It was early in the morning, on a lonely road. It's 1heavily. A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was  2him to school. Suddenly, the car went off the road, 3several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch (沟渠) filled with water.

    Luckily, both the mother and son were  4seatbelts. The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move. The boy was frightened but  5. As water came through broken windows in the car, he  6unbuckled (解开) himself, climbed out of the  7window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the  8to free his trapped mother. With great effort, he managed to  9her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon  10.

    His mother later recalled her experience of the  11. Being unable to move or even  12to offer instructions or encouragement to her son, she was  13by her little son's action. She recalled  14her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”

    It seemed  15that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favorite books: The Little Engine that Could. In that  16, when everyone else had  17hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side. He had  18and took action. Obviously this book had left a  19impression before the accident that rainy  20and motivated (激励) the son to take action if the terrifying moments.

    It had been a tiring journey. I 1the hotel at about ten o'clock that night. There were many other tourists waiting to 2in. I approached the reception desk and3my room number and the 4 to it. To my disappointment, I found that there had been a5in communication and my reservation(预定)for a room had not been 6. The receptionist(接待员)was very polite and helpful. She told me that the hotel was fully7for the night and suggested that I live in another hotel which is further down the hill. Faced with hardly any choice, I 8her suggestion.

    The hotel was rather strange and warm. The owner was Percy Williams who doubled up9a receptionist and a waiter. He greeted me10and showed me my room. By then I was so tired that I jumped into bed and11a deep sleep.

    The next morning, I woke up feeling very much 12. I realized that I was13with a blanket and my clothes were14put in the closet. “Mr. Williams is indeed a nice man,” I thought to myself. I decided that I would15on in this hotel for the rest of my holidays.

    I met Mr. Williams on my way out and thanked him for his16. Mr. Williams was surprised. “I didn't do anything 17show you to your room last night, Miss 18must be my wife who did that.”

    “Please give my thanks to your wife then,” I said as I moved to leave. Mr. Williams' next few words made me19 

    “I'm afraid I can't, Miss. You see, my wife has been dead for 20.”

    I'd been proud that I'd never lost my cellphone until my husband Jack got a call one evening.

    We went to visit a friend in hospital last year. When Jack's 1 rang, it was my mother calling from my 2. She asked if I had 3 my mobile. I checked (检查) my purse. It was 4!

I used Jack's phone to call my number. Then a boy, whom I'll call Rhys, 5 it. "I have found your phone!" he said, excitedly. "I have been trying to find you, but 6 it was getting late, I decided to leave." He gave me the address of a 7 near his home.

    Later that evening, I went to 8 him there. I didn't dare to go 9, worrying this was some cheater (骗子). So Jack came along. After 10 10 km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys 11.

My 12 were gone. Rhys was just a young boy. "How did you 13 my mum? " I asked. He 14 that when he found my mobile by roadside(路边), he started calling people in my list of contacts (联系人). But all they 15 was my mobile phone number——which didn't 16. He'd called many names, starting with the letter A. Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who 17 my house.

    I was 18 to get my phone back with all the contacts, messages and photos I could have lost forever. I was so 19 to Rhys and offered (提供) him some money, but he 20.

    As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty.

    It was an extraordinarily busy time of year. I felt some 1 to head straight home after a long meeting. So I headed to the 2 nearby for some therapeutic (治疗性的) hiking. As I reached the top and admired the view, my unclear mind 3. Re-energized, I knew that I could deal with the 4 that waited for me upon my 5. When I arrived back in the office the next day, I was full of energy, and finished my work 6.

    It was almost 20 years ago that I learned how 7 it is for me to carve out time to escape to the wild. I had finished my Ph.D. , 8 soil and water conservation in Honduras, but I wasn't sure what 9 I wanted to have. So, I decided to act on a dream I had been nursing for a few years, 10 my mom showed me a magazine article about a man who had 11 around America. I figured that I could 12 cycling with research for a book on American agriculture while I worked out my next career step.

    So I did it. During the cycling 13, I found the clearness I needed to 14 my next career move. Talking with farmers I met along the way, I learned that their biggest 15 was selling their produce. I decided to broaden my 16 from land management to improving farmers' access to markets. My 17 interest led to working for a nongovernmental organization and I did eventually 18 a book on. American agriculture.

    The 19 is to find your source of inspiration and make good use of it. For me, I always get nourishment (营养) from being 20 in the outdoors.

    A few weeks ago, while I was going home from work, I saw an old dog 1 on the side of the road. I got 2 to see why he would be there and felt shocked when I saw he was not able to 3 his hind legs(后腿), which seemed to have been broken. He 4 me with painful looks 5 he was asking me for help. I knew I couldn't turn my back on him when he needed 6.

    Some people who live nearby told me that he was 7 by a motorcycle and the 8 pushed him there. I went daily to give him food and water, 9 I also got a wooden board to cover him from the bright sun.

    I heard on the news about the 10 weather for that weekend and 11 to bring him home with some help from my father. He called some vets to help him with his legs, 12 he was not able to stand on four and dragged the hind legs.

    After some 13 and a sheltered home with love and 14, he is now able to walk with a little 15 and he even runs around now. He is so 16 and even though I have three other dogs and two cats, I made some 17 in my home and my heart for him. I feel so happy and 18 when I see his eyes. I love 19 and these six hairy babies are the most special things I 20 have.

    Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a1the summer before my busy senior year, but my mother asked me to do her a2. One of her colleagues needed a full-time3. "You planned to volunteer at the local hospital, why not volunteer to4Nick instead?" Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a5 child.

    Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centers would not6him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium(平衡) problems.

    He couldn't7or run properly. I was8if I was to take the job when my mother9.

    "Don't you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the10."

    Then I told her I was11for the job.

    The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little 12, he was quite a mix.

    At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings(秋千), the boy's face 13up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be 14to get a child to go down a slide. Believe me, it wasn't! It took time, a lot of time. But with patience and support. Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his 15and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.

    Halfway through the summer, he16it to the top of the slide. With my arms holding him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his17. After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big18and asked, "May I go down again, alone?"

    I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children19for granted.

    This20child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.