Our English teacher was like a friend to us, and we all liked her. One day she came 1 the classroom and shouted, “Who did this?” She held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who 2 the window?” She seldom became angry. 3 this time she was.

    I broke the window. I had done that  4 throwing a baseball. I didn't want to admit (承认) it 5 I didn't have enough money to pay for a big window 6 that .“My father will be 7,”I thought. At first I didn't put up my hand, but later something strong in my heart suddenly made me 8 up. “I did it,” I said. How difficult it was for me to say that!

    My teacher 9 a book from one of our book shelves and then began walking towards my desk. I was afraid that she was going to punish(惩罚) me.

    “I know you like collecting 10 very much,” she said, looking down at my 11 face. “Here is the book about collecting stamps that you are looking for. Now, the book is 12 and I shall not punish you. Remember, it's because you 13 the truth.”

    I couldn't believe it! My teacher wasn't punishing me. I didn't 14 to pay for the broken window. And I got my favourite book!

     15 time goes, the book is gone, so is my wonderful teacher. But I will never forget the lesson the teacher gave me that day.

Grandmother's Problem

    There was once a grandmother living in her grandson's house. The man loved  1 grandmother very much. However, she had some strange habits, so the man thought she needed medical help. Perhaps, he thought, it was time for her to 2 the rest of her life in a special hospital.

    "I'd like you to examine my grandmother," he told a doctor, "then let me know 3 you think she needs special care."

    "All right," the doctor said, "send her to me next Tuesday."Tuesday came and the old woman went to see the doctor. She 4 in front of him and he asked her lots of questions.  She answered them all, and the doctor was 5  .

    "There's 6 with this woman," he thought."I don't understand why her grandson has sent her to me. Perhaps he's the one  7  needs special care."

    He decided to ask her one last question. "Why do you think," he asked her, "your grandson wants you 8 special care?"

  "I like hamburgers," she said.  The doctor laughed."I like hamburgers, too!"

    "You 9 ?"the old woman said, "I'm so glad. Then you must come to my house and have a hamburger 10 me.  I've got boxes and boxes of them in my bedroom."

A Move to Safety

    The Turners sat at the kitchen table. The sun was shining and filled the kitchen with a warm light. It was a perfect day for having a picnic or going surfing. But in the Turners' kitchen, no one seemed to be paying attention to the 1 .

    "Okay, girls," said Mrs. Turner. "I can tell by the expressions on your faces that you have a pretty good idea of why we need to have this family 2 ." Linda and Kala exchanged looks and slowly nodded.

    "Your mom and I have had many talks lately about the possibility of 3 ," said Mr. Turner. "We were hoping that it wouldn't come to this, 4 we don't have other choices."

    "But Dad," said Kala, "Kilauea has been an active volcano（火山）since 1983! Nothing has happened to us or to our house yet. I think we'll be 5 here."

    "But your dad and I care about all the recent warnings giving by the government. Even though we've been safe up to now, there is no way to guarantee（保证）that a larger eruption（喷发）isn't coming up," said Mrs. Turner.

    "Mom, this is our   6 . I can't even remember living anywhere else!" Linda said, fighting back tears.

    Mrs. Turner put an arm around her daughter's shoulder. "This won't go 7 for any of us," she said. "Dad and I love this house, too. We have so many happy memories here. But we're tired of living with such uncertainty. The most 8 thing in the world to us is that our family stays safe."

    Mr. Turner 9 . "Girls, there are other places in Hawaii where we'll feel safer. We'll have to 10 our house, but you know home is wherever we go as a family. We'll make new 11 , and we'll find things to love about our new home."

    The girls were quiet for a moment as they considered 12 it would mean to move. "There are so many things I'll 13 here," said Kala quietly.

    "We all will," said Mrs. Turner. "But one of the places that your dad and I have looked at is only a few minutes' walk to the beach."

    Kala and Linda couldn't help 14 when they heard that. They both spent every spare minute they had surfing. If their parents told them that they could actually live in the water, they would have been perfectly happy.

    Mr. Turner walked around to the other side of the table. He put one large hand on each of his daughter's shoulders. "I'm proud of you two," he said. "Thank you for trying to 15 why this is so important to your mom and me."

    Linda and Kala smiled. Dad was right: home was wherever the family was.

    Yesterday was Father's Day. Something that happened between my father and I is still on my mind. It was a Sunday morning, and I was in a terrible mood(情绪). 1friends of mine had gone to the movies the night before and neither had invited me. I was in my room 2how to make them sorry when my father came in. "Want to go for a ride today, Beck? It's a beautiful day. "

    "No! Leave me alone!" Those were the 3 words I said to him that morning.

    A few hours later, my friends called me to go to the mall with them. I forgot to be4 with them and went with them. When I came home, I found a(n) 5 from my mother that said," Dad has had an accident. Please meet us at the Park Hospital. "

    When I reached the hospital, my mother told me a car hit my father and he was seriously wounded. "Your father told the driver to leave6 alone and just call 911, thank God! If he had moved Daddy."

    My mother may have said more, but I didn't hear anything 7 those terrible words: Leave me alone. How much had I hurt him when I shouted at him earlier that day?

    It was several days later that he was 8 able to talk. I held his hand gently, afraid of hurting him.

    "Daddy...I am so sorry..."

    "It's okay, sweetheart. I'll be okay. "

    "No," I said. "I mean 9 I said to you that day. You know, that morning. "

    He looked at me and said with a weak smile," Sweetheart, I remember nothing about that day. "

    My English teacher once told me that words have great power. They can hurt or they can heal (治愈). And we all have the power to10 what to say. I am going to do that very carefully from now on.

    Look! Here is a photo 1 my family. I have a big family. My 2  are old now. My grandfather is 72 years old and my grandmother3 70 years old. I have an4. He's my father's 5. I have two6. They're my mother's sisters. I have7 cousins—a boy and a girl. They are my uncle's8 and daughter. I have a sister, too. But she 9 in the photo. I am in a nice 10. I love my family.