Amy is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta early on the morning of March 12, when a man  1 her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side.

    "I started walking to my door, and I feltreally, really  2 ,"she said in a TV interview last week.

The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He killed three people at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11.The police were3 him.

    Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but sether free after she begged(恳求) him not to take her 4 again and again. "I told him if he hurt me, my little girl wouldn't have a mummy,"she said with tears.

   "I just talked to him and tried to make him believe me,"Smith said.

    She asked Nichols 5 he chose her. "Hesaid he thought I was an angel 6  from God, and God asked him to do so."

Smith even 7  for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was 8 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing the police looking for him. "I cannot believe that's me on the TV!"Nichols told the woman.

    Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he 9 do. She said, "I think you should turn yourself in. If you don't, more people are going to get 10 ."

    Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.

    The Greens are from America. They are now 1 vacation in Beijing. This is their first visit to China. They are going to 2 in China for over two months. They want to visit some big cities, villages and famous places of 3.They want to learn some Chinese and taste some delicious Chinese food, 4.

    Mr. Green is a doctor. He will visit a famous 5 in Beijing. Mrs. Green is a school teacher. 6 teaches English in a middle school. She is going to visit some 7 and village schools. Their daughter, Jane is a middle school student. She studies 8 . She can speak a little Chinese. She would like to make some Chinese friends.

    They are going to 9 a lot of photos in China. When they come back to America, they can show them to their friends. They want Americans 10 more about China.

    When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift. It was happiness.

    One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home, a car ran over me and cut off my arms because of its high speed.

    Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life 1arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears, but slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. 1 couldn't get my arms back even though I 2 every day.

    However, it's easier 3 than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness 4. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a usual mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates 5 about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes 6 ; they don't have a mobile phone but 7 have, and so on. But I only 8 life. I was lucky to realize from an accident: It is a waste of our life to pay attention to what you have 9 . We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, "My whole life would improve if I have a new car." But when you get the car and what  10? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

    Happiness depends on what we have! It's in our heart. Happiness comes from knowing the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

    My father and I always had a bit of trouble in our relationship. It's not that we didn't love each other. It's just that we used to have 1 opinions. My dad is one of the most hard-working men I know, but I was a 2. I played sports as a kid, but 3 when I was making progress. Then I showed an   4 in music. My father got excited and 5 me a guitar when I was about eight. But I didn't like it until I was a teenager. During those teen years, I took up my guitar and 6 playing along.

Then I went to college. My father thought I should focus more on my 7 while I should have more fun playing music. I dreamed to be a musician. When I grew into a young man, I suddenly fell 8 ill one day and it was discovered that I had a terrible kidney(肾) disease. I had to accept treatments all my life, or get a transplant(移植).

    I felt like there was a heavy 9 on my shoulders. Life became hard for me. But I was lucky enough because of my loving parents who 10 me and took care of me. While trying to 11 just what to do with my life, my father got tested to see 12 he was the right man to give me his kidney. I tried to refuse, but he'd hear 13 of it. He saved my life at last.

    Two years ago, I 14 a band. He had always wanted to play in a band, but 15got the chance when he was young. It was one of the greatest gifts I could give to him.

    James Parker is a table tennis player. He can't walk, but he can move very fast in his wheelchair, and he's training to go much 1.

    James was in a bad car accident at the age of six. Now he 2 use his legs, and he has to use a wheelchair. James "drives" the chair 3 his arms. He plays video games, 4 he also plays basketball with his brothers.

    But his favorite 5 is at the table tennis table. James practices every day for an hour after school. "I want to 6 a gold medal," he says. "I'm sure I can do it. And I want other kids like me and think that 7 can win, too."

    James' house has a special ramp so that he can go in and out of the house easily. At Adams High School in Champaign, Illinois, James is a(n) 8 student. All the teachers and students like him. He works hard, 9 he has to sit at the back of the classroom because of his chair. He doesn't 10 that at all. "I like it back there," he says.

    Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was. Mike felt quite 1, but he told her it was a sparrow (麻雀) and got back into reading. Several minutes later, his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again. Mike got a little angry but 2 answered her question. After a little while, his mother did the same thing once more. This time Mike could not 3 his anger. He shouted at her for disturbing him again and again.

    The old lady silently 4 an old diary, turned to a page and showed it to Mike. Though a little impatient, Mike began to read it.

    "Today, I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a 5 on the grass and asked me what it was. I 6 at him, said it was a sparrow and kissed him.

    After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same sparrow,little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I 7 answering his question and kissing him every time.

    Something gently touched Mike's 8. His face turned red with 9 for being so impatient to his mother and he hugged (拥抱) her tightly.

    Your parents have given you many things in their lifetime, but you may not 10 that until they are gone.