I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager came over and said that our meal was free. He stood there 1 at me, he seemed to know me. 2 I asked if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably 3 him, but I had changed his life. He said that twelve years ago he was in 4 stress management class. I asked the group what their number one stress was and 5 of them, including him, said it was their 6.

    He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I 7 on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from 8 there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to think about how 9 the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).

    Then I asked them to 10 their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good 11 and hired（雇佣） them? Do they remember how happy they were to be 12 for the job? How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?

    He said I looked at him and asked if he had 13 said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living. He answered no.

    He told me his 14 changed that night. He went back to work with a 15 card to his boss. He had been the manager for 8 years. He said he owed（把……归功于） it all to me: I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude（感激之情）.

    Hello, my name is Han Meimei. I1new here. I2reading. I often read books in3evening. I like dancing4I can dance very well.5you like dancing? I like singing too.6favourite singer is Zhang Jie. I like running. It is my favourite7. I can swim and8football, but I can't play basketball. I often put my football9the bed. I can10English, but I can't speak Chinese. That's all, thank you.

Talking about the life of the old people，many {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（people）first thought might be "Square Dance".However，in Fuzhou，learning English is an 80-year-old grandpa's everyday work.

Grandpa Lin is studying two English courses in a university.At one head of his bed，it's{#blank#}2{#/blank#}（total）full of English books.He even thinks that listening to an MP3 player with English conversations is the best medicine {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his insomnia（失眠症）.Whoever visits him，he always expects to talk with the person in English.His story of {#blank#}4{#/blank#}（learn）English dates back to over ten years ago.

One day in 2009，Grandpa Lin went to Tianjin to see his daughter.On the train，he met a young {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（Britain）couple.With sign language and some easy {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（express），he communicated with the couple for a long time.Finally the two sides also left e—mail addresses to each other.

Soon after he returned home，Grandpa Lin received a special letter from the couple.The letter {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（write） both in English and Chinese.The couple {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（encourage）him to learn English well.From then on，Grandpa Lin continued working hard at English and he made a decision to hold on to his dream.

Grandpa Lin often tries to talk with his friends in English on WeChat. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}he's old，he's positive and seems never to be out.We hope more old people can {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（be）like Grandpa Lin.Never be too old to learn.

It was Saturday morning when I was six years old. Christmas was still three weeks away, but everyone in town was 1 . Santa Claus, the Father Christmas, was coming in our small Irish town.

The main street was full of children. They cheered 2 as the band passed by. Santa followed on a white 3 . He waved to the crowd while shouting, "Ho! Ho! Ho!" But just as he passed me, his beard （胡须）fell off.  That was when I knew Santa wasn't real and started to4 . Tears were welling up in my eyes.

The man on the horse was my dad.5 ,1 wasn't surprised. Dad was always the most popular person in our town. He sang in church, acted in the theatre and even 6 on TV

Thirty years later, my dad visited me in New York City. It was his 7 time in the United States, and he felt like a very excited child.Atdinner, he told me a story.

Back in the 1950s, my dad left school at the age of 16 to work in a small 8. One summer, his Uncle Ben came home from the US. He told Dad to go to America with him. But my grandma wasn't 9 with the idea. My dad was the only breadwinner in the family. In the end, he stayed and never left.

At that moment, I understood that Dad was once young. Father Christmas also had dreams. But he10 those dreams for______his family. What would he have become if he had gone to New York? Could he have become a famous singer, actor or dancer?

Sadly, dad just worked in that small factory for 40 years.

Last Sunday evening, my parents went out for a walk with my sister. But I studied alone at home because I would have an English test. Suddenly, I saw bright light in my neighbour's kitchen. I thought he was cooking, so I went on studying. 

Soon, there was a terrible smell in the air and I thought something was wrong. I went out and saw fire coming out of my neighbour's kitchen. So I shouted, "Fire! Fire!"But no one heard or came out. 

I ran quickly to my house to call 119, and then I rang my neighbour's doorbell, knocked at the door, but there was no response. I got into the house through the window and found my neighbour sleeping in his bedroom. I woke him up and we rushed(冲) out of the house quickly. 

We tried our best to pour water through the kitchen window, but the fire was too heavy. Luckily, the firemen came and put out the fire quickly. When my parents came back, they found I was dirty and tired. After my neighbour told them the whole(整个的) story, they were happy and said I was a brave boy.