A little girl grew a 40-pound cabbage, feeding 275 people. Now, she's 1it her life.

    Most children have2such as playing outside and swimming with friends. But this little girl has a hobby that's3from all of her friends. And it was this hobby that has4her to be able to help her community.

    5Katie Stagliano was around 9 years old, she was given a class project to 6her first cabbage in her home garden. It didn't even take long to7and begin to grow. As friends came over, they pointed out it is8than any of theirs. They asked her what she had 9and she just told them that she watered it every day. But it didn't 10long for it to grow bigger and bigger. It grew so large that the cabbage11weighing 40 pounds! Kate then decided that she could use this cabbage to do something12for the community. So she took the huge cabbage to a local soup kitchen, where they13 it with ham and rice. Because of her cabbage, 275 poor people were14

    She began to realize that15and helping people are what she likes to do most. So, she decided to16her first garden on the land.

    Katie is now 18 years old, and has set up her own non-profit organization called “Katie's Krops” with the17of her family friends. She has 18over 200,000 dollars! And there're over 100 “Katie's Krops” in the US. She   19gardening and loves encouraging other children to experience the20of gardening as well.

    When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me to 1 the hammer, just so we would have a time for a 2 with each other. I 3saw my dad drinking or taking a night out with the boys, all he did after 4 was taking care of his family.

    I 5 and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. And when several 6 later I bought a house, my dad was 7 it by himself for three days in the 80°F summer heat. All he 8 was to hold his paint brush and talk to him. But I was too9in those days, I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.

    One Sunday 10 we had a telephone talk as usual, I noticed that my dad had 11some things that we discussed 12 . I was in a hurry, so our conversation was 13 . Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in a hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤). 14 I bought a ticket for a flight and 15 I was thinking about all 16 occasions(场合) to have a talk with my dad.

    By the time I 17 at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have 18 for a conversation with me. After his death I 19much more about him, and even more about myself. All he ever asked me was my time. And now he has all my 20every single day.

    A video show has become a hot topic on the Internet around China these days. The 35-second video shows that a man driver took a woman out of her red car, threw her to the ground and 1 her several times.

    Later, the man driver told the police that was because the woman driver changed lanes (变道) 2 and scared his child in the car. That made this man driver very 3. And his anger changed into this fight. The man was blamed (责备) a lot from Internet users, who regarded him as " Crazy or Mad".

    However, public attitude (态度) soon took a u-turn when the video from the dashboard camera (行车记录仪) on the man driver's car was put on the Internet on Tuesday. The 4 video shows the woman driver suddenly crossed lanes in front of Zhang's car twice and the two said angry words to each other 5 both cars came to a stop under an overhead bridge. And there the fight happened. The latest online poll (民调) shows that 78% Internet users believe that the woman driver should be blamed for 6 she had done. However, the woman driver 7 to realize her own mistake and refused to say sorry at first. The discussion further grew when some people started a cyber hunt (人肉搜索) against the woman. Some of her personal 8 was put on the Internet, including her ID number, address, phone number and so on.

    9 the morning of May 11, the woman driver finally wrote a letter to say sorry to the public, and put it on the Internet, saying that she felt sorry for what she had done and what her family had 10 about this accident. Both of the two have paid for what they had done! So when we drive on the road, try to be calm enough to avoid such happenings again.

    I had stopped to get gas at a place where I almost never go. I had 1 about cleaning my windshield (挡风玻璃). But then when the gas 2 was almost finished, I decided for some reason to 3 and clean it. That's what I was doing when a woman approached me and asked for 4.

    There were two women, one middle aged, the other twenty-something, 5 a young child in the back seat. On a day when the temperature was well past 100, they were 6 in an old car with no air conditioning, driving from a town about an hour away.

    "Can you tell us how to get to Mopac, sir?" She had a folded-up printout of directions from Google maps. "Sure. Where on Mopac are you 7?" I asked. She unfolded the printout and showed me the 8. I knew it well, and started to get the 9 that this moment was meant to happen. "I know 10 where that is." I told her. "I used to have a(n) 11 in that building to work in."

    I 12 giving directions to the older lady, and then again to her 13, who was the driver. It took a while, because I 14 each instruction to make sure they understood. In a sincere moment of 15, the older lady thanked me.

    The whole 16 helped me much more than it helped her. I had been having a very 17 day. In fact, the only reason I had gone to that particular gas station was that I wanted to take a little drive and 18 my head.

    As I replaced the gas cap, having sent them on their way, I suddenly 19 that I felt better. My head was clear. And I am 20 for the real goodness it brought into my life.

    For the past two years I have been travelling and living abroad. I has become more of a feeling than a place.1 feel at home 2 I am with my family in London, but I 3 feel at home in Italy with friends I 4 , or in Spain with my partner. Home is no longer a picture of a 5 with a front door and some windows. It is more 6 than that.

    This is one of the reasons that 7 the New Year has become very important for me. New Year's Eve has become my time to reconnect with the 8 that make me feel at home. Every year we try to reunite, no matter where the world has 9 us, and remember a time when we knew each other so 10 that we felt like a family. It is a moment to reconnect and get to 11 each other again. Last year, we 12 to a cottage( 舍)in Ireland 13 we had no Internet and no neighbours.

    In the middle of the 14, away from our big and constantly changing lives, we were able to become like a little 15 again.

    This year, we went to Barcelona. It was a very big change. We were 16 by culture and joy. There were bars and parties. It was 17 , but one thing stayed much the same—I felt at home and we felt like a family18.

    Two hours into 2019, I realized that I was 19 enough to be with people who didn't mind and just wanted to 20 the first day of the New Year with me even if it was on a sofa watching TV!

Edmond was a school bus driver for 22 years. One morning, the rain pouring down, he and the bus monitor Valentine were called to1 a student who missed the bus. What2 them was that the student didn't turn up when they reached the specified place.

Edmond and Valentine didn't expect they had a larger3 to achieve. Just around the corner, they found two children4 in the rushing floodwaters. The boy and the girl were struggling to hold onto a5 to avoid being swept away.

Edmond and Valentine couldn't6 to save them, but neither could swim. Jumping into action meant putting their own7 on the line. Since the bus was for special needs children, it was8 with removable seat belts. They got a(n)9 . Immediately they tied the seat belts together so as to10 the children.

Close by neighbors additionally got here to11 , and the group made combined efforts to12 the boy and the girl from the tree. They created a human chain and13 the tied belts out until Edmond got a firm hold on the children and pulled them to safety.

The two children were14 of Edmond, giving him a big hug. Surrounding them, everyone present was filled with happiness, though wet all over. This great rescue operation went viral on social media and drew praise for their15 from all quarters.