On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance （人口）of the subway station. The music was so great that people put some money into his hat.

The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it:"A George Sang has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领)if．"After a while a man named George Sang ran here quickly and got back his important thing.

    The important thing was a lottery ticket(彩票). Sang bought it and won a prize of $500, 000. But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, he threw the lottery ticket, too. The violinist was a college student. That morning, he was going to Vienna for his education. However, when he found the ticket, he canceled the flight and returned to the entrance.

    He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. If I lose honesty (诚实），1 won't be happy forever."

At the midnight, thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room. “Adam! Adam! Get up! We're flooding!” he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke me up! I ran downstairs to the basement (地下室). It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no shoes on, so my feet felt quite cold.

Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes filled with our most valuable things were taken to safety. However, our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there — being destroyed. There was nothing we could do.

That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but realizing that you can't do anything to stop it feels even worse. Water had come in our front door. Rescue boats were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight（通宵, 前夜） bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.

When it was finally safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood gathered at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People comforted each other. We learnt later that the National Weather Service had declared (宣布) the storm a flash flood.

I really have learnt something from this flood, I've learnt what destruction is. I have learnt what safety means. I know in the future, when I watch people's lives affected (影响) by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show my great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.

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I studied in China for six years. After that I attended school in 1 . There are two teachers I remember the most. 

When I 2  to Canada, I couldn't even order food on the flight. After two months on an ESL (English as a second language) course, I got my first 3  card. My mark in English was only 65. I couldn't 4  what would be said at the parent-teacher interview. 

"I am amazed at how his English has 5  so fast, " Mrs Franceschini said to my parents. "On his first day, he was very shy and only used 6  words. Now he can answer and ask questions by using complete sentences. "7  many other Chinese parents, my mum asked if she could give me extra homework. "Don't worry. Richard is already working very hard. Richard, you did a good job. I am 8  of you!" Mrs Franceschini said to me. 

Back in Shanghai, my teacher Miss Li was very 9 . I was nervous to take parents to the interview. 

Miss Li told my parents, "Feng Yu is doing pretty well. But because of his 10 , he lost three points in maths. "

I thought she was being harsh(严厉的) to me. But 11  I was about to leave, I realised Miss Li was very 12 . She hosted a party for me and gave me a big card. "Feng Yu, you are my best student. I 13  you a successful life, "she wrote. "If you want to have a talk or need any help, I am 14  here for you. "

Miss Li and Mrs Franceschini are both great teachers, just in different ways. One 15  my learning abilities and the other gave me tons of confidence.