At a battle, we walked slowly through the wet grass, our eyes searching for the enemy. 1, machine gun fire broke the 2. We hit the ground,3from the shots by a low stone wall a few feet ahead.

    My radioman called the commander to  4as I ordered two soldiers to help me locate and knock out the 5. While I crouched( 屈 膝 ) on one knee to talk to my guys, I heard an explosion — and then I was on my6.

    ＂Jack! Jack! You've been  7!＂ the radioman shouted.

    Two rescuers tied me to a stretcher (担架). In an aid station, a doctor put a bandage (绷带) over my8 knee. Some time later came a nurse's shout, ＂Wake up, Jack! You've got to get on a9— you're flying to a hospital in England!＂

    I became  10 . All my possessions lay in a11pile of equipment. I could12everything after the war except the photo of my new bride, Ellen, which I13carried with me.

    ＂I'm not going until I14my wife's picture again, ＂ I said. ＂It's in the gas mask cover you15 from me.＂

    I knew the nurse could 16me go, but instead she said, ＂OK, I'll see if I can find it,＂ then17out to search through the piles. Finally she came running 18back. ＂I've  got it!＂ she shouted,  waving  the picture in her hand.

    How she found it I'll never 19, but I'm glad she did. That photograph comforted me through20 times. Now, 69 years later, it sits on my bedside table.

    Many years ago, my dad was facing a serious heart condition. He was1 to do a(n) steady (稳定的) job. Sometimes he fell suddenly ill and had to be 2 to the hospital.

    He wanted to do something to keep himself busy, so he 3to volunteer at the local children's hospital. My dad loved kids. It was the perfect 4 for him. He ended up working with the 5 children. He would talk, play, and do arts with them.

    One of his 6 was a girl with a 7 that paralyzed (使瘫痪) her from the neck down. She couldn't do anything, and she was very 8My dad decided to try to 9 her. He started visiting her in her room,10 paints, brushes and paper. He 11the paper up, put the paintbrush in his mouth and began to12 He didn't use his hands at all. All the while, he would tell her, “See, you can do anything you set your 13to.”

    At the end of the day, she began to paint using her 14 and she and my dad became friends. Soon after, the little girl was sent 15because the doctors felt there was nothing else they could do for her. My dad also 16 the children's hospital for a little while because he became ill. Some time later, after my dad had 17 and returned to work, the little girl who had been paralyzed came in, but this time she was18She ran straight over to my dad and hugged him really tight. She gave him a 19she had done using her hands. At the bottom it 20“Thank you for helping me walk.”

    My dad said sometimes love is more powerful than the doctor.

    After 22 years of marriage, I have discovered the secret to keep love alive in my relationship with my wife, Peggy. I started dating another woman.

One day Peggy said to me, "Life is too 1, you need to spend time with the people you love. You probably won't believe me, but I know you love her and I think that if the two of you spend more time together, it will make us2.

The "other" woman my wife was encouraging me to3is my mother, a 72-year-old widow who has lived alone since my father 4 20 years ago. Right after his death, I5 2,500 miles away to California and started my own life and career. When I moved back near my hometown six years ago, I promised myself that I would spend more time with mom. But with the 6of my job and three kids, I never got around to seeing her much 7family get-togethers and holidays.

    Mom was 8 and suspicious when I called and suggested the two of us go out to dinner and a movie.

    We didn't go anywhere 9, just a neighborhood place where we could talk. 10 her eyes now see only large shapes and shadows, I had to read the menu for both of us.

"I used to be the 11 when you were little," she said.

"Then it is time for you to relax and let me 12the favor," I said.

    We had a nice talk 13dinner, just catching up on each other's lives. We talked for so long that we 14 the movie.

"15was your date?" my wife asked when I got home that evening.

    Nice...nicer than I thought it would be,' I said.

    Mom and I get out for16a couple of times a month. Sometimes we take in a movie, but 17we talk. Through the talks, I know what it was like for her to work in a factory during the Second World War. I know how she met my father there, and know how they 18the difficult times. I can't get enough of these stories. They are 19 to me, a part of my history.

    Peggy was right. Dating another woman has20my marriage.

    Once upon a time a very strong woodcutter（伐木工） went to a timber merchant to ask for a job and he got it. The 1was really good and the work conditions were good ,too . For those2,the woodcutter was determined to do his best.

    His boss gave him an axe(斧头) and 3him the area where he was supposed to work. The first day, the woodcutter brought 18 trees. The boss offered  4to him and told him to5that way .Encouraged by the boss's6, the woodcutter tried harder the next day,7he could only bring 15 trees. The third day, 8he tried even harder, he could only bring 10 trees. Day after day he was bringing fewer and fewer trees. 9 ，he had to go to the boss and apologized to him, wondering whether he was losing his 10 ."When was the last time you sharpened (磨) your axe?" the boss asked. With a(an)11 look on his face, the woodcutter answered, "I had no12 to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to13trees..."

    Our lives are like that. It seems that everyone is14 than ever, but less happy than ever. Why is that ? There's 15 wrong with activities and hard work. But we should not get so busy that we16 the truly important things in our 17 life, such as taking time to read and 18 more time with our family. We all need time to relax, to think, and to 19 .If we don't take the time to sharpen the "axe" , we will become20 and lose our effectiveness.

    A couple in ordinary clothes walked into the Harvard's outer office. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He will be busy all day," the secretary spoke 1, concluding that the couple had no 2 with Harvard from what they wore. "We'll 3," the lady replied.

    Four hours, the secretary 4 them, hoping that the couple would finally become 5 and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew 6 and finally decided to disturb the president. Someone of his 7 obviously had no time to spend with nobodies, but he 8 people in such clothes filling in his outer office.

    The president, frozen-faced, walked 9 toward the couple. The lady told him, "We had a son that 10 Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard and was very happy here. But he was accidentally 11. And my husband and I would like to 12 a memorial (纪念物) to him somewhere on campus." The president wasn't 13; he was shocked, "Madam," he said 14. "We can't put up a statue for every person who studied in Harvard and died."

    "Oh, no." the lady 15 quickly, "In fact, we thought we would give a building to Harvard." The president 16 at the couple and then shouted, "A building! Do you know how much a building costs? The cost of the Harvard's buildings is over 7.5 million dollars."

    For a moment the lady was 17. The president was pleased. He could 18 them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. "Is that all it costs to 19 a university?" Her husband nodded. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they established the university 20 after them—a memorial to a son.

It's my dream. I'm nine years old now, but have been1competitively since I was six. I love it, because it makes me feel good. I have a lot of2to use up and I can do it by just moving my legs.

One recent Sunday morning, my mum drove me to a 5 km race in Minnesota.

The starting line was3because there was also a 10 km race. That morning, I was running confidently and feeling4. At one point, I came to a5in the course. A woman who was directing us6the route I thought I was meant to take and told me to go the other way. I was confused, but I had to follow her7.

After a while I saw route directions for a 10 km race. I was worried, thinking I was8, but had to keep going. My body started to get 9. I said to myself, "You're almost there. Just keep10."

11I saw the finish line. I couldn't believe it. I didn't even know I was running a 10 km and I had12it. I didn't do this on purpose. It was a

13. I felt happy and proud. It was my first time running such a(n) 14 .

It has made me want to do more 10 km races. I hope my story 15 other people to run, too.