The famous composer（作曲家）, Albert Roussel, didn't have a good start in this career. However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a 1 .

    Roussel's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his  2  . As a little boy, he fell in love with music and  3  himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept,  4  which there were a lot of related books.

    Three years later, Roussel's grandfather died, and his mother's sister decided to  5  him. Her husband was a kind man and  6  for young Roussel's music lessons. One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second  7  to his life—the sea. Then he studied to be a naval cadet（海军学员），but still made time to study  8  .

    In the French Navy, he and two friends found the time to  9  a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other  10  . Roussel also began composing. On Christmas day 1892, he had his first chance to  11  as a composer, which turned out to be a success.

    That success  12  Roussel to write a wedding march（婚礼进行曲），and one of his navy friends  13  to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel's friend  14  with the manuscript（手稿）, he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to  15  his naval career and devote his life to music.

    Not long  16  , at the age of 25, Roussel decided to  17  Edouard Colonne's advice. He gave his heart and soul to his composing and  18  a major force in twentieth century French music. Because of Eduoard Colonne's inspiring  19  , Roussel devoted his life to music—but Rousssel's  20  friend later admitted that he had made it up. He said he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the famous conductor.

    When I was in my twenties, I travelled alone through the UK. In order to 1 locations that the public transportation couldn't get to, I bought a(n)2 car, drove it around for three months and sold it before I returned to Australia. The car cost most of my money, so I lived mainly on3during that trip, it being cheap and filling. In Ireland, my4 was stolen, and it was impossible to get another. So for the rest of the trip I 5out in my car, being too poor to afford bed and breakfast.

    One morning, I 6 in my old Skoda under a twisted tree on a remote lane in the Irish countryside, with no more than a 7 house in sight. I had a terrible desire for a 8 cup of tea and some hot water to make porridge with 9 I would not have to eat the cold leftovers from the previous day.

    My thermos (暖瓶) had gone cold overnight so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. Hot water? She 10 let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors, seated at the breakfast table with the 11 and given a delicious breakfast, as much as I could eat. I was 12 to eat something more than porridge! I 13 being friends with the whole family.

    That was only one of many acts of 14strangers showed me when I was traveling alone in foreign regions. One London businessman rushing to work, seeing me 15 offered to pull my ridiculously heavy suitcase 16several flights of stairs in the underground. After he'd done so, with a smile and a wave, he 17 into the crowd.

    Kindness gets 18. The other day, I was able to point out a rare parking spot to a young man who had been driving around the railway car park, looking 19 desperate. His grateful smile was all the 20 I needed as I dashed off to catch my train.

    Li Hua felt lonely when he arrived in Shanghai last August.

    The 24-year-old 1 at a publishing house had plenty of spare time to kill.“ 2 the Internet, I have found like-minded friends without much 3 ,”says the lover of traditional Chinese culture, who comes from Xi'an, Shanxi Province.

    Li began 4 kungfu when he was 5 and studied I Ching（Book of Change）at junior high school.

    His 5 interest is guqin, a seven-stringed Chinese zither（筝）6 .He tried to learn it by watching videos on the Internet but found it very 7 .

    Li joined an on-line chatting group at www.QQ.com in order to 8 a teacher and fellow students.There he met people from 9 parts of the country, who shared a（n）10 in Chinese guqin music and classic 11 .They exchange ideas online and also have offline 12 .

    “The gathering of guqin players was very exciting for me, a beginner,” he recalls.He was 13 with guqin songs which were played 14 by Fan Yumei, an experienced guqin player from Sichuan, and Pan Kun, a young guqin15 and musical major at Shanghai Dance Academy.

    Fan and Pan are students of Zeng Chengwei, a guqin master from Sichuan School in Chengdu.

    Their performances staged in a small apartment near the Shanghai University 16 less than 10 netizens (网友).Through the window of the quiet room where Fan 17 her students, one can see the bustling Northern Third Ring Road and two shopping centers.“But being together, drinking a cup of tea, 18 poetic guqin music and guqin songs, one may find an inner peace and nourishment 19 a week's hard work,”says Fan, who is 20 a calligrapher, painter and writer.

    Once upon a time there were two brothers who lived near each other. One day, they had a 1 because of some small things. And neither was willing to 2 each other.

    One morning, there was a knock at door of the elder brother. He 3 it and found a man standing beside the door. "I'm a carpenter (木匠). I'm 4 a few days' work. Perhaps you would have a few small jobs I could help with."

    "Yes," said the elder brother. "I do have a job for you. 5 at that farm across the small river. It is my younger brother's. We had a quarrel, so I won't like to see his 6 anymore. I want you to build me a 8-foot 7." The man said, "I think I understand the situation. Don't worry. I'll be able to do a job that makes you 8." So the elder brother was very glad and left for the town nearby.

    In the evening, the carpenter had just 9 his job when the elder brother returned. But he was 10 to find, instead of a fence, before him, stood a 11, which went from one side of the river 12 the other! On the other 13 of bridge, was his younger brother.

    "Do you know the name of the bridge?" The carpenter asked.

    "No," the elder brother was 14.

    "OK, I can tell you. Its name is understanding and 15," the carpenter smiled.

    Suddenly they began to understand 16. Surely, between two brothers there should be a bridge rather than a 17. Standing on the bridge, they 18 each other's hands with 19 in their eyes.

    "Could you stay another few days? I've a lot of other work for you," said the elder brother. "I'd love to 20 on," the carpenter said. "But I have many more bridges to build."

    Danielle was living in a new city with no local bank of her own. She desperately needed to find a bank to cash her paycheck. For more than two weeks, she made 1 one after another but in vain. How could she continue to 2 herself and her two children as a single mother?

    Taking a break from her3, Danielle decided to attend a meeting at the local women's resource center. The women there had been a strong source of encouragement since she fled her home 4 for her safety. Sitting next to Danielle, Amy began to share the details of her desperate situation. She was just days away from  5 her home and her car. Her phone and electric services were both scheduled to be 6 . Her husband had gambled away their money. She had nothing left. Nothing!

    As Amy described the degree of the situation, Danielle  7 God's soft whisper in her heart: "After the meeting, give Amy twenty dollars." Danielle immediately thought, "But I can't. I only have forty dollars." She heard the voice again. Danielle knew she needed to follow. When the meeting concluded, she reached into her purse and 8 handed twenty dollars to Amy. Knowing Danielle's situation, Amy was9 to accept it at first. But as a crowd of women 10 to give Amy hugs of support, Danielle told her that God wanted her to have it. Then Danielle left.

    Now with just twenty dollars left in her wallet, Danielle decided to try cashing her paycheck at just one more bank before heading home. 11 she expected the rejection she had received at so many other banks, she was 12 filled with renewed confidence and optimism. Hopefully, she walked into the bank next to the women's center. Moments later, the bank 13 her paycheck with no questions asked. Wearing a big smile, Danielle returned home.

    As for Danielle, it has been three years since that day. Realizing true hope has no 14, she continues to be 15 for the lifetime supply that she received for just twenty dollars.

In Alsager, England, 45-year-old David Scott brought his infant son into the backyard. As they 1 their trampoline (蹦床), they saw shadow. No, it was 2. There was a wild animal, over two feet tall, walking through David's garden 3 close to the child. David reacted how most people would: by shouting.

Anna, a primary school teacher, 4 her husband in the yard. "I thought it was a dog at first. But with a bushy tail, I thought it might be a wolf." Anna later said. The family had no 5 as to what the animal could be. Would this wild animal 6 their young son? As the animal approached, the couple could only fear for their child.

Anna took photos of the animal, posted them on Facebook and asked people for help. While many people 7 to Anna's Facebook post, one answer 8. It was from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), and they had some 9 news for Anna. According to the RSPCA, the animal was a silver fox. Silver foxes are incredibly 10 especially in the United Kingdom, because they are frequently hunted for their 11 fur.

The Stapeley Grange Wildlife Centre checked the animal and confirmed that he was 12, but "a little overweight." As a result, it was believed that he was a lost or 13 pet. Foxes like "Shadow" require 14 care that the average pet owner is not able to provide. The employees at Stapeley Grange announced that they would hand "Shadow" over to a specialist owner. These specialists understand how to take care of foxes properly, and they are highly 15.