Some years ago, Danny gave up his job as a doctor to become a freelance(特约的) model maker, but now hehas money trouble. He says that he wishes he'd never1 to set up his own business.

    "I am now in such abad situation," says Danny. "I hope I'm2 working as a doctor. You see, I was3 with my job, and I didn't have any fun. I said to a few friends that I wanted to go into4 and they said that theycould give me work, so I left the hospital.

    At first, everything was5: I had too much work to do. I got too many orders every day. And soon I6a large number of money. I had a really greatlifestyle, and when the work was finished, I used to take good7 in places like the beautiful blue Aegean Sea, Maldives, Hawaii and so on, just to get relaxed.

    Likethis, I was busy having fun all around the world, and charged (支付) everythingto my credit (信用) cards, but then I began to8 how much in debt (负债) I was.At last, I had to sell all my office equipment (设备). Now I could doalmost9 even if people asked me. I've had to10 my business nowand I don't know what I'mgoing to do for money.It just goes to show if you set up your own business, you shouldn't spend money youdon't have."

    A girl went to her father and told him that her life was too hard. She said she couldn't work all the difficulties out 1. She just wanted to give up.

Her father said, "I think I know 2 I can help you. 3 me." They went into the 4. Her father put a potato, an egg and some coffee beans into three different bowls of water. Then, he started to boil (煮沸) the water on the stove.

After some time, he turned the stove 5 and took out the potato, the egg and the beans. He then showed each of them to his daughter.

"Look. The potato was hard before I boiled it, but now, it is 6 and weak. The egg was fragile (易碎的) until I put it in the water—now, it is hard inside. But the coffee beans were different. When they met the boiling water, they changed and became delicious 7."

Life 8 problems to us all. The potato, egg and coffee beans were all met with the same problem. But they each solve the problem in their own way. It is up to you to take the difficulties you face and find something good in 9. By making a(n) 10, the father taught his daughter a life lesson.

Jamie was tired. She had been on her feet for hours. Her mom {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(拥有) a small but busy restaurant in town. Three of the workers were {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(生 病的 ) that morning. There was a big food festival in the city park that day. and Jamie was a big {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (迷) of it. Jamie {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (仅) wanted to sit down for a while. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (代替), she walked around the restaurant with no break. As soon as she {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(清理) one table,a new set of customers(顾客) walked in. That meant more orders and more coffee.

"Order up!"called the cook from the kitchen. Jamie was very sleepy. She didn't move, and just thought about {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(令人惊叹的) foods in the festival from all over the world.Jami {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(想象) the delicious smells(气味) of new and special foods.

"{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(赶快) up, Jamie!"said the cook.

"I'm coming," Jamie answered in a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (焦虑的) voice.

I was now in my twenty-seventh year on the island. One evening Friday went out to look for food. But soon he was back, and he looked very afraid.

"Master! Master!" he cried, "There's a great ship near the island, and men are coming to the shore in a boat!"

I jumped up and ran with him down to the shore. I saw that it was an English ship! But why was it here? English ships never came this way. Perhaps they were pirates(海盗)!"Don't let them see you, Friday!" I called, "We'll hide in the trees and watch. "

There were eleven men in the boat, but three of them were prisoners(囚犯). Their arms were tied with rope, but their legs were free and they could walk. The other sailors pushed the three prisoners up the beach, laughing and shouting and hitting them. The three prisoners walked slowly along the beach and sat down under a tree, not far from us. They looked very unhappy.

Very quietly, I came up behind them through the trees, and called out to them in English.

"Don't be afraid, "I said. "I'm an Englishman. Perhaps I can help you. "

The three men turned and looked at me. They did not answer at once. They were too surprised.

Perhaps they thought I was a wild man myself, in my strange clothes made of animals' skins, and with my long hair and beard.

Then the oldest man spoke, "I am the captain of that ship, "he said, "and these two men are my first and second officers. Last night there was a mutiny (叛乱), and the seamen took the ship from me.

Now they're going to leave the three of us here, to die on this island. "

"Do these mutineers (叛军) have guns?"

"Only two, "he answered, "and they've left those on the boat. "

"All right, "I said. "We'll fight them. But if we get your ship back for you, you must take me back to England. "

Friday ran back to my house to get all the guns, and the captain and I made a plan.

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The school newspaper needed a new editor (编辑). Tara knew it was her c{#blank#}1{#/blank#} —she'd always expected to do something for the paper. There were not any nice pictures, but the real p{#blank#}2{#/blank#} was that the stories couldn't interest the kids. 

Tara came to meet Mr. Alvarez, the headmaster, and e{#blank#}3{#/blank#} her thought. "Editing the paper is a big job, even for an eighth {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(grade)!" he said, "And we may not have a paper much longer because of the budget (预算) cut."

Tara stepped forward confidently, "I'll change this, sir."

Mr. Alvarez finally nodded, "You only have three weeks {#blank#}5{#/blank#}the budget meeting." 

Tara then told her plan to the newspaper group, "Now we need two teams. The sales team will work on getting advertisers to help us afford (承担得起) the paper. And the editorial team need to d{#blank#}6{#/blank#}stories students like."

The group took action and things went {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (smooth). The editorial team made a questionnaire to know what students were interested in when the sales team visited many local b{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. A week later, the group created an online paper with more cool pictures and even videos. This new form was well r{#blank#}9{#/blank#} in the school. 

The big day came. Tara's group presented their work at the meeting. When it was time to vote, every hand in the room went up for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (support) the idea. 

"Good job!" Mr. Alvarez smiled.