When I was a small boy, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

    We lived near a forest, and every evening the mockingbird would come and1 I decided to catch a young 2and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician. Then I succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was3so it fluttered (扑腾) in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and4 some beautiful singing.

    On the second day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with5 in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything. I was6to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

    The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it 7on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised and sad! What had happened?

    Arthur Wayne, a famous biologist, happened to8 my father at that time. After she knew my story, she explained to me, “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will9 bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose10”.

    Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

    Prana, our beautiful dog, isn't with us anymore. She died several years ago. But while sharing our home, she brought so much joy and love into our lives that we still 1 her.

    It was an autumn day in Minnesota, US. We were 2 by a big snowfall for which no one was prepared. We have two 3 trees in our backyard. Prana loved apples. When she went outside, she'd catch an apple and sneak (偷偷地放) it into the 4 . The apples had been on the ground and were often muddy (沾满泥的). So I wasn't always 5 that Prana had brought them into the house. Every time, she would turn her head so I wouldn't see her hidden 6. It was our little game.

    One year, it snowed earlier than usual. Prana went outside. I noticed that she was madly digging holes and bringing the apples to the 7so they could be seen above the snow. She seemed busy digging up as many apples as possible during her yard time. I wondered 8 she was doing this.

    When I called her back into the house  she had her usual one apple in her mouth. About five minutes later, I looked outside. The yard was full of birds. Prana had 9 all those apples for her bird and squirrel friends to eat. She knew that they didn't have enough food to 10 such an early winter!

    As I saw this beautiful act, tears filled my eyes. Prana taught us how to live life with love.

There was a photographer (摄影师) who often took group photos of hundreds of people. But there was a 1 that always troubled him—people closed their eyes at the last moment. 

Before taking a picture, the photographer would say 2 , "I'll shout ‘one, two, three'. When I shout ‘three', do not close your 3 !" But at the moment of taking the photo, there was always 4 closing his or her eyes. The photographer was a little angry with these people. 

One day, he heard a man who could move mountains. He 5 to visit him. The man was sleeping on one side of a mountain. The photographer asked him 6 to move a mountain. The man just got up and ran to the other side. He said, "The only way to move a mountain is: 7 the mountain does not come, I will go there."

After seeing this, the photographer 8 an idea. When the group photo was taken again, he did the same as before. But this time, he pressed the shutter (快门) as "two" was called. Everyone opened their eyes together. The 9 was really successful. 

So when we face all kinds of problems, we can change our thoughts, too. Whether in life or study, it is 10 for us to go all the way easily, so when we come to problems, we might change our thinking as well. 

 My name is Mary. I'm a student. I have a good 1 . Her name is Nancy. I go to school and have 2 with her.

 In my school, many students have lunch in the school dining hall. Nancy and I eat there 3 . Today we have beef noodles for lunch. There are some 4 and carrots in the noodles. I say to Nancy, "The beef noodles are 5 and I like them. But I don't like carrots. Do you like them?"

"Yes, I do, "says Nancy. "But I don't like potatoes. "

"You can eat my carrots and I can eat 6 potatoes. "

"That's a good 7 !"Nancy says.

 After that, we exchange(交换) our vegetables.

"It's important for us to eat many kinds of vegetables. They are good for our health, " Nancy says. "How 8 this? I try to eat potatoes and you try to 9 some carrots. "

"OK, "I say. I know Nancy is right,10 we exchange our vegetables again. It's great and fun.

Today is Linda's birthday. She gets a lovely present from her parents. It's a brown cat. Linda gives it a 1 —Sandy. In the morning, Linda 2 Sandy to her birthday party at a park.

Linda sees her friends Kate, Alice, Mary and Peter there. Oh, no! There is a 3 there!

"Sorry, Linda. My dog Jack follows (跟着) me everywhere. I have to bring him here. But he is very nice," Peter says,

"Your dog is so 4 . He may scare (使害怕) Sandy. Please keep him away from my cat," Linda says. Then Peter asks Jack to sit under a big and tall 5 .

The children play card games first. Then, Linda's friends give 6 their gifts. And they see Jack and Sandy having 7 under the tree.

"You are 8 , Jack is good. He can be friends with 9 ," Linda says.

At last, they sing a birthday song and 10 a birthday cake. Linda really has a good time at her birthday party.

When I was asked a question who touched my life most, I would always say it was my mother. I believe in my mother. My belief began when I was just a kid. I 1 becoming a doctor. 

My mother was a waitress. Through her work, she learned that successful people spent a lot more time reading than they2 watching television. She ordered that my brother and I3 only watch two to three pre-selected(预选的) TV programs during the week. With our free time, we had to read two books each from the Detroit Public Library and 4 her written book reports. She would mark them up with check marks. Years later we realized her marks were a trick. My mother received no education. When I entered high school I was an A-student, 5 not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to6 the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student. One night my mother came home from finishing her various jobs and I talked about 7 enough expensive Italian knit shirts. She said, "Okay, I'll give you all the money I make this week sweeping floors and cleaning bathrooms, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills. 8 everything left over, you can have all the Italian knit shirts you want. " I was very9 with that plan but once I went through spending the money, there was 10 left. I realized my mother was a financial genius(财务天才) to be able to11 our heads and any kind of food on the table. I also realized that immediate satisfaction wasn't going to get me 12 . Success required intellectual(智力的) preparation. I went back to my studies and became an A-student again, and gradually I 13 my dream and I became a doctor. 

My story is really my mother's story—a woman with no 14 education or property(财产) who used her position as a parent to change the lives of many people around the world. There is15 job more important than parenting. This is what I believe.