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         When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 1 Miller King, who was the best 2 at our school.

         Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for 3.

         Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from 4. He looked very5, but he didn^'t cry.

        That season, Iall of Miller's records while he 7 the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player, 8 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's 9.

        One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 10 going over a fence—which wasn't 11 to climb if you had both arms. I'm sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 12 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 13 him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally 14 on the other side, he said to me,＂You know, I didn't tell you this during the season, but you did 15.Thank you for filling in for 16.＂

        His words freed me from my bad 17. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 18 ahead of me. I was right to have 19 him. From that day on, I grew 20 and a little more real.

    I live in a big city with a lot of homeless(无家可归的) people. Luckily there're small ways of helping them and you needn't have a lot of  1.  

    One way to help is to buy their monthly magazine. 2doing this one day, I got to 3 a young homeless man, He was often 4 the magazine at the train station.

    He was a poor farmer from another country. After a while, I found that his 5 was close to mine. It 6 that we were born in the same month.

    I met him last year 7 after his birthday, and after congratulating him, without 8, I asked if he had had a good day. He 9 and said he hadn't really celebrated. I felt so 10.

    I just couldn't think of this nice, young man being 11 on his 25th birthday with no presents, no cake, nothing! So I went home and looked in my yarn（纱线） basket. 12 for me, I had enough yarn 13. I set to work and knitted（编织） a 14 for the young man. The yarn had become a little dirty 15 I didn't knit very often. Then I washed the yarn so the scarf would be 16 when he got it.

    I met him on my own birthday as I was going shopping. I had 17 to meet him so I had 18 the scarf and a piece of my own birthday 19 around with me. He was very happy with these gifts and so was I. The 20 in his eyes was the best present he could have given me!

    Ibby Piracha is one of many regular customers at his local Starbucks in a small town in Virginia, US.1, Ibby isn't like the other regulars – he's2. Krystal Payne, a new employee, wanted to do something to make Ibby feel more3. So she spoke with other employees about Ibby, learning that they always did what they could to give him excellent4. But Payne wanted to take it a step further.

    She went home and spent her night learning American Sign Language so she could better5with Ibby. The next day, she wrote him a small6saying: "I've been learning ASL, just so you can have the same7as everyone else."

    Ibby, who was overcome with emotion over this small act of kindness, has8the note at home ever since. Ibby was so9by Payne's gesture (友好的示意) that he posted it on Facebook to share with his friends. His10was then reposted by many other people – a result that he did not11. But he is happy that Payne is getting the12she deserves.

    The next morning, Payne heard about the post when her manager13her and mentioned that there were many requests from reporters to14her. A Starbucks spokeswoman heard about her15gesture and said the company was very16of Payne's actions. "My job is to17people have the experience they expect and that's what I gave him," said Payne.

    Ibby sees Payne's act of kindness as a(n)18. "It shows that she respects deaf people," he said. Payne now knows enough ASL to take Ibby's19, which makes Ibby's life much easier. In the past, Ibby would have to order through text messages that he would show to the staff. Ibby still loves to visit the coffee shop, saying it is something that "gave me genuine 20– even now, I'm still smiling".

    Oxford and Cambridge have decided to remove the words CAN”T and IMPOSSIBLE from their dictionaries. Cox, 25, a girl born without arms, stands inside a(n) 1. Although she was born without arms, that has 2 stopped her from doing one thing: using the 3“can't”.

    Cox got the Sport Pilot certificate recently and became the first pilot licensed to 4 using only her feet. She made what's seemingly 5 become a reality. Her certificate6 her to fly a light sport aircraft of 10,000 feet.

    “She's a good pilot and she's strong,” said Parrish, the flying 7 at San Manuel's Ray Blair Airport. Parrish 8 a company of PC Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Services and has trained many pilots, some of whom didn't come close to Cox's 9 “When she came up here driving a car,” Parrish recalled, “I knew she'd have no 10 flying a plane…”

    Doctors never learned why she was born without arms, but she 11 early on that she didn't want to use prosthetic（假体的）12.

    Not only did Cox 13 a license to fly airplanes on October 10, 2008, but she also has a college degree in psychology, and a successful 14 as a motivational speaker. What doesn't Cox have? Arms. From 15 on, her feet became her hands. She can drive a car and fly an airplane using her feet, without any 16 adaptations.

    “I highly encourage people with 17 were confident enough to consider flying,” Cox said, “It helps 18 the traditional idea that people with disabilities are powerless into the belief that they are19and capable of setting high 20 and achieving them.”

Kwan e Stewart, a devoted vet（兽医） in San Diego, had reached a point of burnout in his career. The animal 1 where he worked was full of abandoned pets as people 2 to deal with the ongoing economic decline. In those days, animals would be euthanized （安乐死） if they. weren't 3 in seven days. The cruel reality deeply troubled Stewart, even leading him to consider 4 his profession.

One fateful day, outside a convenience store, he 5 a homeless man with a dog suffering from a visible skin issue. The man, 6 for a solution, shared his dog's suffering. Stewart examined the dog and then 7 some medicine to him. In tears, the man thanked Stewart, saying "Thank you for not 8 me". The very words served as a wakeup call to Steward and inspired his next 9 .

Stewart began working as a street vet during his free time, determined to 10 on his own. Over a nine-year period, he provided 11 medical care for over 1,000 homeless people and their pets and in 2020, he created a nonprofit organization Project Street Vet.

For Stewart, the most rewarding aspect of his work lies in the one-on-one 12 with the homeless. By 13 helping their cherished companion, Stewart helps 14 their faith in humanity. Their gratitude fuels him to continue his mission, offering 15 to those facing awful circumstances.

In San Francisco,a large group of sea lions move themselves out of the bay waters and hang out on PIER 39, which is a popular tourist destination. According to dock（码头） officials, this is the most sea lions seen in the region in 15 years.

"Over 1,000 sea lions have been counted this week," PIER 39 harbor master Sheil a Chandor told many different medias. "The increase in sea lions is usually a good sign of their strong population and healthy living environment," said Adam Ratner, Director of Conservation Engagement at the Marine Mammal（海洋哺乳动物） Center in Sausalito, California.

"California sea lions are sentinels（哨兵） of the ocean," Ratner said. Their population to some extent reflects the health of the ocean. Therefore, seeing a large number of California sea lions is clearly a good thing.

For nearly 35 years, the animals have been a star attraction for visitors. That autumn in 1989, PIER 39 had just been repaired, but the ships had not yet been moved back. At that moment, the sea lions' unexpected arrival not only attracted fans but also created enemies. According to a website, some dock residents and workers were scared away by the strong and very unpleasant smell and noise of their new neighbors, while others saw these animals as a bright spot after the destructive Loma Prieta earthquake.

The officials sought help from the Marine Mammal Center to find a way to deal with sea lions. Ratner said that the final decision is to let the sea lions stay and coexist with humans. "The fact proves that this is really a good thing," he said. "This is just a proof of how we can truly work together and think about how we can share our coasts with marine mammals and other wildlife in a way that benefits all the parties involved."