In the clinic, I asked if Michael could be retested, so the specialist tested him again. To my 1, it was the same score.

    Later that evening, I2 told Frank what I had learned that day. After talking it over, we agree that we knew our 3 much better than an IQ test. We 4 that Michael's score must have been a 5 and we should treat him 6as usual.

    We moved to Indiana in 1962, and Michael studied at Concordia High School in the same year. He got 7 grades in the school, especially 8 biology and chemistry, which was a great comfort.

    Michael 9 Indiana University in 1965 as a pre-medical student, soon afterwards, his teachers permitted him to take more courses than 10. In 1968, he was accepted by the School of Medicine, Yale University.

    On graduation day in 1972, Frank and I 11 the ceremony at Yale. After the ceremony, we told Michael about the 12 IQ score he got when he was six. Since that day, Michael sometimes would look at us and say 13, “My dear mom and dad never told me that I couldn't be a doctor, not until after I graduated from medical school!” It is his special way of thanking us for the 14 we had in him.

    Interestingly, Michael then 15 another IQ test. We went to the same clinic where he had 16 the test eighteen years before. This time Michael scored 126, an increase of 36 points. A result like that was supposed to be 17.

    Children often do as 18 as what adults, particularly parents and teachers, 19 of them. That is, tell a child he is “ 20”, and he may play the role of a foolish child.

    A few days ago, I observed a teenager doing yard work that his dad had told him to do. Instead of doing the task1, he wandered around there for hours,2to himself and doing a bad job.

    The person he hurt the most was himself. His dad was trying to teach him 3and how to do a good job. As a result of his4attitude, he spent the whole afternoon finishing a task that should have taken one or two hours. And the yard 5wasn't clean enough when he got through.

    He6his day because of his attitude. And his dad was 7with him, and the boy's bad mood ended up8the whole family that day.

    A sweet lady was working in a fast-food9. The minute I walked in, she welcomed me10. She smiled as she took my order, and then as we11for the food, she talked with me. As I walked off with my tray, she said with a big 12, "I hope you have a blessed day!" I think the food tasted better because of her13. There was a delay, during which I sat there hearing her singing as she14her tasks behind the counter.

    She wasn't making a large salary, and she didn't have a powerful15, either. In addition, she stood on her feet for a long shift each day, often dealing with 16customers. But she chose to be joyful.

    I want to17from her. I want to do my best, even when there's no 18or glory. Other people are watching me19I might not realize it at the time. I want to bring joy to all those around me. A(n)20can make a great difference.

    One evening I was going back from a supermarket. As I 1 my car, I noticed that some person stood beside me. He was the one that could be 2 as a bum (流浪汉). It seemed that he was homeless. I 3 that he would ask me for money, but he did not do that. He only said, "Your car is very nice."

    After several moments of 4, I replied, "Thanks." And then the inner voice 5 to me, "Ask him if he needs help." After a short 6 I asked him that. His response was 7. I will never forget those simple three words "Don't we all?".

    It was a true 8 to me. I needed help, just as those in trouble. Although 9 I had money and a place to sleep, I 10 that I needed help too. Then I opened my wallet and 11 him enough money to get some shelter for a day.

    12 I understood that no matter how much money, 13, luxury things we have, we all need help. And on the other hand, no matter how 14 you are, how many material problems you have, you still might be giving. 15it's just a nice word, it can be 16 to other people.

    Maybe that man was just a homeless stranger, but to me he was 17 that. Maybe he was a man sent by God to 18 me that there is one thing, among all other 19, which is very important and irreplaceable for every person. Actually, it is a true 20 and it is called Giving.

    Several years ago, my company experienced a slowdown in business. We hoped that it was only 1. We had work enough for only four days of the week. So we decided that we would 2 from Monday through Thursday, and take Fridays to do 3 projects in our hometown.

    One day, we went to a very old gentleman's 4 to do a total cleanup. When we arrived, an elderly woman 5 us at the door. We thought she was the wife, but it turned out she was the 6. She was 75, and her father 97! Soon, we began to 7 the house and the yard. It was 8 how much work a group could get done when everyone was working 9. That gentleman's house went from dirt to a sparkling clean palace by the time we 10.

    The thing I most remember about that day, 11, was not the great cleaning job that we did, but something 12. When we walked into the house, I noticed the wonderful drawings that 13 the walls. The daughter told us that her father had 14 them, and that he hadn't 15 art until he was 80 years old. I was 16: these drawings were works of art that could have easily been hanging in a museum. At the time, I was in my early 30s and wanted to do something that would 17 my creative and artistic competence more than being president of a company would 18. I had felt that it was too 19 to make a change at this "advanced" stage of my life. Boy! My 20 belief system got expanded that afternoon!

    For more than 20 years I have been traveling the world, preferring often to spend a year or two in different countries 1 to just visit as a tourist. It has become a big part of my identity as an adult and shaped 2 I see the world and myself.

    My first 3 of this amazing life was when I was 19 years old. I was 4 among a small group of college classmates to spend a year abroad. This was long before people could travel the world 5 through social media like Facebook, Instagram and Weibo. In order to see a place, you had to go there and 6 it firsthand.

    Living abroad can be exciting. I thought it would be 7 because I spoke the language, but I enjoyed the little differences between the British and American culture and language. For instance, instead of 8 the British called it "rubbish" ; instead of favor they spelled it "favour" .

    But there were also 9 that year too. One of my classes was called "Europe Since 1870". In the U.S., I would have expected an introductory history class, but in England, I was 10 o have already known the history; now was the time to analyze it. That 11 I not only had to learn the history as I went along, but also I had to try to write a paper explaining why certain events happened as they did. I know now that I was thrown into the deep 12, in a completely different and far more challenging environment, and it was natural that I wouldn't understand everything easily. Despite this, I don't 13 anything about my time in London. Even 14 painful experiences, we learn to grow.

    15 the difficult times made me sad and homesick. But luckily that was not as important as the amazing experience I had getting to know people from all over the world. I met dozens of interesting people from places like France, Greece and Germany in Europe, to Rwanda. Palestine and Australia. Learning how to make friends with people from different cultures and backgrounds was really fun, and these new friends helped put a(n) 16 to the countries they represented (代表).

    As I finished the 17 year, I was torn inside about leaving London after such a life-changing experience.

    I learned so much about myself as a young woman and a(n) 18. When I 19 to my college for my final year, friends and professors saw a(n) 20 me. I had more maturity and self-awareness that I hadn't had before. It was just the beginning of a future of world travel and a love of different people and cultures.

    It was a mid April-a time when the planet Earth turns under the hot rays of the Sun. There was a large desert in Africa with no trace of 1 except a little rose. There was not a bird or a tree in 2. The sand dunes(沙丘) became piles of burning coal as the days 3. But the little rose 4 the cruelty of the Sun. The Sun was very 5 to have seen the rose's ability to 6 such unfavorable conditions.

    One afternoon, the Sun said to the little 7, "Dear Rose! I am the supreme power in this universe. I have the 8 to give and take life. Thousands of living things 9 every day, as they are not able to bear with my heat. But, you have been weathering even my hottest rays 10 any complaint. May I know the source that gave you this great 11?"

    "Oh, mighty Sun," the little rose said 12 , "I don't know much about this desert. But it appears 13 and there seems to be no one else in the whole world my eye could stretch. I began to feel 14 for the loneliness of this desert and 15 to help it as possible as I could. And in this process, I never 16 anything that causes pain to me. My whole 17 has been to be a good friend to this desert and 18 its loneliness."

    19 by the little rose's care for the large desert, the Sun offered a(n) 20-millions of other roses filled the desert with their sweet smells and thus turned the entire stretch into a great oasis of life.