The Benefits(益处)of Doing More than You Are Paid for

One rainy afternoon an old lady walked into a Philadelphia department store.Most of the clerks ignored(忽略)her,1only one young man asked if he could help her.She replied that she was just 2for the rain to stop.He told her he wouldn't try to3her anything she didn't want.Instead he brought her4.

When the rain stopped,the lady5the young man and asked for his card.A few months passed,the owner of the store received6inviting this young man to Scotland to get orders for providing goods for a large company!The letter was7the old lady for whom the clerk had provided a chair.She happened to be owner's mother of the large company,8

When the young clerk had his bags packed for Scotland,he had already been one of the9in that department store,all because he had shown a little10to a stranger when no one else would.

    Animals United is a 3D German cartoon. Reinhard Klooss and Holger Tappe directed it. It is a story about animals.They get together to find 1. Along their journey, lots of funny things 2, and of course, they have a lot of adventures

    The animals in the grassland in Africa are 3 for coming flood. However, this year's flood seems to come later than in other years. The animals become unhappy and 4. At the same time, some animals from other places come to the grasslands to look for peace. However, the things are5 because the water is becoming less and less. 6 they decide to look for the river.

    Finally, they find the reason why they don't have any water to drink. People7a dam like a strong wall so that humans can have a better life. After a long fight with humans, they let the world know 8 that animals are in danger.

    This film is about environmental matters. The humans are the bad and the animals are the good. This film is to give humans a warning.They must not destroy the homes of animals or damage nature in order to9a better life. Humans should know that animals also have their own 10.

    My name is David. I am an English boy. My families are in Beijing. My father and mother work there. I have a sister, but no brothers. My sister and I are students of a middle school in Beijing. We love China. We have a nice house in Beijing. My room is big. There is a bed, a desk and a computer in it. My books are on my desk and next to（附近）my computer. There are some pop singers'（流行歌手）pictures on the wall. I like them.

    One day, the students of Class 6 were reading in the classroom. Mrs. Brown came in and told the whole class they would have to change the1the next week. All of the students disagreed2Mrs. Brown, so they shouted when Mrs. Brown said it was because a new student would3 the class.“Why must we move to another classroom just because someone new is coming?” One of them asked 4. Mrs. Brown stood there without saying anything. After a few minutes, she told them to be5to their new classmate and then she left.

    The following week, the head teacher, Mr. White himself brought the new student to their class.6he pushed the new student to the class because the student was in a wheelchair（轮椅）. Mr. White introduced the new student Jeff to the class. He said that Jeff now was a7 of the class and they should work together. He added, “Helping each other is very important.”8could fully understand what. Mr. White meant at first.

    Over time, they began to understand the reason. Jeff was a9student and often helped the students who didn't understand their work. The c lass felt very thankful to him. They took care of him because they knew that when someone did something for you, you should do something10in return.

    One day a lion met a spider, who was just busy making a web. The lion 1 for a while and said，"How clever you are! How did you learn to do that?" The spider answered proudly," I learned it from my mother."

    The lion watched a longer while. Then he asked the spider, "But why don't you catch your food in the way that I do?"

    "I am just a small animal," the spider 2 ."I cannot run fast or fly. 3 with my web I can catch flying insects(昆虫)，and I don't even have to run after them."

    The lion then asked," Could you make a 4 for me? Then I would not have to run after animals either."

    "Sorry,"the spider said."My web can only catch flying insects. But you cannot love 5.

them."

    The lion was 6 with the spider. She did not have to work 7 for food. And she would not help him get his food. So he hit the web and broke it. But the spider jumped 8 the lion's back and bit him.

    "Now you will remember me," said the spider as she jumped into the grass. "Think carefully 9 you do something bad to other animals. Some of us may be small, but we are very smart."

    The lion tried to scratch(挠)his back, but he could not reach 10 the spider bit.. It itched (发痒)for several days. He remembered the smart spider for a long time.

Looking at life differently

    When I was 14, life was boring.

    However, I didn't mind having the same views (风景)every day. And even though my school had over a thousand students, I didn't really care to notice the differences between us all.

    But this boring view of mine 1when my parents bought me a camera for Christmas. After a month of playing with my new camera, I realized I had no 2for taking pictures. Even though I got friends to pose (摆姿势)in front of ancient buildings and in flowery fields, nothing seemed to3. My photos were clearly missing something of importance and had no creativity. After a while, I dropped my new hobby.

    Then, a month or two later, I suddenly decided to pick it up again. During the summer break, I went for a walk on the railroad tracks (铁轨)behind my house.

    The tracks are a warm red color. Before the walk, I thought," Maybe I should bring my camera."

    Surprisingly, this 4was what began my love for photography. When I was walking on the tracks without a model and only nature around me, I realized how important it was to look at the details (细节)of things. I didn't worry about trying to 5something beautiful. Instead, I just took photos of the beauty already around me.

    I quickly became6about color, lighting, shape and everything in between. After months of studying outdoor sights and looking at people's eyes, I was 7able to create beauty of my own. Slowly, my photos became something I was proud of.

    So far, my works have appeared in two magazines and been shown in two different museums. They're not huge achievements, but they're important to me. And they're the 8of how much my artistic abilities have grown.

    Thanks to this Christmas gift from my parents, I now have a new way of looking at the world.