Sally is eighty-six years old. She has no sons   1 daughters. Her husband died ten years ago. But she didn't move into a nursing home. She would like to 2  herself every day.

    Every night she spends two hours  3   kids with math for twenty years. All kids living on her street can get her help without payment(报酬). She was a famous math    4  before she retired(退休) from a middle school.

    She gets up early in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps cleaners   5   the street. And she does these happily.

When the kids come for help, she is always 6   and tries her best. People asked her   7  . She said, “I love it. It makes me happy to help them.”

    She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her   8 a smile.

    “ I've decided to love everything around me. So I'm happy to do    9. I'm thankful for those kids who come to me for help. Each kid is my   10. I love each day to help them.”she said.

    Really, a good decision decided on what one does in life.

    Two girls living next door to each other have two very different life stories. Chi Zhen, an 18-year-old preparatory (预科的) student in Seville, Spain, used his 1 to tell the story of two lives. From the photos, we could learn that they had encouraged many people to 2that the future is in their own hands.

    He took a series of photos of his friends Veronica and Anna Maria. They live completely 3life styles and are getting opposite results.

    In the photos, Anna Maria, a Spanish girl, can be seen 4a TV play. "She spends most of her time on the sofa." says Chi. Anna Maria 5goes out because she thinks she's not attractive and doesn't know 6to say in social situations. She blames her fate（命运）. "I' m not as 7as Veronica," she often says.

    But Veronica, the "lucky" girl next door, has 8herself four foreign languages and traveled to many places. She goes to the 9regularly. She takes part in any conversation and becomes the center of attention because of her 10knowledge and experience.

    Looking at Veronica, it's 11that she's taking control of her fate. In order to communicate with Chi Zhen better, she's studying Chinese. Her experience has 12Chi Zhen to communicate with students from all countries, and she's getting good results. " 13I learned about so many different ideas and attitudes, I still need some time to get used to them," she says.

    The influence of the photos has gone 14beyond what Chi Zhen expected. One of the users commented on his photos on renren.com, saying: "A wall separates two worlds, and the life we have 15what we do. I'd work harder rather than complain about my fate later."

    A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life.

    "Excuse me！Could you tell me which the most1day in our lives is? Is it the day when we were born or the day we2?Is it the day when we fall in love or the day we succeed?" the young man asked.

    "3.The most important day in our lives is today, "the wise man replied calmly." Why?" the young man felt more 4."Is it because there is a moving event taking place today?"

    "No. Nothing has happened today."

    "Is it because of my visit?"

    "No. Even if nobody visited me today, today is5very important because today is the only wealth we have. No matter how memorable yesterday was, it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea; no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it hasn't come; but no matter how common today is, it is6our control."

    The young man still wanted to ask something, while the wise man7him and said, "When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have8a lot of it."

    The young man nodded and then went down the mountain.

    Actually, today is the only9we have.

    So, what we should do now is 10yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today！

On the evening of July 31, 2024, a great moment happened at the swimming event of the Paris Olympics(巴黎奥运会）. Pan Zhanle, a Chinese swimmer,won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle.

Before the competition, the Chinese team faced a lot of pressure(压力). The past results were not very good and there were many doubts from outside. But Pan Zhanle was brave and ready to fight.

When the race started, Pan Zhanle jumped into the water quickly. In the first 50 meters, he showed strong power and took the lead. His strokes were powerful and his breathing was regular.

In the second half of the race, it became very exciting. Other swimmers tried hard to catch up, but Pan Zhanle kept his lead with great skills and strong will.

Near the end, everyone was very nervous. Pan Zhanle swam as fast as he could and touched the wall with a wonderful time of 46. 40 seconds.He broke the world record and won the gold medal.

After the race, Pan Zhanle was very excited. He said in an interview,＂There were some unfriendly situations before, but they made me more determined.5. I wanted to show the strength of Chinese swimmers! "

As kids ran towards the campfire, Miss King turned to Quill, "Just bring the kids watermelons and tell them a story." "Sure." said Quill, his hands becoming 1 . He was not a good storyteller. 

 Quill asked in a low voice, "What kind of story do you like? " A boy named Caden answered, "A ghost (鬼) story!" Alice rolled her eyes and other kids also shouted, "Quill will tell a 2 story, Caden." "A ghost story! " Caden 3 . Just then, Quill felt a pull from Emma, the quietest in the group, "I'm afraid of ghost stories."

Quill said 4 , "I'm going to tell. . . a. . . a toast story. " Caden 5 ," A toast story? I want a ghost story!" Quill said, "Long long ago, there was a piece of bread. . . named Bob." Some kids smiled. "One day, Bob was laid onto a wooden board. He started crying." "Bread can't cry!" Caden shouted. Quill's 6 turned red. 

"What happened next?" Emma asked. Quill had no idea, 7 he quickly looked at Caden, "Caden is going to tell us." Caden sat up, "Am I?" "Yes, it's a 8 story." Quill answered. Caden said 9 , "Bob was sure this was the end of his day. Then, a shining thing appeared over him."

"A knife!" Alice shouted. "Alice, it's your turn." Quill said. Alice added, "Then something dropped. The knife spread it all over Bob." "Salad cream." said Emma and 10 Quill's T-shirt. Alice continued, "Suddenly, a huge hand lifted Bob towards a big 11 . Bob screamed, "Help!"

Caden wanted to 12 , but Alice stopped him. Emma took a deep breath, and said, "Bob screamed again. The hand was surprised and 13 Bob. Bob ran away."

"So, Bob is 14 ." Caden added. 

"Not yet!" Emma shouted, sitting forward. Caden could feel his own 15 , as if he was also there with Bob. SNAP! Emma clapped her hands. Everyone jumped up and asked, "What happened?" "A dog ate him." Emma said, laughing. 

It was the start of Daylight Savings Time, the night when we all move our 1 forward an hour. I didn't want to wake up too early and I didn't want to sleep too 2 . This, of course, only caused me to overthink things and wake up in the middle of the night. 

 When I woke up, though, I was confused by how quiet the room was. The desk fan was running, the electric heater(电热器) worked and was running 3 , but it still seemed strangely quiet to me. Something still seemed to be missing. It was only then that I realized I hadn' t 4 any snoring(鼾声) for a long time. My lovely dog, Snoopy, 5 over a year ago. As she got older and her health got 6 , she started to snore loudly when she slept. At first, I found her snoring annoying, which made it even harder for me to fall asleep myself. Yet, as time passed, it became 7 . She became my personal white noise machine. When I woke up during the night, her snoring would 8 me and ease (使容易) me back to sleep. 

 Now her snoring was gone and it was so quiet. My new dog, Sweetie, slept silently curled up(蜷缩) in her corner. I sighed(叹气) and 9 all the joy Snoopy had given me over the years. She never judged me, she never argued with me, and each day she gave me the gifts of laughter and unconditional(无条件的) 10 . 

 Life here is short for dogs and us. Enjoy each second of it and enjoy the pleasure it brings.