Two excited kids begged their father for his permission to see a film. Having read some 1about the movie on the Internet, he firmly 2 their request with the reason that the movie presents immorality as being 3. “But dad, those scenes are only a few minutes of the 4film, in which good 5 evil eventually. In addition, there are other inspirational 6 like courage and determination making up for its 7!”

    But the father didn't 8, and the two teenagers were discouraged. They had just thrown themselves down on the couch when they heard the sounds of their father preparing something in the9. One of the teenagers said, “Dad must be feeling 10, and now he's trying to 11 us with some tasty food.” Soon their father appeared with a plate of warm cakes and said, “Before you eat, I want to tell you something: I love you both so much.”

    The teenagers smiled and 12 with each other knowing 13. Dad was softening. Looking at the mouth-watering cake, the two boys were getting impatient about the father's long speech. “But I want to be 14 with you. I added one ingredient(配料) that is not 15 found in cakes.”

    “To make it more delicious? Oh, come on, Dad! Please just tell us what it is.”

    “OK, if you 16. That 17 ingredient is dog waste.”

    Both teens 18 stopped chewing the cake, spit it out and dropped the 19 cake back on the plate.

    “DAD! Why did you do that?”

    “That is the same reason why I won't allow you to watch that movie. You won't 20 a little dog waste in your cake, so why should you put up with a little immorality in your movies?”

    A man worked in a post office. His job was to handle(处理) all 1 that had unclear addresses. One day he came across a letter which was 2to God. He opened it and it 3 ， “Dear God，I am an 83­year­old woman and I live on a very small pension(养老金).Yesterday someone stole my 4.There was a hundred dollars in it，which was all the money I had 5 until my next pension comes. Next Thursday is Thanksgiving Day，and I have invited my last two friends for 6.Without that money，I have 7 to buy food with. I have no family to 8 ， and you are my only 9.Can you please help me？” The man was 10 ， and went around showing the letter to all the other workers. Each of them 11 their wallets and donated a few dollars. By the time he 12 his showing，he had collected 96 dollars. 13then he sent it to the old woman. Thanksgiving Day came and went. The workers 14forgot about it. Then one day，there came another letter from the old lady to God.All the 15gathered around when the letter was16.It read，“Dear God，how can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me？Because of your kindness，I was able to 17 a lovely dinner for my friends. We had a very 18 day，and I told my friends about your19 gift. Thank you very much！” Seeing this，all the workers felt 20 with the nice thing they had done. They looked into each other's eyes and smiled.

    Today, I saw a video of a teenager giving shoes to one of his classmates. The day before, he had heard the student on the phone with her mother 1that she needed new shoes. Her mother 2said that she couldn't afford to 3 the Vans, but that she would buy new shoes in Walmart. He 4to go Vans that afternoon and buy the girl a new pair of shoes. The next day, in front of the class,5that a friend was recording the good deed, he6the new shoes to her.

    Let's start with the 7of the situation. The girl got new shoes, and the boy felt like his behavior was an act of8. But let's look at some of the results that he may not have9thought of. The girl could have been very 10. What's worse, it showed that her family was 11 which might set her apart from her classmates.

    Here's12 the situation should have gone. The boy could buy her new shoes,13give them to the teacher instead. The teacher could give them to the girl with 14. He should not have put the15on the Internet. The 16goes for donating to homeless people. Give them some respect and 17 it off the Internet.

    Doing a good deed is supposed to be18to someone else. But if you're doing it so that you can be popular on social media, you're doing it for the wrong19 The next time you 20to do something nice for someone, ask yourself why you really want to do it.

My First Part-time Job

    It's been a month since the summer vacation started. We had a long holiday1most of us planned to find a part-time job in order to kill the boring time. I've been2 to take a part-time job since I was in junior high school, more to get some valuable3 than money.

    Lots of my friends have had some work experiences and have a more 4life as a result. They always share their work experiences with me. In their work life, they met many 5 but those setbacks made them stronger and everything easier afterwards6 they would also try to do something on their own in their work. I felt somehow 7of myself because I depended on my parents for everything. For this 8I took a part-time job together with my friends. Our9was demanding（费时的）. Sometimes we felt disappointed, made many complaints, and10 thought about giving up. But we11doing it.

    While working, I met some really 12people. There was a warm-hearted old man, who was a security guard. He took good care of us, which made us feel 13 in another city. We were very grateful to him14 I got a bad headache and a high temperature when I was planning to go back. That was 15the hot weather and the hard work. When I was ill, my friends16 me, as if my mother was around. They made me feel deeply about the importance of 17.

    When I got the first salary of my life, I18 how difficult it is to make 19Now, my first work experience in life is over. I 20 lots of things. It's been meaningful.

    When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my 1. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin; I wasn't a 2student; I talked too much; I was too3 , always feeling superior to（胜过）others, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. 4, I became very angry. I ran to my father with 5in my eyes.

    He6 to me quietly, and then he asked. “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn't you ever 7what you're really like? Well, you now have that girl's8. Go and9a list of everything she said and mark the points that are10. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”

    I did11 he told me. To my great12, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't 13 (like being very thin), but a good number I could – and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to a fairly 14picture of myself.

    I brought the list back to Daddy. He15to take it. “That's just for you,” he said. “You know16than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to17, not just close your ears in 18, feeling hurt when something said about you is true, you'll find it of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs. Don't 19your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.”

    Daddy's advice has always 20 me at many important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of advice.

    Christopher Garrett was an engineer with the U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division. While serving in Afghanistan, Christopher was shot and 1. He was hospitalized and then medically 2.

    Christopher was 3 to be returning home to his wife, Brittany, and was looking forward to getting back to normal life. Soon, 4, it became clear that "normal" was going to have a new 5.

    Christopher's 6 made things difficult. Things that had once come 7 to him-like mowing the lawn (修剪草坪) — now seemed almost impossible. Even still, Christopher was 8 not to let his injuries get the best of him. Even though he only had an old-fashioned, non-motorized push mower, he 9 to go out and mow the yard, working through the 10 until the job was done.

    It was 11 for Brittany to watch her husband go through this pain. When she saw Christopher threw himself down on the ground in tears one day, she ran to him, thinking he was 12 an emotional breakdown. When she got out to the yard, however, she saw the 13 of Christopher's tears Sitting in the yard was a(n) 14 riding lawn mower. Attached was a note: "I hope this 15 time for the things that matter most in your life. Thank you for your 16 and for my freedom. A grateful American."

    Though the Garretts have no 17 who left the mower in their yard, it is clear a neighbor had seen Christopher 18 and wanted to help. That person may never know just how much the 19 meant to the Garretts, but for this couple it was life-changing.

    Christopher still has a long 20 ahead of him in the recovery process, but thanks to this generous stranger, the journey is now a little easier.