Mr Wu is an English teacher. Last Monday at the beginning of class, he 1 asked his students how their weekends had been. One girl said that she had spent a 2 weekend—she had her wisdom teeth pulled out and they still hurt. "Why do you always seem to be so happy, Mr Wu?" she asked.

    The girl's 3 reminded Mr Wu of something he had read somewhere before. "Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to get close to life that day," Mr Wu said with a smile. "I 4 to be cheerful."

    "And today is my lucky day," he added.

    "5? " The whole class were curious.

    "This morning, I 6 to school as usual. I only had to go another kilometer down the road when my e-bike broke down..."

    "Your e-bike broke down and it's your lucky day?" The students were 7. "What do you mean, Mr Wu?"

    "My e-bike broke down a quarter before class, so I 8 it on the roadside, took my books, and walked down the road. It took me ten minutes to arrive at the 9. I live eight kilometers away. My e-bike could have broken down 10 along the way. But it didn't. 11, it broke down in the perfect place—off the main road, within walking distance of here. I'm still able to teach my class 12 I'll be able to get it repaired after class. If my e-bike must break down 13,it couldn't be arranged(安排)in a better way."

    The students' eyes opened wide, and then they smiled. Mr Wu smiled back. Somehow, his story had 14 them. He was happy that they had a perfect chance to consider 15 in a new way.

    Perhaps not many Chinese people know Wentworth Miller. But it must be1for them to name the character that he2in the TV series Prison Break (《越狱》) — Michael Scofield.

    Miller was born in England, and grew up in New York. He had always wanted to be an actor from a very young age. He said. "As a kid I3every play and musical that my parents would allow me to."

    As a graduate (毕业生) of Princeton University, Miller s stage time during school was4in singing, and he travelled around the world acting with the school's famous group.5Miller loved acting very much, after graduating from his school, he went to Los Angeles to work in a small company. The manager 6him a well-paid job. However, the dream of being an actor made him give up the job at last.

    Within the next few years, Miller worked for many people in the entertainment industry. He learned very fast and paid attention to TV shows. Soon he got the chance to play the character of Michael Scofield in the TV series Prison Break. The TV series was very7and Miller became world-famous.

    Years ago, I celebrated my 40^th birthday with my friends. I arrived at the restaurant ahead of time, 1I waited outside the restaurant. Then a homeless man came up to me and asked for 2. I had been given strict orders by my friends not to bring my wallet in case(以防) I paid for the meal. So I told the man that I had 3money. He quietly smiled at me, and then left.

    Just then a friend who just arrived called out "Happy birthday!" Hearing this, the man turned and asked, "Hey man, it's your birthday today?" "Yes, it is", I said. He 4, smiling and said loudly, "Happy birthday, man!" But I could hardly imagine what happened next. The man reached into his pocket, pulled out a dollar bill and said "Here man, take this."

    Though I was 5his action, I didn't want to accept money from a homeless man. I said, "Thanks. That's really 6of you, but that's OK." The man looked directly into my eyes and said, "Please take this." I still hesitated (犹豫)to accept this7, but I heard a voice within me shouting, "TAKE THE MONEY!" I hesitantly reached out and said, "Thank you". Excitedly, he caught my 8, gave me the dollar and said, "No, thank you brother!"

    That experience made me feel like I had got far more than $1! This was one of my greatest life9: No matter how poor we may be, we always have something valuable to10with others.

My son Sam is 16 and autistic (患自闭症的). It was Sam's very first day at high school. We'd set up a 1 of how he'd get home: I'd pick him up outside the 2 near his school at 3:30 p.m.

Unknown to me, very bad weather was on its way, and I was 3 . But because of his dead phone battery, I was 4 to communicate that to him. 5 , he became very upset and frightened outside the shop, exactly where I'd told him to wait.

This was 6 a beautiful old lady not only went to check on him, but took him inside her shop, 7 him down, got my phone number from him and called me. After that my son would go into her shop every afternoon, buy a drink and have a 8 .

Sam graduates this year, and I'm increasingly feeling the need to 9 the shop to let this 10 lady know that she helped Sam, and that she saved me from the situation. I'm not sure if I can 11 all of this, but at least I will get to thank her.

There are people I will not get to thank, though — the many kind strangers who have been there for Sam. And believe me, if you're wondering if this world is a complete 12 right now, I'm here to say that it is not.

So I guess this is a love letter to those of you who have helped a 13 out of the goodness of your heart. Please know that you as well as your beautiful heart and kindness are 14 , and perhaps 15 , you have made a great difference in someone's life.

Bruce is a boy from the UK. He has a pet 1 called Floppy. Bruce plays with Floppy every day. They are like good friends. They are 2 to each other. 

It's Tuesday morning. Bruce has a sore throat (喉痛) and can't 3 a word. 

"Bruce isn't 4 now," Bruce's mom says. "He lost his voice (声音)."

"Let" s take him to the doctor," Bruce's dad says. 

"Can I help Bruce 5 his voice?" Bruce's dog Floppy thinks. 

Bruce and his parents go to see the doctor, and Floppy comes to Bruce's 6 . He first looks at the table and sees a phone on it. Then, the phone rings (响起铃声). Floppy gets the phone, and a voice says, "7 ? Is that Bruce?"

"Oh, Bruce's voice isn't here," Floppy thinks. 

Then, he8 the bookcase. He sees some books and a black CD player. 

"Is Bruce's voice in it?" Floppy thinks. Then he plays the CD, but there is no voice. 

"Where is Bruce's voice? Is it under the bed?" Floppy thinks and goes on looking for it. 

At this time, Bruce comes home with his 9 and he feels much better now. 

"Floppy. I'm back," Bruce calls. 

"Haha, Bruce found his voice, "Floppy thinks and runs to Bruce happily. They can play10 again. 

Plunk! I dropped another pecan(山核桃) into my basket. Then a gentle autumn wind blew some more off the tree. I ran to pick them up. Whew! Pecan picking was hard. My basket was only half full.

I was visiting my grandpa's farm in Kansas, and Grandpa sent me into the woods to pick up pecans for us to enjoy later. I wasn't about to let him down.

Then something caught my eye: a squirrel picked up a pecan, climbed up a tree and disappeared into a large hole. A moment later, the squirrel climbed down to the ground to pick up another pecan. Once again, the squirrel took the pecan back to his secret hiding place inside the hollow(洞) of the tree.

Not so secret any more, I thought. I ran over to the tree and found the hollow was filled with sweet pecans. They were right there for the taking. This was my chance. Handful by handful, I took all the pecans from the hollow. Now the basket was full!

I was so proud of myself. I couldn't wait to show Grandpa all of the pecans I'd collected.

"Look, Grandpa," I shouted, "look at all of the pecans I found!" Grandpa took a look at my basket. "Well, well, how did you find so many, Jimmy?" 1 told him how I'd followed the squirrel and taken the pecans from his hiding place. Grandpa congratulated me on finding out something about the squirrel's secrets. Then he did something that surprised me. He handed the basket back to me and put his arm gently around my shoulders.

"That squirrel worked very hard to collect his winter food," he said, "Now that all of his pecans are gone, don't you think that little squirrel will be very hungry when it gets cold?"

"I didn't think about that." I said.

"I know," Grandpa said, "But a good man should never take advantage of someone else's hard work, even the squirrel's."

Suddenly I felt as hollow as that old tree. The image(形象) of that hungry squirrel wouldn't leave my mind.

There was only one thing I could do.