I remember the first day when I saw Sally playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she struggled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. She seemed so 1, but she managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her 2 nobody could.

    I began to notice Sally at other times, basketball in hand, playing 3. She practiced dribbling（运球）and 4 over and over.

    One day I asked Sally why she 5 so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a 6. I'm going to play college basketball and I want to be the best one. I believe that if I am 7 enough, I will get one. My father has told me that if the dream is big enough, the facts don't 8.”

    I 9 her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her team to 10. One day in her senior year, I saw her siting on the grass, her head 11 in her arms. Slowly and quietly, I 12 and sat down beside her. “What's wrong?” I asked. “Oh nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short” The 13 told her that at 165cm she would probably never play for a top team－still less she would be14 a scholarship-so she should stop dreaming about college.

    I felt she was extremely 15. I asked her if she had talked her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 16. They didn't understand the 17 of a dream.

    The next year, Sally was seen by a college basketball coach after a big game. She was 18 offered a scholarship and 19 to the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had 20 and worked toward for all those years.

    It's true if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count.

    When Meghan died in a car accident at the age of sixteen, Colleen Keefe together with another friend wrote the following to remember her:

    When I heard the news of you 1 us so soon, all I could do was hug my blanket to me. On my way down to 2 your mom and dad, I realized I needed to give you a 3 of me. I could not cut out my heart, even though it is 4 at this time. So I give to you, my friend, a piece of my blanket in the 5 of a heart. Attached to it is a(n) 6 of the three of us—you, me and Shauna.

    Now, I have to 7 that this blanket was given to me by my grandfather, who is in heaven with you. He will 8 the blanket. He might not recognize my picture, as he has been gone for over fourteen years. But don't be 9--he's really a teddy bear. Give him a big hug and a kiss 10 me, and tell him I said to take care of you. He will 11.

    Now that we know you are being taken 12 of, we can move on with our lives. We found out that one who received your organ（器官）donation is doing 13. Even in your 14 you have helped others. We will be seeing your family soon, and staying in 15 with everyone.

    Good-bye, my friend, we16 you already. You will never be 17 from our thoughts. Give us a nudge（轻推）when we are heading in the 18 direction and, of course, keep “dancing”.

    Every time I 19 my blanket around me I will 20 your presence. Stay warm.

    "Mom, stop. STOP!" yelled my mom outside my bedroom. At 7 am, I 1 to her yells. It was the weekend and I wanted to sleep. 2 a loud knock on the door 3 my chance of sleeping. "Maggie, get up quickly and help with your grandmother," my mother 4 me eagerly.

    I quickly entered my grandmother's room and 5 her when we were going downstairs as she walked slowly. We 6 made it to the living room. Now, I had to get her to sit down to watch TV quietly. " I have to go to work!" she argued, 7 toward the front door. " I have to go and meet with Fran!" she 8, referring to her daughter, who lives nearly one hundred-twenty miles from here. This argument continued 9 I convinced her to sit down.

    I poured out a 10 from a medicine bottle. She hesitated, and then swallowed it down with a glass of water. We returned our 11 to the TV and soon she fell asleep. 15 minutes later, she woke from her nap, becoming 12. The rest of the family came in to greet her. She smiled at everyone, and made jokes, like a 13 person.

    My grandmother is14Alzheimer's（阿尔茨海默症）.One out of five people develops the15by age 80. Symptoms include forgetting words. They also16 to recognize friends and family members or perform17tasks like dressing themselves. As of today, Alzheimer's is too 18 to defeat, but there are treatments to alleviate（减轻）the symptoms.

    The disease affects both the19and the family members. It's20. But it's someone in love. We are willing to fight it with love, which is just as powerful.

    My eight-year-old son's soccer team in Washington DC was put together several years ago. The team has won 1 one game in the last three seasons. Yet, despite the endless 2, soccer is my son's favorite activity. He plays soccer at every 3, even at break time and at the aftercare(病后护理), and although he doesn't play as well as the best players in his school, this hasn't 4 him in the least.

    This has been repeated often, but I 5 it first-hand: soccer is about friendship as much as it is about learning to control the ball and make successful 6. Watching the children, I see that winning is a distant 7 goal for them. What they enjoy is each other's presence and the fact that they're in this game 8.

    Actually, I went through a phase of giving my son suggestions such as: Why aren't you more 9 once you have the ball? He 10 my sudden torrent(滔滔不绝) of guidance. "Mom, I play midfield or defense, not forward. And 11, soccer isn't about being aggressive. It's about 12." After hearing that, I paused and 13. How strange it is that I, who never played any sport for a single day of my life, wanted my son to be a(n) 14 footballer!

    Isn't it extraordinary that kids don't necessarily 15 their attempts to have impressive results? They love the activity for itself. Becoming an adult means a gradual 16 of that spirit. To stand out or 17, people develop a spirit of competition. How often have I become 18—professionally and personally—when things haven't gone the way I wanted? I've 19 there's much to learn from soccer-loving eight-year-olds: do your best, be passionate, enjoy yourself, and then, regardless of the 20, move on.

    Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computers in the school he works in. I think it is a 1 school except for the fact that the school didn't have 2.

    Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture, people could see he was teaching his students by 3 an entire computer on the blackboard. The photos showed the 4 level of education for children in Ghana. People were 5 that Owura made sure each button (按钮)was drawn correctly.

    Owura wanted the students to 6 what life with a computer could be like someday. He would come to school half an hour ahead of the 7 every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was 8 off to start the next class, so he had to 9 it the next day!

    Owura's efforts were 10 when Microsoft (微软公司)took 11 of his act. They first took him to an international educators' meeting in Singapore. He made a 12 about his teaching methods at the meeting. He 13 a standing ovation (致敬)after the speech.

    14 , Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies 15 computers to the school. Not a single child in the 16 had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher's 17, the world took notice and responded with 18 to them.

    "Your work has really made us feel 19 about the world. At Microsoft, we believe that educators are heroes. They 20 influence the lifelong skills of their students." said Anthony Salcito, Vice president at Microsoft.

Sometimes, in this world, champions come from the most humble places. This tale begins in Nigeria, a country whose people are1. It begins with a young boy who2of something he has no frame of reference for, but even so, he made it because of his3and strong will.

Tanitoluwa Adewumi, recently4a rather impressive honor. He took first place in the New York State Scholastic Championships tournament at the beginning of 2019. For those who aren't aware, chess is a two-player strategy board game that is5in its rules but complex in its gameplay. It's not a game that's easy to6, and Tanitoluwa's life has never been easy.

In 2017, Tani's Christian family was forced to7their home in northern Nigeria for fear of 8by the Boko Haram terrorist organization. They moved to New York. It's not9for a family to make their way in the so-called "New World". Still, a year after they10, Tani began to thrive (显露头角) even while his family lived in a New York homeless11. Tani took up chess in 2018 and despite his young age, he seemed to be a talent at the12. He played at the shelter at first, learning the13strategy. With each hour of practice, Tani continued to14. Eventually, he found his way to New York State Scholastic Championships tournament and went undefeated throughout the15. He beat out player from elites (精英) who had private chess tutors to teach themselves 16, eventually claiming a victory. His parents were very 17, as was Tani himself.

Tani has 18 his dream and become a famous chess player. He certainly goes a long way, 19he still has a very long way to go, and we've no20 he will be more successful.