Peter and Paul had got permission(允许) from their parents to camp in a field close to their farm. But, being adventurous boys, they know it would be more 1to camp in the forest that lay beyond the river. Excitedly, the boys 2 with their tent and food.

    Carrying their heavy 3, the two brothers walked along the riverbank, hardly noticing the distance or the sun beating down. They were eager to reach their 4 before lunchtime. As they entered the cool, shadowy forest, they began to search for a suitable camping place. Peter wanted to 5 close to the river at the edge of the forest, 6 Paul, who was older, insisted that they camp further away. 7, Peter followed his brother deeper into the 8. “This really is a wonderful setting!” said Paul in excitement. They 9their tent, and settled down to eat the sandwiches they had made, then decided to find their way 10 to the river to catch some fish.

    “Are you sure that this is the right 11?” whispered Peter shakily. “I'm sure we passed that hollow tree just a while ago.” Paul walked12 silently. “Look, there it is again. We're lost, aren't we?” complained Peter. Paul had to admit that he didn't know where they were. 13, they were a long distance from where they were 14 to be. They were not even 15 of where they had set up their camp. They sat in 16for a few minutes until Peter had a bright idea. “Why don't we look for clues（线索） the way trackers 17 in the movies? We weren't careful about how we walked, so I'm sure we would have left18 some broken tree branches and leaves. ”

    Carefully, the boys 19the marks that they had left, until finally they found their campsite. Hurriedly, they packed their belongings and set off 20 the direction of the river.

What would their parents think of their adventure（冒险）?

    In last few decades, terror attacks have become a great threat all over the world. They have aroused countless thoughts1me down. What can I do for those2people, the very victims and refugees（难民）.

    Last month when I got on a train, I took my seat3the carriage so that I would be facing forward. Later, a mother with her three children, one girl and two boys,4into the row of seats in front of me. The clothes the woman was wearing were so5that I don't think you can find any6of the clothes at any shop. I was completely7by their beautiful simplicity. Clearly, they were not expensive, fancy or from a famous designer,8they were priceless.

    The little girl's eyes and mine met and locked. She9and stared at me. I would receive the gift I had been longing for. I had 10to connect with people from a culture that was recently suffering and in my 11was a warm Pakistani family. I had a talk with her using the standard conversation 12  How old are you? Where do you study?13as she was, the depth and width of our conversation reached an amazing height.14was even more important was the unspoken talk. Her smile and trust 15touched me.

    Our 50 minutes together 16quickly but we will be always in each other's hearts. I've learned a great 17 from this experience: we all need to open our doors 18others can come in. Meanwhile, something amazing will happen when you 19to others, because people come in 20beautiful gifts.

    I often go to France to visit my grandmother who is very dear to me. She's now 76 years old, so every time I go to1 the two of us are very aware that it might be the2time we see each other for she has cancer.

    Last time I visited her in December of 2012. I did a series of short video3about her life. I asked her about her greatest memories and life learning so far, her 4books, food and stories. I learned a large quantity of amazing new things about her I5knew before.

    This year, I did not really have 6 only a great urge for her to know how much she is loved. I cooked for her and read her stories.

    Before leaving, I was7a way to leave something8behind besides the memory of our 9together. So I wrote her five different 10and gratitude notes to let her know how much she11to me, and hid them in different places where I knew she would 12find them. One under her pillow. Another one 13from the lamp cover by which she reads in the evening. Another one by her toothbrush. One in her14which she eagerly checks every day. And the last one on her car's steering wheel.

    I left 15knowing that these cards would surely 16her up after I left. She called me as I was departing for Paris to catch my plane back to the US and said, “I17your three cards! By the time I discovered the third card, I was laughing out loud!18 they did me so much good. Thank you so much!” I19to myself, knowing she still has two more to go! It was Sunday, so my 20was that she had not checked her mailbox and had not yet driven her car!

Facebook Post Leads to Home Robbery

    Sometimes, people are required to fill in personal information when they register online, which may lead to some unexpected trouble. Recently, the BBC is reporting that a 17-year-old girl in Australia posted a 1 of her grandmother at home counting a large sum of cash that she 2 hidden in the house. Just eight hours later, two armed men 3the girl's house. They demanded to speak to the girl to find out where her grandmother's house was, 4 they could get the money they had seen 5 , the girl was not at home at the time, so the robbers 6 a small amount of cash from her mother and left.

    Because the 7is still under investigation, local police aren't saying 8 else about it. It's not known yet whether the girl had used privacy setting on the Facebook profile page, and even whether the robbers 9 the girl in the past.

    Two other10were at home then, a 58-year-old man and a 14-year-old boy, the girl's father and brother. Luckily, no one was 11. The robbers left peacefully after 12 that the girl was not at home and that no one else there knew anything about the 13 that had appeared in the photo.

    Police in both Britain and Australia are using the case to14citizens of the dangers of posting personal information on social networks and to suggest users of websites 15 doing so. The police say it is 16 that the girl posted a comment in the past that gave clues to the address, 17 that the robbers knew the girl in another way. 18, they suggest, a posting by a friend on his or her site could have 19 such information. To find it, the robbers would only have had to search for those postings on other pages that 20 the girl's name.

    Last December, just a week before Christmas, I went to a local KMart store to pick up my layaway (预付定金购物).Upon reaching the counter, I 1the clerk my layaway receipts and told her I was there to pay off the balance and take the 2home with me. She grabbed my receipts, and kept messing with the computer 3something was wrong. I felt a little uneasy. I was4 her to tell me my layaway had been misplaced or something of the sort.

5, after about ten minutes, she said,"Oh, that's why I can't find it in our 6. You should have 7a phone call a few days ago that your layaway was paid off by a(n) 8 Santa."I couldn't believe what I was hearing! This kind of story only happens in the 9.Why was my family 10 to receive such a blessing?

    Immediately I asked the cashier if there was a 11 that I could leave something for the Santa 12 his random act of kindness, but she said that the individual wanted to 13 completely unknown. It definitely 14 my heart. However, I felt kind of 15. I kept thinking that perhaps some family out there was not going to have a Christmas because they really couldn't 16 to pick up their layaway.

    I decided to pay it17, so I used the money I had for the balance on my account to purchase some 18 and on my way out, I gladly 19 them off inside a huge toy donation box. Since I had received such a nice, heart warming gesture from someone, I wanted to keep the 20 going. And it felt nice to receive and to be able to give right back.

    A terrible fever made Anne Sullivan nearly lose her eyesight in her childhood, and the doctors said she was a hopelessly mad girl. She had been1in the basement of a mental hospital (精神病医院) in Boston. Sometimes, little Annie2 hit anyone who came near to her. She ignored everyone who appeared in front of her most of the time.

    However, an old nurse 3 that little Annie had hope. She went to4little Annie every day. The child ignored her in most cases, but the old nurse5stopped seeing her every day in the basement. The6 lady left cookies for little Annie and spoke words full of encouragement to her. She believed that as long as she showed7, little Annie could get better.

    Finally, the doctors noticed the8in little Annie. They moved her upstairs and her condition continued9Then her last day there came, and the child who seemed to be "10" went out of the locked door of the mental hospital.

    After she grew up, Anne Sullivan hoped to11 others, just as the kind old nurse helped her. She became the12of Helen Keller. She13her, trained her strictly and worked with her14she lit the candle that brought15to the whole world. Anne Sullivan16a miracle (奇迹) in the life of Helen Keller. But first it was a kind nurse who had full17in little Annie that turned a(n)18 child into a great teacher.

    If there had been no Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would not be19But if there hadn't been a20who kept showing love, Anne Sullivan wouldn't be known to the world, either.