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    Mr. and Mrs. Bell are very forgetful. For example, Mr. Bell sometimes goes to work on Sunday morning, for he thinks it is Monday. And Mrs. Bell sometimes forgets to cook supper for the family.

    One summer, they planned to fly to New York for their holidays. They got to the airport only ten minutes before the plane took off. So time was short. But suddenly Mrs. Bell said she must tell Alice, their daughter, not to forget to lock the front door when she went to school. As Alice was then at school, they couldn't tell her about it by telephone. So they hurried to the post office. Mrs. Bell wrote a short note to Alice when Mr. Bell bought a stamp and an envelope(信封). Soon the note was ready. They put the stamp on the envelope in a hurry and dropped the envelope into the letter box, but suddenly Mrs. Bell began to cry. The short note was still in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the envelope.

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    A cup of coffee is a good way for many people to start their day. It can also pass on kindness.

    Manyang Kher used to be a Sudanese child refugee (难民). When he was three years old, his village was burnt in the war. He was separated from his parents and never saw them again. He became one of the 20,000 young Sudanese who had to leave their home for Ethiopia's Gambella area. He lived there as a refugee for 13 years.

    When he was 16, Kher went to the United States. While he was in college, he started a program to help the refugees. Now, he owns a coffee company (公司) called 734, which is part of his program. The company has helped more than 200,000 refugees living in the Gambella area till now. Kher said, “I know the difficulties and pains they face every day. You see kids die from hunger. You see kids dying of illnesses. You see kids running away from the refugee camp to find a place to be home, but die on the way.”

    Eighty percent of the money made by the coffee company is used to send more of the children to school. And, as Kher explains, the money helps refugees to help themselves. For example, a cup of 734 coffee can also buy one fishing net (网) for a refugee. They can fish fir themselves.

    Kher sells the coffee online and to coffee stores. Megan Murphy owns a coffee store in Washington, D.C. She serves 734 coffee in her store and people love it. The coffee tastes delicious, so it's a win-win on both sides.

With the development of society, people's needs are becoming increasingly different and we have more expectations for the future. What do you expect to see in 2024? Let's have a look. 

When the new term came. I had a new classmate, a little old lady with a warm smile. She said, "Hi, handsome! I'm Rose. I'm 1  years old. Can I give you a hug?" I was a little surprised to see such an old classmate. But I said heartily. "Of course!"

"Why are you  2   at such an age?" I asked. She laughed and joked, "I'm here to meet a husband, get married, have children, and then travel around. "

"No. 3  " I asked, "Tell me the truth. "

"I always dreamed of having a college education. Now I'm getting one!" she told me. 

Over the year, Rose became an icon(偶像). She  4  made friends wherever she went. She was very popular in the school

At the end of the term, we invited Rose to  5  at our school banquet(宴会). I will never 6  what she taught us. 

"Do not stop playing just because we are old. Here are the secrets of staying  7 . You have to laugh and find humor every day. You've got to have a dream. When you lose your  8 , you die!" she said. 

"There is a big difference between growing old and growing up. 9  can grow old. That's  quite easy, " she added, "but to grow up, you have to catch the chances in your life. Have no regrets. We don't 10  for what we did, but for things we didn't do. "

Rose taught us by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. 

The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. Here is a beautiful story 1 it.

 Long long ago, there was a young man 2 Niulang. One day, he met a beautiful girl— Zhinu, the Goddess's seventh daughter. She had just run away from the boring heaven(天国) to look for fun on Earth. Zhinu soon fell in love with Niulan g and they got married without 3 the Goddess. They lived a happy life on Earth and gave birth to two children. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and 4 Zhinu to return to heaven. With the help of his magic cow. Niulan g flew to heaven with his children to look for his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very 5 . Taking out her hairpin(发簪), the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate(分开) the two 6 . From then on, Niulan g and Zhinu had to live 7 on the two sides of the river. However, their true love touched all the magpies(喜鹊) in the world,8 once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge(" the bridge of magpies") for the couple to meet each other.

 At last, the Goddess allowed 9 to meet each year on the 7th day of the 7th Chinese lunar month. That's 10 the Double Seventh Festival started. Today, it is a great day for Chinese young people to express their love.