When I was growing up,I was ashamed to be seen with my father.He was severely disabled and very1. When we would walk together,he put his hand on my arm for2,and people would stare.I would be afraid of the unwanted3.If he ever noticed or was bothered,he never let4his feelings.It was5to coordinate（使协调）our steps,and because of that,we didn't6much as we went along.But as we started out,he always said,“You set the 7.I will try to follow you.”Our usual walk was to or from the subway,which was8he got to work. He went to work,despite sickness or bad weather.He almost never missed a day,and would9it to the office even if others could not.

    He never talked about himself as an object of10.Nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate or 11. What he looked for12others was a “good heart”,and if he found one,the13was good enough for him.Now that I am older,I believe that is a proper14by which to judge people,though I15don't know exactly what a “good heart” is.

    He has been gone many years now,16I think of him often.I wonder if he17I was unwilling to be seen with him during our18.If he did,I am sorry for my feeling19to be with him in public and how I regretted it.I think of him when I complain about trifles（琐事）,when I am envious of another's good fortune,and when I don't have a “good heart”.

    At such times I put my hand on his arm to20my balance,and say,“You set the pace,and I will try to follow you.”

    She died at the age of 15 in one of the history's greatest sad stories,1her thoughts live on to this day through the diary in which she recorded her2.Though she was touched by despair（绝望）and terror, the message of3in her words has encouraged many. Anne Frank, the most famous4child of World WarⅡ, is indeed a symbol of the Holocaust（大屠杀）.Her secret writings, which later came out5“The Diary of Anne Frank”,6of two years in the life of a young Jewish girl hiding in Nazi-controlled Amsterdam. To mark the 75^th anniversary of her7,on June 12 this year(2004),www.annefrank.org is to8some rare photographs of the girl taken when she was 12.

    Born in 1929,Anne Frank was a German-Jewish teenager who was9to go into hiding to10being arrested（逮捕）by the Nazis. She and her family, along with four 11,spent 25 months in a few small rooms above her father's office in Amsterdam. The family was12founded by the Nazis, and forced to go to a concentration camps（集中营）.In March 1945,nine months after she was arrested and shortly13the camp was liberated（解放）,Anne Frank was killed.

Her diary, first coming out in 1947, has become one of the world's most 14read books. It has been translated into 67 languages. The following is the most 15part of Anne's diary.

    “It's16for me to build my enjoyable life on a foundation of chaos（混乱）,suffering and death. I see the world being slowly changed into a wilderness.I17the approaching thunder that, one day, will kill us too.I feel the18of millions.And yet,when I look up at the sky,I feel that everything will change for the19,that this cruelty shall end and that peace will20once more.”

—July 15, 1944

    I am an American living in France for twenty years. I used to complain about how the French were 1 for friendship. I had a(n)2 time making a living here.

    When I came I felt a need to meet people,3 I went to the cinema night for women's day. I was excited about the way to connect to French women through the 4 we would have after the film, perhaps to make friends and get more chance of 5.

Outside the cinema was a woman with long gray hair who had a slightly 6 smell and was asking for money. I 7 my wallet to give her a Euro and then something made me stop and enter into 8 with her. I said, "Look, people are seeing a film that could 9 your life. I'd rather buy you a ticket than give you money."

    So she came in,10 behind me because she said people 11 the theater didn't like her. She sat next to me in the cinema. Then I noticed some women were looking at me, with expressions of 12.

I encouraged the women to come the following night to an event. I 13 her to an agency that helped women in her 14. Then, a woman came towards me and said, "Did you buy a ticket for the woman?" When I said yes, she said, "Please come to the community center to 15 other employees there."

    This was the 16 of a deep friendship and colleague relationship. The woman I took to the cinema that night wasn't 17. Actually, she was a secretary and spoke English.

    For me, though, she was18 my angel. I made a great friend 19 reaching out to her, also got a great job, and 20 myself of many previous negative judgments about the French.

    Growing up, I always hid my thumbs in my fists because of their unusual shape. 1 they do look more like a big toe（脚趾）2 a thumb. And from an early age, my thumbs 3 another name “toe thumbs” .

    In high school, I served as a cashier in a grocery store. One day, I was 4 a sweet little old lady and as I 5 her change back to her, she suddenly took my hands and said in a thick Polish 6, “You are Polish! Look at those 7 Polish thumbs! They match mine!” She raised her hands and 8 her thumbs to me that 9 weathered and wrinkled, looked exactly like mine! She 10 my hands again and said, “Be11of those thumbs!”

    I'll never forget that 30-second 12 with a stranger that forever 13 my view of a part of me I once was 14 by and now accept. As I was eating dinner with my Samuel tonight, he looked down at my hand 15 on the table next to his and said, “Mommy! Our thumbs 16!” I smiled and answered, “Yes, they do, buddy! Those are strong Polish 17 you have! Take pride in them! Maybe someday you'll have a little boy or girl who will have the same thumbs!” I 18 my son never hides his thumbs like I did. I hope he'll be proud of their “unusualness” and the 19 behind them. He carries on a(n) 20 part of me and that for me will always be beautiful!

    My husband and I both were working in a lonely village in northern Thailand. There were many 1, particularly around our housing.

    We 2 our house this past June. Shortly after, while we were working at the office, the 3 removed all the surrounding banana trees and the grass in order to raise the ground level — she had 4 on tearing down our house and building a new one after we left.

    She brought in tons of 5. This left our house in a kind of moat(壕沟), and when the heavy rain came, our house 6. This was upsetting, but it turned into something 7, because when the headmaster at my school became 8 of it, he got my eighth-grade class to come to help 9 up.

    The boys dug into the moat to drain the water, and built a path out to the street, 10 the girls mopped up the water inside and spread newspapers to 11 it. Before the problem was truly 12, however, we had another flood. This turned into a 13, with teachers and students again 14, and our host mother bringing lunch for everyone.

    Another time, my husband suddenly got very 15. It was going to take the 16 two hours to reach our house, 17 my co-teacher arranged for a truck from the government office to take us to meet it--this truly helped greatly by 18 two hours off the ride.

    There were many other 19 of care and kindness. This community is dear to our hearts, and there is no way we can ever 20 them. I plan to try my best to pay it forward by looking for people in need of help.

Eric was a nine-year-old boy who lived with his single mother, Stacey and sister, Lily. They lived a hard life. Eric felt bad for their situation but worse for himself, especially in school.

Eric's leather boots were worn out. They didn't protect his feet from the rain, and his socks became totally wet as water went through the holes in his shoes. Stacey attempted to fix the holes but it was no use. Eric still walked to school with that pair of broken shoes. How much he wished he could also have new comfortable and expensive shoes his classmates wore!

One day, Eric returned from school and complained to Stacey, "It was raining today. Water has leaked into my shoes again. I hate my boots! Why can't you get me new ones?" Stacey was sad and helpless. "I spent our last savings on your sister's medicine. She's sick. Eric you know that. You need to act like a responsible big brother!" she answered. Tears welled up in Eric's eyes. "I hate you!" he shouted. "You only care about Lily! You don't love me!" Then he cried and ran to his room.

After preparing dinner, Stacey went to his room with his dinner plate. "I'm sorry, Eric," she whispered to comfort him. "We're going through a very tough journey recently. But I'll get you new shoes in the future." However, Eric refused to listen to her.

The next day, when Eric went to class, he took his seat quietly and hid his feet under his chair, as usual. He was embarrassed to show his boots. As the math teacher Mrs Fletcher entered the class, all the students greeted her. "Today, we have a very special friend with us," she smiled. "Everyone, please welcome Ben, your new classmate." Soon after, a boy with a pair of crutches(拐杖)entered. The new boy only had one leg. Eric was shocked. He and all his classmates thought how unlucky Ben was and that he must be very shy and sad.

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Paragraph 1: At that moment, Mrs Fletcher asked Ben to introduce himself. 

Paragraph 2: Inspired by Ben, Eric realized he should appreciate what he had.