Emergency on the Mountain

    Ana was a 12-year-old girl living in the mountain. Her 1 was to become a village nurse like Leta, her neighbor. She spent almost all her spare time reading the2 book by herself.

    This morning, Leta went to Santiago to 3 a short-term training class by a group of volunteer doctors for first aiders to learn medical skills. Before she left, Ana begged Leta to take her along but Leta4saying that Ana was too5to learn anything important.

    Ana was very6 this morning, so she decided to wander around to refresh herself. On the hillside, she saw Rafi standing on a donkey's bare back，some kids around him. Rafi was only 13, but he was always doing something to get 7“No wonder adults don't8 kids with anything important”, Ana said to herself. She had just turned away 9she heard a few screams and Rafi fell off the donkey. Ana ran to where Rafi was lying and 10 that one of his legs bent a little sideways between the knee and the ankle and that all the other kids were 11 not knowing what to do. She 12 what the first-aid book said about13legs.

    “Vin!” Ana called to one of the boys.

    “Go and get Rafi's mama and find someone with a truck.”

    She turned14 the other kids. “Give me your shirts. We need something to15his leg with so it doesn't move around.”

Ana found a strong，straight stick，which she'd use to 16 his leg. She carefully wrapped the boys' shirts around his leg and the stick. When Ana was done, Rafi came back to himself. Ana17 comforted him until Rafi's mama came over.

    Behind her was a neighbor in a pickup truck. They lifted Rafi into the truck, then 18 down the dusty hillside toward the hospital.

    The next day, Leta came to Ana's home. “I heard what you did,” Leta said. “You kept your head in a/an19. That's an important skill.” Ana's face burned.

    “Now, listen. The volunteer doctors are coming here tomorrow with vaccines (疫苗). We need some extra 20.Can you help?”

    Ana didn't hesitate. “I would love to and I'll bring my first-aid book.” Ana said excitedly.

    Last year, I met a kind little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day cheerfully, and always seemed to have a 1 on his face. His 2 was that he stuttered（口吃）extremely 3 when he tried to talk. It was really 4 to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big 5！

    One morning, I was talking to the teachers who ran the school 6. The boy 7 and said hello to all of us. 8 they told me that the boy would stop every day to ask if they would be there the next day. But of course, he never had money to 9 anything.

    I decided that I would get him a little something just as a 10. So I 11 a pencil, a rubber, and a small notebook for just $1.00. I cannot 12 the look on his face when I gave him the three 13 things. Then, without a stutter, he 14 said, “Thank you so much!” and just kept 15, “Thank you! Thank you!” He gave me a big 16 before going off to class.

    I was 17 to see someone appreciate something that much. As he walked off, he was 18 showing his new stuff to other 19 walking to class. I have to say that I have never spent a dollar that would 20 so much to me.

    When I was shopping a few months ago , I saw a man trying to get people to donate(捐赠)to a very well-known charity(慈善团体)for children. I 1 to him that I can't donate money any more 2 my bank account(账户)having some problems last year. It was a 3 time and took months to get back our money. 4, I noticed the man was hungry and cold, so I offered him a(n) 5 in the nearby restaurant.

    Last week I 6 home on a really hot day. My husband Stewart was at the table with a person from a Charity having a 7. We talked for a while and then I said, "I 8 you!" and he looked at me in surprise and said, "Oh, you're the lovely lady that 9 me a big lunch and drinks when I was at 10 trying to get people to donate." We both laughed and we had a little 11.

    He told me that he had let the organizers know about this lovely woman 12 him out on a cold day. He said 13was so unexpected. I was so 14 to see him again, sitting in my home. My act had really 15 him for the kindness of it and I loved the fact that Steward had 16 him in out of the heat for a cold drink.

    In our daily life, maybe we 17 know how we 18people when we do good things. But in fact, 19we do does affect others, for it is a lovely 20. Kindness is so catching (感染力的).

    Tim Becker and his neighbors are doing something to make their neighborhood a trouble-free area.

    When Tim Becker gets in his car to go shopping, he doesn't 1 drive to a store and back home. He always looks 2 up and down the streets of his neighborhood. He looks for anything 3 such as strange cars, loud noises, 4 windows, or people gathering on street corners.

    Tim 5 to a neighborhood watch group in Stoneville, Indiana. USA. The neighborhood watch group 6 on the third Wednesday of every month. That's 7 Tim gets together with about ten of his neighbors to discuss community 8. Members of the neighborhood watch group want to help the police 9 their homes, streets, and families safe.

    Tina Stedman, president of 10 neighborhood watch group, agrees with Tim.

    "People seem to think that crime (犯罪) happens to other people but not 11 them. Well, it's never happened to me," she said, "but I don't think anyone has the 12 to steal from other people or to make them feel 13 sitting in their own homes."

    Alex, a member of the group, said that all the neighbors 14 out for one another. "We 15 each other's homes. We keep watch on the neighborhood at night and on weekends. Usually a 16 of four or five of us goes out together. If something doesn't look right, then we call the 17. For example, if we notice a group of teenagers who seem to be looking for 18, or someone destroying property (财产), we report to the police."

    Alex feels the neighborhood watch groups 19 a lot in keeping crime down. Her husband Jim agrees, "Police are good people, but they can't do 20."

    George Springer helped his team Houston Astros win the World Series in 2017. He was awarded the Most Valuable Player, 1 his struggle is mostly hidden. His 2 is not in trying to hit a fastball, but in 3 it. He stutters(口吃).

    Growing up in Connecticut, Springer was the kid who would 4 raise his hand in school, the kid 5 every time he opened his mouth.

    "I was the guy who didn't talk," he said. "I would 6 speaking at all costs."

    He was often 7. Sometimes he was bullied(欺侮). The phone was suffering to him. 8were worse. If he wanted a dish that he knew would be tough to say, he would 9. If he was with his family, his sister Nicole would 10 for him.

    He remembers a couple of attempts at speech therapy(语言治疗), but he said he was 11 with encouraging parents, an ability to 12 himself in sports, and a small group of friends who 13.

    "If therapy works for you, 14. But for me, I also developed my own 15 to handle it," he said. "Besides, when I was around all my friends, it didn't really seem to 16 them. If I did it, they would 17 until I was done, then finish the conversation."

    To help other kids 18 the same issue, Springer frequently appeared in interviews and even agreed to wear a microphone 19 during the 2017 All-Star Game. He then added "I can't let anything in life I can't 20 slow me down or stop me from being who I want to be." These 22 words proved it.

    My husband and I have little money lately. We haven't 1 out for a while, so we went to a 2 last night.

    When we saw the 3, we knew we could only afford to get a small pizza, so we would have enough money left for 4. Before long our pizza that was cut to 4 pieces arrived. My husband wanted to act like a 5, so he would like to put a piece of 6 on my plate. Unluckily it dropped onto the 7. I knew he would be 8 about others' opinions on him. I told him, "Honey, don't let other people 9 us. We still have three pieces left."

    The manager 10 this and came over with a broom (扫帚). He 11 the pizza and said he was 12 that the oven (烤箱) had been turned off, or he would have 13 another pizza for us. At the end of our meal he 14 to our table again to thank us for being here. Then he 15 us one coupon (优惠券) for a free small pizza. We were 16because he could have chosen a 17 attitude (态度) when he saw the pizza we dropped during their closing time. Instead he chose to make sure we could left 18. My husband was going to give him tips for our meal that we had prepared, 19 the manager didn't take them. To some people it might not be important, but to us it meant a lot. Our rare treat of enjoying a night out was made more 20.