On a freezing-cold February morning in Indiana, Jhaqueil Reagan, 18, left home to walk to a job interview — ten miles away, over muddy roads.

       Reagan had been looking for work for months. His parents had died two years earlier, and he was the only  1  of his two younger siblings (兄弟姊妹), Cole, 16, and Jazzlyn, seven. He was 2  for a regular paycheck 3  doing many odd jobs (零活).

Three hours later, Reagan had covered only three miles. He paused outside a 4 called Papa Roux to ask for directions from  5Art Bouvier, who was clearing ice and snow from the parking lot.

“I told him to get on the bus.”says Bouvier.“He  6  me and went on his way.”

Fifteen minutes later, Bouvier  7  in his car beside Reagan as he walked along.

“You've  8  got to be on the bus,”he told Reagan.

“I don't have money for the bus,”Reagan replied. Bouvier offered him a 9 . On the way, he asked the boy about his job search.

“I thought, this is the kind of kid I want working for me,”says Bouvier. He got Reagan's 10  number and dropped him off for his  11.

Later that day, Bouvier 12  about Reagan on Facebook. “He doesn't know it yet, but he  13  on Monday,”Bouvier wrote.“It's been a while since I've met someone so 14  !”

A few hours later, Bouvier called to offer Reagan a job. 15 , the teen accepted on the spot. A television reporter caught wind of the 16  and interviewed the pair on camera that night.

Today, Reagan is washing dishes, filling orders, and greeting Papa Roux 17  for ＄8.50 an hour.

The publicity has brought in so many  18  customers that Bouvier plans to open a second restaurant by the end of the year. Reagan has 19enough money to move into a new apartment.

Now, when the weather is 20 , he takes the bus to work.

    Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets1him, especially those who are2

    For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that3? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's4 His briefcase always has some gloves。

    In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not5like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and6the street. He looks around at7. He stops when he8 someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he9, looking for more people with cold10.

    On winter days, Mr. Greenberg11gloves. During the rest of the year, he12gloves. People who have heard about him also 13him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.

    Mr. Greenberg 14doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and15his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes16him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them17.

    It runs in the18. Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the19. A pair of gloves may be a20thing, but it can bring warmth in cold winter days.

    Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a bunch of white gardenia (栀子花) was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.1to the flower shops were not helpful at all—it was a cash2.After a while I stopped trying to 3who the sender was and just delighted in the beauty and perfume of the white flowers in soft pink paper.

    But I never4 imagining who the sender might be. Some of my 5moments were spent daydreaming about it. My mother6to these imaginings. She would ask me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)7kindness and said that he/ she might be showing 8. Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was9 a car full of groceries. Or maybe it was the old man10the street whose mail I helped to get during the 11so he wouldn't have to risk down his icy steps. As a young girl12 I tended to guess that it might be a boy who had noticed me a long time 13I didn't know him.

    One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. My feelings ranged from grief to abandonment and fear. He was 14some of the most important events in my life. And I became completely15 in my upcoming dance in my graduation ceremony.

    The day before my father died, my mother and I had gone shopping for a dress. We'd found a splendid one, but it was the wrong size. When my father died, I16about the dress. My mother didn't. The day before the graduation ceremony, I found that beautiful dress, in the right size, on the sofa. I didn't17whether I had a new dress or not, but my mother did. She wanted her children to feel18and lovable, believing that there was a magic in the world and19in the face of hard times. In truth, Mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia—lovely20 and perfect with perhaps a bit of mystery.

    My mother passed away ten days after I was married. I was 22. That was the year the gardenia stopped coming.

    My most rewarding experience throughout the past two years was volunteering at the swimming competition for Special Olympics where a disabled friend of my community took part. This had special 1 for me because experiencing it helped improve my leadership skills, develop my character, and support my community.

    Firstly, my 2 skills developed when I independently directed each swimmer where to 3 at the platform and 4 each competitor when they needed to swim. I had to make sure that the swimmers were 5 and ready to perform. This kept me on my feet at all times and 6 of each event's time and location. I learned each swimmer's name, 7 many of them swam in more than one event.

    Secondly, my 8 was greatly influenced. When I saw the swimmers get their awards for winning each swimming event, I was deeply moved. I was 9 that most swimmers could swim better than I. Their 10 attitudes astonished me, whether they won or lost. This also enlarged my view, offering me the opportunity to 11 people I would normally not run into. I went out of my 12 zone and did whatever was needed to be done, even if it was sometimes difficult to me. It was especially 13 when I saw the glowing faces of the competitors.

    Lastly, I was of 14 to my community by lending a hand to this organization. To be a part of it gave me a chance to improve my community and become 15 with the people living in this area.

    As Winston Churchill once said, “We make a living by what we do, but we make a(n)16 by what we give.” The importance of 17 should be stressed throughout your life. 18, through the many opportunities my community has offered I was privileged to be 19 in this exciting and important event in these competitors' lives. I hope to be a(n) 20 again at this event in years to come.

    In 1957, Jane Goodall first met the famous anthropologist (人类学者) Dr Louis Leakey, who later played an important role in her life. With the 1 of gaining insight into humans' evolutionary (进化的) past, Dr Leakey 2 a pioneering long-term field study on 3 chimps. Even though Jane had no formal 4, her patience and determination to understand animals 5 him to choose her for the study. 6 it was unusual for a woman to work in the forest of Africa, going there 7 the fulfillment (实现) of her childhood dream. In the summer of 1960 she 8 in Tanzania(坦桑尼亚) on Lake Tanganyika's eastern shore. This marked the 9 of the longest continuous field study of animals in their 10 habitat (栖息地). Five years 11, she earned a doctor's degree at Cambridge University and then 12 to Tanzania to found the Gombe Stream Research Center. And in 1977, to provide on—going 13 for chimp research, Dr Goodall 14 The Jane Goodall Institute.

    Today, she 15 most of her time traveling around the world, giving lectures on her 16 at Gombe and speaking to school groups about Roots && Shoots, her environmental education and humanitarian program for the 17.

    "Chimps have given me so 18. The long hours spent with them in the 19 have enriched my life beyond measure. What I have learned from them has shaped my 20 of human behavior, of our place in nature."

    Although my good job at a large company had made my parents happy, knew I wanted something different. The only place I could1working was Facebook, I2from New York to San Francisco and3at Facebook headquarters in Palo Alto,4to find a job in Facebook

    A friend who worked there had agreed to5me to a few people around the office. But on the way back from a coffee break, I got 6. I 7 around outside the Facebook building by myself, trying to8myself that I was able enough to work here. I told myself I had already flown across the9 and now I just needed to go for it.

    I sat in the hall of the building for what10hours. Finally, at the very end of the day, the director of PR walked out and introduced herself .An hour later, I left the Facebook office even more11about the company.

    A few days later, the12I had spoken with called me and said, "We don't have a full time job13. But we're interested in a part-time job, you can come to work here tomorrow.

    This was not14what I'd been hoping for. But I knew that I was passionate about the work and the company, so15flew from NewYork to San Francisco. A few months later I was 16full time job.

    Now Facebook is 15 times bigger than it was six years ago. If I hadn't made it 17 my nervousness six years ago I would never have gotten the18.

    Nowadays whenever I'm nervous about19, I think about waiting in the hall of Facebook and I encourage myself to be20.