Lucy Brown teaches English in a junior high school. She loves her students very much, and she works hard. She often {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (tell) them some interesting stories in class and her students like her, too. Yesterday, Lucy {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (find) some boys always made faces(做鬼脸) in class. She didn't want them to do that again, so she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (get) all her students together and said, "Boys and girls, when I was young, I liked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) faces in class, too. But one day, my grandmother told me {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (not do) that again. She said, 'If you make faces again, you {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be) ugly when you grow up.' So you shouldn't do that again." Some students thought she was right, but some students didn't. One of the boys {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (put) up his hand. "Oh, Tom! What do you want to say?" asked Lucy. The boy stood up and said, "Miss Brown, you must regret (后悔) not listening to your grandmother now. "

    When doing Christmas shopping, Joy came across (偶遇) Nick, the least popular student in school because he wore strange clothes and had a face only a mother could love.

    After dinner, Joy's family went {#blank#}1{#/blank#} church for the Christmas Eve service. A man with Bible (圣经) read a story about Jesus, who came {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (help) people on Earth. Joy's thoughts kept turning back to Nick. It must be terrible to be lonely on Christmas Day with his parents dead. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (tear) started to run down her cheeks but she brushed them away.

    That night, while everyone else {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sleep) like a baby, Joy was thinking ways to help Nick. As soon as she heard her parents get up, she {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (quick) jumped out of bed. She told {#blank#}6{#/blank#} about Nick. Then she asked, "Shall we invite him over today?" "Sure," said her mother who was always happy {#blank#}7{#/blank#} guests came. Her father smiled. When Joy called Nick two hours later, he was deeply {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (move). He joined them for dinner. To Joy's surprise, she enjoyed {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (spend) time with him. Joy came to understand sharing Christmas cheers is the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (great) joy to Nick, even to the whole world.