When my oldest son was in high school, he planned to1 a Christian contemporary concert with the youth group from our church. To my 2 Aaron invited me to go along. I3 accepted; however, by the time the date of the concert arrived, my youngest son had been ill, and I was4 about him. I hesitated (犹豫). Then my husband5 me to attend the concert, promising he would take care of our youngest.

    Finally, the6 was made. Aaron was sixteen years old. How many 7 would I have to do something fun with him8he went away to college? And how many youths actually would 9 their mothers to attend a concert with them that was clearly for teens? I would not miss this opportunity.

At the concert, I 10with Aaron in the third row, putting cotton in my ears to block out the 11 ear-splitting music of the first performer. I stood when the kids stood, clapped when they 12 and never let anyone know how13 I was to feel the floor shaking beneath my feet. Aaron and his friends were 14at my enthusiasm (激情).

    By the time we left the concert, my ears were ringing, but it quickly passed.15 did my son's teenage years.16he was in college and away from home. I missed him more than I could say. Whenever I felt17 I would think back to the concert we attended and be thankful once again that I didn't 18an opportunity to spend time with my son.

    Aaron is now grown and has a family of his own, but he often calls just to 19and tell me about his day. I drop everything and 20the moment.

    Susan, a classical dancer from India, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also 1on her career（事业）road.

    Though the accident brought her bright career to a 2 , she didn't give up. In the  3 months that followed, Susan met a doctor who developed an artificial (人造的)4made from rubber filled with sponge (海绵). So5she wanted to go back to 6after she had been fitted with an artificial leg. Susan knew that she believed in  7and could realize her dream, 8she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing — 9to balance, bend, stretch, walk, turn, twist and twirl.

    After every public performance (表演), she 10ask her dad about her performance. “You 11have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get12. In January 1984, Susan made an important13by giving a public performance in Bombay. She performed so greatly that it14everyone to tears and this15pushed her to the number one position again. That evening when she asked her dad the16question, he didn't say anything. He just touched her feet as a praise.

    Susan's comeback was 17moving that a film producer18to make the story into a hit film. When someone asked Susan how she had19to dance again, she said quite simply, “YOU DON'T NEED FEET TO DANCE.” 20is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve(实现) anything.

    Chris Emch was a pretty unhappy guy. He 1 years working as a police officer. After a career-ending injury, he'd opened a shop in Thousands Oaks, California, but the 2 was struggling. And only months before a Scuba(潜水)trip, he'd been 3 with skin cancer and had endured a 4 divorce.

    In desperation, Chris Emch joined in a group Scuba trip to Indonesia. About 11 meters 5 water, he removed a borrowed earplug(耳塞), causing 6 to his ear drum. The injury forced Emch to 7 the Scuba trip. He 8 have packed up and gone home. Instead, the 41-year-old man decided to have a look around the 9 islands. So Emch hired a local 10 named Fritz to show him around. He was 11 by the local attractive sights and unique cultures. But 12 affected Emch most was his conversations with Fritz.

    Fritz earned about $140 a month, lived in a 13 house and took on odd jobs to provide for his wife and son. But Emch realized that Fritz was 14. Emch told Fritz that he wanted to see his family, so off they went to Fritz's home. Emch met Fritz's family members. He sipped sweet tea and chatted with them. They looked content though they were 15.

    "I had everything I could ever want and still 16 all the time," he said. "I realized how happy my life was and how 17 I was to have the life I had been given.

    "From that point on, Emch had a new 18 on life. "Things taste better and things smell better now," he said. He always tries to see the good 19 in people and he has become confident and cheerful again.

    "Travel truly 20 my life, and changed my outlook," he said. "Compared to who I was a year ago, some of my closest friends don't recognize who I am anymore."

    Running a household with a pack full of kids can result in some bad days, even on my day off from work.

    I told my two-year-old son Andrew to 1 to the family room and turn off the TV and he was now upstairs  2 that he help fix supper.

    I knew Andrew could follow simple 3. So I said very clearly and slowly, “Honey, go downstairs and 4 the button on the TV and turn off the TV,” I repeated three times, 5 the words, push, off and TV. I knew he'd 5 it out. He knew where the off button was. 7, he took pleasure in pushing it in every night during the climax(高潮) of every movie we watched.

    So downstairs he went, to do a 8 deed for Mommy. I went back to the sink to wash the carrots. Then it happened. The 9 crash ever heard in our house. I was so 10that I couldn't move. I kept waiting for Andrew to scream. But the 11 was more frightening than the crash.

    I 12 down the steps, half expecting to find Andrew lying 13. I stopped cold.

    He was standing there behind the TV stand, smiling, “Aren't you 14 of me, Mom? Andrew pushed off the TV!”

    There was the TV, face down on the 15. Two of the round handles were broken off. The screen was destroyed. The plants I'd16 that morning that used to sit on top of the set were falling onto the carpet. Broken plants and pots were17 all over the room.

    I pulled him into my 18 and sat on the sofa rocking him 19. I thanked God that he wasn't 20.

    At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to 1 bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of  2 but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my 3.

    When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me 4 . I didn't want to live the rest of my life with this 5 weight any more.

    That year, I6 a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her 7 story —she had not only 125 pounds, but also raised $25,000 for homeless children.8 by her story, I created the As We Heal(痊愈), the World Heals 9. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,00010 a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger. This combination of healing myself and healing the world  11 me as the perfect solution.12I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would 13 the same difficulties that beat me before. While the 14 hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right 15. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began 16in from hundreds of people.

    Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician(内科医生), I hired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and 17 meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise 18.

    A year later, I19 my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I've been given a second life to devote to something that is 20 and enormous.

It is a special cross-country race. The competitors' vehicles are made{#blank#}1{#/blank#}fruits and vegetables like carrots eggplants, grapefruits, pumpkins and oranges. They are the creations of pupils from the Shanghai World Foreign Language Primary School.

According to Chen You, the science class teacher,{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(base) knowledge had been taught within 6 classes to students before they drew sketches and{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(choose) vegetables to make a food car.

Although students were encouraged{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(design) their cars together with parents, all the cars should be made in the class. After{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(bring) piles of ingredients as well as tools the children began their innovation. Some cut the carrot slices to make them round, and some others assembled (组装) their car components together.

In addition to the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(compete), students are required to reflect on the {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(difficulty) they encountered making their vehicles,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}things they have learned from the activity and the improvements they think the course can make.

{#blank#}9{#/blank#}touched the teachers most was the unity and friendship among the children. For example, although the contest was fierce (激烈的), students felt {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(excite) for the champion car as if they themselves had stood out, and when a girl's car fell apart their friends comforted her and helped reassemble the car.