The famous composer, Albert Roussel, didn't have a good start in this career. However, he achieved a great deal of success as a result of a 1.

    Roussel's parents died when he was eight and he went to live with his 2. As a little boy, he fell in love with music and 3himself about it by reading through the family collection that his mother kept,  4 which there were a lot of related books. Three years later, Roussel's grandfather died, and his mother's sister decided to5 him. Her husband was a kind man and6for young Roussel's music lessons. One summer vacation at a Belgian seaside added a second 7to his life—the sea. Then he studied to be a naval cadet（海军学员）, but still took time to study 8.

    In the French Navy, he and two friends found the time to 9a band, playing the works of Beethoven and other 10. Roussel also began composing. On Christmas day 1892, he had his first chance to  11as a composer, which turned out to be a success．

    That success 12 Roussel to write a wedding march（婚礼进行曲）, and one of his navy friends 13to show it to a famous conductor, Edouard Colonne. When Roussel's friend 14with the manuscript（手稿）, he reported that Colonne had advised Roussel to 15his naval career and devote his life to music.

    Not long, 16, at the age of 25, Roussel decided to 17Edouard Colonne's advice. He gave his heart and soul to his composing and 18 a major force in twentieth century French music. Because of Eduoard Colonne's inspiring 19, Roussel devoted his life to music, but Rousssel's 20friend later admitted that he had made it up. He said he had never even shown Roussel's manuscript to the famous conductor.

    I sat and waited for Kathleen to speak. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank that serves the elderly is asking for 1. I'd like you to organize the event” “Well, errr…sure.” As I stuttered (结巴地说) through my 2, all I could think was, “What? Why me?”

    I walked back to my office wondering where to 3. This was a time when the economy was 4. The rise in unemployment forced many of my coworkers to 5 to survive. How could I ask them for more?

    That evening I drove home with negativity. Then I remembered a time when my father was out of work. Mom wrote a note to Jim, the milkman, asking him not to 6 any more milk. Two days later Jim picked up the 7 and left four liters of milk. He wrote his message, which read, “Kids need milk.” The milk delivery 8 as usual and Jim never collected a cent 9 us.

    The memory of Jim's 10 fired my enthusiasm. Perhaps I'd be in for a pleasant surprise.

    The next morning I 11 signs about our food drive all over the cafeteria and on every notice board I could find. Each sign said, “Food drive to support the poor elderly! 12 of non-perishable (不易腐的) foods are greatly needed.”

    Within a few days I had to locate empty office space to 13 the massive number of contributions we had 14. One of my coworkers, Maggie, made the rounds with me every day from one department to another to 15 the canned goods and other foods. Though over sixty, she pushed our food trolley around with the 16 of a woman half her age.

    I asked her where she got all the enthusiasm. She said, “With the unemployment rate touching 10 percent, I can't think of a better way to be 17 for keeping our jobs when so many have 18 theirs. Sure money is 19. But when isn't it? People need food.”

    As I listened to Maggie, the milkman's words 20 in my ears, “Kids need milk.”

    The passengers watched sympathetically as Susan made her way up the steps. Due to a medical misdiagnosis, she had been sightless, and she was1thrown into a world of darkness, anger and 2 And all she had to 3 was her husband, Mark, who was an Air Force officer.

    When she first lost her sight, he was 4to help his wife gain the strength and confidence. Soon，Susan felt ready to return to her job, but how would she get there since she used to take the bus? So Mark volunteered to5 her to work each day，6 they worked at opposite ends of the city.7 Mark wanted Susan herself to take the bus again.

    She responded, “I'm blind. I feel you're8 me.”

    Mark's heart 9 hearing these words, but he promised to ride the bus with her, until Susan got the hang of it. He taught her how to rely on her other 10 to determine where she was and how to adjust to her new 11.

    Finally, Susan was ready to 12 on her own. Monday 13 arrived, and for the first time they went their 14 ways. Each day on her own went perfectly.

    One morning, Susan was taking the bus to work as usual when the driver said：“Madam, I do envy you.”15 she asked the driver, “Why？”

    The driver answered, “Every morning for the past week, a gentleman has been watching you as you 16the bus and cross the street safely 17 you enter your office building. Then he blows you a kiss, gives you a 18 and walks away.”

    Tears of 19 poured down Susan's cheeks. She was so lucky, for Mark had given her gift more 20 than sight, a gift of love that can bring light where there is darkness.

    Geoff Hoffman, discovered that his dog, Bridget, was missing after his home was broken into on Dec 20th. That night, Hoffman penned an enthusiastic1to his Facebook followers to help him find the dog. "She is my source of2and she is my whole life."

    The next day, Hoffman, who served in Afghanistan for eight years went into3mode(模式). "Sergeant（中士）Hoffman was back," he says. "I was on4and told myself I would5searching for Bridget under two conditions: She returned home or I knew with certainty that she was6."

    During the four days Bridget went7, Hoffman reached out to his local police and fire departments, along with City Hall, asking officials to8his story with the public. He printed more than 100 cards featuring Bridget's9and advertising a "large reward"10 her return and registered with missing dog websites. Hoffman also created a Facebook group with hundreds of followers, called Bring Bridget Back, in the hopes of 11awareness for his search.

    On the morning of Christmas Eve, his efforts 12. "My girlfriend was driving down a rural road, a few miles from my house, when she saw Bridget," says Hoffman. "She was lying by the side of the road but when she saw my girlfriend, she started13her tail."

    While the dog was generally14, she hadn't eaten for days, along with a few slight cuts on her left leg. "It made me wonder whether someone15her for dog fighting and either cut or tried to16her to make her aggressive," says Hoffman. "Maybe the thief got17 by all the media attention and18her on a random road."

    Hoffman called the19a Christmas miracle and a holiday blessing and said "I am speechless with20."

    When my wife, Jane, and I were 16, we were in the same class. About a week before Thanksgiving Day, we found out that our teacher Edward was having some 1challenges. We wanted to do something to help, so as a class we 2to gather food, clothing and gifts to 3his family had a good Thanksgiving Day.

    When Jane told her family about our plan, her mother was 4. Together they searched their house for things they could 5. Her mother went to the kitchen, 6 a big turkey and saying, "Thanksgiving Day won't be 7without a turkey dinner." To this day, Jane remembers how moved she was by her mother's 8.

Before making our 9, we said a prayer of appreciation for the wonderful 10 to help others. I will never forget the surprised 11 of our teacher and his wife when they 12 the door; their four children gathered around them as we handed out the gifts. It was a cold night; we all felt warm inside, 13.

    Last month while I was in a meeting, my secretary informed me, "Your high school teacher Mr. Edward is wondering if you could 14 him a few minutes. He's sitting in your office right now!"

    I left my meeting and went to my office 15. My teacher and I hugged and began to 16 the last 42 years. He told me he 17 remembered that cold winter night when we brought the 18of Thanksgiving Day to his family. The food and gifts were certainly appreciated, 19what warmed his heart that night was to see a group of teenagers who understood the 20of Thanksgiving Day.

Sandra was a businesswoman in Orlando. Approaching her 50th birthday, she decided to1 her love of cats and her work experience to start the Orlando Cat Cafe.

As a lifelong cat fan, Sandra's main goal in opening the cafe was to help 2 cats up for adoption with proper pet parents. What she didn't 3at the time was that her café would help human visitors as much as the cats!

"The most4thing in the cafe is that they always have new cats and cats need socialization, so both sides 5!" says Laurie, who is one6guest. She, like many other cat lovers, who 7have pets at home because of allergies (过敏反应) in the family, often comes to the cafe to experience the benefits of 8with cute animals whenever she likes.

Plus, Sandra's cat-adoption 9aren't the only charitable initiative happening at the cafe! The coffee and food10for visitors are made by Axum Coffee, a company that was also started to11others. Axum is a city in Ethiopia where fresh water is 12and even poverty is widely visible. In fact, the coffee and food are sold at a low price at the cafe, some of whose13go to the people of Axum, Ethiopia, to help improve their14 of life.

"My cafe and Axum Coffee have a(n)15 mission to reach out to others. We hit it off and became partners," says Sandra.

Maybe the next time you visit Orlando, you'll16Sandra's cafe, and hit it off with one of the cats up for17 ! Adoption specialists are always on-site to help match the personalities of potential 18 with those of the cats in the play area. And it 19 ! More than 80 cats have been adopted since Sandra20 her business in 2016.