I am anything but an athletic person. So when my boyfriend suggested that I should run the London marathon, I laughed. He laughed too. 1 he laughed too long and too loud. That made me think. I 2 that he didn't believe that I could do it. That made me angry, but 3; I had to show him that I could.

    On the day of the race, I 4 up with about 30,000 other runners. The faster runners were at the 5, while slower runners like me were 6 further back. In that way, the professional(职业的) runners and club runners were not 7 down by the amateurs(业余爱好者).

    At first, there were so many 8 close together that we were almost falling 9 each other. We could 10 run very slowly but that was a good thing because it meant that we didn't rush off too quickly. Gradually the runners 11 out and there was more space. There were thousands of people watching us along the route and they 12 and clapped everyone, even the slowest runner. It was wonderful.

    For the first10km I felt very happy and my legs felt very 13. However, at 15km, I got a pain in my 14 and running became difficult, but I kept going and the pain disappeared. At the 30km 15, I felt extremely tired, and wanted to stop, but I kept on going. I 16 another 3 km and then I began to feel better again.

    When I finished 35 km, I knew I was going to get to the end of the course. 17, that confidence made me feel lighter and faster and it seemed as if my legs 18 over the last few kilometers. Finally I came round the last 19 and saw the finishing line. I finished the race in just under four hours. The winner had completed the race in 2 hours and 10 minutes, but I didn't  20! I had run 42km and completed my first marathon!

    One night last February, seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home1 a winding road, he saw a 2light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn't the moon”, he said. “I drive this road 3and I notice little things 4”

    Duffy stopped his car and got out to 5Below him far down in the deep valley 6a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes 7a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail（护栏）. His car fell and8over, landing on its top more than two hundred feet 9

    Duffy 10to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the 11driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below 12After struggling back up the cliff（悬岸）, Duffy 13his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his 14.

   15deeds are starting to become16action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he17his ten-year-old brother from drowning（溺水）. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister 18rat poison（毒药）, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, made her drink milk to protect her 19and called doctors.

    “We have tried to teach the children good 20and it looks like we have got some reward for it,” his father says.

    I arrived at my school one morning. As soon as I walked in, the 1immediately felt sad and uncomfortable. I knew exactly why the mood felt this way. The people around me were 2their emotions, trying to keep their 3steady. Today was the day when our teacher would 4 and move to another school. Mr. Smith was finally saying goodbye to our school after five years'5 here.

    Mr. Smith was a(n)6 likable man. He would tell a lot of jokes during the class 7 so you would remember it. He was very easy to talk with and to have 8 with. He was cool, relaxed,9 was always friendly when you would see him. It was 10 hard not to like him.

    I felt sad and 11.I couldn't even imagine how things were going to be 12 him: all the good times I've had with him. The 13 he said that made me laugh, the countless hours of watching him play the guitar, and the warm 14 he kept on his face. These thoughts 15 my mind, and I became 16.Why did Mr. Smith have to go? This is so 17.I was lost into my thoughts.

    "Hey, are you all right?" My friend Peter 18.

    "Yeah, I'm all right. I'm just kind of sad," I 19.

    "Yeah, me too. I wish he was our teacher forever. Mr. Smith is the best," he 20.

    As a child, I was very shy. I wanted to be 1, but lacked confidence. When I discovered 2, I found something I was good at. I began to be 3by my friends and this gave me the desire to climb harder and higher 4. I discovered that nothing was impossible if I could find the 5to try.

    Both individual determination and teamwork are 6to success when climbing. You need to rely on the 7of your team and share in the achievement. But personal focus and determination to keep 8despite any difficulty is an important 9to team success.

    My greatest achievement in climbing is being the first ever to 10the 5,000-foot Troll Wall in Norway, whose rock face is the 11and most vertical(垂直) in Europe. A stone which drops from the summit will touch nothing until it 12on the valley floor one mile below.

    13our climb, the experts in Europe had said it was 14to climb the Troll Wall. But with three companions, I decided to 15. It took ten days to make the climb and we slept on ledges(岩石架) no more than a foot wide. But I 16.

    Afterwards, I said to myself, “17I can do that, I can do anything.” Some years later, I succeeded in climbing Mount Everest-the highest mountain in the world.

    18to me is not hanging on a rope on the side of a mountain, but is just one field where adventurous people can constantly 19themselves. If we look at every day as an adventure, we can challenge ourselves and continue to grow throughout our 20. That is the final adventure.

    A wise man was passing through a city. While he was walking, he 1 a coin on the road. He picked it up. Despite his 2 life, he was satisfied and he had no use of that coin. So, he planned to 3 it. 4, throughout the day he didn't find such a person. Finally, he reached the 5 area and spent a night there.

    Next morning, he 6 up and was told that a king was going for his invasion of another state with his army. When the king saw the wise man, he 7 his army to stop. He came to the wise man and said, "I am going to beat another 8. Thus, my state can be 9. So 10 me to be victorious".

    After 11, the wise man gave the coin to the king! The king was confused with this because he is already one of the 12 kings! He 13 asked, "What's the meaning?"

    The wise man explained, "I found this coin yesterday in your 14. But I had no 15. So I had 16 that I would donate it. I walked around till the evening, but found no one such. "

    "Everyone was living a 17 life. It seemed that they were satisfied with what they had. But today, the king of this state, still has the desire to 18 more and is not satisfied with what he already has. I feel you are 19 this coin."

    The king realized his 20 and gave up the planned war.

    I recently joined an organization called Kindness Water, which was 1 by Phillip Wagner. One day when he was reading the newspaper, he 2 a story about Africa and was 3 to learn that 3.6 million people died every year. The reason why they died was  4 there was not enough clean drinking water. He knew he had to help. So he 5 money from friends and churches to help the people in a Malawai village to dig a well (水井). Then he set up a bottled water company and 100% of the money he made was used to 6 more wells. Within a year, he gave a hand to more people in Uganda. Since then，there have been 550wells in 19countries and more than 325000 people have been helped.

    But here is what really 7 me: It all started with one man, Phillip Wagner who wanted to make a difference. He saw a need and he did what he could to help those in trouble. Thousands of others who read the same 8that morning might have also been surprised when they learned the 9that so many people didn't have clean drinking water. But all those people didn't  10. They thought, "Oh well. That's too bad. 11, somebody will help those12don't have any clean water."

    Phillip Wagner decided to be that somebody, and 13  the help of thousands of others who have joined, he is making a difference to the world. You see, 14 change starts with ordinary people doing their  15. I want to be one of those 16makers.

    As a video of children smiling and swimming in clean water rolled in the background, Phillip Wagner said, I just want you to know that I 17my all, did my best, brought happiness to someone and 18 this world a little better just because I was here."

    Let's live out those words today. 19 you choose to help the homeless people or 20 any other good things for those in need, let's be difference makers. Let's leave this world a little better.