Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble.

    One day, two 1 were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very 2. They went up to her and said, “Are you going to town If you are, we will help carry your basket.”

    “Thank you,” 3 the woman, “you are very kind. You see I'm weak and ill.” Then she told them that she was now going to market to 4 the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.

    “We are all going to the 5.” said the boys. “Let us have the basket.” And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked 6 with the heavy basket, but happily.

    The other day, I saw a little girl stop and 7. a piece of orange peel (皮), which she threw into the dustbin (垃圾桶), “I wish 8 would throw that on the sidewalk,” said she. “Someone may step on it and fall.”

    Perhaps some may say that these are not 9 things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the 10 to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.

    One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and 1.

    As Kate was coming out of the shop, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Kate's sister's. Kate 2 her. Then she called a taxi 3 Kate home. She told the driver where he should go. Kate was 4 that it was not in the direction of her home.

    "5?" Kate asked. The lady smiled.

    When they came to a quiet road, a big strong man 6 on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him, and threw him out of the 7. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and 8 it to Kate, She asked Kate to keep 9. The man then started the taxi.

    "My God, I'm kidnapped (绑架). " Kate thought to herself.

    She tried to escape (逃跑), but she didn't 10. Suddenly an 11 came to her. She took out a lipstick (口红) from her pocket, wrote "SOS" on the window, and she covered the word 12 her back.

    A few minutes later, a police car 13 and the policemen saw the sign. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and 14. The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were 15 because their daughter had finally come back safely.

Have you ever rushed to some very important places only to find you're on the wrong bus and you'll never make it in time？One woman in New Zealand 1 this last year，but the bus driver went 2 his duty to help her out.

One Sunday，Mason was on her way to see her 70﹣year﹣old mom who lives in a nursing home.Because of its recent rules，3 are limited （限制） to an half﹣hour period scheduled ahead （提前预约安排）.When Mason 4 she hadn't got on the right bus and her 30﹣minute window was fast closing，Mason started crying，tearfully5 to the bus driver，57﹣year﹣old Alex Bailey，what had happened.

Rather than keep to his schedule，Bailey decided to6 .With nods from the other7 ，Bailey took another longer route （路线） and8 Mason to the nursing home，dropped her off，and then calmly went back to his regular route.

By 9 ，as Mason arrived at the nursing house，a news reporter was there.Mason told the reporter her10 ，expressing praise for the bus driver.The story11 the evening news，and it hit social media.Bailey was "Internet12 ".

Actually，Bailey is only one of the serving members during the pandemic （流行病），who has been13 around the clock to make sure that key workers，education and communities stay connected and keep the city running 14 .Later，he said that it was just a nice，magical moment15 thing to do.

I want to tell you something about my weekend. 1 Saturday morning, I usually get up very early. It is about 8:00 a.m. I often run with my father around my apartment (公寓). After I 2 my breakfast, I often go shopping with my mother. The shopping centre is far from our home, 3 we go there by bus. We spend about 20 minutes 4 there. The shopping centre has a 5 name. It is called Louis Mall. It doesn't have 6 Chinese name.

There are many things there, such as food, meat, clothes, shoes and so on. There 7 lots of people every day. Do you know 8 so many people come here to buy things? Let 9 tell you. The 10 there always smile. How kind they are! If you come to my home, I can take you there and have a look.

One day, a running race started in the forest. Each of the first twelve winners could name a year after themselves.

The mouse thought he was the smallest one so he got up as the sun rose. However, the horse, the tiger, and the ox (牛) all caught up with him. They met at the Great River. It moved so fast that the little mouse could not swim across, so he asked other bigger animals for help. The kind-hearted ox agreed. As they were about to reach the other side, the rat jumped off the ox and won first place.

The ox came in second, with the tiger right behind him. Jumping across stones, the rabbit came in fourth. The dangerous river was not a big deal for the dragon because he could fly across it. But he stopped to help other animals in need. Just as he arrived, the snake suddenly and quietly appeared, which startled (使受惊吓) the horse, letting the snake arrive in the sixth place.

Different from other animals, the sheep, the monkey, and the rooster (公鸡) crossed the river with the help of a raft (木筏) .They worked together and made a success. The three agreed to give eighth place to the sheep, who had been the friendliest of them. The dog was a good swimmer but he played in the water for so long that he only came in eleventh. The last one was the pig, who got hungry easily and liked sleeping.

This is how each Chinese year is connected with animals in this order.

Hello, welcome to Shirley's Time! Have you ever heard of Alyssa? Alyssa is 1 astronaut. She was chosen to be the first person to land on Mars by NASA in 2021 at the age of 17. She may2 to Mars in 2033 and never come back to the earth. So 3 father is a little worried. He thinks that Mars may be a very dangerous place. Alyssa 4 the earth in the future.

Alyssa explained why she dreamed 5 being an astronaut in a recent interview. She said, "Well, I first wanted 6 an astronaut from watching a cartoon called The Backyardigans when I was three. In the cartoon, the characters flew to Mars. " After that, the girl just kept asking for videos, books and anything she could find about space. And her parents have always given her love and support.

Alyssa has always been working very 7 for her dream. She went to an expensive space school to get training. Studying there isn't always easy. It needs to pass a lot of tests like floating (漂浮) in the air. At first she felt sick in her stomach, 8 later she got used to it. Finally, she made it to be an astronaut. 9 wonderful she was! From what she said, we also knew 10 Alyssa enjoyed speaking in public and talking to the girls who wanted to be astronauts.

Thanks for listening.