Sydney Fredette is very busy. Not only is she a high school student, but she has also set up her own organization（组织）, Beary Merry Christmas. She volunteers(志愿) to offer services to poor children and families in Orange Country in California, US.

    To remember her best friend who died of cancer nearly 10 years ago, Fredette decided to offer services to those in Orange Country who are less lucky than she is.

    She began with the easy idea of collecting donated(捐赠) Build-A-Bears, the popular toy animal that is made by children themselves in the stores' workshops. Fredette then gave them as presents to the homeless children in California during the holiday season.

    With donations at more than 100 bears a year, Fredette and volunteers hold activities every year, where volunteers not only give out the bears, but also clothing, meals, and other things.

    Not wanting to limit(限制) the giving to just the holiday months, Fredette held other activities for Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Halloween, offering the chance to her volunteer team to make a difference through the year.

    "I love making friends with the people I offer services to," Fredette said. "It's so cool to hear their stories and see how happy they are."

    Fredette even built a public food bank and offered a self-development class to students in her school.

    She plans to stay local and continue to help out in her hometown.

    One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom. He was short and thin. He walked up to the teacher and told her, very seriously, that he was new. His name was Christian. He sat down, took a look at me, and then looked away. I didn't think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn't the type I would like to become friends with.

    During that year, I didn't talk to him much, but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly. He never ate lunch with anybody, and he never talked to anybody but me.

    But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him. We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong.

    "Haven't you got any friends?" a kid asked Christian, who had walked past us alone, head down.

    "No, he hasn't got any friends. He's too stupid and shy," I said. Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest dog eyes I had ever seen. I felt very sorry at that moment.

    That night, I couldn't sleep because I couldn't get Christian's face out of my mind. In the weeks that followed, he never met my eyes in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to decide to write him a note asking him to forgive(原谅)me. But I thought I should.

    The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how sorry I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears in his eyes."You will never realize what your apology(道歉)has meant to me, Jimmly, "he said to me. "I hope we can become friends."

    We had lunch together that noon and we had the best talk I had ever had. Over the years at high school, we were close friends.

    When I think back, I realize that, if I had not apologized, I would never have known what a lovely person Christian was.

    Apologies can really change your life, so never miss the chance to tell somebody you are sorry.

Wendy is good at English and Chinese，but her math isn't good. She doesn't think it's useful. 

One day，the clothes at Wendy's mom's store are on sale，so there are many people. Her mom wants to teach her a lesson，so she asks her to help out at the clothes store. When a woman walks in，Wendy walks to her. The woman says she wants to buy a sweater. After some time，she says， "I'll take this yellow one. What's the price of it？" Wendy says， "It is 800 yuan，but it's on sale. You can take it at half price （半价）. Uh，you need to pay （支付） 400 yuan. " "I see. This is my VIP card. I can get a 20% discount （折扣），right？" "Oh，yes，" Wendy says. "Then，you just need to pay 80 yuan. " The woman looks at Wendy in surprise ， asking， "Are you sure？"

Then，Mrs. Black，Wendy's mom，comes and says to the woman， "I'm sorry. You need to pay 320 yuan，please. " Then，she looks at her daughter and asks， "Now，do you think math is useful？"

Do you like traveling? You always see {#blank#}1{#/blank#} landscapes(风景) on the trip. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, the landscape is so beautiful that you'd like to take it home. Kathleen Vance can help {#blank#}3{#/blank#} make it come true.

Vance lived {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a farm in Maryland when she was young. Later, she moved to New York City. But Vance {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the life there. She loved nature(大自然). So she tried to bring nature {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people's life. She started to put landscapes into suitcases (手提箱).

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} you open Vance's suitenses, you will see small forests. hills and rivers. But you can't find roads or {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. It's Vance's special way of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} nature."I want people to enjoy nature and think about what they can do for it." Vance said

Now, you can see Vance's " Traveling Landscapes" in art shows around the world. But you don't need to{#blank#}10{#/blank#} for them to come to your city. Because Vance of ten shares (分享) them on the Internet(?正联网).

"Stay-at home" Astronaut's Dream

Deng Qingming is a Chinese astronaut. He finally entered Tiangong Space Station by Shenzhou-15 in November, 2022 after 25 years' hard work. He is working with his teammates to carry out {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (task) in space. 

The hard-working student {#blank#}2{#/blank#}was born in a poor village has become an astronaut finally. When he was young, he used every minute {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (study) in his daily life. As a hard-working student, Deng joined the PLA Air Force in June 1984 and started to train {#blank#}4{#/blank#}a pilot(飞行员) at a flight college in Hebei Province. At the age of 31, Deng {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (choose) as one of the 14 first members of the PLA Astronaut Division. Deng kept {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (train) hard for a chance to fly into space until he had kidney stones(肾结石) in 2013. It was serious for astronauts because the standard for their health is high. He had to stop training to have operations. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} he suffered from the illness, he continued working for his dream. Whatever happened to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (he), he never gave up. 

In 2022, Deng's dream finally came true. At the time, he was 56 years old and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}last person of China's first astronauts to be sent into space. He had fought for his space dream all the time. He is a hero and so far, his story {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (influence) many Chinese people.