One day, a well-known speaker was invited to give a lecture to an audience of 200. He started his lecture by1a $ 20 bill. He looked around the room, and asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?”2 started going up.

    He said, “I am going to 3 this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He crumpled up (揉皱) the 20-dollar bill. He then asked, “Who 4 wants it?” Still the hands were 5 in the air.

    “Well”, he replied,“6I do this ?” And he dropped it on the 7 and started to step on it with his shoes. He picked it up. Now it was crumpled and 8.

    “Now, who wants it?” Still the hands went into the air.

    “My friends, we have all learned a very 9 lesson. No matter what I did to the 10, you still want it because it doesn't decrease in 11. It is still worth $20, with 12 we can buy what we need.

    Many times in our lives, we are 13, and trampled（踩）underfoot by the decision we 14 and the circumstances that come our way. We feel 15we were worthless. But no matter what has happened or what may happen to us, you will never 16 your value. Dirty or clean, you are still priceless to those who do love you. The worth of our lives is determined not by 17we do or who we know, but by who we are. You are18. Don't ever forget it.”

    If you 19 this lesson in mind, it will help you to 20 again when you fall. Each time it makes you grow much stronger.

    A lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and 1 asked her little daughter with a smile, “My sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?” The girl looked 2 at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick 3 on one apple, and then quickly on the other.

    The mum felt the smile on her face 4. She tried hard not to show her 5. Then the little girl handed one of her 6 apples to her mum, and said, “Mummy, here you are. This is the 7 one.”

    No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always 8 judgment. Give others the privilege to 9 themselves. What you see may not be the 10. Never conclude for others, which is why we should never only 11 the surface and judge others without understanding them 12.

    Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded, but because they value 13 above money.

    Those who 14 first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.

    Those who often text you, do so not because they have 15 better to do but because you are in their heart.

    One day, all of us will get 16 from each other；we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing； we will miss the 17 that we had. Days will pass by, months, years,18 this contact becomes rare — One day our children will see our 19 and ask “Who are these people?”And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say, “20 WAS THEM THAT I HAD THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE WITH.”

    The whole school was talking about the coming trip at a winter camp. And everyone was 1, except me.

    "I'll hate it," I told my parents. "I'll get homesick (想家的). I'll look stupid at winter sports, and everyone will 2 me. "

    "You might be surprised, Bree," said Mom. "The only way to find out is to 3."

    "It's what growing up is all about," Dad added.

    When 4 the camp, we were asked to share one 5.

    "I'm afraid I'll be homesick," someone said.

    I wasn't the only one?! I began to 6. After lunch, we were asked to ski (滑雪) down to the field. I skied 7, but I still hit a piece of ice and 8.

    "Ha! Ha!" Behind me, somebody started laughing. I 9 to see who was making fun of me. To my 10, I saw a girl in the same awkward (尴尬的) position I was in. "I thought I'd be bad at this, 11 I'm worse than I expected!" she said.

    12, I started laughing too. After being so 13 of falling, it was a comfort not to fear it anymore.

    At dinnertime, I was so happy to be talking about interesting things that I 14 to feel homesick.

    The next day, I was 15 to try ski jumping first, even though I didn't want to. But when my feet left the ground, I felt I was 16 and it was wonderful.

    Maybe Dad was right when he said "You might 17 it if you give it a chance!"

    Maybe the kind of 18 Mom and Dad were talking about had more to do with my outlook (态度）than my looks. We all 19 fitting in and failing when we try 20 things. Sometimes you've got to fall on your face to discover how much you've got in common.

    For one hour twice a week, I sat patiently and watched my son have his martial-arts (武术)lessons. I started to see martial-arts1effects on him. What I didn't know was that it would2me, too.

    One evening, I sat3my sons martial-arts lesson. At the moment, martial-arts seemed like such a beautiful art. I thought I might4to do this. Two weeks later, I stepped5into the martial-arts world at the age of thirty-six. I6completely nothing about martial arts. The first class was the hardest, I7that first class feeling silly. I left feeling8and helpless, as if keeping any balance was far out of my9. I was fairly10that I would never go back again,  11having already paid the first months fee.

    However, I 12to the very next class, not because I wanted to, 13 because I wanted to set a good14for my child. I am so glad I did. In the years since those first silly ad nervous  15onto the training ground, I've learned a lot of important 16.I learned that I don't have to be 17in everything, that even though something doesn't come easily. It doesn't mean it isn't worth learning, and that having  18with myself is far more important, and far more difficult, than having patience with19.

    Two months before my fortieth birthday, I20a physical and mental test and came out with a black belt.

    My father always told me: "All work is noble." He wasn't 1 , but he earned a reasonable living. Thanks to his 2 , I was able to go to Art College. I, however, wanted to do something 3 , something more interesting-I was special！

    After graduation, I moved to New York in search of a graphic designer job. It was winter and, ever the optimist, I'd only brought enough money to 4 myself for about a month. I wasn't 5 -I was sure I'd find a fantastic job immediately.

    Within a few weeks, though, I found myself wandering around the streets having been 6 by every design office in town. My hostel 7 was almost gone and I hadn't eaten in days. “How had I reached this point？""I wondered as I 8 in my thin jacket.

    I was just about to 9 when my dad called. He suggested that I get a job in a 10 until something else came along. At first, pride made me 11. But I was cold, hungry, and unwilling to go home feeling 12 and defeated.

    I entered an expensive-looking cafe near one of the design offices that had turned me away and asked the manager if they were 13. She said they were 14, and offered me a job right away.

    15, I found that I really enjoyed serving people. I started making big 16 right away. Later, the manager learned that I had a design 17 and asked me to design the cafe menus. That led to a part-time job at an advertising company.

    Previously, I'd have never considered being a 18, but there I was. I 19 got my dream design job, but that winter I learned not to make 20 about work.

    Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired (退休), but she needed to keep 1. She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2 with a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3 other old folks like her. By talking with them, she 4 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5. But old people also had some 6. She found a new purpose for herself then.

    Through the years, she 7 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8: Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called "Sixty Plus", which was about 9 old. She wrote about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10.

    Anna Douglas used her 11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understood 12 problems began. For example, one of her 13 said that his grandchildren 14 the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs Douglas 15 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.

    "It's important to know 16 about your grandchildren's world," said Mrs Douglas. "That means questioning and listening, and 17 is not what old people do best. Say good things to them and about them," she continued. "Never try to 18 your grandchildren or other young people. Never 19 your opinion. Don't tell them what they should do. 20, they have been taught they should have respect for old people. The old should respect them as well."