I lifted my wet woollen gloves to my face and wiped the snowflakes from my eyes. I could not feel my nose and my 1 formed a thick fog in the air. The biting wind was making me 2. I was fed up! I didn't want to be here. I wanted to go home. But Mum and Dad had 3me to go for a Sunday afternoon walk in the park. I could see my4 in the snowy path, like a trail of breadcrumbs (一串面包屑) in the forest showing me the way5.

    I stopped and listened to my 6 I could 7 the wind crying like a homeless dog hungry for a delicious 8 The once-green tree 9 which used to wave gently in the breeze, had become bare, and the grass was covered with a 10 blanket of fresh snow. Then I saw a broken spider's web shining golden beneath a pale sun. My breath was like silky soft 11floating up into the freezing cold air.

    Suddenly there was Mum, 12 handing me a big cup of hot chocolate. Her big smile immediately 13 my heart.

“Here you are, Jo. This will keep you 14” she said as she placed a comforting arm around my shoulders and 15her cheek against mine.

    I slowly took a mouthful of the hot16and felt it slowly dripping down my throat like lava (熔岩)17 down a mountainside. My wet woollen gloves were now warm, not 18.  My breath warmed, and I was 19fed up or cold. I was happy and 20.

    When I was thirteen, my family moved from Boston to Tucson, Arizona. 1the move, my father 2us in the living-room on a freezing January night. My sisters and I sat around the fire, not 3that the universe would suddenly change its course. “In May, we're 4to Arizona.” The words, so small, didn't seem5enough to hold my new life. But the world changed and I awoke on a train moving across the country. I watched the 6change from green trees to flat dusty plains to high mountains as I saw strange new plants that 7mysteries yet to come. Finally, we arrived and 8into our new home.9my older sisters were sad at the loss of friends, I10explored our new surroundings.

    One afternoon, I was out exploring 11and saw a new kind of cactus(仙人掌). I crouched(蹲) down for a closer look. “You'd better not12that.” I turned around to see an old woman. “Are you new to this neighborhood?” I explained that I was,13  new to the entire state.

    “My name is Ina Thorne. Have you got used to life in the14? It must be quite a 15after living in Boston.” How could I explain how I16the desert? I couldn't seem to find the right words.

    “It's vastness,” she offered. “That vastness17you stand on the mountains overlooking the desert — you can 18how little you are in comparison with the world.19  you feel that the possibilities are limitless.” That was it. That was the feeling I'd had ever since I'd first seen the mountains of my new home. Again, my 20would change with just a few simple words. “Would you like to come to my home tomorrow? Someone should teach you which plant you should and shouldn't touch.”

    I played a racquetball(壁球) game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most 1and tiring games I've ever had. When Ed first phoned and2we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an3 victory. After all, Ed's idea of 4has always been nothing more5than lifting a fork to his mouth.6 I can remember, Ed's been the least physically fit member in the family, and7proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often8about that, Ed refused to buy a9T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed10for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly11, I was so surprised that I was12. My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape.13, at the point in our game when I'd have predicted（预计）the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was147 to 9—and Ed was15. The sudden realization was painful. We 16 to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious 17about staying alive until 21 years old, let alone18that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to19. In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 20.

    It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members1the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of2. Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would3all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be4—so I thought. I waited backstage all5 in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies6that my class was next.

    My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the7. All I had to do in the next move was to put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. It really was an 8move. I was concentrating so much 9the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look 10I was going. I missed my partner's box altogether and 11.There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the12rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had told us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not13.I did my best to follow her14as I continued with the routine.

    When the curtain dropped, so did my15for the evening. I16bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could17me down.

    Recently I realized I had been a18that night. I was 19but I fought the urge to run off the stage.20I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

    In one of my college classes, we were required to do an act of kindness. My project included 1 lunch for an elderly person. When I 2 the elderly person with the food I cooked, it never 3 me that it would result in a new friendship and the discovery of a 4!

    The person I visited was Bill, who was unable to 5 much. A nurse came regularly to help him move to and from the wheelchair because he has no 6. Bill said he was delighted to see me and it was a 7 for him to eat a meal with me because he usually eats 8. He said the food was great, but he enjoyed having 9 even more than the food.

    Bill had had a 10 life when working on the railroad and had many 11 stories to tell about his travels to many places. I was 12 a trip because of his stories. I had once 13 about traveling by train. However, I would 14 be going by train after meeting Bill.

    Perhaps the biggest 15 of this project was that I suddenly realized that I am 16 of working with the elderly. Spending time with them was fun — they have so much life experience to 17. On the one hand, I am a good 18. On the other hand, older people want someone to know their inner world, so it is a perfect 19. I decided to focus my studies on the 20. Hopefully in the future, I will work with them to help even more people like Bill.

    When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person, we usually say "sorry, 1 number!" and move on. But when Dennis Williams 2 a text that clearly wasn't intended for him, he did something 3.

    On March 19, Dennis got a group text 4 him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital, waiting for the 5 of a baby.

    "Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken," Dennis 6. The baby was born and update texts were 7 quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her 8, she didn't seem to realize that she was 9 the baby's photos with a complete stranger. "Well, I don't 10 you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby," replied Dennis before asking which room the new 11 were in.

    Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his 12! He turned up at the hospital 13 gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey's husband was totally 14 by the unexpected visit. "I don't think we would have randomly invited him over but we 15 it and the gifts."

    Teresa 16 a photo of the chance meeting on a social networking website 17 by the touching words: "What a 18 this young man was to our family! He was so 19 and kind to do this." The post has since gained the 20 of social media users all over the world, receiving more than 184, 000 shares and 61, 500 likes in just three days.