Over the years I've been teaching kids about a simple but powerful concept—the ant philosophy, an{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (amaze) four-part philosophy.

    First, ants never quit. If they're heading somewhere and you try to stop them, they'll climb over. they'll climb under, or they'll climb around. They never give up{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (look) for a way to get where they{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (suppose) to go! Second, ants think about winter and summer. They are always gathering in their winter food in the middle of summer and they are making{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. (prepare) for the long cold winter. So you have to think about storms in summer; think about rocks{#blank#}5{#/blank#} you enjoy the sand and sun. Third, ants think about summer all winter. During the winter, they remind{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (they), "This won't last long and we'll soon be out of here. " On {#blank#}7{#/blank#}．first warm day, the ants are out. If it{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (turn) cold again, they'll dive back down. But they come out again if it is warm Last, how much will an ant gather during the summer to prepare for the winter? All that it{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (possible) can. {#blank#}10{#/blank#} you can learn from the ant philosophy is: Never give up, look ahead, stay positive and do all you can.

    One morning Wangpeng sat in his empty restaurant feeling very frustrated and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (know) why there were no customers in his restaurant. Suddenly he saw his friend {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hurry) by. To figure out why Li Chang wasn't coming to eat in his restaurant just {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he always did, he followed him to a small new restaurant. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (curious) drove him inside. There Wangpeng met Yonghui, the owner of the new restaurant, whose diet was mainly slimming food to help people lose weight and be fit in a short time. After his research, Wangpeng discovered the weaknesses and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (strong) of the diets both in his andYonghui's restaurants. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (drive) back home, Wangpeng rewrote his sign. The competition between them was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} .

    A few weeks later, Wangpeng and Yonghui met again in his restaurant. Instead of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (quarrel) with each other, they combined their ideas and provided a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (balance) menu with food full of energy and fibre. Finally they got  {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (marry) and lived happily.

    Writing text messages (短信）while walking is dangerous. A study says it is more dangerous than texting while driving. Researchers found that there are more{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(injure) to texting pedestrians (行人) than there are to texting motorists. Their report says walking is not as easy{#blank#}2{#/blank#}we think. We must focus on many things at the same time to walk safely in a straight line. The researchers said that people forget how to walk{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(proper), so dangerous things happen to them. They bump into walls and other people. They walk into cars, fall over things in the street, and even fall into holes{#blank#}4{#/blank#}down stairs.

    A professor said walking is a difficult action. There are several reasons {#blank#}5{#/blank#}texting makes walking dangerous.{#blank#}6{#/blank#}is that people cannot see the street. Another is that they focus on their phone keyboard instead of their feet. A final reason is that their minds are somewhere else — they are not thinking about{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(walk) from A to B safely. The professor said over 6,000 people{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(visit) his hospital last year because of texting. He said{#blank#}9{#/blank#}worst cases are head damage. When a pedestrian is tossed into the air he/she has nothing{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(protect) the head. The damage can be serious.

    Over the past few days, a young adult, maybe in his early twenties, has been sleeping on the sidewalk in front of a postbox. As {#blank#}1{#/blank#} matter of fact, every time I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (drive) by, I would see him there; one time he seemed {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lose) in thought. I've offered him a couple of drinks from Starbucks one time and Jamba Juice the other. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (polite) accepted both but said very little. For the past two mornings, I {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(make) him breakfast at my home and then dropping it off to him {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he slept. This morning, besides food, I added a You Matter card and left him a note just {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (let) him know that someone cares about him. I hope to talk with him some day and hear his story.

    I told my own son about giving the man breakfast. I said, “I hope someone would be kind to you if you were in his position.“ My son responded {#blank#}8{#/blank#} “Thank you.” For me, life is about trying to see others as family, or even as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (I). Even if we are not very {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (wealth), we can help others with our efforts.

    I remember reading a statement by a psychiatrist who said that if you ever feel depressed, the best thing to do {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to do something for someone else. Why? Because it gets you focused outward, not{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. It's hard to be depressed{#blank#}3{#/blank#} serving someone else. Ironically, a by-product of helping others is feeling wonderful yourself.

    I remember sitting in an airport one day, waiting for my{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (fly). I was excited because I had been upgraded to a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ticket. And in first class, the seats are {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (big), the food is edible, and the flight attendants are actually nice. In fact, I had the best seat on the entire plane. Seat 1A. Before boarding, I noticed a young lady who had several carry-on bags and was holding a crying {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Having just finished{#blank#}8{#/blank#} a book on doing random acts of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (kind), I heard my conscience (良心) {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to me, "You scumbag. Let her have your ticket." I fought these promptings for a while but eventually caved in.