When I was about 12, I had an enemy(敌人), a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn't a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

    He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn't you ever wonder what you're really like? Go and write a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

    I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.

    I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That's just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be helpful to you. Don't close your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”

    Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!

    John Smith is an old porter. He works at the railway station. Every day he is busy carrying heavy things for passengers（乘客）. He is kind to everyone and always ready to help others.

    One morning, John stood in the station. A train was coming. He was waiting for it. Just then he saw a man running in the station with a big bag in his hand.

    “No train is starting. Why is he in such a hurry?” the old man thought to himself.

    John went up to the man and asked, “May I help you?”

    As soon as the man saw the old porter, he stopped running.

    “Can I catch the 10:35 train to London?” the man asked. He looked worried.

    John looked at him for a few seconds and said, “Well, sir. I'd like to help you, but I can't answer your question because I don't know how fast you can run.” Then he continued, “The 10:35 train to London left five minutes ago. Can you run fast enough to catch it?”

    Mr Brown is a famous doctor. He lives in Sydney with his wife and three children. His wife's father, Mr Black, lives with them too.

    Mr Black is too old to work and he always sits in his chair near the bed all day; but in spring, if the weather is nice, he will sit outside. Sometimes, he even takes his chair into the garden if it is warm enough.

    Recently, Mr Brown found that spending more than three hours playing outside every day can reduce a child's risk of becoming short-sighted. It challenges the people's belief that short-sightedness is caused by using electronic products or reading in weak light. Many people come to see Mr Brown and ask him why Mr Brown shows his research and believes that natural light has a special chemical which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people from becoming short-sighted.

    Mr Brown's oldest son, Andersen Brown, is twenty-seven. He is also a doctor like his father. He agrees with his father's idea and he suggests that everyone should spend some time outside. It doesn't matter that time is spent in travelling, playing sports outside or just sitting outside like his grandfather.

    Mr Brown's oldest daughter, Wendy Brown, is twenty-four. She is a music teacher. She teaches students in a junior high school. She likes teaching very much. She thinks those teenagers are very lovely.

    Mr Brown's youngest son, Mike Brown, is not old enough to go to work. He still goes to school. He is a very clever and hard-working boy. He is good at studying. He wants to be a scientist when he grows up.

"Our teas can help protect your teeth and your heart, possibly even helping to prevent cancer," said Luo Shengkai, one of four student hosts from Sichuan University High School. They 1 introduced three self-made health teas through a livestream (直播) on Douyin 2 March 27, 2022, and they 3 for several weeks by now. The livestream got over 60 4 likes and many online orders, with all profits (收入) going to local tea farmers.

"It's 5 first time we have sold tea online. We not only need to introduce 6 tea, but we also need to interact with the audience and answer their questions," said Luo. "We've learned a lot from the process, 7 it's tiring."

Luo is one of a group of students 8 take part in a two-year course on tea research. They learn about tea planting and picking, tea making, package design and marketing through research and fieldwork.

However, 9 a new and popular tea isn't easy. Luo and his team members 10 a tea to better protect students' eyesight. They first met with a professional from Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and researched the properties (特性) of local tea. Then they learned 11 functions of ingredients such as goji berries (枸杞), mangosteen (山竹果) and cassia seed (决明子) and did experiments to find what would happen if they 12 all together. They ended up with a cassia seed tea and then added 13 ingredients based on people's feedback.

"Through the tea course, students 14 learn how to be creative and improve their hands-on skills. They also learn to respect tea workers and how to contribute to rural vitalization (乡村振兴). That's 15 our educational means." said Mi Yunlin, the principal of the school.

Reggie had been born deaf. He was well-known to everyone in town, and they all loved him. Unluckily, he always seemed to end up treated 1 from everyone else. People acted like he was unable to 2 them, as if he was a baby.

His friend Michael didn't like this. He decided that things had to be 3 . Michael's father was the town's mayor (市长) and Michael 4 to persuade him that this year they should offer one day as the festival to deaf people. During that whole day everyone would have to wear earplugs (耳塞).

People liked the 5 . The day became known as The Day of Silence, and when it arrived, everyone stuck plugs in their ears. That morning was filled with jokes and laughter. However, as the hours passed, people knew more and more clearly how 6 the life was when they couldn't hear anything.

On that day, nobody was thinking of Reggie as just a deaf person. This meant he could be treated just like any other boy, and people saw Reggie had a bright mind. On that day, using his usual 7 , Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. This meant that people paid more attention to what he was expressing, and they were 8 by his intelligence and his ability to find ways to deal with almost any problem. They 9 that he had always been like that, and that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to communicate. That was the only 10 .

Once upon a time, there were two fishermen called Luke and Jim. They were good at fishing. One day they went fishing by the lake. Jim {#blank#}1{#/blank#} fishing alone. Luke was an outgoing person who loved to make {#blank#}2{#/blank#} with different people.

When Luke found that some tourists at the lake couldn't catch any fish, he said to them,"I can teach you how to fish. If you catch ten fish, give me one fish as compensation (报酬). But {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you get fewer than ten, you don't need to give me anything." The tourists and Luke came to an agreement {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. After that, Luke started to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} them some fishing skills. After he finished teaching a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, he went to teach another group. Hours later, he asked the tourists to give {#blank#}7{#/blank#} one fish for ten fish that they caught. At the end of the day, Luke got a full bucket of fish, and also made a lot of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} friends. The tourists regarded him as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} good teacher for teaching them how to fish.

As for Jim,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into his fish bucket, and found he had far fewer fish than his friend. He felt very upset.

If we help others succeed, we will harvest(收获) both success and friends.