One evening, I went out for a walk on the path (小路) near my house with my husband. On my finger was a very special ring with a diamond (钻石) that my grandmother gave me for my 23rd birthday. At the end of the path, when I looked down at it again and found the diamond was 1. I started back along the path hurriedly 2the tiny stone. In my heart, I knew it seemed impossible for me to find it. The path was very long and  3 with leaves. As I searched the ground, crying and upset, I met an old lady. "What's the matter, love ?" She asked kindly. I 4 about the missing diamond and showed her my ring. She said, "That's going to be hard to find. Tell me what, love, I walk along this path every day, I'll keep my eyes 5 for it." I thanked her, 6 nothing, but still told her that we sometimes walked our dog along the path if she might find something.

    A few days later, my husband and I met the old lady on the path. "Guess what?" She said, "I found your diamond!" To our7, she'd found the tiny stone and was willing to hand it back to me. "It was lucky that I found it." When we 8 her with some money for her help, she 9 politely. I was deeply moved. She could have easily kept the diamond, or sold it, for it's worth several thousand dollars, but she didn't.

    Every time I look at my ring and 10myself that there're kind and beautiful hearts in the world. I'll spend the rest of my life trying to do something like that.

    Maxime and Lise are a young French couple. They are ready to travel across China from Beijing to Yunnan Province on a tandem bicycle (双人自行车). They have two main purposes and one of them is that they want to encourage green 1 through it.

    Maxime, 26, works helping farmers raise their cows2 his wife Lise, 26, is a teacher. The two also like sharing their travel stories on Facebook.

    “We choose a tandem bicycle because it makes it3 to communicate with each other about interesting people and things we come across during the journey4bicycling is healthier. And it's a cheaper and more environment-friendly way of traveling than5 cars, motors and so on,” the couple said.

    As for the other 6of their journey, the two said they wanted to get people's good ideas on topics such as health, economy (经济) and politics. When they were asked7they chose to visit China, they said it was because they often talked about its long history and beauty and how much of the country is competitive (有竞争力的) in the world.

    “We know China is a country with a large population and will be the 8 of the economy around the world in the future. We want to get a better understanding of the country and its people. We9 the country,” they said.

    The couple will be on their journey to China soon. We hope they can make more people further10 China by sharing what they see and hear on the way. Meanwhile, we hope they enjoy their travel in China.

    As soon as he finished his homework, Eric jumped onto his 1 to go to the beach. He rode to watch the whales(鲸). After he got to the 2, Eric put his bicycle behind a bush so that 3 could see it from the road.

    It was only four in the afternoon, but the sky was already dark. It 4 to rain. If it rained, he couldn't 5 the whales because they would stay in deeper water. He 6 to go to the rock. It was the best 7 to see the whales from,

    Before Eric 8 the rock, it started to rain." Oh no!" he thought. "Now the whales must 9 in the deep water!"

    But just then he saw 10 large on the beach. It was a young whale! The whale got stuck (搁浅) on the beach! At first Eric 11 if it was dead. Then he saw its tail move 12 .The young whale was not dead, 13 the rain, most people went back. So there were 14 people on the beach. Eric ran as fast as he could back to 15bicycle. He had to go back to get help for the whale!

    I 1 in a middle school in our city. It is a 2 school, with boys and girls having lessons together. The school now has over 3,000 students 3 150 full-time teachers. It 4 has 75 classrooms.

    Every day I go to school at 7.15 a. m. by 5 because there is just a bus stop near my home. Some students go to school by car and some just 6foot. The first class starts at 8 o'clock in the morning, and everyone must be at school 7 the first class starts. I have 8 classes in a day –4 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. After the 9 class at about 12 o'clock, we go to have lunch in the dining hall. Most of us don't 10 lunches to school, because dishes in the dining hall are cheap and 11. The fifth class starts at 1.10 p.m. and the seventh class 12 at 4.10 p.m.

    After school, some students go home, and some play at school. The most popular 13at my school is basketball. I usually go back home at around 6.00 p.m., 14I go to play basketball at school at school for about an hour and a half. When I get home, I do my homework and then take a bath before15 to bed.

    Susan couldn't see well, and she wore big glasses. Some of her classmates made fun of (嘲笑) her big glasses.

    The 1 thing was that Lewis started calling her "Four Eyes". 2 knew her as "Four Eyes". She acted like she didn't mind, but 3, Susan didn't like the name.

    One day, the class 4 some caves (洞穴) as a school trip. Lewis and Susan fell into a deep hole (跌入深洞). They shouted for help. But it was 5 that no one came. They spent a long dark night 6.

    The next morning, Lewis went on shouting for help and he tried to look for a way out. However, he found nothing helpful after a few hours and started feeling 7. Susan used her glasses to let more light (光亮) show in the hole. Lewis felt better. In the end, they got out of the cave. Lewis told everyone about what 8 below the cave. And from that day, there was no "Four Eyes" in their class.

    When I was eight years old, Mother told me to put my coat on because we were going to go someplace 1. Usually, that meant we were going to see someone important or 2. I would at least get a new toy. I asked which one it would be that day, and she told me that I would be getting something better than a toy. She said I would get "access(通道)to a world of toys."

    I had no idea why she was being so 3that day.  4, I had no real idea what she meant.

    "Access to a world of toys?" Did that mean we were buying a toy store?

    But we did not 5 at any toy store. Nor did we finally see anyone we knew.6, Mother pulled her car into a parking lot in front of a building that looked like 7 out of the past.  It didn't have a modern look at all. And as we 8 the car, I still had no idea what this place was.

    We took stone steps up to the entrance. Only then did I find out what this place was, because there was a sign that 9"Marcy Public Library". We pushed the door open, and Mother led me to the front desk. "I'd like to get my daughter a library card", she told the man 10the desk. He asked her to fill out a form and smiled at me. "What kind of books do you like?" he asked. I was too shy to 11 them. I simply smiled back and shrugged my shoulders. "Well, you'll find it out in time," he said.

    I do not remember 12 I checked out that first day, but  I know  that  in  the years  that followed I read everything  I could  find 13 at that old library. I read through all the Nancy   Drew books before working on Judy Blume, then the 14: Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Shakespeare. Then I read books on history, books of poetry, and books about art. The library opened up a world that I 15 knew existed (存在).

    So Mother was right. Getting a library card was like getting access to a world of toys.