I live on1floor of a building. I have to use the lift to take me up and down every time. One afternoon I was coming home from2friend's house. It was just after four o'clock. I got quickly into the lift and pressed Button 12.

    The lift started to go up, but very slowly. And then, half way up, it suddenly stopped 3two floors. I had no idea what happened. I called for help very loudly. But nobody answered. Then suddenly the light went out, and I was alone in the dark. I started4and hit the walls on the lift. I cried and cried but it didn't work. Then, I felt5and pressed all the buttons with my hands. And all at the same time, 6a sound of bell far away ringing and ringing. It was the fire alarm. I thought the whole building was on fire. I said to God quietly," Just get me out of here. I'll never do7things again."

    Just then, I realized the lift8very slowly. On the ground floor it stopped, and the door opened. A man was standing there."9 have you been there? It is good that you pressed the alarm button. But haven't you learned to read at your school?" He pointed at a small piece of paper on the wall beside the lift. It said," Attention! This lift10for repairs between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 13."

    TheGreat Fire of London started in the very early hours of 2 September 1666. Infour days it destroyed (毁坏) more than three-quarters of the old city.Most of the houses were1outof wood and close together. One hundred thousand people became homeless, butonly few2theirlives.

    The fire started on Sunday morning in thehouse of the King's baker (面包师). The baker, with hiswife and family, was able to3througha window in the roof. A strong wind blew the fire from the bakery (面包房) into asmall hotel next door. Then it4quicklyinto Thames Street.

    By eight o'clock three hundred houses were on fire. On Monday nearly a kilometer ofthe city was burning along the River Thames. Tuesday was the5day.The fire destroyed many well-known6,old St Paul's and theGuildhall along them.

    Samuel Peyps, the famouswriter,7the fire. People threw their things intothe river. Many poor people stayed in their houses until the last moment. Birdsfell out of the air because of the8.

    The fire stopped only9the King finally ordered people todestroy hundreds of buildings in the path of the fire. With10left to burn, the fire became weak andfinally died out.

    What brings a nation together? Of the four choices—shared values, language, history, and religion (宗教), it's shared values. In our latest poll (民意调查), 7 out of 16 countries chose values as the greatest factor (因素) bringing a nation together, and six preferred language. Both choices scored high in the poll, suggesting that our values and how we express them are closely connected. Still, history was not forgotten in some countries, especially in Mexico and Russia. Even Canada and the United States chose national histories as the second-most important factor thatunited their people. The biggest surprise? Not one country picked religion as its top choice.

Respect your elders 

    In most countries, the oldest generations considered values more important to a nation than those who are under 45 years old did.

Do you speak Canadian？

    Language scored lower in Canada than in all other countries polled, perhaps because the country speaks two official languages, French and English.

Church and state

    Most people who were polled do not connect their religious beliefs to their national pride. Religion ranked last in 13 countries—with France scoring it at 1%，the lowest of all.

    Laugh at yourself. Learning to laugh at yourself is one of the biggest differences between happy people and depressed (沮丧的) people. If you can turn hard moments, mistakes, and shortcomings as chances for a good laugh at yourself, those things will affect you less.

    Laughing at yourself helps to tell the differences between "who you are" and "what you do." Everyone possibly makes a mistake sometimes, andit doesn't have to define (定义) you as a person. Laughing at yourself communicates to both you and the people around you that it's okay.

    Don't worry about the sound of your laugh. Everyone's laugh is different, if yours is polite and the source (来源) of legitimate (合理的) joy, you don't need to worry about having an "ugly" laugh. There's no such thing.

    If you're worried about laughing and often worried what people will think of you, it's hard to really have fun. If you're with the kind of people who make fun of someone for laughing, find new friends.

    Take your time. Even a busy person should learn to spare time for himself and spend time just staying alone. Doing these will help you relax and keep you calm and ready to laugh.

    Make sure you do something you enjoy each day. Relax by playing a record and smiling to yourself, having your favorite drink. Keep control of your mood.

    Try to add 15 minutes to your day where you can do something like watch a comedy TV play or look at humorous photos online. Try to put this in your timetable right after the most stressful part of your day if you can.

    John lived with his mother and father in a small town in the mountain.

    One day there wasearthquake near the town. Many houses fell down and many roads were broken.

    Everyone thought that there would beearthquake. They were worried that the second earthquake would be much.

    "We must send Johnny to a safe place," The mother said to the husband. "Many of our friends aretheir kids to their relatives in other towns."

    "We'll send him to my brother, Peter," Johnny's father replied. "He lives a long way."

    Then he called Johnny's, Peter, and asked him if he would let Johnny live with him.

    "He's a good boy," he said. "I promise he won't give you any trouble and you'll have fun."

    "Well, you know I amto living alone. I enjoy a quiet life."

    "You won't even feelJohnny is in the house," Johnny's father continued.

    Finally Johnny's father managed to let Peter agreehim. Peter could say nothingaccept Johnny.

    BookCrossing is the act of passing a book on all over the world. That is, the world becomes a big library. Lovers of the same book can share the book and their ideas about it. You can visit the BookCrossing website and get an ID label(标签) for the book you want to share. After labeling it, you can pass the book on by leaving it in a public place, for example, on a park bench or in a coffee shop. When someone finds your book and is interested in it, he will take it, and then he can visit BookCrossing website and enter the ID of the book to show someone has taken it. So when you go home and check the website, you'll know who is reading it. What's more, you can talk on the website about your book with those people.

    Who first started BookCrossing? It was Ron Hornbaker. He thought of the idea in March 2001 and set up the website in April 2001. Now there are more than

1.9 million BookCrossers and over 13 million books traveling in 132 countries.

    Do you want your books to get out and touch the lives of others? Try Book Crossing. You will find it fun and exciting to "follow" your books as they travel around the world.

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Dear Editor,

    I'm Li Hua. I'm glad to share something about reading with you.

Best wishes!

Yours,

Li Hua