Several months ago , a couple with a little girl moved in next door to me. The girl seemed too quiet to make any noise, while the parents were always 1her loudly. Whenever we met my new neighbours , I always spoke, but the only 2 I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.

    I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned, they were just coming from their home and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn't in a 3. The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for 4 .

As a disabled man, I can't hurry at 5 but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so 6by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the 7and said to myself. "I believe she would like that" so I bought it.

    The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so 8of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father9thanked me.

    Now when we meet , we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don't hear that shouting as often.10, hardly at all.

    Last night we had about four inches of11. I looked out at my car and wondered 12 I was going to keep my doctor's appointment(约会). When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can't express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building,13when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said 14. He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.

    Isn't it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? It is said that good things usually come from 15.

    It was a cold winter, with Christmas right around the corner. My kids and I were going shopping.1the way to the supermarket, I saw a man in an old and thin T-shirt. He was2a sign that said, "Lost my job. Family to feed. "Only a few people stopped and gave some money to him. It was clear that the man was3.

    My 10-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son4him, too. After understanding his situation, they felt5and said he must be feeling bad to stand outside in the cold wind.

    When we were in the supermarket, I asked my daughter to pick6she thought our "friend" outside would need. She picked some apples, hamburger, some cheese and a bottle of juice.

    Then my son asked, "Can we buy him a7?"

    I didn't expect that, so I had to8the suggestion carefully. We were not rich and we needed to buy lots of things, but... Well, sometimes helping others is just9we need to do!

    We talked about the fact that we could not buy something we planned to buy10we bought a jacket for the man. My kids11to take some snacks and toys off the shopping list.

    When we found the man, my kids12him the bag of food and the jacket. He was first surprised and then very glad. He13us and said we must be the angels sent from the God.

    I think this14has been a wonderful opportunity for our family.15of my kids agreed that helping others made them happier.

    Mr. Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by1. He liked sitting2a window when he was flying, so he got onto the plane and looked for a window seat. He3all of them taken except one. There was a young man4beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.

    When he5it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written6large letters, 7"This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you. "Mr. Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying 8 particularly heavy in its room which made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found9empty seat, not beside the window10.

    Two or three other people11to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly12a very beautiful girl13into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in, 14took the notice15the seat beside him, and by this means succeeded in having a pretty companion during the whole trip.

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    That's me. Thank you.

Frank doesn't have many friends. He doesn't know why.

One day, Frank tells Bill,"I'd like to have a party this Saturday evening. You sing well. I hope you can come and sing for us."

"OK! I'd love to," said Bill.

" Don't forget to sing You Are My Sunshine. I like it best," says Frank.

Then Frank asks his friend Betty to bring a cake." You make the best cake in the world, Betty, and I like your cake best!" says Frank.

Frank also invites some other friends to come to his party. He remembers to ask each of them to bring something. He even asks Mary to let him have the party in her house!

Everyone has a good time at the party. The guests(客人) say" Thank you" to Bill for the song, to Betty for the cake, to Mary for the house. But they say" Thanks for the invitation(邀请)" to Frank.※. He doesn't know why.

During the Tang Dynasty (618-907), Emperor Taizong asked the prime minister Feng Deyi to recommend（推荐） talented people.

 1 , several months passed, Feng didn't recommend anyone. "I tried my best, but there are not unusual and 2 people at all, " Feng said.

"People are like utensils (器具). What we need to do is to make good use of their strengths. You cannot excuse yourself for not noticing talented people. How could you say that there are no talented people in our country?" said the emperor.

Indeed, each utensil or tool has its use. A knife is made to cut things while chopsticks are made to 3 food. We can't use a knife as a 4 . Like a utensil, each person has special strength. Nobody is perfect. We can't expect a person to be good at everything.

With this idea in 5 , Emperor Taizong discovered many talented people of different backgrounds. He 6 them important positions, which helped them make the best use of their talents. His talented people helped the society 7 and created a "golden age".

Some people say if a person is talented 8 , we should give them a chance. The same idea can be found in The Analects of Confucius (《论语》). Treating people as utensils shows that we can not only lead people well, but also allow different kinds of people to work well.

Today, the idea still makes 9 . If we become leaders someday, we should help others give full play to their strengths. 10 , Liu Bang let Zhang Liang and Xiao He work as advisors for their wisdom while inviting Han Xin to lead the army for his war strategies. Known as the "three heroes of the early Han Dynasty", they helped Liu build strong dynasty.