Mr. West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very1, so he was never able to find time to go to the shop. At last, when it was the week2 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he decided that he could not 3any longer. He worked in an office, and 4had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate them 5 and went out to a big shop near his 6 during his lunch hour.

    The shop was full of women, who were also buying 7during their lunch hour. Mr. West stood 8at the edge of the crowd of9 who were pushing forward to try to get to the people who were10 necklaces and earrings. He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were11into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly(自私地) 12 him. After half an hour, he was just as13from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been when he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to 14 , so he decided to change his 15 of doing things: he put his head down, gave a sudden loud shout and started to 16his way towards the 17of the crowd as hard as he could.

    The women around him became very 18when they saw what he was doing, and began to scold(责备) him. “Why can't you behave(做事) like a 19 ?” they shouted.

    “Ladies,” he answered them, “I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half an hour, and it has got me20, so now I am starting to behave like a lady.

    Leon Logothetis is riding his yellow motorcycle, which he calls Kindness One. He is trying to 1 around the world on the kindness of 2. No money. No food. Nowhere to stay. Leon 3 on the generosity of the human spirit to keep him going.

"It's all about 4 other people," Leon said. So far, he's met with 5. In Las Vegas, a family gave him food and a place to sleep. In Nebraska, cowboys let him stay 6 them. "The American people have been 7," Leon said.

Andin Pittsburgh, after a dozen people had 8 him down, Leon met Tony, a 9 man who gave me his food and offered to let Leon sleep with him in a garage. "It was so inspiring for me," Leon said ."The people in Pittsburgh hadn't 10 helped but he offered me a place to stay and shared his food."

So just how far can 11 get you? Leon is determined to 12. "I used to be a manager in London, sitting behind a desk, 13 12 hours a day, and it wasn't for me." he explained. "Then I went and travelled the world and 14 with people. And that's what it's all about. That's where the 15 is: Connection. Heart to heart."

On his blog, Leon said he'll 16 a ship from New York to Europe, adding he'll do so "as a non-paying 17. Kindness Rocks!"

    He also lists a trip that would 18 him travelling to France, Italy, Greece, India. Cambodia and Vietnam and other countries. His 19 will be shown on TV. The trip also serves to 20 money for Make-a-Wish Foundation.

    Dad loves fishing very much. Fishing is as much a part of Dad's life as 1. Going fishing with him is a very 2 thing for me and my twin brother. Jumping into a 3 stream on a hot day, sleeping under the bright 4, fishing with Dad and eating freshly caught fish that has been fried over a 5 seems like the heaven to a couple of 10-year-old boys.

    One day, Dad drove us to Cottonwood Stream. An hour after we got there, he 6 some fish. He suggested that we take them back to our camp, 7 we stayed to watch Dad skillfully cast his 8 another time. We sat quietly until Dad's fishing pole 9 and he began winding the line on. Knowing this could be a very 10 fish, we jumped up and down and 11 for Dad to catch that fish. When he did, Dad's wide smile lit up his face like the sun. He 12 the hook, but an unexpected thing happened. The huge fish slipped out of Dad's hands and jumped back into the stream!

    We thought Dad would 13 , but he didn't. Although the sun was dropping 14 the mountains, my father sat down again and waited 15 . At last, the big fish took the bait once more. However, it slipped back into the 16 again as Dad tried to remove the hook. This time, Dad jumped into the stream, 17 for that fish again and again and 18 caught it, wrapping it in his shirt and walking back to the 19. Both my brother and I shouted wildly, cheering for his success.

What Dad did that day taught me a good lesson. I learn that we should never give up if we want to 20 something.

    We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it 1 to have too much?

    I 2 back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also 3 a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, so I had to do it 4.

    When I got into college, things 5. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this 6 time, there was no sense of 7 to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became 8. Once that happened, I just kept 9 my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was 10 really late at night to get my work done.

    One day I 11 a former classmate of mine who was 12 a lot of money running a sideline (副业). Since his regular job was 13. I asked him why he just didn't do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would 14 have too much time and would just do what I did back in 15. He said that if he 16 the job, he would lose his 17 to work and succeed.

    So, try 18 up your time with other work. This is why there is a 19 that if you want something done, ask a 20 person to do it.

    "A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high." I'm sure that John would agree with this saying, 1 he felt this way almost every day in school.

    By high school, John was the most famous 2 in his town. He was always absent, didn't answer questions and got into 3. He had failed almost every exam by the time he entered his senior year, yet was 4 each year to a higher grade level. Teachers didn't want to 5 him again the following year. John was moving on, but definitely not moving 6.

    I met John for the first time at a weekend leadership training program since John was one of 405 students who 7. At the start of the training, John was just standing 8 the circle of students, against the back wall. He didn't 9 join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games 10 him in.

    The ice really melted when the groups started building a list of 11 and negative things that had occurred at school that year. John 12 some constructive ideas on those situations. The other students in John's group 13 his comments. All of a sudden John felt like a 14 of the group, and before long he was 15 like a leader. By the end of the training, he had joined the Homeless Project team. The other students on the team were 16 with his passionate concern and ideas. They 17 elected John co-chairman of the team.

    John started 18 at school every day and answered questions from teachers for the first time. He led a second project,19 300 blankets and 1,000 pairs of shoes for the homeless shelter from house to house.

    A bird with a broken wing only needs 20. Once healed, it can fly higher than the rest.