Jim and his brother lived on the 80th level. When coming home one day, to their 1, the lifts were not working and they had to 2the stairs.

    After reaching the 20th level, breathless and tired, they decided to3their bags and come back for them the next day. They climbed4. When they got to the 40th level, Jim's brother started to 5. However, they6to climb the flights of steps, arguing all the way to the 60th floor.

    They then 7that they only had 20 levels more to climb and decided to stop arguing and continue climbing8. They reached their home at long last. Each stood calmly before the door and waited for the other to9the door. And they realized that the10 were in their bags which were left on the 20th floor.

    This story is a reflection (反映) of our life. When 11, many of us are asked to do as our parents and teachers expect. We 12 get to do the things that we really like and love and are under too much pressure (压力) 13 by the age of 20, we get tired and decide to14 this load (负担).

    Once 15  of/ about the pressure, we work harder to realize our dreams. But by the time we reach 40 years old, we find it 16 to realize them and begin to feel unsatisfied and complain, and 17them. Reaching 60, we realize that we have18 cause for complaint anymore, and we begin to walk the final stage with19.

    So follow your dreams and20for them carefully, never complain and lose your key, and your dreams will come true one day.

    Once upon a time, there lived two parent parrots. Every morning they flew out to 1 food for their two young birds. One day, a hunter 2 the young birds. The young birds 3 to free themselves from the hands of the hunter. One 4 from the hunter, while the other was taken in a cage by the hunter to his house. He gave it to his 5.

    The other parrot flew away and came to a place where some holy men lived. They did not 6 the young parrot, so it stayed there. It 7 their talk and learned to say a few words.

    Several years later, a traveler was walking near the hunter's hut(小屋). He sat near the hut, extremely 8. He heard the parrot that lived there say, “9, why have you come here? I will cut your throat.” The traveler 10 got up and left the place in a hurry. Then he happened to reach the place where the other parrot lived. The parrot was sitting on a tree. Seeing the traveler, it said, “Welcome, traveler. Welcome to this hermitage(偏僻的寺院). We have a lot of good 11 in this forest, which looks sweet and delicious. Eat whatever you like. The holy men will 12 you well.”

    The traveler was 13. He couldn't understand why this parrot was so polite 14 the other one was so rude. They were both parrots, after all. 15 it wasn't strange. The parrot he met first lived with the hunter's children who often spoke 16 words, while the parrot he met later had learned the 17 of holy people.

    Our growing environment is of great 18. It is the company that shapes our words and deeds. Good company helps us learn good things while bad company 19 the contrary. Therefore, choose the 20 people to grow up with.

    When I was shopping a few months ago , I saw a man trying to get people to donate(捐赠)to a very well-known charity(慈善团体)for children. I1to him that I can't donate money any more2my bank account(账户)having some problems last year. It was a3time and took months to get back our money.4, I noticed the man was hungry and cold, so I offered him a(n)5 in the nearby restaurant.

    Last week I6home on a really hot day. My husband Stewart was at the table with a person from a Charity having a7. We talked for a while and then I said, “I8you!” and he looked at me in surprise and said, “Oh, you're the lovely lady that9me a big lunch and drinks when I was at  10trying to get people to donate.” We both laughed and we had a little 11.

    He told me that he had let the organizers know about this lovely woman 12him out on a cold day. He said 13was so unexpected. I was so 14to see him again, sitting in my home. My act had really 15him for the kindness of it and I loved the fact that Steward had 16him in out of the heat for a cold drink.

    In our daily life, maybe we 17know how we18people when we do good things. But in fact, 19we do does affect others, for it is a lovely 20. Kindness is so catching (感染力的).

    Last weekend, I was blessed with an opportunity to serve as a volunteer in Maryland. I don't have a car and the closest Amtrak station is about 30 minutes away from the actual site so I wasn't sure1I would get there. I started thinking that maybe it wouldn't be2and after a really long week, I thought that maybe I shouldn't3at all. But I went ahead and posted a request for a4on the ride-share board.

    A few days later, an individual I had never met5that he would be able to pick me up and6me off at the station. He was also planning on serving but said he would wait7my train arrived before driving out there. How kind8this person whom I've never even met, I thought to myself. My heart9, and the stress I had been feeling from my week10away.

    When my new friend drove me to the train station, he11that it was in a deserted kind of area. There was no one12around. It was cold outside, and I still had 30 minutes to wait. So he13his car and said, “We will wait for the train to come together.”

    I couldn't believe his compassion and14. I knew that he had to be at work the next day15me, and that his wife and son were waiting for his return. But he just waited there with me so16, generously serving with his time.

    With five minutes17before the train arrived, he shared with me stories from his childhood. As a young boy, he18sit near the edge of the train tracks, excitedly waiting for the trains to rush by with all their force. That night, before returning home to his family, he waited with me as my train19. It didn't rush by at full force but I left that station20the full force of his compassion and generosity.

    Jay Chou（周杰伦）was born in Taiwan on January 18, 1979. Now he is one of the most popular singers in China and famous as the king of Chinese popular music.

    Jay was 1 by his mother who was a single mother and a teacher in a high school. Showing 2 in music, little Jay was taught to play the piano at the age of three. 3 he was a third-grade student in a primary school, his mother 4 to give him music lessons every day. She also took him to concert（音乐会）to 5 his taste for music. Those were beneficial to his careers later.

    Jay first entered the music industry when he 6 a talent show as a pianist with his friends. Although his performance wasn't 7, the organizer saw his music 8 and gave him a chance. He was 9 to write music for other singers. During the following years, he 10 many songs and some of them became popular, but almost11 knew him.

    Later, Jay got a 12 to produce an album of his own. In 2000, he released（发行）his first 13, to everyone's 14, which became an instant hit（成功）. Soon he is popular throughout Asia, 15Taiwan.

    Jay16 both Chinese and western music to produce his own music, which is quite different from mainstream Taiwanese music. His songs cover 17 topics. For example, the song Dad I am Back is about family life, and the song Rice Fields18 environmental protection. Taipei Times once named his music Chou Style.

    According to Baidu, the most popular Internet search engine in China, Jay is the number one searched singer in 2002, 2006 and 2007. And Jay was 19 as one of the 50 most important 20 in China in 2009.

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