Mary Miller is a1. Her 2 name is Mary. She 3 in London(伦敦).She is 4 No.1 Middle School. She is in Class3, Grade7. Her favorite 5 is red. Her pen is red. Her jacket is red. Her dog is 6, too. Her telephone 7 is 274-3410.Look! This is a photo 8 her family. There are four people in 9 family. She is my 10friend.

    Last winter vacation, my brother got a set of bedroom furniture for his thirteenth birthday. When it arrived, I helped my parents moved the 1  furniture to the garage（车库）. It was still in good condition. I thought it might be a chance for us to2 someone in our community. I started to search neighbors, anyone who 3 a bedroom set. Finally, my mom helped me call the local primary school. They told me about Jaila, the daughter of a poor single mother. I was given a telephone number and 4 and I soon found myself at Jaila's.

    The moment I went into Jaila's room, I knew I had taken on too big a task. When I pushed the old door open, it made a long high noise. But the door was nothing compared with the rest of the room. Some old paint was 5 the wall. One of the windows was 6. The bed was just a mattress（床垫）on the old carpet. It seemed that the room needed7 furniture — it cried — for a complete makeover（翻新）.

    That day I spent at least an hour looking around and 8how I could possibly fixed the room. I had never painted a wall, let alone fixed a floor. The second day, I returned with a large group of helpers — my close friends. We went to collect everything needed door to door in our community. We replaced and repainted Jaila's room. We sweated in Jaila's house for more than ten hours every day that week.

    The moment we finished, we called Jaila into the room. She jumped, laughed and hugged each of us. I turned to Jaila's mother, and saw she had tears running down her face.

    "Anna," Jaila called my name 9Yes？""Welcome to my new room!"

    When we saw how happy Jaila and her mother were, our tiredness disappeared into thin air. We are really10 to make a special experience of changing someone's life.

    Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person, but I have a hard time learning when to stop saying things to others.

    My mum has told 1 again and again, "Robert, you bad words are hurting me. 2 you continue to be this rude, you will get into big trouble."

    It has been a problem at school several times too. One day, in English class, I was working on my homework when I heard a classmate 3behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.

    I thought of what my mother had said to me and 4 nicely, "Nathaniel, would you be quiet?"

    However, Nathaniel kept saying something to the boy next to him loud. I5shouted, "Nathaniel, shut up!"

    6the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words at each other.

    "At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!" I cried out.

    I knew this would make him 7 and it would hurt his feelings and shut him up.

    What I said filled him anger. He ran to my 8 and tried to catch me as he shouted, "That's it! That's it!"

    Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat. I had9seen Nathaniel act like this before. Later on, we were taken to the teachers' office. There, Mr. Black. Our English teacher, told us to 10the problem between us. Only then I finally found that 11I hurt someone physically(身上), he can finally get healthy again. But when I hurt someone with my 12, sometimes the pain never goes away.

    At the end of the discussion, I said 13to Nathaniel.

    When I went back to my room, I began to14 how often what I said hurt others. I'll remember what my mom said to me and learn when to keep my 15closed.

    With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said," I'm blind, please help."

    Only a few people put1in the hat. A man was walking by. He dropped some coins into the hat, then turned the sign2wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

    Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people began to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see3things were going. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, " Were you the one who 4 my sign this morning? What did you write?"

    The man said, I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a(n)5way." What he wrote was. "Today is a beautiful day, but I cannot see it."

    Both the6told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by throwing some money into the7. The second one, 8, told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day. But the boy couldn't.

    There are at least two lessons we can learn9this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less Help them if you can. 10, be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

    Chen Yujie studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (get) money from her parents.

    It was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring. Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she didn't have to travel so often.

    She decided to discuss {#blank#}3{#/blank#} with her parents during TV time after dinner. "It's usually the most relaxing time for our family," said Chen.

    She {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the right time. After a few turns of lobbying(游说), her parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#} agreed with Chen. For most teenagers like Chen, talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying. So they have to choose a right time.

    American magazine Highlight recently surveyed 1,521 {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (kid) aged 6~12 in the country, asking questions like" When you want to talk to your parents about something important, when is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} best time to do it?". Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive(乐于接受的). Mealtime is discovered to be their favourite time to talk to their parents. Bedtime comes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (two), followed by time spent in the car.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (China) teenagers seem to have a similar tendency(倾向) towards the problem. A newspaper in Zhejiang did a survey {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it. The result shows most teenagers in the city would choose mealtime to talk to their parents.

    So do you have anything to talk to your parents? Choose a good time.