Jim, a young farmer, was once put into prison (监狱).

    One day, he got a letter from his mother. "I'm so worried about our farm," she wrote. "It's time to plant potatoes. I can't dig(挖) all the fields by myself. "

    Jim read the letter and became sad. "What can I do?" he thought. Then he had a good idea. He wrote to his mother, "Don't dig the fields. There's a pot of money in the earth. Don't plant potatoes until I come home."

    Some days later, Jim got another letter from his mother. It said, "Two days ago, about ten men came to our farm and dug all our fields. I can't understand it. It looks as if they were looking for something. What shall I do?"

    Jim smiled when he read his mother's letter. He wrote a letter to his mother at once. It was very short. Guess what it would say?

    My father is tall and has short gray hair. He wears glasses with heavy black frames(框架). Today I find a picture of him in 1986. What a surprise! In the picture, he's 15 years old. He's short and he has glasses with small round frames. He has long black hair and it's really straight. He's wearing blue jeans and a T-shirt with the word “love”. I'm 15 years old now. I'm of medium height and I have short hair. My hair isn't black, it's brown. My dad thinks it's strange, but my friends think it's great. I wear glasses, but my glasses have square(方的)， red frames. They are so cool. I never wear blue jeans. I like big, baggy pants and long T-shirts. Most of my T-shirts have pictures of my favorite actors or singers on them.

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    The founder of Apple Steve Jobs was one of the fathers of the personal computing time. Here are some of his greatest inventions.

Every year around August, millions of teens take their parents to stores to buy new clothes for the start of the school year. Not every parent can a{#blank#}1{#/blank#} this, and some teens are forced to go to school in the same clothes they had last year. The obvious differences in clothes c{#blank#}2{#/blank#} differences among students. Here comes the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (simple) solution: school uniforms. 

I know from personal experience and surveys that wearing uniforms creates a s{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of equality among teens. 

From the sixth grade until I graduated from high school, I attended a school that r{#blank#}5{#/blank#} students to wear uniforms. The uniform was very plain: dark brown shoes, green-brown pants, and a white shirt. The uniform left little r{#blank#}6{#/blank#}for any kind of self-expression, especially through clothes. 

However, I learned how to stand out by expressing myself, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} my personality, art, and sports. I did not know I could draw until the sixth grade. I also would never have learned of my musical a{#blank#}8{#/blank#} if it were not for my desire to find ways to express myself. Uniforms taught me that I was myself, except what I {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(wear) . 

Uniforms help provide a better e{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(education) experience for all students no matter what race, culture, or economic class. Wearing uniforms is good for both schools and students. 

One day a man saw an old lady standing by her expensive car, clearly in need of help. So he stopped his old truck and got out. Although he was smiling, the old lady was worried. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look safe.

The man could see that she was frightened, so in his friendliest voice he said. "I'm here to help you, madam. Why don't you wait in the car where it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson."Bryan quickly fixed the car and the lady thanked him. Then she asked how much she should pay him.

But Bryan wanted no money. He was just giving a hand to someone in trouble. This was normal for him. He said, "If you really want to repay me, next time you see someone in need, help them and hink of me."

After saying goodbye, the lady continued down the road until she reached a small café where she decided to stop for something to eat. As the pretty waitress took her order, the lady noticed she was nearly eight months pregnant. Although the waitress looked tired she was very kind. As the lady was going to pay the $10 bill she remembered Bryan's words.

She paid with a hundred-dollar bill. But when the waitress returned with the change the lady was gone. On the table she saw a small note. There were tears in her eyes when she read it, "Somebody once helped me the way I'm helping you. If you want to pay me back, continue being kind to others." Under the note were nine more $100 bills.

Was the old lady an angel? The waitress was so excited that she called her husband to tell him the news. "Bryan Anderson my dear... you're not going to believe what just happened..."