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High school does not encouragestudents to know about the new things in life, but college sets the stage for it.I myself went through this1process (过程) and found something that haschanged my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL﹣American SignLanguage.

I never felt it necessary tolearn any sign language before. All of my family members can hear, and so are allmy friends. The 2 language was enough. Little by little, I discoveredmy 3 for ASL.

The4began during my first week atcollege. I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation ofa song. Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attractedme. What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past.This new form of communication just made me want more.

After that, feeling the needto5 further, I decided to join one of ASL clubs. Ionly learned how to express my feelings6 my hands about the letters that day. Although myprocess was7, I wasn't disappointed aboutit. I then tried my best to take part in those club's meetings and learned all Icould.

The following term, I decidedto be a member of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn't8. I soon realized that silencewas not unpleasant.9, if there had been any talking,it would have caused to learn less. Now, I enjoy the silence and the10 way of communication.

A simple honk（汽车喇叭声） from the bus is one part of a secret code（代码） between the driver and students living in a far—away village in Wanzhou district，Chongqing.

Seeing a schoolbag hanging from the doorknob of an old house along the road，the bus driver drives toward the roadside and makes a honk to answer the "code".Then a boy runs outside，takes the schoolbag，and gets on the bus.

The boy's parents work far from home，leaving him in the care of his grandmother.The boy is in the ninth grade this year.He comes home every Friday and goes back to school in the city every Sunday.To make the journey easier，he and the driver，Cheng Lin，have developed a special "code".When the boy's schoolbag is hanging outside the house，it"tells" Mr Cheng，"Today，it's time to go back to school.I need to catch the bus."

The parents of the boy are deeply touched when they know this.They show their heartfelt thanks to Mr Cheng and feel happy that there is someone taking care of their son while they are away.

Mr Cheng has been driving the Luotian to Wuqiao Nan Station bus for many years.There are many left—behind children on this bus line.Realizing the importance of his role in their lives，he has paid more attention on Fridays and Sundays.

The driver's kindness to the boy touches the hearts of many people.One wrote online，"He is a good driver.The schoolbag is their code，packed with love inside."

A mother returned home from work. She was tired after working 1 long hours. Her 8-year-old son was waiting for her. He wanted 2 her something about his younger brother. "While I 3 outside, Tyler took his crayons and wrote on the wall! He wrote on 4 wall in the living room. 5 dirty the wall is! I told him you would be angry with him for doing it again". The mother frowned (皱眉), "Where is your little brother now?" "He's in the bedroom. He knows that it's not good to do that." She walked to Tyler's bedroom. She called 6 full name when she opened the door. 

For the next 10 minutes, she was angry 7 shouted at the little boy. The more she shouted, the 8 she was. Then she went to the living room to see what the wall was like. 9 she saw the wall, she felt moved (感动的) and her eyes were full of tears (眼泪). It said "I love Mommy" and there were some 10 . Here is a lesson for everyone: we should spend more time playing with the children at home. 

An old woman has an old cat. The cat can't run quickly or bite（咬）. The old woman doesn't take the old cat out for a walk or give it good food. The old cat always lies under the chair and doesn't want to move. 

Suddenly the cat sees a mouse（老鼠）in the house. So it jumps and catches the mouse. But it can't kill（杀死）the mouse because its teeth are bad. So the mouse runs away quickly. The old woman sees that and becomes angry. She begins to hit the cat and shouts，"Get out!Get out!"The cat doesn't go away but says to the old woman"Don't hit me. I have worked for you for many years. Now I still work for you. But I'm old and can't kill the mouse like before. Don't be rude（粗鲁的）to the old. Think about how much I did for you when I was young. "

The 76-year-old farmer lived on a farm in the mountains with his young grandson. Every morning Grandpa was up early sitting at the kitchen table reading Treasure Island. One day the grandson 1 ，"Grandpa! I try to read the book just like you but I don't understand it，and I forget what I understand as soon as I close the book. What 2 does reading books do to us？" 

The grandfather quietly 3 from putting coal in the stove and replied，"Take the coal basket down to the river and bring me back a basket of water. " 

The boy did 4 he was told，but all the water leaked out before he got back to the house. The grandfather laughed and said，"You'll have to move a little faster next time，" and 5 him back to the river with the basket to try again. This time the boy ran faster，but again the basket was6 before he returned home. Out of 7 ，he told his grandfather that it was impossible to 8 water in a basket，and he went to get a bucket instead. 

The old man said，"What I want is not a bucket of water but a basket of water. You're just not trying 9 enough，" and he went out of the door to watch the boy try again. At this point，the boy knew it was 10 ，but he wanted to show his grandfather that even if he ran as fast as he11 ，the water would leak out before he got back to the house. The boy again dipped the basket into the river and ran hard，but when he reached his grandfather，the basket was again empty. 12 tired out. He said，"See，Grandpa，it's useless！" 

"So you think it is useless？" the old man said，"Look at the basket. " 

The boy looked at the basket and for the first time 13 that the basket was different. It had been 14 from a dirty old coal basket into a clean one，inside and out. 

"You see，that's what happens when you read the book. You might not understand or 15 everything through reading，but when you read it，you will be changed，inside and out. "