What kind of music do you like? How do you feel when you listen{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (介词) your favourite music? Do you think music can make people feel better or help {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they) learn?

    Jen Morgan is a music therapist (治疗专家). She works with children with disabilities (缺陷). Jen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (use) music to help them learn new things She can also help them with their {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (speak) and memory (记忆力).

    There are different {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (thing) to do when doing music therapy. Jen gets the children to listen to music and sing or play along. The children also enjoy{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (move) to the music. Jen asks them to try to remember songs they like too.

    Jen writes songs and uses them in her therapy work. "I've written more than 200 {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (song)," she says. "I write songs about everything: about getting dressed, about flowers, about my favourite food — you name  it! Sometimes {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(冠词) children help me write songs."

    Jen loves her job as a music therapist. "I'm very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (luck) to have this job," she says. "It's wonderful to see how music can help children  with disabilities. Often children are shy when I first meet them.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (连词) they soon start having fun and enjoying the music. Music makes people feel good!"

    When Esther left school at the age of sixteen, her aunt Flory gave her 500 dollars. Most of Esther's friends decided to go to college, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, Esther used the money to start business(生意). She bought fruits, {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(sugar) and some jars(罐子) and began making the jam. She sold the jam for 5 dollars a jar {#blank#}3{#/blank#} her friends and soon she got 1000 dollars.

    At first, her parents didn't want Esther to spend her time making jam. They thought that she should get further education. And they {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(hope) that one day she would be a teacher {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a doctor.

    But Esther had {#blank#}6{#/blank#} own idea. She kept on making jam. After a few months, she started {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(sell) it to supermarkets. Then she began to make orange juice and sold it to some schools. It sold very {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(good). Two years later, he business got very large. She was so busy that she had to make someone {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(work) for her. When her parents saw she became {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(success), they changed their mind. They thought their daughter did a right thing to do.

    I was feeling a little sad because my mother had lost her job, One day, while I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (walk) on the street, I heard that a beautiful piece of piano music {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (play) above the noise of the people. I walked more slowly {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (find) out where it was coming from. Then I saw a young lady sitting at a piano.

    She was singing songs about love, believing in yourself and keeping on {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (try). The way she was singing made me {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (relax). I stood there quietly, watching her playing in such a crowded square in New York. I thought that she must be brave enough to perform in front of so many people?

    She noticed me. I walked over and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (tell) her how good her music sounded. "Thank you," she said. "I have been going through a hard time recently, but you've made me hopeful again," I said to her.

    "I'm glad that I could help," she replied. "Why are you so sad?"

    "Well, my mom {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (lose) her job, and I'm not so sure what to do..."

    "Did you notice the way you were walking? Your head was down," she said."{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (not be) upset, because opportunity comes in different ways and if your head is down, you might not see it. You should {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (smile) more and lift your head up."

    I looked at her, amazed at how she was encouraging me." Why are you {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (play) the piano here now?" I asked her with a smile.

    She explained that she saw a lot of unhappy people in the world and that she tried to cheer them up by playing music.

    I smiled a little wider, realizing that no difficulties could stop me from going on.

    One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Alice asked me, "Are all people the same even {#blank#}1{#/blank#} they are different in color?" I thought for a minute and then I said, "I'll explain to you if we can make {#blank#}2{#/blank#}quick stop at the grocery store. I have something interesting to show you." At the grocery store, we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} some apples: red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Alice, "It's time to answer your question." I put one apple of each kind on the table. Then I looked at Alice, who had a strange look on her {#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

    People are like apples. They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. Some of the apples may not even look like the others. As I was talking, Alice was examining each one {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. Then, I took each of the apples and peeled {#blank#}6{#/blank#} with a knife, placing them back on the table, but in a different place. "Okay, Alice, tell me which is which." She said, "That's {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. They all look the same now." "Take a bite of each one and taste. See if that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}you decide which one is which." Smile came across her face, "People are just like apples! They are all different, but once you take {#blank#}9{#/blank#}the outside, they're pretty much the same on the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}."

    She totally got it. I didn't need to say or do anything else.