A couple in South Carolina has been eagerly seeking an organ donor. They haven't found one1 . But they did find something else: friends.

Larry Swilling and his wife Jimmie Sue have been happily 2 for 56 years. So happily, in fact, that Larry has now come to realize he can't 3without his wife. "She's my heart," he said. The problem with Jimmie Sue is that she4a kidney(肾). Jimmie Sue was born with only one, and now that doesn't 5. She needs a transplant but neither her husband, nor anyone tested in her family, is a 6 match.

    Jimmie Sue is trying to get on a donor list, but the7is about two or three years long and that's for a kidney from a dead donor. Transplant patients who get their kidneys from living donors tend to live8. That is why Larry decided to try to ask for it, from total strangers.

"I don't9what people think," Larry said. He tells his wife, "I'm going to10you a kidney." And on the street, wearing a signboard "Need kidney for my wife", he's not shy in asking 11 :"Could I use your kidney?" For the last couple weeks, Larry, at 77, has been walking all over his hometown and the surrounding towns-basically12a kidney. He didn't really think it would work.13he said, "I had to do something." He didn't feel14when the phone rang. "I'm willing to donate a kidney for your15," one caller said. "I'd like nothing more than to help you out," said another.

Believe it or not, over the last few days the 16 hasn't stopped ringing. Hundreds of people who either saw his sign or heard about it have 17 . One volunteer said, "I've got two, but I 18 need one." Larry hasn't found a match for his wife, but at least he has already had enough volunteers and 19 enough awareness to save someone. "If I get a kidney, it's fine. If I don't, I hope someone else does," the wife said. And that's why Larry is still out there, appealing to the 20 of strangers for the love of his wife.

    There was my mother, standing in a fuzzy (毛绒绒的) pink bunny(兔子）costume. This can't be, 1 I thought to myself. Being ten was 2 enough.

    Our class was taking a trip to a convalescent home（疗养院) that day.I had 3 to stay at home pretending I'd caught some rare disease. My mother who's a(n) 4, sent me to school anyway.

    When we got there, I 5 wished for that 6. I'd fall to the ground and be 7the humiliation (耻笑) of anyone ever knowing that I 8every day after school there, dressed as a bunny.

“Hi, Shelly!” The residents waved at me, “ Do you know them?” someone asked. “No! They 9 me for someone else. I'm Machille,” I responded. I didn't look up 10 I might make eye contact with them. Then, Mrs. Deist, our teacher, handed us tulips (郁金香) to give to the residents. I quickly went to the back of the 11. My mother just went along her way— hopping（单足跳跃）. Last year, we hopped together. 12, “I'm too old for that now”, I thought.

    I hid behind my class. “ Shelly, how about a game of Fish?” Lou asked. My class and teacher 13 and stared. “ Machille, do you know these people?” Mrs.Deist asked me.

“Um….yes！”  

    “Well you should 14 the way,” she said, smiling. So I stepped forward, handed a tulip to Rose, waved to Frank and gave Mr. Blusso a high-five.

    “My mother is in a convalescent home. I wish she could have someone like you to 15 her.” Mrs Deist said. My mother hopped over then. “This is my mom. Every day she looks after these special people who need nurses' care.” I stood straight as I 16 the information. My mother then explained a program where kids can 17 after school. The residents cheered at the18, and my class seemed excited, too.

    I realized how 19 it made me to make other people smile and feel good. I should never be 20 of that.

    Since having my son, I have found that I am always lucky enough to be surrounded by people willing to help.

    When he was eight weeks old, I had a(n) 1 to meet with a TV producer in New York City to talk about my career. It was Monday. Could I, a young mother with a newborn, 2 from my home outside Boston to meet him on Wednesday? It was a 3 chance. So I said yes.

    Honestly, it was 4. My son hated being in the car seat and ate very 5 during the long ride. 6we spent a comfortable Tuesday night at my parents' house in Connecticut, which is halfway between Boston and New York. When we 7New York, I handed my son over to my friend from college. A dad himself, he 8him in a coffee shop during my9. Everything went fine thanks to his help.

    When my son was four months old, my best friend was going through a difficult time. So I decided to fly to Florida to 10her. Without my husband, who had to work, I was 11to fly with the baby. But I figured it couldn't be 12than driving to New York when he was a newborn, and I had gotten through that.

    13, people I met on our trip were endlessly14. On the flight down, the airline worker got me an extra15because the flight wasn't full. A nice lady sitting close to us 16him while I went to the bathroom. Taxi drivers helped me fasten his car seat and loaded the awkward pushchair in their trunks. To17my son, my friend borrowed a lot of toys. We spent four 18days in Florida.

    If you want an opportunity to see the 19in people, try taking a baby on a trip. In my experience, when face-to-face, most people sincerely want to 20each other.

    2014-2015 weren't great years for me. My face hung low and my emotion even 1 after each passing day in public high 2 .My wonderful parents noticed how 3 I was feeling. A few weeks later, my 4 took a visit to Florida. This is when the call that changed my world 5: “I found the place for Gabe.”

    Little did I 6, the tears of 2015 would be overtaken many times over by the 7of 2016 and beyond. The school is 8 in the Old City. When I first arrived, I was overtaken by the 9 of the live oaks that lined the stoned streets. I was also overtaken by the 10 of the school. The buildings seemed to11 for miles, complete with a healthcare center, football field, greenhouse, and much more. This school 12 like a foreignland.

    In the 13 , the teachers tried their best to keep them up to date on the best teaching14 for our conditions. Smartboards relayed the writing of the 15 to our CCTV (闭路电视)screens so we could 16 the information in a way that was 17 for our eyes This was the first time I witnessed the world adapting to me in such a 18 way.

    With my first school day 19 , I realized I wouldn11 be going home that afternoon. This was the best decision my parents have ever made for me. This school made me feel like a “normal” high school kid. The school gave me a20 of belonging and of home.

    As she waited at the edge of the ice for her music to start, Peggy took a quick look at her father standing nearby with a group of parents and teachers. He smiled at her. Then she 1 out at the audience, 2 to see her mother. These two, Alvert and Doris Flemint, had 3 all the way from California more than 2,000 miles away, to see their 4 compete in this sports meet in Cleveland, Ohio.

    The music 5 and Peggy moved onto the ice, letting the music 6 her along into her turns, and she began skating with much 7 in herself. The cold fear she always had in the 8 seconds before skating onto the ice was 9. She was feeling the movement of the 10 and letting it carry her. She skated easily, 11 did some jumps, a final turn and her performance was 12.

    The crowd loved it and cheered 13 she skated off the ice. "Nice job," said one of the other 14. It was the remark that 15 came after a free-skating performance. But what should the 16 say? Standing beside her father, Peggy 17 for the scoring to be finished. On all sides were other young skaters, some waiting 18 alone, others with a parent. Shortly before 10 o'clock the results were 19. The new United States Women's Figure Skating Champion was Peggy Fleming of Passdena, 20.

Melbourne Girls' College is getting rid of all dustbins and asking students to take their rubbish home to encourage them to move towards zero waste.

Starting next Monday, the college will gradually1all the rubbish bins in five weeks in classrooms and the yard, 21400 students and 140 staff to find their own home for chip packets and juice boxes. Volunteer students will 3 daily non- compulsory food inspections in which children bringing "zero waste" lunch boxes will be 4. Students using only 5 packaging will receive a token (礼券) to win prizes such as keepcups.

The rubbish that students take home may still go to landfill(废物填埋场) via their home bins, 6the new policy will help persuade7to buy fewer packaged items and reuse containers. Most issues around carrying rubbish home, such as smell and mess, can be solved.8tuna (金枪鱼) in a tin, for example, can9 the school's compost（堆肥）bin and the tin can be 10 before it's taken home.

The college principal Karen Money acknowledges that some parents may not have the time or means to avoid  11 in single-use packaging," but it's12to get as many people as we can to avoid it. We talk a lot, 13 educators, about the bad problems the world 14, and if we don't start putting some actions 15 that beautiful idea, then it's just empty."