You don't have to give thousands of dollars to help someone . Sarah，a girl from Michigan，the USA ,makes a difference just by giving her {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . Sarah was seriously in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she was a baby. It is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} for her to move．Sarah has to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} around with a walker，however，the 11-year- old girl doesn't give up, and she uses her experience to help others.
Last summer , Sarah {#blank#}5{#/blank#} three days a week for seven weeks at the Grand Rapids Comprehensive Therapy Center. She was one of the youngest {#blank#}6{#/blank#} for “Therapy and Fun", a program for children with special needs .Her job was to help than and provide them {#blank#}7{#/blank#} advice and encouragement.
Sarah says that she's {#blank#}8{#/blank#} she can share knowledge with others , and that working at the center taught her a lot, "I feel my life is getting better because I can help others in {#blank#}9{#/blank#} way.”she said .Mary, Sarah's fourth - grade teacher said that Sarah has the help of other students around her , but shows than that she's there to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} them , too.

    Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not so {#blank#}2{#/blank#} as you think. Even shy people can be very outgoing.
    You can{#blank#}3{#/blank#} becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge (挑战) comes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you meet strange people or new friends. Smile more, and usually they will {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  you a smile. In this way, you may have some talks.
Start a{#blank#}6{#/blank#} . Just a simple "Hello" or " How is it going" is a good Start. If you want to make interesting talks, you should read news in{#blank#}7{#/blank#} and prepare your views, or surf the Internet
{#blank#}8{#/blank#} new information and then keep that in mind.
    The {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  way to become more outgoing is to go out. This is also the most important step （步骤）. Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} can be fun, and you may make new friends there.

    Some of my classmates often ask me.“Hey, Bill! What do you usually do on Saturday? Are you usually at home? {#blank#}1{#/blank#}do you go to play?”Here're my answers.

On Saturday I'm usually at home. I'm usually with my dogs. My family has two dogs. One is Millie. She is very{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Sure, I like being with her. The other one is Dave. He looks{#blank#}3{#/blank#}but I do like it. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}do I like this scary dog? {#blank#}5{#/blank#}he can help me do lots of things. He can help me look after my home. And he can.

    More than 95 percent of people in the world have phones today, according to the United Nations. People use phones to make phone calls and send {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (信息)to communicate with others. Now we hardly write letters. But a TV show, Letters Alive, is bringing back this old {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(习惯).

    Letters Alive gets its idea from a UK program with a {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (相似的) name. They have something in common. The shows both {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (邀请) famous actors and actresses, but there are no funny jokes or different competitions.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (代替), it is just one person reading a letter. Since it has been on in{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (十二月) , Letters Alive has been widely praised.

    The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, once they read a letter written by famous writer Xiao Hong to her brother who is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (年轻的) than her in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (想念) her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

    “Every letter opens another world for us,” said Guan Zhengwen, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (导演) of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.”

{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (不管怎么说)，many people said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today's TV shows.

    Two years ago, I failed in the college entrance exam. It was a heavy shock（冲击） to my family and{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They always wanted me to go to a great university in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} south of the country. I was eighteen and my family was poor. They thought that going to a good college could{#blank#}3{#/blank#} my life. I was under stress(压力) and felt worried. I stayed at home and didn't want to see anyone.

    One night, I{#blank#}4{#/blank#} that I went to college and was having an interesting lesson. All the students were laughing happily. I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} up suddenly and found myself in my room. I realized that I couldn't let myself down. I decided to take the next year's college entrance exam. It was a difficult year. I studied day and{#blank#}6{#/blank#} to get ready for the exam. When the exam came, I found that I wasn't as{#blank#}7{#/blank#} as before.

    Now I am studying in a good university. I try to pay for the education{#blank#}8{#/blank#} doing part-time jobs. I believe I can live a better life in the future. Please remember: The best time of your life may still be ahead of you, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} it won't just magically show up. So you have to create it. It's in your power to create whatever future you want for your life. If you work {#blank#}10{#/blank#} today, you will thank yourself one day.