At the age of 12, most of the kids like to  watch  TV  or1 online games.  But the 12-year-old Jaysea is 2  teaching yoga. She finished 200 hours teacher training and is the youngest yoga  3  now.

    She teaches kids and teenagers yoga. "I want to do this for a long time  4I love so much," says Jaysea, the girl  5long blonde hair and long legs. She seems quieter 6 more serious than most other kids.

    She 7  a twin brother and a 15-year-old  brother.  Their  parents, Rick and Julie  said, "They only go to school three days a  8  . We tell them to think about  9  they want to    do and they have  10  days to do it. And when they finish high school, they will get their favorite11  . "

    Her father says she still 12her best at school. "She finishes all her homework and she13wants to miss a class."

    School doesn't 14before 9:45 a.m. or 10:30 a.m., so Jaysea has enough time to do practice every15at home for an hour.

    Bill Adams retired (退休). His daughter, a nurse, asked if he wanted to volunteer at her hospital. Bill didn't think he wanted to be aroufid 1 people, but his daughter said. "Just try it for a week and see how you feel."

    Thirteen years later, Bill is 2 volunteering at the hospital two days a week. He says, "Volunteering is a good thing to do, and helping others makes me 3. "Over the years, Bill has worked in many departments (科). Now he 4 in the waiting area outside the X-ray room.

    Once, a woman found out that she needed immediate surgery (立即手术), but her 5 were not with her. Bill helped call her family and took them to 6 so they could be together. Later, he 7 the woman again. It was great to see the woman get better. Bill got a lot of 8 from her family.

    Bill loves volunteering at the hospital, and he also likes 9 others to join the volunteer work. "All of the volunteers are like family. We're good friends. We love helping others when they are in need." he says. At the age of 81, Bill has no plan to 10 his volunteer work. He has decided to stay busy as long as possible.

    My parents have always loved everything about India, so one year ago we went on holiday there. It's a wonderful 1 with beautiful scenes and interesting people.  However, I didn't enjoy Indian 2 very much.

    On the second day we planned to see an old palace. At the 3 they said. "If you go by train, it'll take you only two hours to get there. " However, the hot 4 took over four hours. I was very 5 when we got there,  so we had some rice and vegetables with bread in a small restaurant. We were 6 to find it was quite nice. I wasn't full up though and I saw a man nearby eating some little meatballs.

    I said to my dad, "I've been eating rice all week. Can I have some meatballs please? "

    Well, they looked delicious so I ate the first one very 7. I was just putting the second one in my mouth when I felt myself 8 —my mouth was on fire! I started to cough(咳嗽)and there were tears (泪水)in my eyes. I couldn't 9 how spicy (辛辣的) it was!

    I drank about ten glasses of water but the worst thing was everyone was laughing at me. You couldn't make me eat another Indian meatball for all the 10 in the world!

    One day, when Confucius(孔子) and his students were walking through a large forest, they 1 an old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas(蝉) with a bamboo stick. Confucius was 2and asked. "How could you catch the cicadas so easily? Do you have any special3 ？"

    "Yes." the old man answered. "There are many cicadas in this forest. But it is difficult to catch them. The cicada is a4little insect. If they hear the noise of the leaves in the wind, they will fly away5Therefore, people who want to catch cicadas must 6their hands to hold a bamboo stick without shaking. If you can7three pellets (弹珠) on the top of the bamboo stick without falling off, catching cicadas is as8as picking a ball up from the ground. At the same time, I have to say one can 9make it without practicing again and again. "

    He then added, "But that is not enough.  People must be good at 10 themselves. Right now, I am standing under a tree like half of a tree stump(树桩), with my 11reaching out like part of a withered twig（枯萎的树枝). Last, one must be attentive(专注).12 I am catching cicadas, I only see the cicada's wings. No matter what happens, 13 will distract(使…分心) me."

    Hearing this, Confucius 14 his students and said, "No matter what you do, you can only succeed if you love what you're doing and 15 it. This is what this old man has taught us. "

    "Come here, boys and girls! Story time," says Ms Lee to the class.

Great! The children love 1 very much. They all sit around Ms Lee, and she 2 the story. Then, FatherChristmas (圣诞老人) comes.

    "Excuse me, is Aaron in the 3?" he asks.

    Everyone looks at Aaron. He walks up to Father Christmas and says, "I'm Aaron. Do I 4 you?"

    "Get the beard (胡须) off my face, and you will know me."

    Aaron is very curious (好奇的), 5 he gets the beard off Father Christmas' face. 6 does he see? His father!

    Aaron's father is a soldier (士兵). He 7 goes back home. This year he has a long holiday. He can 8 with his family. It's great. He dresses up 9 Father Christmas and comes to Aaron's school.

    Aaron is 10 to see his father. It's a great Christmas present for him.