Then I started to notice 7 else about Amy. After lunch most of the kids got 8 from their parents, but none came for Amy.

    At 9 I used to sit on a bench at beach, 10 and looking over the lake. As I approached the benches one night, I saw Amy 11 there.

"Hey, Amy," I said, sitting 12 to her. "You see that light there, on the other 13 of water? I like looking at that light. For me it's like my dream. One 14 I'm going to do something important with my life."

The next day when the 15 was handed out, Amy's name was 16 out. She went up to get the letter. I went over and asked, "Hey, Amy, what's your secret?"

    She didn't 17. She looked at the letter, a picture of a lake with a big 18 shining on the other side of it. She looked at me, and put the 19 over her heart.

    On the last day of the camp, she gave me a big hug good bye. 20 she had dream of her own. I hope so.

    In 1895, when he was 52, my grandpa, Dennis Fitzpatrick Sr. , had a young man's dream. He1 to own land and build a barn(谷仓) and house on it. In order to2 the dream, he left Hubbardston, Michigan and went to north to Slabtown. In the place, there was 80-acre wasted land with 3 fence(篱笆) and big bushes everywhere. Grandpa walked around the land, dreaming of the day when he would 4it into green meadow(牧场). where there are fields of crops, wandering 5, a big barn and a new house.

    He 6 there and started working. In the summer, a 4-acre field 7 a lot of crops and in the fall, he started working on a new8, carrying stones from a mile away. After the bam completed, a new house was started. By the age of 82, his dream had 9 30 years after he started.

    But by the 1990s the barn was in bad need of 10 or it would fall apart. So we worked to make it as strong as before. During the past years, it had 11 family, gathering, wedding reception, neighborhood parties 12 music and dancing, Christmas ball and more.

    Grandpa is gone now, but his 13 is still with us. Now I, his great-grandson, 14 the land that he cleared. All seven of my 15 live on or within a mile of the farm. Grandpa's dream so long ago—green meadow, fields of crops and a big barn—is now 16by his many descendants(子孙) more than a17later.

    Grandpa taught us very 18 lessons. It is never too late to 19 If you have one, work at it 20and you'll turn it into reality.

    A few weeks ago I was at the comer store, and there stood an old lady in front of me in line. She seemed very 1 when the cashier asked her to pay $ 38.00. She had about $ 5.00 in her wallet, and she began to 2. The cashier became very 3, telling her that she cannot buy these 4 because she didn't have enough money. So, I told the cashier not to 5 it, and that I would 6 the difference. The cashier gave me a funny look,7 I really felt for this woman.

    Anyway, I paid for my groceries and 8 the store. When I got outside, I saw the lady standing there. I asked her what was 9. She said that she could not remember where she lived, and she began to cry again. I said some names of the 10 around the area but she had no clue (线索). Just then, a car 11and a woman jumped out of the car. It was this lady's daughter. I 12 that her mother couldn't find her way home. The daughter told me that she had Alzheimer's disease (阿尔茨海默病) and that she had been 13 off a lot lately. Then the daughter14 that her mother had 3 - bags of groceries and wondered 15 she got the money to pay for them. I was not 16 if I should tell her that I paid for them, but I did.

The daughter wanted to pay me back, but I 17. The daughter said “Thank you” and I said “Good bye”.

    I felt so 18and happy right through the day, because making others feel 19 makes me feel good. I know that if this 20 happened again, I would do the same thing.

    A town mouse and a country mouse were friends. The country mouse one day1his friend to come to visit. He wanted his friend to come and see him at his home in the 2. The town mouse came and they sat down to a 3of roots and corn. The country mouse 4the food and he asked his friend to eat more. But his friend didn't think the food was 5.

    After 6for a while, the town mouse finally said, "My 7friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see8I live! There is plenty of nice food in my room. You must come and 9with me. I'm sure you will enjoy your 10there." The country mouse wanted to eat better food, so he11.

    When the town mouse12 town, he took the country mouse with him. He showed the visitor into his room which had a lot of nice food. The country mouse had 13seen anything like that and sat down to enjoy the food his friend 14. But right before they had15, the door opened and someone came in. The two mice 16and hid themselves in a narrow hole. After a while, when it was17again, they came out. But someone else came in, and they hid again. This was too much for the18. "Goodbye," said the country mouse, "I'm off. You have a lot of nice food to eat, I can see, but there is so much19 around you. Though I can only enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn, I can live20in my hole. "

    ZhangZongyi, with the stage name of LiuLingTong, was one of China's most household Monkey King performers. And his son ZhangJinlai is also a1name to millions of Chinese. But he was2known as LiuXiaoLingTong, “the little six-year-old actor”. He immortalized(使永恒)the role of the Monkey King in the Chinese TV series “Journey to the West”. And it was in 1988, at 233he became a nationwide star.

    Indeed the 1982 Monkey King production was regarded as a milestone in the history of Chinese TV series. According to4estimates, China Central Television and local TV stations5the series more than 3,000 times6its debut(初次表演) in 1988. And it7such fame for LiuXiaoLingTong that8he went, he was called MeiHouwang or Beautiful Monkey King.

    Performing as the Monkey King in local operas has been a tradition of Zhang family9back to the Qing Dynasty. Zhang's grandfather performed as the Monkey King. Then Zhang's father10to raise monkeys as pets as well as his teachers to11them, Zhang said, “I often examine12expressions and movements, not only at home but also in zoos,13I can act more vividly in my performances.”

    Zhang has only a daughter, he said it's14for her to play as the Monkey King, 15, he16an art school to teach people to act as the Monkey King. He17that the art of acting as the Monkey King can continue among18is interested in learning the art, whether they are Chinese or foreigners.

    “19born in China, the art of Monkey King 20the whole world,” Zhang insisted.

When I was 15 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasn't the first time I had been to a foreign1 . Like most English children I2 French as school and I had often been too France, so I was used to3 a foreign language to people who didn't understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice holiday without any4 problems.

How wrong I was! The misunderstanding5 at the airport. I was looking for a6 telephone to give my American friend Danny a7 and told her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could8 me."Yes", I said,"I want to give my friend a ring"."Well, that's nice,"he said."Are you getting married? But aren't you a bit 9 ?""Who is talking about marriage?"I became a little10 ,"I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I have arrived. Can you tell me11 there's a phone box?""Oh!"he said,"there is a phone downstairs."

When at last, we did meet up, I told Danny what12 to me. Danny laughed,"I had so many13 at first. There are lots of words which the Americans14 differently in meaning from us British."She said to me,"But don't worry. You'll soon15 to all the funny things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other!"