When I was in school, I volunteered to work in a hospital for some time.

On one visit, I carefully entered a dark room to find an elderly man {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (lie) in bed. I firstly thought he was sleeping. When I moved {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (close), however, I realized he was very much awake. He wanted to communicate something; but I couldn't make sense of what he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (say). 0He seemed quite weak, and I couldn't tell if he was in pain, or just frightened. I knew nothing about him, and I felt totally helpless. He clearly didn't want me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (leave) him, but I felt so lost and uncomfortable that I had to leave the room after only a couple of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (minute).

The next time I was at {#blank#}6{#/blank#} hospital and saw him again, I was certain he didn't remember me. But he {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (immediate) said, "I remember you. , You gave me hope in my darkest hour that evening!" I was so {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(amaze) that I didn't know how to answer.

In the short moment of my staying there, I did nothing at all. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} surprisingly he found in me something he needed, just because I was there.

I have thought about this thing often over the past years. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} makes me want to offer whatever kindness I can to others, and I try to make it out and appreciate (赞赏) it.

Think "small tasks, big contributions"(小任务，大贡献)

Offer{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(chance) for the child to help {#blank#}2{#/blank#}the chore you're doing. Give them a task that is appropriate(适当的) with {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(they) skill level. Maybe it's holding a measuring cup while {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(make) bread, moving a chair while sweeping. The task can be tiny, but the key part, Coppens says,{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) that it has to make a real contribution to the chore. It can't be a "fake" project or {#blank#}6{#/blank#}action that has nothing to do with the real chore. Then everyone isn't working together for a common goal.

"In one of our studies, the middle-class, European families reported giving children what we called 'mock work,'" Coppens says. For example, a mom would sweep the kitchen{#blank#}7{#/blank#}afterward, she would give the broom to her young child to "resweep" the kitchen." The parents{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(know) that the child wasn't contributing to chore, and pretty{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(quick), the kid will pick up on the same idea," Coppens says. And the kid loses out on the pride and sense of{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(succeed) that comes from making a real contribution.

Amy lives far from her office. Five days a week, she gets up at about 5:30in the morning. After a quick breakfast, she walks to Finsbury Park Station.From there she goes to King's Cross Station in London by train. Then she goes to Holton in a bus. After that, she takes a taxi to her office. She gets there at about 8:00. It usually takes about two hours from her home to her office.

I'm Tony. From a young age, I began to love skiing.I have skied since I was eight or nine years old. But once in the USA I was close to death.

It was April 1st, 2011. I skied in the Tetons with my friends Jeremy and Xavier. While I was skiing, they were watching me in a safe area, Then I turned  around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. It was a massive avalanche. Thousands of tons of snow was coming down the mountain behind me. I felt that the snow pushed me forward hundreds of meters,and then covered me.

It was so heavy that I couldn't move. And then it pushed me forward again.

I looked down into the bottom of the valley(山谷).  "OK, I'm going all the way to the bottom! " I thought. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountains. I thought the snow would destroy me. But in the end, I felt the avalanche slow down and I just jumped out of the snow at the bottom of the valley.

It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to find me. They couldn't believe it when they saw me. I was so lucky.

Has the experience changed me? Do I think about life differently? I don't know, but I do know that it's important to live your life seriously. Life is a gift, so use it wisely.