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    One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet .He held a sign which said, "I am blind. Please help me."

    There were only a few coins(硬币) in the hat. A man was walking by. He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words.

    Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and ask, "Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?"

    The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said, but in a different way."

    What he had written was, "Today is a beautiful day, but I can't see it."

    Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

    Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.

    The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story.

    The first is: Treasure(珍惜) what you have. Someone else has less. Try your best to help those who need your help.

    The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way.

    Have you heard of e-waste (电子垃圾), which can be produced every day? How do you deal with your computers, MP4 players or mobile phones when they're broken or you want a new one?

    Most people just throw them away. With the development of electronic industry (电子产业), e-waste pollution has become a serious problem. According to the United Nations, in 2014, people around the world produced 41.8 million tons (吨) of e—waste and only recycled 6.5 million tons. The US was the biggest waster, producing 7.1 million tons. China came second, with 6 million tons.

    It's important to pay attention to e-waste. It can be either valuable or harmful, depending on how we deal with it. E-waste is a valuable urban mine (城市矿藏). The value of the metals, like gold and silver in the waste around the world, is surprising. And the metals can be reused. But if people throw them away, the toxic chemicals (有毒化学物质) can get into the earth or air, affecting the environment and people's health.

    Apple, for example, now recycles people's used products in China when they are buying new ones. The company will test and repair the used ones and sell them at lower prices. To help reduce e-waste, we can buy longer-lasting electronic products. If you have unwanted electronics, find a new home for them. You can also take computers and phones to companies to see if they offer recycling programs.

This year's Children's Day was special for me. I took part in a CCTV show called "I grow up together 1 my country." Our group's programme was a dance. After our teachers helped us put on makeup（化妆）, we looked at 2in the mirror. We looked very 3, like little princesses. We also made friends with 4children in the dressing room. One of them was an Austrian boy. He 5golden hair. We were nervous on stage at the beginning, but our performance was successful.

Dear teacher,

    I was a student of yours in Grade Six, and I hope you still remember me. I'm 1 this letter because I want to let you know that the school year with you was important and special to me.

    I know I 2 be very quiet in your class, and you never said much to me. But you did something that made a big 3 in my life. You see, all through my first year in schools, I hated to read. Books were just words that had 4 to do with me, and I felt bored while reading them. I'll never 5 the first day of Grade Six when you took out a thick book and began to read the story to our class. It 6 that your voice changed with the people in the story, and you drew pictures in my mind as you read 7. Since that day, I always waited for the time that you read to the class. You 8 us all kinds of wonderful stories.

    During the summer after my year in your class, I 9 the stories you read. So one day I picked up a book and read it all by myself. I found out that I could make the words 10, too. Now, I love to read! Thank you for opening the world of books for me.

Yours,

Linda