Teenager Jake Denham was skiing (滑雪) with his family in the USA when he felt over and lost one oi his skis. His family didn't know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

Jake couldn't find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn't work out the right way to go.

    It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm. At home, lake watched a lot of TV programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn't blow into it. Outside the temperature fell to a dangerous -15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

    But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said. "If you are lost, you should find someone else's tracks (轨迹) through the snow and follow them." "I wanted to live my life." remembers Jake. "So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those." He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!

    His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn't even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

    So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life.

    Two hunters rented(租用) a small plane to fly them to a forest. They told the pilot to come back and pick them up in about two weeks. By the end of the two weeks， they had hunted a lot of animals and they wanted to put all of them onto the plane.

    But the pilot said， “This plane can only take one lamb. You'll have to leave the others behind.”

    Then one hunter said， “But last year， another pilot with the same plane let us take two lambs and some other animals onto the plane.”

    So the new pilot thought about it. Finally he said， “OK， since you did it last year， I think this year we can do it again.” Then they put all the animals they had hunted onto the plane， and the plane took off. Five minutes later， it crashed.

    The three men looked around， and one hunter asked the other one， “Where do you think we are now?”

     The other hunter looked around and said， “I think we're about one mile away from the place where the plane crashed last year.”

    John, David and James were three brothers. Every year on their mother's birthday, they sent her expensive presents. They liked to show her how rich they were.

    The oldest brother , John, decided to give his mother a perfect(完 美的) present. He thought it must be more expensive than his brothers'.

    So he put an advertisement(广告) in the newspapers: WANTED THE PERFECT PRESENT FOR A RICH WOMAN. For many days people phoned him from all over the country. Each of them wanted to sell him" the perfect present". But John didn't like any of them.

    Then, less than a week before his mother's birthday, a man came to his office. He was carrying a cage with a large bird in it. "This bird," the man said," can speak ten languages (语言) and sing any popular songs. There's no other bird like it in the world." With these words, he asked the bird to speak to John in French, tell him a joke in Japanese and sing a famous popular song. John was very happy.

    "I'll buy it. How much do you want?" John said." One hundred thousand dollars," the man said. This was a lot of money, but John paid him. Then he sent the bird to his mother with a birthday card.

    The day after his mother's birthday he phoned her." Well, Mother," he asked," what do you think of the bird?" "Oh, very delicious, dear," she answered.

It was about 2:00 a.m. I was driving my taxi on the way to pick up a passenger. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark. I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a weak and elderly voice.

After a long silence, the door opened and a small woman in her eighties stood before me. She took my arm and walked slowly to the car. She kept thanking me for my kindness. "Could you drive through the city center?" asked the old woman. "It's not the shortest way," I answered at once.

"Oh, I'm familiar (熟悉的) with the city. And I'm in no hurry. I'm on my way to a hospice(临终医院). I don't have any family left. It would be the last time for me to travel around the city ".

Hearing this, I quietly shut off the meter (计价器).For the next three hours, we drove through the city. She showed me the building where she had once worked as a lift operator (升降机操作员)and the neighborhood where she had lived in and told me many stories about the buildings, the streets and the people there. Then, she just sat, saying nothing. At dawn(黎明)， she suddenly said, "I'm tired. Let's go now."

"How much shall I pay you?" she asked, "Nothing." I replied. Almost without thinking, I gave her a hug. "Thank you, young man," said her, excited. Then she held onto me with moved tears(眼泪).

Our hug ended with her words disappearing in the warm morning wind.

Do you believe that we can have an important influence on anyone we meet？The right words at just the right time could1 someone's life. 

When I was 3 years old，my parents found I was2 . After asking many doctors and parents of other deaf children，they decided not to put me in a special school. Although I seemed outgoing（外向的）my self﹣esteem（自尊心）was quite low. On my first day at school，the other kids3 me because of my hearing aid and the way I talked. I was hurt deeply and I saw myself as a（n）4 kid. 

Mrs. Green，my5 ，changed all of that with a simple three﹣word phrase. One morning，she asked the class a question. Sitting at my desk silently，I6 her tips（哦唇） and raised my hand right away. She called on me in front of the blackboard. I took a deep breath and7 answered Mrs. Green's question. 

I will8 forget what happened next. Mrs. Green pointed directly at me. With sparkling（闪光的）eye sand a big smile she cried： "That's right，Ben!"

For the first time in my young life，my confidence rose. At that moment，I decided that no matter how many9 I may face，I can overcome（克服）them. Thanks to those three10 words，my whole life changed from that moment. 

Good morning to you! 1 name is Kate White. 2 is my given name. White is my 3 name. I'm 4 English girl. I am tall and I have blond hair and big blue 5 . My telephone 6 is 6875-9013. I'm in No. 2 Junior High School now. Welcome 7 our school! Mr. Yang is my Chinese 8 . I like his Chinese 9 . Li Ming is my new classmate. He is a Chinese 10 . He likes his Chinese class, too. Li Ming and I are 11 friends. Look! 12 is that? Oh, it's a 13 . It's Li Ming's pen. Is the pen 14 ? No, it's not black. It's blue. His favorite 15 is blue. Do you want to know us? Please come to our school.