The back door of the ambulance was suddenly shut and the driver ran to the front, jumped into the seat, and started the engine. Inside were the1 parents, Mr. and Mrs. Green, the mother holding their baby daughter, Ally. The little girl had some food stuck in her 2 and could hardly3.

    The driver, Mr. White, 4 his siren (警报器) and flashing light, and started speeding toward the5 hospital, fighting against 6. The cars ahead of him pulled out of their way 7he drove through the busy traffic. From the back of the ambulance the parents were shouting at him to 8, since Ally almost stopped breathing. In front of him he saw some traffic 9, with the red “stop” light shining. Mr. White knew he had no time to lose, so he drove straight past, 10 to his left and right as he did so.

    Coming towards him from his right was a11. The driver had the windows 12, as the air-conditioner was working and he was playing his radio as well. He was not aware of the ambulance.

    The lights were 13, so he drove 14 on into the path of the ambulance. Mr. White tried to stop his ambulance, but it was too late. It hit the taxi. Everyone was shaken but luckily no one was hurt. Mr. White looked back to see 15 little Ally was. He was 16to see relief instead of fear in the face of the parents.

    “Look!” cried Mrs. Green. “She is17 again.”

    “It must have been the crash (撞击),” said her husband. “It 18 the food out of her throat.” The baby's color was turning 19, and she was crying in a loud but healthy voice.

    They were all joyful, and quite forgot about the 20, the taxi, and the lines of cars all around them.

    A wise Sufi（苏菲派信徒）, Nasruddin, was invited to be the guest of honor at a caliph's banquet（哈里发的宴会）. Although he was puzzled by the invitation. Nasruddin was honored to be 1.

    On the day of the banquet, Nasruddin went to the banquet hall. He had been walking all day in his 2 clothing to get to the hall. 3, the guards there took one look at the Sufi and locked the door.

    “But I'm Nasruddin, the guest of honor!”

    “Of course you are!” the guards 4. “And I am the Caliph himself!” Roaring（吼叫）with laughter, they said, “5. old man, and don't come back!”

    So Nasruddin left. As he walked, he 6 a friend's house near a public square. He knocked on the door and his friend 7.They greeted each other warmly.

    “Do you remember that red brocade（织锦的）8 you wanted to give me last year?” Nasruddin asked.

    “Certainly! Would you like to 9 it now?”

    “Please.” he replied.

    Nasruddin took the coat and 10 it on. He apologized for 11 his friend and headed back to the banquet hall.

    The 12 bowed to Nasruddin and let him into the banquet hall. Someone showed him to a 13 at the head of the table and announced him as the guest of honor.

    They all watched eagerly. 14 to see what he would do. The first course was soup. Nasruddin 15 his bowl of soup and stood. He then poured the soup down the front of his coat.

    The guests were 16. Then they shouted, “What are you doing?”

    The Caliph asked Nasruddin why he had done this. Nasruddin replied, “When I came to your banquet in mv simple clothes, I was turned away at the door by your guards. When I returned in this 17 coat, I was seated at your table as a guest of honor. It is clear that it is my coat who is 18 here, not I!”

    The Caliph replied, “Nasruddin. I am 19 by your wisdom. It is the man 20 makes the man, not his clothes.”

    Germany is a highly developed country. Many people think its people lead a luxurious (奢侈的) life. One day，my friend and I 1a restaurant. We noticed that a young couple was having their meal. There were 2 two dishes and two cans of beer on their table. I wondered if such a (n)3meal could be fine and whether the girl would leave that4man.

    As we were 5, my friend ordered more food for us. When we left, there was still about one third of the food we had ordered on the table. When we were leaving, the young man spoke to us in English. We6that he was unhappy about us 7so much food. "We paid for our food. It is none of your 8how much food we left behind," my friend told him. The young man was so angry that he 9 took his phone out and made a call to someone.

    After a while, an officer from the Social Security Organization (社会保障组织) arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he gave us a €50 fine (罚款), which10us.

    The officer told us in a 11 voice, " 12 is yours but resources (资源) belong to society. There are many 13 people in the world who are14hunger. We have no 15 to waste resources."

    Their attitude to eating put both of us to 16. We need to correct our wrong 17. We are from a country which is not very rich. To save face, we often think we should order more than we can eat, which 18our friends our generosity (慷慨). We should realize that resources don't belong to a (n) 19 person but they belong to everyone. We can't20 to waste them.

    A humpback whale is struggling hard in the sea. The humpbacks can weigh 40 tons and stretch 50 feel from nose to tail. That's the kind of 1 and size that easily overturn small boats. To jump onto the 2 of one of these giants is 3 to result in a disaster. But that's just what Sam Synslelien did when he saw a humpback 4 caught in a rope that was 5 to a buoy (浮标) in Central Californians Morro Bay this week.

    Sam, along with crewmate Nicholas Taron, had already tried 6 the unfortunate whale to the U.S. Coast Guard 一 but they were told it would be hours before 7 could be sent. 8, the commercial fishermen 9 this whale didn't have. If the whale was to 10 they had to go get it. There was no other 11 for the whale. They decided to go for it, totally 12 the fear. Turon's 13 in the rescue was mostly in the 14 cheering department. In the clip, you can hear him directing the operation from the side of the boat while filming the entire 15.

    "Swim! Swim!" He yells, "Move! Just get it! Get it!"

    The anxious whale was just swimming in counter-clockwise circles, 16 and being held to the bottom. It threw its heavy tail against the boat. But Sam 17 it and jumped onto the whale's back to save its life. He managed to hang in there, 18 cutting through the rope that 19 the creature. And then with a whoosh (击水声), it dove deep down beneath the great 20. It wasn't much of a thank you, but Synstelien and Taron were left with a whale of a tale.

As a primary school student in New York City, Robert Lee would stare in 1 at his classmates throwing away half-eaten sandwiches after lunch, because his parents had 2 him and his elder brother not to 3 food. They said it was bad karma(作孽).

    While studying at New York University, Robert remembered this4 and joined Two Birds One Stone, a food-rescue club on campus that5, five days a week, uneaten pasta, vegetables, and other leftovers from the school 6to nearby homeless shelters.

When Robert and fellow club member Louisa Chen entered a college contest, they 7 a slightly 8 idea for a food-rescue nonprofit group: Their program wouldn't have a 9minimum, would 10seven days a week, and its staff would 11volunteers.

Their idea12the competition. With the＄1,000 prize, they13Rescuing Leftover Cuisine (RLC) in July, 2013. In just the first few weeks, Robert's team delivered a donation of enough spaghetti and meatballs to14 20 people in line at a New Yorker City homeless shelter that had 15food.

Robert, who had taken a job as an analyst at J.P.Morgan, devoted his spare time to creating a network of New Yorker City restaurants that were16to donate food, and he enlisted(征募) volunteers to make food deliveries to homeless shelters. After RLC received national press17, homeless shelters and soup kitchens in many places reached out to Robert for18. Two years after being founded, RLC had already distributed more than 250,000 pounds of food.

    Only a year into his finance job, Robert gave up his six-figure salary to19RLC. "I compared work at J.P.Morgan with that at RLC, and the difference was great," he says.

    "One shelter told us that our donations allow them to provide entire dinners for more than 300 people, three nights a week," Robert says. "Things like that make me feel20that I quit my job."

    This is so easy, inexpensive, and has always brought either of two 1: a look of shock or a big smile. I am a cane(手杖) walking senior lady with mobility 2, especially in cold weather but I have a sharp 3 for useful bargains and since I still 4, I can do this without having to get in and out of the car to help people.

    Here is how it "works". When I see gloves, warm hats and scarves on sale (new or in good condition from a second-hand store), I buy them very 5. If laundering(洗涤)is 6, I do it to 7 tiny stains, so everything looks good.

    I have a large basket that I keep in the passenger side of my car and I "file" these things in it, where I can 8 reach over and get whatever I determine is most 9 for someone who is without and out in the cold.

    I am always 10 of things and people around me in parking lots and along the walkways of my small hometown. But when I see someone obviously 11 and without what will help them, I 12 beside them, roll down my 13, and ask if they will 14 and wear all three things or whatever is needed...and then as they stare at me in 15, I always add: "I have things right here in my 16 to share. Please me by 17 them to stay warm when you are outside."

    Not yet have I 18 hostility (敌意)or felt in any danger, but since so many of the items are "cheerful" colors, I often see the persons I gave them to walking down the street. It 19 my heart to know that my items are being used and 20.