I'm Ann. I'm English. I'm twelve. I was born on May 17^th, 1991. I learn Chinese at Beijing No.3 Middle School. I have a good friend. Her name is Lucy. She is twelve, too. We are in the same grade. But we are not in the same(同样的) class. I'm in Class Two, and she is in Class Three. We have the same Chinese teacher. Her name is Zhang Ying. We all like her. Lucy's parents are English teachers in China. She has a sister. Her name is Lily. She is only five years old.

    Many years ago, my dad worked in a children's hospital.

    A girl in the hospital had a 1 illness. She couldn't move her hands or feet. She could only move her head. She 2 on bed every day and she was very sad. Even the 3 couldn't help her.

    My dad 4 to try his best to help her. He brought paints, brushes and paper to her room. He hung (挂) the paper on the wall, put the brush in his 5 and began to paint. He didn't use his hands at all. Only his head moved. My dad 6 the girl, “See, you can do anything you want to do.”

    Soon the girl began to paint using her own mouth. She and my dad became good friends. But my dad fell ill 7 that time and he had to stay at home.

    Two months later, my dad went back to the children's hospital. 8 he went into the hospital, the girl ran to him and hugged him tightly (紧紧地). She gave my dad a picture and said, “I 9 this picture with my hands. Thank you for helping me.”

    My dad would cry every time he told us this 10. He would say, “Sometimes love is more powerful (有力量的) than doctors.”

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    What do you think a nine-year-old girl would like to do? She may like reading, painting, playing games with her friends. But nine-year-old Jesse Jane likes none of these things. Her favourite is kung fu.

    Jesse Jane is from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She lives with her parents and two sisters. Jesse is the first child in her family. When she was three, her mother took her to a dance school. But Jesse was not interested in dancing. "She had other ideas," her mother said. "She tried kung fu and she just loved it."

    Jesse loves kung fu so much. She practices day and night and improves quickly. She often takes part in competitions. Until now, she has already won 117 prizes. Jesse is not only a famous kid in her home town, but also a new star in Hollywood. She has already acted in three Hollywood films.

    "She'd love to be like Jackie Chan," Jesse's mother said. "She is famous now, but she's still very hard-working. "Jesse also has another big dream: being an Olympic champion.

    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."

    Peter and Jack are good friends. They 1 everything together. One day, Peter hurt his arm (胳膊受伤) when he was playing soccer. Three days later, Jack hurt his 2, too.

    "We are cool, right?" said Peter. The first week was 3. Peter and Jack didn't need to 4 in P.E. class. They didn't need to do 5 homework, either. The second week they 6 it was not so good. Many things were 7 to do with one arm. Peter couldn't play computer games. Jack couldn't fish. The third week they felt depressed (沮丧的) 8 they couldn't swim when they went to the 9 with their classmates. They had to watch others 10. Peter said to Jack, "I hope our arms can recover (康复) soon."

    One day a poor farmer was taking a bag of rice to a town. Suddenly the bag1off his cart onto the road. He didn't know2 he could do with it because it was too3for him to lift alone. He hoped that someone would soon pass by and give him a hand.

    Just at that moment, a man riding a 4came up to him. But the farmer felt5when he saw who he was. It was the great man who lived nearby. He thought the great man6help him, and hoped another farmer would come up. But the man got 7his horse right away and said, "I think you need help." Then he took one end of the bag and the farmer took 8. They lifted it together and put it on the cart.

    "Sir," asked the farmer, "how much should I 9you?"

    "Don't mention it," the great man answered. "When you see10else in trouble, do the same for him."