"My name's Jim Shelley and I'm an addict(有瘾的人)..."

    With these words I began to1the problem , the problem of my telephone addiction.I used to call people2, from the moment I woke up to the time I went to sleep.I3to be phoned ,I wanted to phone .Just one more call.

    It started socially-a few calls each day.It seemed4, just a quick chat.Gradually though, the5got worse. Soon it was6use, until, finally, addiction.

    And it began to affect my7. During the day I would disappear for8call .If I couldn't make a call , I spent the whole time waiting for the phone to ring .Getting more and more9,in the end , I would ring someone , then someone else,10myself just one more call.

I was phoning people and11messages to make sure 12calls would see me through the day . I used to arrive at friend's homes and before the door was closed , go straight for the phone with the13"Is it OK if I just use the phone...?" At work ,I became14when my fellow workers tried to15me from using the phone.And one day I hit my boss (with the phone ).Finally , the police caught me16a phone box that had taken my last one pound coin, and I was17to see a psychiatrist (心理医生).

    I haven 't18a phone in the house for three weeks now , and it 's several days19 I used a phone box .I try not to watch TV because there are20 people on it making phone calls.My name is Jim  Shelley and I am an addict.

    In the town of Swedesboro, New Jersey, 5^th grade students are determined to make 2,000 paper cranes (纸鹤) by the end of the school year. Their1is to put smiles on kids' faces.

    The idea of 2 the paper cranes started when their3 Tara Milward, read them the story Sadako and the One Thousand Paper Cranes in class. Sadako was 4with leukemia (白血病) at a very young age. She5folding the paper cranes along with her family and friends6 this was a symbol of hope for Sadako to get7one day.

    The students of Harker School wanted to8 Sadako's story. They began buying paper9 paper cranes, and decided to make 2,000! They want to send the101,000 cranes to Hiroshima, Japan where Sadako lived. The next 1,000 cranes are 11 to a local hospital. Wherever a paper crane is made, the students are12that something so simple can help someone 13 hope.

    They are so devoted to the14that they work on it in every minute of their15time to help them towards their big goal of 2,000 paper cranes. To achieve their16 goal, all of the students are coming together and working very17 They are eager to spread the hope to their friends and families, also a18of this extraordinary project.

    The students are 19 by Sadako's story and are making their impossible dream come true. They hope to make a 20 around the globe to show that everyone can make the world a better place.

    When I heard the news, tears ran down my face. Some years ago on a hot summer day, a little boy decided to go for a 1 in the lake behind his house. In a hurry to dive into the 2 water, he ran out of the back door. He flew into the water, not 3 that an alligator（鳄鱼）was swimming toward the 4. His mother in the house was 5 of the window and saw the alligator 6 it got closer and closer. In fear, she ran toward the water, yelling to her sin as 7as she could.

    Hearing her voice, the little boy became 8 and made a return to swim to his mother. It was to 9. Just as he reached her, the alligator 10 him. From the shore, the mother grasped her little boy by the arms just as the alligator grasped his legs. The alligator was much 11 than the mother, but the mother was much too struggling to let the boy go. A farmer happened to drive by, heard her 12, raced from his truck, took aim and 13 the alligator.

    14, after weeks in the hospital, the little boy 15. His legs were scarred by the animal and, on his arms, were 16 scratches where his mother's fingernails scratched. A newspaper reporter, who 17 the boy, asked if he would show him his 18. The boy lifted his pant legs. And then, with obvious 19, he said to the reporter, “But look at my arms. I have great scars on my arms, too. I have them because my mom wouldn't let me go. They are my mother's 20 for me.”

    When things went wrong, Ittleby Fein always had something nice to say.

    When Dad forgot about the pizza and it burned, Ittleby said, “Don't 1. It'll still taste good.” And he was 2. The pizza edges were dark, 3 the middle wasn't bad.

    Ittleby looked on the 4 side. And everyone, except Hazel, 5 that about him.

    Hazel was the 6 student in class. On her first day, Ittleby said, “Nice to meet you, Hazel. I think you'll like it here.” Hazel looked at him, “I 7 it.” Ittleby didn't know what to do. He'd never8 anyone like Hazel.

    9 Mr. D. said they'd have recess (休息) inside 10 the rain, Hazel said, “Bad things come in threes. No outdoor recess is number one. What will the 11 thing be?

    The class didn't have to 12 long to find out. Greta was carrying a box of paints during art class. She 13, and paint went flying. Hazel turned to Ittleby, “That was the second 14 thing. What will the third be?”

    Ittleby didn't know what to say. Hazel seemed so 15 about the Rule of Three Bad Things.

    Emma came to look at Ittleby's 16. She picked it up, not realizing she had paint on her fingers. Hazel pointed, “Ittleby's picture is ruined(破坏)! There's number three.” Emma looked 17. “I'm sorry, Ittleby.” “It's OK, Emma. If I add wings, the fingerprint(指纹) could look like butterflies,” said Ittleby.

    So Ittleby added wings. 18 he said, “Everyone, let's make a field of butterflies.”

    Everyone put a fingerprint on Ittleby's paper. Only Hazel didn't.

    “Want to add one?” Ittleby asked her. Hazel thought about it, and she carefully added wings.

    “It looks 19. I like it very much,” said Ittleby. Hazel 20, “You know, I don't really think there's a Rule of Three Bad Things.” Ittleby nodded, “Bad things happen. But good things happen, too. And sometimes, there are good things hiding where you don't expect them.”

    Mrs. Walker sat down at her desk and sighed. "OK. Tell me, Winston, how your homework became part of the ecosystem."

    "Yesterday," he began, "after I finished my math homework, I needed a(n) 1. So I took out my bubblegum tape(泡泡糖) to 2. Michael and I are having a contest."

    "Yes." 3 Michael, "We are."

    "I thought the more gum, the bigger the bubble. I kept 4 gum and my bubble kept growing. Pretty soon I was blowing bubbles so big they 5 my face."

    "Wow!" one girl behind him exclaimed in whisper.

    "Then it 6. I blew a bubble as big as a beachball." He 7 his arms over his head to show how big it was."

    Some kids murmured in disbelief. But Winston 8 them and went on.

    "All of a sudden a gust of wind 9 the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble 10 over my desk and out the window. As it sailed away, I noticed something yellow stuck to it. Like paper. Then I noticed my 11 was missing."

    "So?" Mrs. Walker asked.

    "I ran after it into Mrs. Roosevelt's garden—she lives next door. I saw her cat 12 the bubble. The bubble broke. All I saw then was the cat running madly away.

    "Mrs. Roosevelt helped me search the 13. But my homework was nowhere to be seen."

    Mrs. Walker did not look 14. Shaking her head, she said, "15, Winston, why didn't you just tell me that the homework was 16 and…"

    Just then, the office assistant walked in with an envelope addressed to Winston.

    Everyone watched him open the envelope and take out his 17 homework page and a note that said, "For Winston's teacher."

    Winston must have 18 to turn this in. He's responsible. I have no idea how his homework got stuck to my cat, but I'm sure Winston can give you a(n) 19.

Mrs. Roosevelt

    Mrs. Walker 20. "It was all true!"

    "Yes, Madam". Winston said quietly.

    After my husband's Chinese kung fu school was open for about a week, my daughters and I decided to see how it was going. We were deeply 1 to see there wasn't a single student in the school. My husband was standing 2 in the school waiting for customers.

    We had to 3! We decided to be his 4 until he got some "real" ones. We thought it was better to have five people in the school 5 just him if a passerby looked in the window. He started teaching us 6 and forms. We found that some of them actually were 7 to ballet moves but much more difficult. It was kind of fun but 8, too! We were attracted by then, so we 9 as learners.

   10, we got actual students in our school. There were many men and teenage boys, and we 11lots of other girls and women as well. One special student was a 12 seven-year-old girl. She was going 13 and had other health problems. With my daughters' help and 14, this little girl got to be a real kung fu kid. Although she is now a sightless, grown adult, I'm confident she can 15 herself if she needs to.

    I am 16 to say my daughters are more confident in every area of their lives. This experience taught me to 17 things I never would have 18 before kung fu. I haven't been 19 in all of my efforts, but I'll give almost 20 of niceness a try!