When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift, it was happiness.

 One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my  1  because of its high speed.

 Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life ­ 2  arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. 3  slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 4every day.

However, it's easier 5 than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness 6 . I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a 7 mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates 8 about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes9; they don't have a mobile phone but 10 have, and so on. But I only 11 life. I was lucky to realize from an accident : It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have 12 . We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve 13 I have a new car.” But when you get the car and what 14 ? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel15 .Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

    We may have many difficulties in life, and sometimes it's even unfair for someone, but it depends on how you face them. Sally is a student from a university, she made a1last August. She decided to take her grandmother2their hometown and live with her in a rented room(出租房) near her school.

    Sally's family have met a lot in the past few years. Her grandmother3her legs and she could walk only with a stick, Her father died because of illness, Sally's mother plagued (受折磨) by these events, she lost the4to take care of others, "This was the only choice. No one else could5my grandma, Sally explained. Her grandmother has also had a6life. The old woman's three sons have all died, and Sally couldn't leave her alone where7could look after her. A room with two beds, a desk and a table is their new home. The room8her several hundred yuan every month. In order to make money, Sally works in a supermarket after class and spends the money9the family. "I was brought up by my grandma, and now it's my10to take care of her," said Sally. When she was young, her grandmother "magically" prepared every meal11for her every day, even though she could not12a clock.

    In the eyes of Sally's teacher, the girl is a(an)13student. "Though taking care of her grandmother takes her lots of14, Sally has tried to stay on top of all her courses. She is even preparing for an English singing contest," Her teacher said. Sally even15help from others. "It's kind of like only getting without giving, she explained. At present, the girl is able to support the home with her weak shoulder.

    The teacher sent me home with a note for my mother that said I needed to visit the eye doctor because I failed the vision test. The trip home that day was very slow.

    My mother said it would all be just fine. "It wouldn't hurt a bit," she said. But I wasn't worried about pain-I was worried about looking 1.

    The next day, my mother pulled me to the eye doctor's office. I 2 a set of frames (镜框) and tried to believe my mother when she said they looked really 3 on me. The doctor said the glasses would be ready soon. But I wasn't ready at all, and I didn't think I ever would be.

    When the glasses arrived, the eye doctor put them on my face and walked me out onto the sidewalk in front of his office. When I looked 4 from my shoes, I found myself in a whole new world – a world filled with 5 pictures, bright colours, and fine detail everywhere I looked. Suddenly I 6 the beautiful outline of red leaves on trees. I could see the details of people's faces long before they were standing in front of me. I could see my mother 7 as she watched me see the world in a whole new way.

    "Glasses aren't so bad, are they?" Mom asked.

    "Not at all," I thought to myself. On that first day, they were a 8.

    The Monday morning came, and I had to 9 the kids in my classroom. And it happened, just like I feared it would be. A mean kid pointed at me in the middle of the maths class and shouted, "Four 10!" But at the same moment, looking through my new glasses, I could see all the way across the room that the kid who had said it had an awfully big nose.

    That day was like any other day in his life. After school Michael walked past the shop in the street corner. He stopped to1the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He2wanted to have a pair of shoes for his birthday.

    He walked away sadly and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him 3if she could. But he also knew very well she had 4money. He decided not to go home 5, as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat down on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair. He noticed that the boy moved the wheels with his hands. Michael looked at him carefully and was 6to see that the boy had no feet. He looked 7at his own feet. "It is 8better to be without shoes than 9feet." he thought. There was no reason for him to 10so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in his life.

    As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 1 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 2 He was an actor. Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 3 18 his books were so good. He gave the public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine in parts. People always wanted. 4 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them were popular. There were films and plays of them 5, Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations became a wonderful 6 Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him to work in a factory when he was 12. He 7 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 8 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 9 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know 10 it ended.