I was at the Indian grocery store with my cart totally full to check out. There was an African American man in his{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(sixty) behind me. I told him he could go before me{#blank#}2{#/blank#}he had just two items in his hand, and he was all smiles and added, as if{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make) fun of me. “Thanks! Why don't you pay for my stuff too,” and laughed. I felt a little{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(embarrass)  and thought that the man had a wonderful sense of humor.

    I told the lady at the check out not{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(change) him. I said I would pay for him. He said, “No, no, no, I was just kidding.” And I{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(reply) with a smile, “Yes, yes your wish is heard. Please let me do it!”

    As we talked outside, he told me that the Indian herbs(草药){#blank#}7{#/blank#}he had bought{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) for his friend so I should take the money. I said to him, “It is good that it is not for you. Now you can pay it forward to somebody else.” He thanked me and promised he would.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (eventual), I went home{#blank#}10{#/blank#}my car full of groceries and my heart full of warmth and kindness.

    What might life be like if you looked very different from others? Most of us are lucky to be born with "normal" faces.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}, the movie Wonder shows us that there is no such thing as being normal and that beauty is more than skin-deep.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (base) on a bestselling novel, the movie is about a boy named Auggie. He has a facial deformity (畸形) and has spent most of his life being home schooled. But as he enters middle school, his parents decide to send him to a private school. There, Auggie must deal with judgmental classmates and learn to accept{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (he) as he is.

    In the US, most kids{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (teach) that it is OK to be different. Most people in the US celebrate being unique. But some kids have difficulty{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (accept) uniqueness. It's easy to pick on someone who's different, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(especial) if you have your own problems to deal with. This is another{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (center) theme from the movie—even the kids {#blank#}8{#/blank#}pick on Auggie have their own personal struggles.

    As Auggie's classmates get to know him better, they come to find that he's a nice kid {#blank#}9{#/blank#}a great sense of humor. They start to change their attitude toward him. In real life, it may take longer to see such changes happen. But if we give people {#blank#}10{#/blank#}chance, their hearts and minds may change in the end.

    Ten-year-old Traci Weinstein from New York has a lot of shoes! Her interest in shoes started when she learned that every day, all around the world, many children cannot attend school and many people are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (able) to work because they don't have shoes. Traci {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (inspire) by her grandfather to help the poor in Guatemala {#blank#}3{#/blank#} might not have shoes. So she began to collect shoes!

    To help the people, Traci worked with the non-profit {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (organize), Sole4Souls. Sole4Souls' goal is to collect shoes to help “get rid of poverty(贫困)”. They have provided millions of shoes {#blank#}5{#/blank#} people in need in over 100 countries!

    Traci set {#blank#}6{#/blank#} huge goal. She wanted to collect 25,000 shoes to benefit poor people in her birth country of Guatemala. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (amazing), in just a few months, Traci not only hit her goal {#blank#}8{#/blank#} collected over 30,000 pairs of shoes! She is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (excite)to be making a difference in the world. Traci and her family hope {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (visit) Guatemala and give out shoes to those in person.