Tambun Gediu, now badly hurt and staying in hospital, says it was his wife that saved his life from the mouth of a tiger.

    "I was 1 a rabbit in the forest not far from my home and was ready to catch it when I saw the 2. That's when I realized that I was being followed," said Mr. Gediu. The tiger jumped at Mr Gediu at once.  He stood there with great 3 so that he did not know what to do for a moment, and then he tried 4 a tree to keep away from the animal, 5 he was pulled down by the tiger.

    His wife, 55-year-old Han Besau, who was in the kitchen, heard the noise, realizing it was coming from the 6 where her husband was looking for rabbits and she 7 the nearest "weapon (武器)" -a wooden ladle(长柄勺)-rushed out of the 8 and into the nearby forest. Seeing her husband 9 hard to stop the tiger tearing（撕裂）him into pieces, she ran 10 to the animal, shouting at the top of her voice and hitting its head with the ladle until it ran off.

    Tambun had to wait more than 3 hours before he could be taken to hospital in the nearest town, Gerik, because his village was very far.

    It was the first time that a tiger had attacked someone in the village.

    Many people do not like to stay at home on vacation. They usually 1out to see something different or do something exciting. So people from the country come to the city and people from the2go to the country for vacation. During the vacation, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very hard to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people3cars or buses for traveling.

    Last May Day my family went to the countryside in our4. There was too much traffic on the road, so we had to move very slowly. It took us about an hour to get out of the city. Two hours5, we came to a hill. It was6. We thought this was a good place for a picnic, so we stopped and7the food, fruit and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to8. Suddenly it started to9, we had to run back to our car and have our food in the car. Then we drove back home. What a10trip!

When I was a kid, a tree grew in front of my home. At the age of 10, I was just tall enough to reach its lowest branch and lift myself into its embrace. I wasn't the only climber. Sometimes two or three of my friends would join me in the sycamore, or in the maple down the street. Climbing trees allowed us to enter another world. In fact, it was a world within a world: We took our imaginations with us into those heights, which by turns were a fortress, a pirate ship, a spaceship, or a mountain castle. 

In my small Maine town there are some lovely maples, lindens, and oaks. Their branches spread wide and they are strong enough for people to climb. But I have not yet seen a climber. Perhaps computer games have taken place of tree climbing, or maybe the activity went the way of monkey bars, which came to be viewed as too risky and have largely disappeared from playgrounds. 

It is a sad loss. I have always believed that, since low-hanging limbs provide no benefit to the tree, they must be meant for the child. Robert Frost understood this when he wrote: When I see birches bend to left and right, across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy's been swinging them. My only disagreement with Frost is his inference that tree climbing is a gender-specific undertaking. Both boys and girls have what it takes to make a joyful ascent. 

The campus of the university where I teach is lovingly landscaped with all sorts of trees. During a recent walk, I grabbed a branch and a moment later I was sitting on it. Then the memories came flooding back: The old friends, the long view of my neighborhood, and finally, the reluctance to return to earth when the parental call to supper came. 

I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't hear the student calling to me from below. He asked what I was doing. I didn't waste time on explanations. "Come on up, "I said. "The air's fine. "But he only laughed, and waved me off. He didn't know what he was missing. 

 In a small village, there is a girl named Lena. She is afraid of 1 in front of people. When she speaks, she is2 and her face turns red.

 One day, the water of 3 village dries up"One of us should go to the nearest town for help." a villager says.4 no one answers(回复) . Right at the moment, Lena 5 . She knows it is not just for herself, but for the village.

 Lena 6 to the town. When Lena gets there and faces the 7 , she feels nervous. She takes a deep breath(深呼吸) and 8 to tell the story of her village. Everyone in the 9 is moved (感动的) . At last, they decide to help the village. When Lena comes back with the10 news, all the villagers thank her again and again.

 Sometimes, the best way to solve a problem is to face it.

Jaime Deigh is a teacher at R. E. Baker Elementary School. On March 3，it was the last day of Spirit Week in this school. And all the students must 1 as their favorite superhero （超级英雄）. When Jaime arrived at the 2 ，she was happy to see fun characters （人物） like Wonder Woman and Spider﹣Man. But one student was 3 . It was her student，Caroline Carlson. Caroline wore the same clothes as her. 

"She gave me a big 4 ，" Jaime said， "She was wearing the same clothes just as mine，a T﹣shirt5 ，jeans，and tennis shoes. " It was 6 for the young student to decide who her favorite superhero is. 

"Heroes don't need superpower. They're just trying to make the world a better place，" Carlson says. "Ms. Jaime is a 7 teacher. She doesn't only teach us "teacher stuff"，but also teaches us how to be kind and responsible，and how to be a good person. "

According to Ms. Jaime，this is the first time in her 19 years of 8 that one of her students has honored （尊敬） her in this way. She was so touched that she wanted to walk around the school. She also said that this kind act was telling her not to take her small. "You never know the influence （影响） that your 9 might have on a 10 . " she said.