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    On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to 1 in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she2 a big bald（秃顶的）man running through the parking lot. Before she came to 3 what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, “Get out!”

    Neilson 4.

    Pulling open her door, the man seized her 5 the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, 6 her purse and the keys.

    Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a7, heard the screams and began running.

    When they 8 Neilson's car, the attacker had jumped into the driver's seat and was 9 searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker 10 back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no11 for the two athletic men.

    Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to 12 the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes—used to tie up newspapers.

    With his arms13 tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said 14, “I hope you guys feel good about yourselves—you just caught one of the most wanted men.” They 15 him and waited for the police.

    Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the 16 carjacker（劫车者）and suspected murderer, whose 17—but with a full head of hair—had been recently printed in their own newspaper.

    Neilson considers herself lucky 18 she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a19 ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “Unfortunately,” she said, “many people would20 have done what they did, and that's the real truth.”

    When I was a small boy my family was very poor. My father always used his savings to 1 my mother to visit her parents who lived far away. There was just my younger brother and myself in the house. One evening Dad came home from 2 and there was no food in the house, not 3 a piece of bread. Although we were 4, my brother and I went to bed without eating anything.

    My father had no money, but l knew from the 5 on his face that he could not let us have an empty stomach. He 6 the house and about two hours later returned and quickly 7 us up. He had in his hand two small potato pies, which he gave us to eat. I don't know where he got the 8 but somehow he 9 to get us something to eat.

    My father had not eaten and had worked all day 10 he sat there with great satisfaction watching us eat. This has 11 stayed in my mind and left more of an impression than any amount of 12 he may ever have given me.

    At that moment, l felt happy knowing that he was there and would not let us13.

    I guess the 14 I am trying to make is that in difficult times it is 15 not to show weakness but strength and character. If a 16 is the cement（粘合剂）that holds a family together, then the father is 17 that strengthens that cement.

    It is his values and 18 and memories that have carried me forward and helped me to 19 my own problems in life. In my own 20 I have learned that it is the valuable time you spend with your children and the values you give to them that will remain with them always.

    Have you ever traveled around by bike? This spring my older brother and I 1 the busy city and spent a long weekend 2  in the countryside. Our speed was only around 14 kph, but we didn't 3 . We hadn't come to break any speed records,  4 . All we wanted was some 5 air and a break from schoolwork.

    We really 6 ourselves while cycling along traffic-free country paths. There was plenty of sunshine, 7 it was quite cold,  8  in the mornings. The good news was that soon we  9 as we rode along. Our only 10 was when my brakes (刹车) started making a terrible noise. But I didn't care as it gave us an  11   to visit a café while a bike mechanic (机修工) had a look at it.

    Every few kilometers there was a  12  where we could talk with local people. One of the women was very  13  and showed us the way when we got lost. On Saturday night we were   14  at 2 a.m. by some young people. They kept singing loudly in the next room, which made us 15 all night. We felt very 16  when we got up the next morning. Soon we 17 . We were more cheerful on the way when the sun came out. 18  , things like that happened only once. Anyway I still like traveling around by bike — it's 19 and it's fun. If you're looking for a short break that's active and cheap, then cycling is a great 20 !

    I was standing in the checkout line behind a woman who looked to be in her 60s. When it was her turn to pay, the cashier(收银员) 1 her by name and asked her how she was doing. The woman looked down, shook her hand, and said, “Not so good. My husband just lost his job and my 2 son is up to his old tricks again. The truth is, I don't know how I'm going to 3 the holidays. ”Then she gave the cashier food stamps.

    My heart 4. I wanted to help but didn't know how. Should I offer to 5 her groceries or ask for her husband's situation?

    6 I walked into the parking lot, I spotted the woman returning her shopping cart. I remembered something in my purse that I thought might help her. It wasn't a handful of cash or an 7 of a job for her husband, but maybe it would make her life 8.

    My heart beat faster as I 9 the woman. “Excuse me,” I said, my voice trembling a bit. “I couldn't help overhearing what you said to the cashier. It sounds like you're going through a really 10 time right now. I'm so sorry, but I'd like to give you something.”

    I took a small card out of my purse and 11 it to her.

    When the woman read the only two words on the card, she began to cry. And through her 12, she said, “You have no idea how much this 13 to me.”

    I was a little 14 by her reply. Having never done anything like this before, I didn't know what kind of 15 I might receive. All I could think to respond was, “Oh! Would it be OK to give you a 16?

    After we hugged 17, I walked back to my car and began to cry, too.

    The words on the card?

    “You Matter.”

    A few weeks earlier, a colleague gave a similar card as 18 for a project I was working on. When I read the card, I felt a 19 glow(光辉，喜悦)spread inside of me. Deeply touched, I came home and ordered my own box of You Matter cards and started 20 them.

James Charles is the manager of Kiplin Automotive Group. For about two months, he has been 1 people to use the company's parking lot as a safe place to sleep at night.

Charles was first 2 to pursue (从事)his labor of love after he found there was a woman 3 in a car. Knowing the woman was 4, Charles tried to get her into a shelter. However, he was 5 to find that every shelter in the city was full. 6 he paid for her to stay in a hotel for a few nights, he knew there were other people experiencing the same situation. "That was really the 7 I got at that time and I realized I needed to do something for those people without delay (耽搁)," he said.

Then Charles 8 made a post online asking community members to 9 the word about his plan, so that people in need could know his good 10. "For those going through 11 times, we would like to 12 a safe place for you. We can't put everyone in a hotel, but13 we can get you a parking lot, a safe place for the night," wrote Charles.

Since more and more people have 14 his social media post, more and more people joined Charles in reaching a hand. "Any 15, no matter how small, will go towards helping the homeless," Charles said, "One hand washes the other; two hands wash the face."