Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a water puddle (水坑) ahead on the path. I walk around to the side of the path that wasn't covered by water and1.As I reached the puddle, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for it was so2I stepped back and my attacker stopped attacking me3attacking more, he flied in the air with its graceful4in front of me. Had I been hurt, I wouldn't have found it amusing but I was unhurt, it was5 and I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a butterfly!

    I took a step forward, and my attacker rushed me again. He pushed and 6.Me in the chest with his head and body over and over again with all his might. It's just not everyday that 7is attacked by a butterfly, so I stopped to find out the 8My attacker moved back as well to9 on the ground. That's when I discovered why my10was charging me only moments earlier. He had a mate beside the puddle11he landed and she was dying.

    Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only12the love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate, even though she was 13dying and I was so large. He did so just to give her those extra few 14moments of life. Now I knew why and what he was 15I couldn't do anything other than reward him by changing my 16 to the more difficult side of the puddle. He had truly 17 those moments to be with her, undisturbed. I cleaned the mud from my boots and left.

    Since then, I've always tried to remember the 18of that butterfly whenever I see huge 19 facing me. I use that butterfly's courage as an inspiration to 20myself that good things are worth striving for.

    On his 67th birthday, Dad had a heart attack. He was1he survived. But something 2him had died. His passion for life was gone. He refused the doctor's3 and his bitter attitude made every visitor 4 Dad was left alone.

    I asked Dad to come and live on our small farm5the fresh air would do him good. A week later, I 6the invitation. He criticized everything here. Frustrated, I decided something had to be done.

    One day I read an article saying several depressed patients' attitudes had 7dramatically (显著地)when given dogs. That afternoon I drove to the animal shelter, where a pointer's eyes caught my attention. They watched me8.

    A staff member said: “He's been here for two weeks with nothing heard. His time is 9tomorrow.”

    I turned to the man in horror. “You mean to 10him?”

    “Madam, he said coldly. “We don't have 11for every unclaimed dog. The pointer's calm brown eyes12my decision. “I'll take him, ”I said.

    On arriving home, I took the dog to Dad's room. “Look what I got you! ”I said 13

    Dad frowned and murmured. “I don't want it”. Then, suddenly, the pointer 14from my grasp. He sat down in front of Dad.

    Dad's anger 15and soon he was hugging the animal.

    It was the beginning of a16Dad named the pointer Cheyenne. Together they spent long hours walking down country roads and relaxing on the banks of streams.

    Dad's 17faded, and he and Cheyenne befriended each other. Then, one night two years later, Cheyenne rushed into my bedroom as if telling something. Running into Dad's room, I found he had18.

    Two days later, my grief 19when I discovered Cheyenne lying dead beside Dad's bed. While burying him near their favorite stream, I silently 20the dog for restoring Dad's peace of mind.

    There is a fine line between a parent who is active and open-minded and one that doesn't know when to let go. As my daughter, Nicole, prepares to leave home for college, I'm discovering how hard it is to stay on the 1 side of this line. One day, it was time to prepare for dinner. When I held 2 the apron strings (围裙带) connecting us, Nicole, eager to 3 independence, tried to loosen my grasp (掌控). What resulted was a (an) 4 mother-daughter, push-me, pull-you kind of tango.

    For the past two years, it's gone like this:

    Mother's question: “Have you thought of taking an advanced class (大学预备课程) so that you can earn college credit (学分)?”

    Daughter's 5: “No, I'm not interested in that.”

…

    Two months ago, she was 6 into a great university. However, I was still the mother having a 7 time letting go. The night before the introductory meeting of the university, I had read the course catalog (目录) carefully and 8 the courses which I thought looked good. We met on the campus the next afternoon, and Nicole's face 9with excitement. “I have had all my timetables of courses ready,” she said. “Already?” I was astonished, 10 she should have discussed it with me. I examined what he chose. Nicole hadn't taken a (an) 11 one of the courses I had suggested. Every course she had chosen 12 suited her interests. Just then I saw a mature, strong young woman with a 13 mind and the ability to shape her future. She no longer needed her mother 14 every decision she made. I felt proud, though still a bit 15.

    I 16 the lessons carefully. Nicole has struggled to learn over the past 18 years the following things: 17, sympathy, and hard work. There have been a few holes along the way. 18, she is well-equipped and eager to 19 the future. The next step, I recognized, was mine to take: giving my daughter and myself the 20 we both needed.

    I run a hotel in London. My knowledge on volcano is from my son's science textbook, which says “volcanic ash is formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when dissolved gases escape 1 into the atmosphere”. During the days with the terrible ash cloud which spread Europe from Iceland in May, 2010, I was 2 to a London radio station called LBC. People called in 3 their stories of trouble. Some had missed 4 for holidays, and some couldn't get home following the volcanic eruption.

    The story that most 5 me was a call from Peter, who had just gotten 6 the previous weekend to Maz. They had planned to 7 their honeymoon to the Dominican Republic but could not 8 the ash cloud. When James O'Brien, the radio presenter, asked if he was unhappy, Peter said: “Not at all. I've married the 9 girl in the world whom I love, so…no…

    I'm not 10 at all.” Both the presenter and I were so impressed by the beautiful 11 .

    A little later, after receiving many cancellations(取消预订), an idea 12 to me and I called LBC. I spoke to the producer of the show and asked if she could keep 13 with Peter to offer him and his wife a room for the weekend at my hotel 14. She later 15 to say Peter and Maz were delighted and would love to take up the 16 . The producer asked if I would like to 17 offer it to them on the radio show, but I said no as I didn't want it18 to the public.

    So, two days later, Peter and Maz arrived at the hotel and 19. I was so pleased to have made a bad situation better for a young couple. Nobody could ever imagine how 20 I was of myself.

    Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computers in the school he works in. I think it is a 1 school except for the fact that the school didn't have 2.

    Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture, people could see he was teaching his students by 3 an entire computer on the blackboard. The photos showed the 4 level of education for children in Ghana. People were 5 that Owura made sure each button (按钮)was drawn correctly.

    Owura wanted the students to 6 what life with a computer could be like someday. He would come to school half an hour ahead of the 7 every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was 8 off to start the next class, so he had to 9 it the next day!

    Owura's efforts were 10 when Microsoft (微软公司)took 11 of his act. They first took him to an international educators' meeting in Singapore. He made a 12 about his teaching methods at the meeting. He 13 a standing ovation (致敬)after the speech.

    14 , Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies 15 computers to the school. Not a single child in the 16 had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher's 17, the world took notice and responded with 18 to them.

    "Your work has really made us feel 19 about the world. At Microsoft, we believe that educators are heroes. They 20 influence the lifelong skills of their students." said Anthony Salcito, Vice president at Microsoft.

    When the dirty orange cat turned up in the prison yard, I was one of the first to go out there and pet it. I hadn't1a cat or a dog in over 20 years. It was graceful to feel him and know that I was2the life of another creature. I believe that caring for something or someone3is what makes us human.

    Over the next few days, I watched other prisoners4to the cat. They stood around talking and taking5petting the cat. These were guys you wouldn't usually find talking to each other. Several times I saw an officer in the group—not forcing people away,6just watching and seeming to7it.

    Bowls of milk and water appeared, along with bread,8placed under the edge of the dustbin to9the seagulls(海鸥)from getting it. The cat was obviously in pretty bad10. One prisoner brought out his small11, and trimmed(修剪)for him.

    People said, "That cat came to the right place. He's getting12like a king." This was true. But as I watched, I was also thinking about what the13was doing for us.

    There's a lot of talk about what's14with prisons in America. We need more15or treatment of various kinds. Some even talk about making prisons more kind, but I think what we really need is a chance to16kindness ourselves. Not receive it, but17it.

    They've taken him away now—18to a comfortable home—but it did my heart good to see the effect he had19me and the men here. He didn't have a PhD, he wasn't a psychologist, but by simply saying, "I need some help here," he did something important for us. He needed us, and we need to be20. I believe we all do.