He met her at a party. She was outstanding; many guys were after her, but 1 paid any attention to him. After the party, he invited her for coffee. She was surprised. So as not to appear rude, she went 2.

      As they sat in a nice coffee shop, he was too nervous3say anything and she felt uncomfortable. 4, he asked the waiter, "Could you please give me some salt? I'd like to put it in my coffee."

     They stared at him. He turned red, but when the 5 came, he put it in his coffee and drank. Curious, she asked, "6 put salt in the coffee?" He explained, "When I was a little 7, I lived near the sea. I liked playing on the seaside ... I could feel its taste salty, like salty coffee. Now every time I drink it, I 8my childhood and my hometown. I miss it and my parents, 9are still there."

      She was deeply 10. That was the start to their love story.So they married and lived happily together.11 forty years, he passed away and left her a letter which said:My dearest, please forgive(原谅) my life-long 12. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous I asked for salt 13sugar. It was hard for me to ask for a change, so I just went ahead. Sweetheart, I don't exactly like salty 14. But as it mattered so much to you, I've learnt to enjoy it. If I could live a 15 time, I hope we can be together again, even if it means that I have to drink salty coffee for the rest of my life.

    One evening last summer, when I asked my 14- year- old son, Ray，for help with dinner, his response(回答)shocked me. "What's a colander(漏勺)?" he asked. I could only blame 1. In the family, nobody else went into the kitchen except me. But that night, as I2to him that a colander is the thing with holes in it，I wondered what else I hadn't3Ray for.

    As parents，while we focus on our sons' confidence and character，we perhaps don't always consider that we are4raising someone's future roommates，boyfriends，husbands，or fathers5I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was 6to find that he didn't say no. For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine.

    I knew that he would rather have been playing basketball with friends than7to mend socks with his mother，but in fact he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. "I appreciate(感激)what you do8a mom," he told me one day. Ray now realizes there's9masculine(男子气概的)about being helpless.

    Now，not only can he make his own dinner, but also he can make a big meal for his family. That's 10I call a man. I'm glad that I prepared so great a present for my future daughter in-law.

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    The Sun shone high in the sky．When a little boy was playing in the garden of a house，a deer suddenly rushed into．It took the boy away．This made the little boy afraid and shouted．His mother came out，seeing the deer running off towards the mountains with her little boy．

    The boy's mother was so worried. She ran after the deer，as fast as she could，but not too far away，she found her little boy sitting safely on the grass．His mother was so happy that she cried．

    When she went back home with her son，she was amazed at what she saw．The big tree in the back of their house fell down when she was out looking for her son．The whole house was broken．The chickens and dogs in the house were all dead．If she and her little boy were at home，．．．

    Then the little boy's mother remembered the deer．About a year ago，it ran into her house because a hunter(猎人)wanted to catch it．She felt sorry for the poor deer，so she covered it with some clothes．When the hunter rushed in，he couldn't find it．He thought it must go out of the back door, so he kept catching it，and when he was far，far away，she let it return to the forest．

    She never imagined that the deer could remember her kindness(友善)．

    Jenny, from Germany, spent some time traveling in India. While she was there, she stayed with her Indian friend, Leela. However, there was a language barrier(障碍) for her there. It was very 1 for her to communicate in the new environment, which was very different from2 of her own country.

    One day, together with Leela, Jenny went to 3 an orphanage(孤儿院). All the children there were very young. At first, Jenny was not sure if she could have a way to communicate with them. She went over to the children 4 and sat beside them. After some time, one of the children 5 her. She felt a little relaxed and smiled back. Then she went close to the child. She slowly put her arm around the child and started 6 a song in German. The child kept smiling and started repeating the words after her. The words that came from the little mouth were different from those that Jenny sang, but the rhythm(节奏) was the same. Jenny sang a little more and the child followed her again. Wanting to join in the 7, another child went up to Jenny and started singing the rhythm. Then more children joined. They8 many smiles together.

    From the other side of the hall, Leela was smiling and watching them. Noticing Leela's9 on her, Jenny had an exciting feeling from her heart: “See, I don't have any language barriers here. We 10 speak and communicate!” At that moment, she understood: we're all simple human, and we have the ability to connect with each other.

    My name is Tony. I'm from 1. Now I'm a student of NO.5 Middle School in Beijing. It's easy for me to make friends in China 2Chinese people are friendly. They usually ask me to join（加入） 3for dinner. There are 4people in my family. They are my grandparents, my parents, my sister and I. My father is a 5. He teaches English in my school. My mother is a doctor. It's 20 km from our home to 6. So she goes to work 7bus every morning. My sister is a six-year-old girl. She doesn't come to China. She stays in America with my grandparents. So I 8her very much. She has two dogs. They are smart. They can dance 9. They can play games 10her, too.