Being a veterinarian(兽医), I had to examine a ten-year-old Irish Wolfhound named Belker. The dog's owners, Ron, his wife Lisa, and their boy Shane, loved Belker very much.

    I examined Belker and found him {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(die) of cancer. I told the family we couldn't do {#blank#}2{#/blank#} for Belker, and offered to perform the euthanasia(安乐死) procedure in their home.

    As we made arrangements, Ron and Lisa told me they thought {#blank#}3{#/blank#}would be good for six-year-old Shane to watch. They felt Shane might learn something.

    The next day, Belker's family surrounded him. Shane seemed so calm, petting(拍) the old dog for the last time, that I wondered if he understood {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was happening. Within a few minutes, Belker slipped {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(peaceful) away.

    The little boy seemed to accept it without any difficulty. We sat together after Belker's death,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (wonder) why animal lives are shorter than human lives. Shane, having listened quietly, said, “I know {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.”

    {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(surprise), we all turned to him. What he said next amazed me. It has changed my life.

    He said, “People are born so that they can learn how to live {#blank#}9{#/blank#}good life—like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right?”

    The six-year-old boy continued, “Well, dogs already know how to do that,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} they don't have to stay as long.”

    She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rest). Instead, she is earning $6,500 a day as {#blank#}2{#/blank#} model in New York.

    Sarah {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel, earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}has taken part in shows along with top models, wants {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(prove) that. She has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(educate).

    She has turned down several {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree {#blank#}8{#/blank#} engineering or architecture.

    Sarah says, “My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more.”

    New research has found that eating regular balanced meals is more effective(有效的) in managing a healthy weight {#blank#}1{#/blank#} dieting.

    Carried out by researchers at the University of Helsinki, the study looked at 2,452 women and 2,227 men, who {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(ask) to answer surveys which looked at factors(因素) influencing weight changes at age 24, and ten years later at age 34.

    The researchers found among both men {#blank#}3{#/blank#} women, irregular eating and dieting in order to lose weight were two of the main factors that led to weight increasing. A woman's risk of putting on weight was also increased by giving birth to two or more {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(child), regularly drinking sugary drinks and feeling {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(disappoint) with life. For men, smoking was another important factor for putting on weight.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(usual), people try to prevent overweight by dieting. In the long term, it seems to make people {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(get) fatter, rather than prevent it.

    Besides eating regularly and avoiding diets, physical activity was a main factor in {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(help) to protect women from putting on weight, while for men a higher level of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(educate) and having a greater weight at the beginning of the study appeared to have a protective effect.

    The researchers suggested that those {#blank#}10{#/blank#} want to keep a healthy weight long-term should now consider eating regular meals.

    I went backpacking through Italy many {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (summer) ago. There I had the opportunity to taste some of the best cherries in my life. I remember {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (ask) the fruit farmer, “ {#blank#}3{#/blank#}are these cherries from?” And she said they were from an orchard (果园) only twelve miles away. So I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(jump) in my car and hit the road. At the orchard, and old man named Leopoldo, whose face was  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(beautiful) lined, told the beautiful story of a beautiful life well lived. He offered me all kinds  {#blank#}6{#/blank#}cherries from the orchard and they were {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (amaze). And that's when I realized something: the world is inspiring. The fruit is inspiring, if you let {#blank#}8{#/blank#} be. As the sun began to set, I said goodbye to Leopoldo {#blank#}9{#/blank#}his lovely family. My mind {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(fill) with berries then, and I was thinking about being a fruit farmer on my way home.

    People are having a debate about whether {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (develop) the economy or protect the environment. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Lin Shuiqing's opinion, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is our duty to cut back on {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (produce) and reduce the quantities of things we make and buy while Qian Liwei thinks that businessmen are not greedy and they don't hide from their {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(responsible), either. As far as he is concerned, the people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (operate) these factories are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (deep) concerned about the environment, and should {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (give) more credit. As {#blank#}9{#/blank#} matter of fact, many people are willing to pay a little higher price for things {#blank#}10{#/blank#} are friendly to the environment.