One night last February, seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home1 a winding road, he saw a 2light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn't the moon”, he said. “I drive this road 3and I notice little things 4”

    Duffy stopped his car and got out to 5Below him far down in the deep valley 6a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes 7a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail（护栏）. His car fell and8over, landing on its top more than two hundred feet 9

    Duffy 10to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the 11driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below 12After struggling back up the cliff（悬岸）, Duffy 13his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his 14.

   15deeds are starting to become16action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he17his ten-year-old brother from drowning（溺水）. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister 18rat poison（毒药）, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, made her drink milk to protect her 19and called doctors.

    “We have tried to teach the children good 20and it looks like we have got some reward for it,” his father says.

I received a devastating（毁灭性的）blow to my self-confidence in the first interview of my college years. I1to be a host in our Student Acting Troupe and felt 2 that I would be accepted. But one of the panel members told me, "You seem inadequate and you are a little vertically（垂直地）challenged." My life has never been3 since. I used high heels to make up for my4and psychological strategies and tricks to5 my lack of confidence. But no matter how hard I tried to6 the part, there was still something 7.

    As president of English Club, I organized the rehearsal of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs for an English party8 we could not find an actor to be the dwarf. It had to be someone who was humorous9and fluent in English. Suddenly, all eyes turned to me, and I knew I would have to be dwarf. To my surprise and delight, once 10I was totally11 in the performance and my humorous nature was put to full use. As the dwarf, I was a big12.

    Yes, each of us is only one among millions of people, but each of us is an individual and each of us is 13 Cultivating（培养）our individuality will 14 our life, making it a kaleidoscope（万花筒）of new colors and textures.

    A world lacking 15would be a boring place. The real16 is not being short or shy or ugly, but having your17 lost in a world in which everyone is a (n)18 of a model, a cool boy or a flawless charming girl.

    Given a choice, I would rather be19than live in such a world. I'd rather be a genuine dwarf accompanying a Snow White than be a Snow White among nothing but Snow Whites. I would rather be myself. I would20 my individual and unique colors to the more diverse universe. Please, be yourself!

    A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt 1. Late in the afternoon she gathered the 2to approach her employer. To her 3, the boss agreed to a raise.

    The woman arrived home that 4 and saw a beautiful table set with their best dishes. Candles were softly glowing. Her husband had come home early and prepared a festive 5. She wondered if someone from the 6 had told it to him, or... did he just somehow know that she would not get 7?

    She found him in the kitchen and told him the good 8. They hugged and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman 9 a beautifully lettered note. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the 10! These things will tell you how much I love you."

    Following the supper, her husband went into the kitchen to 11 up. She noticed that a second card had 12 from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, "Don't 13 not getting the raise! You deserve it 14! These things will tell you how much I love you."

    Someone has said that the 15of love is when you love without measure. What this man feels for his wife is total 16 and love, whether she succeeds or 17. His love celebrates her victories and calms her 18. He stands with her, no matter what 19 throws in their direction.

    Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to 20world peace? Go home and love your family." And love your friends. Love them without measure.

    A 17-year-old girl was heading abroad, with her close relatives sending her off at the airport. She had six suitcases. All the relatives were 1to see such a young child carry the heavy luggage alone. But they knew she would have to2 it all by herself when transferring in California to New York, so it was better for her to get used to it now.

    For her worried parents, the two-hour wait seemed endless. They were extremely careful about their words3a single question might induce (引起)tears. The mother kept silent while the father4small talks with his daughter now and then.

    “Have you forgotten anything?”

    “No, Daddy, why don't you trust my ability to 5 to a new life?”

    A 17-year-old who speaks fluent English is much like a horse galloping out of the gate during a race. They think everyone will stand up and clap for them. This child didn't even 6 when passing the boarding gate.

    The father repeated, “She is 7 of cutting her own hair, so what do you have to worry about?”

    Just then, the mother suddenly ran 8the French window of the lounge (候机室). She wanted to be closer to see her child board the plane and 9 catch a final glance of her daughter. As expected, the girl 10 when boarding. She even walked down several steps and looked in the 11of the lounge. The mother 12 desperately knocked at the reflection glass curtain wall and almost drew the security guards attention. The seemingly hard-hearted child dashed into the cabin and disappeared from sight.

    Two minutes later, the father received a 13 from his daughter. He read it to all the family members, 4iDear mommy and daddy, although I am faced with 14 and possible difficulties, I have learned how to wash, cook，etc.; I've also cut your hair,15 awkwardly. I will cope with all the 16difficulties with my skills. Please send me a happy face, I need 17but encouragement.”

    Before a child sets out on her own, ail the family members suffer from this spiritual separation. The process is hard and 18, However,19 ， this day will come. When it comes, try your best to 20 and don't cry.

    Nobody can inspire us like great teachers. They show us things about ourselves we can't see. They see 1 in us that others, including ourselves can't or won't see. 2 they give us the courage to find our own way and enough 3 to show us that what we feel 4 is anything but that.

    When Bill Gates 5 Seattle's View Ridge Elementary School, he was a really unattractive and shy fourth grader. 6 a kindly librarian named Blanche Caffiere, he was 7 to come into his own in a way that would one day 8 the world forever. Gates sets the stage for this tale like this:

    "When I first met Mrs Caffiere, she was the elegant and engaging school 9, and I was a shy fourth grader. I was 10 trying to go unnoticed, because I had some big shortcomings, like terrible handwriting…and I was trying to hide the 11 that I liked to read - something that was cool for girls but not for boys… Mrs Caffiere took me under her wing."

    He was grateful to Mrs Caffiere for helping him become less 12 , which resulted from the true spirit of 13 teaching. First she encouraged Gates' enthusiasm for 14 by helping him explore it through the use of introspective (内省的) questions, 15 what he liked to read and why. Next, she would go out of her 16 to source books that were 17 more interesting and challenging for him. Finally, 18 he'd read them, she would sit down with him and ask him if he liked what he had read, and more 19 what he'd learned and why. "She basically 20 what I had to say." Gates recalled.

    From the time each of my children started school, I packed their lunches. And in each lunch, I1a note. Often written on a napkin (餐巾), it might be a thank-you for2moment, a reminder of something we were happily expecting, or a bit of3for the coming test or sporting event.

    In early grade school they4their notes. But as children grow older they become self-conscious (有自我意识) and5he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer6my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to7them but I still needed to write them. I8until the day he graduated.

    Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move9for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college,10two interships (实习) in Washington, D.C., and11, becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento.12short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was13happy to have Marc back. Since I was14making lunch for his younger brother, I15one for Marc, too. Imagine my16when I got a call from my 24-year-old son,17his lunch.

    "Did I do something18? Don't you love me19, Mom?" were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I20asked him what was wrong.

    "My note, mom," he answered. "Where's my note?"