They tell the story of a mountain climber who, desperate to conquer the Aconcagua, started his climb after years of preparation. But he wanted the 1 all to himself, therefore, he went up 2.

    He began climbing and it was becoming late. He did not prepare for 3, and decided to keep on going. Soon it got dark. Night fell with heaviness at a very high altitude. Visibility(能见度) was 4. Everything was black. There was no moon, 5 the stars were covered by clouds.

    As he was climbing a ridge at about 100 meters from the top, he 6 and fell. Falling rapidly, he could only see marks of darkness that passed. He felt a terrible sensation of being 7 in by gravity. He kept falling and in those painful moments, good and bad memories 8 his mind. He thought certainly he would die.

    But then he felt a jolt(震动，摇晃) that almost 9 him in half. Yes! 10 any good mountain climber he had supported himself with a long rope 11 to his waist. In those moments of stillness, hanging in the 12, he had no other choice but to shout, “Help me, God! Help me!”

    All of a sudden he heard a 13 voice from heaven, “What do you want me to do?”

    “Save me”.

    “Do you really think that I can save you?”

    “Of course, my God.”

    “Then 14 the rope that is holding you up.”

    There was another moment of silence and stillness. The man just held tighter to the rope. The 15 team says that the next day they found a 16 mountain climber handing strongly to a rope … TWO FEET 17 the ground.

    As the story suggests, sometimes you have to have some 18.If you cut the rope and 19 the result might be out of your 20.

    Shayla Mitchell, 16, was diagnosed with the terminal stage of cancer. As a father, Mitchell always stayed home to care for her. He said the 1left them financially worse off. Then a group called Growing Hope 2 in with $1,800 to help with his living costs.

    3, he wanted to pay them back. In his 4, he had been a 5. So at age 40, Mitchell took up the6again, participating in two fights in Fairfax. Mitchell was7out in the first and second rounds, but he still8to raise $ 20,000 that he gave to Growing Hope. During this time, he 9 his daughter. "I fell into a dark bottom," Mitchell said, and for six months, he did little but 10.

One day, Mitchell11 upon a Mark Twain quote— "The two most important days in your life are the day you are born, and the day you 12why." "After I read that quote, I was going to spend the rest of my life helping kids with 13and their families." he said.

    Mitchell thought of creating a foundation, though boxing did not seem 14anymore for fund-raising due to his age. Then he found that 15 could be a source to raise money. In the Corps Marathon, he cut a striking figure on the course.16by this success, he set his sights higher. He 17each of the miles of the race to a different child with cancer, and he carried their 18with him. Years after his daughter's death, Mitchell now 19up in the morning knowing his 20.

    Years ago, when I arrived to speak at a high school in Louisiana, I heard a lot about a student called Wild Man. Long-haired, plate-throwing…Teachers and students thought 1 of him. Unlike Wild Man, there was a student who had been a 2 to everyone. Zachary was a kid who helped with all the games and dances. But he had a 3, and for years Zach had been in a wheelchair (轮椅) controlled by 4, moving from class to class.

    A month before I arrived, Zach's condition got worse and he 5 an electric wheelchair to stay at school. 6 it, he would have to leave school.

    It turned out that Zach couldn't 7 the new electric chair, so his only 8 was to check out. When the day of Zach's 9 came, all the teachers and students got together in a hall. Zach 10 it was his last day at school.

    The student president was introduced and he then 11 everyone when he introduced Wild Man. Without saying a word, Wild Man 12 Zach and brought him to the center of the stage (舞台). Wild Man then 13 himself and disappeared backstage. Seconds later, he reappeared driving a new and shiny electric wheelchair. After 14 Zach in the chair, he showed Zach how to use it and let Zach 15 around the stage. With tears streaming from their faces, two thousand teachers and students 16 and clapped for five minutes.

    Were they just 17 Zach and the fact that he could now 18 in their school? No, they were also cheering for Wild Man, who got Zach a new 19 by collecting money from his friends.

    So, it's 20: we shouldn't judge (评判) a book by its cover.

"Oswa kitonga?" – "Did you get the vaccine (疫苗) yet?"

My 1 of Lingala-the language spoken in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)-is still very poor, but the most important 2 I have already learned. The children proudly 3 me their fingernails, which have been painted black to 4 them as already vaccinated. 5 I move on, they are still calling for me: "Mundele, mundele!" This is the way I am 6 everywhere these days. "Mundele" means "white" in Lingala and after all, it doesn't happen very often that a mundele arrives in this 7 of the deep Congolese forest.

A severe measles(麻疹) epidemic has been8 in the DRC since early 2019. And, as of early March 2020, 334,578 people have been sick and 6,338 have died. The number of unreported 9 is probably much higher though. In10 , MSF(无国界医生组织) is working in various regions of the country to fight back against measles-a disease so easily 11 with vaccines. Our 12 is to vaccinate all children between six months and 14 years old, living in the areas still being badly 13 by measles-that is approximately 23,000 people!

I've been on my feet since 5 a. m. and on my motorcycle for almost seven hours-after we first14 the Tshuapa River in a boat in the early morning. It is a swampy forest, full of small streams. The path is narrow and uneven, branches and plants stretch far, scratching my arms, 15 my knee and helmet. From time to time, there is even a whole tree trunk that 16 the way. Or, just like here, a bridge made of tree trunks 17 which each "moto" has to pass individually. While waiting for the last motos to18 , a woman from the next village comes by. When she hears about our vaccination campaign, she bursts into tears, telling us about her five children she already lost to measles. She begs us to vaccinate the19 ones. I am deeply moved and 20 her that we will vaccinate all of her children, each of them!

When I look back at the first half of the year. I am amazed by how many challenges I have been through. The biggest one was definitely my high school graduation 1.

When I first arrived in this Czech Republic four years ago, I was just a normal exchange 2who spoke only English, then at the end of the year-Long exchange program, I came up with the idea of 3my high school studies there.

At that time, I was only sixteen and delighted by my new future. What I underestimated was the 4of completing school in the Czech language, which is considered to be one of the most 5languages in the world. As I 6 knowledge of certain subjects I receive the worst marks and people around the world doubted whether I could graduate. However, I practiced all the time. Gradually, I could communicate with others fluently and my 7 grew.

The final exam day came. Thinking about everyone who had helped and supported me along my journey, I felt8and confident.

In May, I received notice that I had 9the exam. At my graduation ceremony, my Czech teacher said very proudly in front of everyone, "One student, she is from China with merely three years of learning Czech, she 10. She deserves a golden folder for the certification. "

My journey through high school was finally finished, though the journey of University is just about to begin, I think I am ready.

Alexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Then a deer came into 1 about 200 yards in front of them. It was a male deer with 2 antlers (角)on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis heard a 3 and then saw the deer 4 a woman. Sue had been out for her morning run. The deer followed her and edged 5. "I knew I was in trouble, " Sue says. She went to pick up a stick for 6, and the deer 7. It lifted her with its antlers and 8 her into the air. Sue could feel blood flew down her leg.

When Alexis and her father 9, the deer was throwing Sue like a doll. Alexis looked into the woman's 10 eyes, and 11 her father had even stopped the car, the teenager 12 quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. "I was kicking it to get its 13," she says. Then her father followed and pushed the deer away from the women.

Alexis helped Sue into the car. Then she heard her father shout 14 . He had been knocked to the ground. Alexis took hold of a hammer from the car to beat the deer's head and neck, but the blows didn't 15 it away. "I was losing faith," she says. "A couple more 16, Alexis," said her father. "You can do it. "Turning the hammer around, Alexis 17 her eyes and beat the deer's neck with all her 18. When she opened her eyes, the deer was running away. Alexis got in the driver's seat and 19 toward the nearest hospital. After Sue was treated, she 20 thanked her rescuers.