Tom is a boy with physical{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（disable）and he can't walk as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} normal boy. In order to offer him more convenience, his mother bought him a robot {#blank#}3{#/blank#} name is Jimmy yesterday. Jimmy accompanies Tom every day after his parents leave for work{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（take）care of him. Tom suffers from a rare disease. He can't stand{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Instead, he has to sit on an armchair all the day. Jimmy show sympathy to Tom and tries his best to make him happy. Some days ago, he took Tom to the park. He tried to protect him from being harmed. He gave Tom encouragement to have a try to walk. So Tom{#blank#}6{#/blank#}But to Jimmy's disappointment, Tom fell on the ground, causing some other boys nearby to make fun{#blank#}7{#/blank#} him. “Don't laugh at the disabled!” Jimmy turned{#blank#}8{#/blank#} warning those boys. They felt sorry and ran away immediately. The next day, Jimmy took Tom to the park once again. This time, Tom was{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to the circumstance and didn't feel clumsy（笨拙的）any longer. He gets back his own confidence{#blank#}10{#/blank#} he is still a disabled boy.

    How long can a person live?How tall can a human being grow?The Guinness（吉尼斯）World Records book lists many of the greatest records{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the greatest potentials（潜能）.But it's a fossil record.It speaks only to what has been done,not how much can{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(do),which is why it has to be constantly updated（更新）.

    Take the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(surprise )case of the British middle-distance runner Roger Bannister for example.In the 1950s, experts said{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the human body could not run a mile in less than four minutes.Then Bannister came along in 1954 and proved it could{#blank#}5{#/blank#}act be run in 3:59.4.Once Bannister broke the imaginary barrier{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(sudden )the floodgates opened;scores of runners started besting（击败）the four-minute mark every year,each one{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(fast) than the last. How fast does a human have the ability{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(run)the mile today?We honestly don't know.That is why we hold our{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(breathe )during every Olympics.

    All we know{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be)that this kind of change is possible.Keep this in mind the next time you feel stuck or challenged.Just because it hasn't been done before doesn't mean it's impossible.

Elias' Story

    Elias, a poor worker in South Africa, said that the time {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of his life. In 1952, he went to see Nelson Mandela, a black lawyer for advice. Mandela was generous with his time, for{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Elias was very grateful.

    He began school at six, but he had to leave school two years later {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his family couldn't afford the school fees and the bus fare.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} a result, he had very little education. After {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (try) hard, he got a job in a gold mine. However, to live in Johannesburg, one had got to have a passbook. Not having one, because he was not born there, he worried about{#blank#}6{#/blank#} he would become out of work.

    Then Mandela helped him, telling him how to get the correct papers {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stay) in Johannesburg. He became more hopeful about his future and later joined the ANC Youth League {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(organize) by Mandela. Just as Mandela put it, the blacks were so badly treated that they had reached a stage {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they had almost no rights at all.

    In 1963, he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings. He knew that only by answering violence {#blank#}10{#/blank#} violence could they achieve their dream of making black and white people equal.

    There are about 100 million middle-aged women dancing in parks and on squares in China, and Deborah Roundy, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} U.S retired school teacher, is one of them. Mrs. Roundy is the only foreigner on the Shanghai dance team at Tongji University, where she is {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(current) teaching English.

    Mrs. Roundy ran upon a dozen or so middle-aged women dancing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the tunes of Chinese songs in 2012. At the time, she didn't feel used to the new environment and wanted to have some fun in her life. She {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(invite) to join the dancing team.

    At first, Mrs. Roundy communicated with her teammates by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(exchange) notes to help translate for her. Now she uses a translation app on her iPad.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Chinese language is not the most difficult thing for her, mastering Chinese dance is. Mrs. Roundy used to do ballet. She said {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(dance) in the U.S. always dance facing the audience. But in China, they change directions all the time, and it was very {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(confuse) for her at first.

    They have developed good personal relations. Mrs. Roundy says they also go out to eat and on field trips together, which are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(forget) experiences for her.

    Square dancing opens a window for her {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(understand) China, Mrs. Roundy said: Besides dancing, she and her husband have been active in community life, teaching English, and helping elderly neighbors.