Ian Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and 1 near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.

    In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around­the­world race when he began to 2 the huge amount of rubbish in the world's oceans. 3 he returned to Australia, he decided to do something about it.

    He organized a community company called "Clean Up Sydney Harbour". On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40, 000 volunteers came out to 4 away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean­up a national event. It was a huge 5.Across Australia, about  300，000 people spent the day improving their local 6.

    Since then, "Clean Up Australia" has got 7 every year. In 2002, for example, 800, 000 people cleaned up almost 15, 000 tons of rubbish from Australia's beaches, parks and streets.

    Kierman was 8 with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the help of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced "Clean Up the World"， an international program that supports communities around the world in 9 and protecting the environment. "Clean Up the World" has grown 10 and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

    Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had five children. He had a large 1. The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses. They shared 2 they got from their farm.

    One day, the single(单身的)brother said to himself, "It's not 3 that we share all the rice. I'm 4 and I need less than my brother." So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and 5 the field between their houses, putting it into his brother's store-room. At the same time, the married brother thought, "It's not fair to share all the rice. I'm married and I have my wife and children to look 6 me when I am old. However, my brother has no one to take care of his 7in the future." So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother's store-room.

    Several months passed by. They found 8 strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand 9 was happening. Their 10 fell onto the ground and tears (眼泪) filled their eyes at once.

    As a child, I got angry quite easily and was not good at communicating with others.

    I still remember it was an early autumn. Some1started to turn yellow and the weather became cool. One day, as I was getting ready for school, my mother carelessly handed me my father's vest(背心)instead of 2. At that time, I was getting to have a 3 size than my father, so when I put on the vest, I felt as if I wasn't able to breathe! I realized that it was a small mistake which was4by my mother, but somehow the breathless feeling was so strong that it made me very angry. My mother said sorry with a smile, but I shouted at her5thinking much. I got it off my body so wildly that I made a hole in it. I put on my own vest and rushed out of the house6 my mother could stop me.

    Later, my mother shared her bad feelings with my father, "See what your son has done. "Instead of saying he would scold (责备)or beat me, my father7 asked my mother to mend the Later when my mother told me about my father's response(反应), I felt terribly sorry for my bad behavior(行为). My father's gentle kindness taught me a lesson which I would8 forget.

    On that day, I decided not to let anger 9me any longer. Of course, there are times when I am angry. However, whenever that happens, I will try to remember my father's10 . It always reminds(提醒)me to think about others' feelings when I get angry.

I finally got a chance to visit the beautiful Taj Mahal(泰姬陵) in India. Since I was a child, the Ta j Mahal {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) the place I've always wanted to visit. I was {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (excite) when my family decided to visit India with me. Before our trip, I searched for information {#blank#}3{#/blank#}it, but when I saw it in person, it was much {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (beautiful). I believe no visit to India is complete without a trip to it.

The Taj Mahal is an ivory— white tomb(象牙白的陵墓) on the Yamun a River in the Indian city of Agra. The emperor Sha h Jahan finished {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (build) it in 1653 and placed the tomb of his favorite wife. It. us also the tomb of Shah Jahan {#blank#}6{#/blank#} . he). Words can never be enough{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (describe) the beauty of this building of love.

As one of the most famous man- made {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(wonder) in the world, the Taj Mahal is considered as the symbol of India by local people. To hear about the Taj Mahal's history is one thing, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} to see and feel it by yourself is a different experience.

This is really {#blank#}10{#/blank#} unforgettable trip for me!

In a restaurant, a bug(虫子)suddenly flew in and landed on a woman. She started shouting out of fear. Then she jumped around with both her hands shaking, trying to scare away the bug. Her reaction was very strong and everyone in her group got into fear(恐惧).

The woman finally got the bug off her, but then it landed on another woman in the group. Now, it was her turn to continue the drama.

A waiter rushed to the table. The woman somehow managed to get the bug on the waiter. The waiter stood quietly and looked at the bug on his shirt. He carefully picked up the bug and threw it out of a window.

Drinking my coffee and watching the drama go on, I started wondering: Was the bug responsible (负责的) for what they behaved just now? If so, then why was the waiter not disturbed(干扰)?

He solved the problem perfectly without any fear. It was not the bug, but the inability of those people to deal with the disturbance caused by the bug that disturbed them.

I realized that it was not the shouting of my father or my boss that disturbed me, but my inability to deal with the disturbances caused by their shouting that disturbed me. It was not the traffic jams on the road but my inability to deal with the disturbances caused by traffic jams that disturbed me.

It is not a problem, but my reaction to the problem that creates disorders in my life.

Bill Bird is a shoemaker in London. He makes shoes for people with feet of unusual. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}very large, very small, very fat or very thin. The shoes are as beautiful as those found in shopping centers. His shop is so popular that he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}he can＇t make shoes fast enough for his growing number of customers（顾客）. 

Mr. Bird says, "My {#blank#}3{#/blank#}is that I need more workers and I can't find therr. Young people ali want to work {#blank#}4{#/blank#}computers these days. I'm afraid shoemaking will {#blank#}5{#/blank#}a lost art because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers nowadays. I am 45, and now I want to teach young people {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Iknow about making shoes. It's a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes specially made for them. "

Mr.Bird{#blank#}7{#/blank#} making shoes 19 years ago and now he employs（雇用）three people. "Our customers come because they want {#blank#}8{#/blank#} shoes which are the right size," he says. His customers pay about £500 for {#blank#}9{#/blank#} first pair of shoes. Extra（额外的）pairs of shoes are between £320 and £450. They are never cheap, as it takes one employee about a week to make{#blank#}10{#/blank#} one shoe.