sympathy for her. What a poor old lady! She must be desperate （感到绝望的）and hungry.

    One Thanksgiving, we had lots of food left over. I thought about the old lady. She might be still hungry. So I packed the food up and drove over to the Fifth Street.

    It was a cold night. There was hardly anyone out. But I knew she would stay at the same place and I would find her easily.

    There she was, squatted against a fence near the post office. She was dressed as she always was.

    I drove my car over to her, rolled down the window and said, "I've brought you some food. Would you like some turkey and apple pie?"

    However, the old woman didn't seem to be very excited about this. She looked at me and said quite clearly, "Oh, thank you very much, but someone has given me food earlier and I'm quite full now. Why don't you take it to someone else who needs it?"

    Her words were clear and her manners were gracious. Soon her head sank into her arms again. I was the only person who didn't know what to say. An old lady who was clearly down on her luck still thought about others. Why don't more of us do that?

Here is a part from Maria'sdiaries(日记) about her vacation.

The 3^rd Day:Yesterday we arrived in London in the rain. We went to some big shops.

The 4^th Day: Wecame to Paris. The day was cloudy and the food wasn't good. We liked the shopshere, but the things were dear.

The 5^th Day: Wearrived in Rome in the hot weather. We had lunch in a small restaurant, and thefood was delicious. We visited some shops. They were all wonderful.

The 6^th Day: Wewent to New York and the things in the shops were all dear. But we liked thewarm weather there.

The 7^th Day: Todaywe visited New York City. The weather was fine. We'll go back home tomorrowafter a week's vacation.

Meeting a polar bear

I put my day's supply of food into my bag and then began to take down the tent. Suddenly I heard a deep, long growl (嚎叫) from my dog Charlie. I looked at him and then in the direction he was watching closely. A polar bear!

It was a mother 1 by two cubs coming slowly towards me. They were 200 meters away. With a pounding (狂跳) heart, I picked up my flare (照明) gun and 2 walked sideways a few steps to Charlie. Without taking my eyes off the bear, I untied Charlie and, again walked sideways.

The bear, now only 150 meters aways, wasn't stopping. Her cubs had dropped back but she kept going, while I tried to remember all the 3 that had been given. Keep eye contact, move sideways or forward, never backward, stay calm, don't show 4 . Don't wound a bear and you'll make it 5 to control it. Never run. Repeating to myself, "Stay calm, stay calm," I fired a warning shot (射击) to the bear's left. The loud noise had no 6 . She came around. I fired a flare, landing it a little to her right. Her head moved in its direction but she didn't stop. I fired another, this time dropping it right in front of her. She stopped, looked at the flare. She was only 30 meters away now.

By this time, I was so nervous that my heart could have been heard at base camp. The bear began to step around the flare, and I dropped another a meter in front of her. again she 7 , and then she fixed her tiny black eyes on Charlie, who was trying to reach her. She looked back at her cubs, waited, and then moved to my left in a half circle. I fired two more flares, trying to draw a line between her and me. She stopped again and seemed to want to 8 the line of flares but was unsure of the result and of Charlie, so she decided to stay 9 . Finally, with a last long look, she walked north with her cubs behind her.

My hands were still shaking, but I now knew that I could 10 a bear in the wild bravely and stay calm enough to act properly.

Recently, a short heart-warming video has been hot on the Internet. Many people have been interested in this video. Here {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the story.

two firefighters

On a hot September afternoon, a fire started in a neighborhood in a city. A woman and her little son were sleeping when the fire broke out. So they became trapped (困在) in their apartment on the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} floor. People called 119 and a team of firefighters soon arrived. Two firefighters {#blank#}3{#/blank#} into the room and helped the mother and the son get out through the window. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, the mother and the son were saved and the fire was put out.

After they finished their work, this team of brave firefighters went to a nearby {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for dinner. But when the firefighters wanted to pay for their meals, they were surprised to find out that four young people had quietly paid for them.

In fact, such warm-hearted people can be found in many places in {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Giving and receiving always work both ways. Offering help is a(n) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} part of Chinese culture. "When they were fighting against the fire, they didn't think of themselves," said one of the young people. In life, this kind of people, like policemen, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and nurses, firefighters and others, who protect people from danger are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} as "unsung heroes". They deserve the acts of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, thanks and respect for their contribution (贡献) to society.

Martin is a boy full of questions. He asks questions all day long and{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(hope) to get the answers at once. 

One morning, he looked up at the sky{#blank#}2{#/blank#}asked, "What makes the day? What makes the night? And how?"

"The earth travels around the sun. It turns to face the sun to make the day and turns away from the sun to make the night, "said{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(he) father. "Now please, will you go and play?

But the boy didn't want{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(play). He looked up, down, and all around, and said, I can't feel the earth turning. Why?"

"The earth is so big. We're too small to feel it turn. "Dad replied in a much{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(loud)voice. "Now please, will you go and play{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a moment?"

Martin tried. He played with some{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(toy), and then studied the pictures of the sun and the earth, but questions were still everywhere!

At bedtime, while his mother{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tell) him a story, Martin couldn't help asking. "{#blank#}9{#/blank#} can see the sun now?

"People on the other side of the earth, "Mom answered gently. "Hmm, "she thought, "maybe he will become{#blank#}10{#/blank#}great scientist in the future. "

Martin lay in his bed and kept on thinking about the sun, the earth, the moon and the stars. 

Jing Baoshan，69，lives a quiet life in Pinglu County， "Baoshan" 1 "protecting the mountains"，something he seems to have been doing in his life. 

In 1970，the then 17-year-old 2 the army and became a soldier. After 17 years，Jing3 to his I hometown in Pinglu and worked as a forest ranger （护林员）. He worked there for 25 years until he retired in 2012.4 his 25 years of service，he worked alone most of the time and met a number of5 situations. Fighting forest fires was one of them. 

In 2000，he was patrolling （巡逻） when he found one fire. He called for6 from the closest village. As more firemen made their way，Jing and five farmers were7 the fire when the wind suddenly changed direction. Four of the farmers8 . Jing and the surviving farmer were9 hurt. He felt very sad for those farmers' deaths and that was one of the reasons why he decided to devote （奉献） the rest of his life to the forest. 

On October 1^st ， 2019，Jing was invited to the ceremony10 the 70th anniversary （周年纪念）of the founding of the People' s Republic of China. He said he would11 forget it for the rest of his life. 

Now，Jing continues to12 the forest as a volunteer at least once every two weeks. Smart GPS plays a very important role in keeping the rangers13 today. Jing believes the14 show the country's development. More importantly，he said that people are now coming to15 the importance of a well﹣ protected environment.