I gain a lot of rewarding experiences from some social activities. Our local Community Youth Club is a very popular organization with young people in my town. I have been a member for four years now and I've taken part in a lot of interesting projects, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} include fun activities such as holiday camps and discos. We have organized sports competitions and we have even made a video.

    But it isn't all just enjoyment, we have also started doing social work to help people in our neighborhood. We {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(organize) activities for small children during the holidays. We have also formed a special support group to help young people stop{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(smoke).

    We are particularly proud of the most recent group we have created. It organizes regular visits{#blank#}4{#/blank#}the local old people's home. My class spent an afternoon at a home and everyone found the visit very rewarding. The old people there were{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(talk) and they told us their personal stories {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(cheer). During our visit, the home was filled with {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(laugh). But we realized that life wasn't always easy. Some of them were in poor health and were very{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(happy).

    Many young people like me do not live with our grandparents and we have little contact with elderly people. As a result, many young people don't know{#blank#}9{#/blank#} they are like. After this visit, my friends and I decided that we should do {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to help improve the quality of their lives.

    I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) together with my grandparents since I was born. It was they who took care of me when I was young. Now I am {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（get) more and more {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (patient) with them. I didn't bother to repeat my words {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they didn't understand; sometimes I even snapped at(严厉说） them when they kept {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (complain).

    A few days ago, I read an article. It says “Aging is like a disease {#blank#}6{#/blank#} is inevitable(不可避免的）for everyone, though nobody wants it. Be patient with the old, because one day you will become one of them.” I become very {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (guilt) when I read those words. Indeed, I wouldn't like to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (treat) in a bad way when I was old. What I need, as well as many {#blank#}9{#/blank#} young people, is to be a bit more patient to them. From now on, when I am with them, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (try) to recall what they have given me and show more patience with them.

—Yes, she doesn't even have enough {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to walk upstairs.

    People have all turned to sad music to make themselves feel better at some point in their lives, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}why does the music with double or even triple sadness help drag people out of low spirits?

    A new study throws light on what's going on inside people's brains when they match their music to their feelings, and it looks as if sad music can be enjoyable, rather than{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(simple) depressing. Music of this sort can arouse positive memories in people's life , thus {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lift)their mood.

Psychologist Adrian North from Curtin University in Australia says there{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(existence) two groups of possible explanations for why people enjoy listening to sad music like this—one from social psychology, and the other from cognitive neuroscience(神经学).

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}terms of social psychology, one idea about this is that people will feel{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(good) about themselves if they focus on someone who's doing even worse. Everything's going to be okay, because this person is having {#blank#}7{#/blank#}even worse day than they are.

    Another idea from social psychology is that people like to listen to the very music{#blank#}8{#/blank#}shows their present life circumstances, because this kind of music makes them feel they are understood. With their emotions{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(share), they definitely get a certain amount of comfort.

    So, the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(conclude) again—sad music does cheer people up, and it works far better than happy music, in most cases.