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    A young woman likes birds a lot. On Saturday morning, she goes to a pet shop to buy a parrot. She asks the shop assistant for a bird that can sing. The man sells her a parrot, and she takes it home. Then, she finds the bird has a broken leg. She goes back to the shop. She says to the shop assistant, "One of the parrot's legs is broken!"

    "Madam," he answers, "When you buy the bird, you ask me to give you a singer, not a dancer."

    There was once a man fthe city who was visiting a small farm, and during this visit he saw a farmer fpigs in a very special way. The farmer raised a pig to an apple tree, and the pig would eat the apples off the tree immediately. The farmer would move the pig from one apple tree to auntil the pig was not hungry, then he would start again with, another pig.

    The city man watched this farmer for a few mwith great surprise. In the end, he said to the farmer, “This is the most difficult way of feeding pigs that I have ever seen. You can sa lot of time if you just pick the apples from the tree and let the pigs eat them on the ground!"

    The farmer thought for a long time and then answered, "What's tto a pig?"

    When I was in middle school, I felt I was always letting people down. Once I brought my 1 Daisy to my home. I noticed that all my family members seemed to 2 Daisy better than me.

    I felt very 3. I even thought they didn't love me. I wondered whether they would miss me if I died some day. 4 I told my mum, ＂Daisy is more patient than I have ever been. You must want her to be your daughter instead of me. ＂

    My mum explained that Daisy was a lovely girl, but 5 could replace(代替) me in the family. She said I was the only person who could fill my role. She made me realize that even if I made 6, I was a beloved member of the family who could never be replaced.

    From then on, I tried to 7 out who I was and what made me special. I look at 8 in a new way. Then I started to be positive(积极的) towards my life, and I was happy about who I 9 was. I came to feel much better as I knew that no one could ever replace me.

    Each of us holds a special place in the world. You are special, no matter what others say or what you may think. So 10 that you will be replaced. You can't be.

    When your dream is to become a footballer and play for Barcelona team, nothing should get in your way--even if you have no feet.

    An 11- year-old schoolboy Gabriel Muniz, who was born without feet, will fly from his home in Brazil to take part in the Spanish club's summer training camp. Although he is disabled, Muniz is one of the top players at the school and captain of his gym class. He can run, pass and strike the ball as well as any of his able-bodied teammates. He spends all his spare time on the foot ball pitch.

    His best friend Lucas Santos spoke about his abilities on a video for The Sun, "He is skillful, he goes after it, he is fearless and he knows how to organize plays. He also makes good passes. "

    Mum Sandra was thrilled that her son would achieve his dreams. She said, "He started walking before he was one. We would go after him, expecting him not to keep falling, but he never fell. " Muniz's gym teacher added, "He is challenging the social standard. When he arrived there, no one believed in him. "But he showed to everyone that he could play as well as any other boy. So he was invited to go to Spain to show his talent.

    The Spanish La Liga soccer club has offered to fly Muniz to Spain in September, where he'll be able to show off his fancy "footwork" and meet his idol, Barca soccer player Lionel Messi.

    Muniz wears a prosthetic ankle and foot to help him get around in rainy weather. He knows that his disability means he'll never be able to play for a professional football team and so Muniz, is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympics sport.

    A young boy was with a ball in the street. He threw it too hard and it the window of a house and fell into the house. A woman came to the window and shouted at the boy. The boy was afraid and ran away. But he still wanted his ball back. A few minutes , the boy came back and knocked at the door and said, “My father is going to come and repair your window soon.

    After a while，a man came to the door with tools (工具) in his hand, the woman let the boy take his ball away.

    When the man finished repairing the window, he said to the woman, “Please pay ten dollars.”

    “But aren't you the father of the boy?"" the woman asked, looking “No," he answered, looking more surprised. “Aren't you his mother?"

Here is a story: A man sees a butterfly (蝴蝶) . The butterfly tries to get out of its chrysalis (蛹) . Fsorry for it, the man decides to help. He cuts the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out e. Surprisingly enough, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn't struggle (挣扎；奋斗) to leave the chrysalis, it can't fly！The struggle develops the e in the butterfly which makes it fly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the best in young people and make the fly.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them s and ready to face life.

When we look at successful people, we see that the most successful of them are people who have had to struggle.

One famous businessman, who now omany big supermarkets, used to carry clothes on his back and sell them from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Dennis. His father died when he was only twenty. He had to bup a big family. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today his brothers and sisters are leading s lives.

Sometimes challenges do not appear to us because we keep away from them. So, some parents and teachers actively encourage young people to face challenges. They might organize some afor young people which provide them with challenges, like rock—climbing, camping, volunteer work and so on. However, just passing exams will not prepare a person for life. We must meet and overcome challenges. The young people of today will become the leaders of t. For countries to continue to become successful, it is ithat the young people learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

John was a manager in a factory. He enjoyed running for exercise around the park when he was free.

One Sunday afternoon, after running as usual, John 1to go home and have a rest. Just then, he noticed an old woman standing by the road . 2 old woman looked around worriedly. John went over and asked what 3 for her. After a short talk. John came to know that she forgot her way home and got lost. Besides, she was very tired and hungry. John called the old woman's son and then took her to the 4 restaurant.

In the restaurant, John ordered food and drink for the old woman 5 .While eating, sometimes she carelessly sprinkled（撒）food and drink on the table and on her coat. Other customers felt disgusted（厌悲的）at this sight.6 John didn't care about this. He stood up and cleaned the table from time to time 7  silence.

It took the old woman some time8 eating. After that, John paid the bill and they were ready to leave when the old woman's son arrived. He held John's hands and said, "Thanks to your help, my mother 9 well" "You're welcome. She makes me remember my mom who died years ago. I did what a son should do, "said John. All the 10 around showed respect（尊敬）to John. They were touched by his kindness.

There was once a cat. She was hungry, so she went looking for food. She saw a tree. When she got to the top, she found a nest(巢).A bird just finished building it, so it was empty(空的).She said, "That's OK. I'll wait. Summer just started."

A week later, the cat went back to the nest. When she looked inside, she saw five eggs. The cat was patient. She said, "I'll wait. Eggs are good, but young birds are better."

After another week, she climbed up to the nest. This time, she saw five sleeping baby birds. However, she looked again and saw they were very thin. She thought, "I'll wait a few days to let them grow fat."

As the cat waited, she watched the father bird. He brought lots of worms(蠕虫) to the nest. The cat thought, "The young birds are going to be fat. Soon, they'll be the right size to eat." In the end, she didn't wait another minute and went straight to the nest. To the cat's surprise, it was empty. She said, "Those birds are the worst! They didn't thank me before they left! Meow!"

A man with a green bag walked into a  room. "Please sit down. Open your mouth and put out your tongue," the doctor said. "Ok. You canyour mouth now. It is clear that something is

with you. You have to do more exercise. "But, doctor," the man said. "I don't think…" "Don't tell me what you think, " the doctor said. "I am the doctor, not you. I know what you need. I see of people like you. None of them get any. They sit in offices all day and in front of the TV in the evening. What you need is to walk for at least 30 minutes a day." "Doctor, you don't understand, " the man said. "I…I don't want to hear any excuses," the doctor said. "You must find time for exercise. If you don't, you will get fat and have health problems you are older." "But I walk every day." the man said. "Oh, yes, and I know what kind of walk that is. You walk a few meters to the train station from your house, a few more meters from the station to your office, and a few more meters from your office to a restaurant for lunch and ." "Please listen to me, "the man and got angry. "I am a mailman." the man continued. "I walk for seven hours every day and I come to send letters. "For a moment, the doctor said nothing, and then he said slowly, "Put out your tongue again, you?"

One day a big red hen is playing with her chicken in the garden. After some time, she wants to eat something, and she takes her chickens to look for food.

When they eat well, she finds a grain（粒）of wheat . So she asks her chicken to plant it in the back of the garden. But no one wants to do it. The big red hen has to do it.

After a few months, they get a lot of wheat. She says to her chickens, “Who will take the wheat to the shop and get some flour ?” But they don't want to do it.

So she takes the wheat to the shop and bring the flour home. After she gets home, she says, “Who makes some bread with the flour?” They all say they are too busy and don't want to do it.

When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?”

“I will,” they say. “No, you can't. You don't want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know 'No pains; no gains.” She doesn't give any bread to her chickens and she eats the bread.

Once there was a man who had two (child), a boy and a girl. The boy was good-looking but girl was not . One day they found a mirror for the (one) time and they saw what they looked . The boy was very pleased and he said to his sister, "How handsome I am! I look much （nice） than you!" The girl didn't like what her brother said and (give) him a hard push. "Go away!"She said. Their father saw what was (happen). He went up to (they) and said to the boy, "You must always be good as well as look good. " Then the father said to the girl, "My dear, if you help everyone and do (you) best to please him, everyone will love you. It doesn't matter that you are not as good-looking your brother. "

Tom likes nice shoes. But his parents don't have much money to buy them for him. So he always goes to the store and looks at them for hours.

On a Sunday afternoon, Tom comes to the shoe store again. Looking down at his old shoes, Tom feels unhappy. He really wants to have a new pair of shoes for his birthday, but he knows that his parents can't buy them for him.

Tom doesn't go home because he doesn't want his parents to see his sad face. He goes to the park to relax. There he sees a girl sitting in a wheelchair（轮椅）. Tom wants to know why the girl is like that. He comes to the girl and finds that she has no feet! He looks down at his feet and says to himself, "It's much better to be without （没有）shoes than without feet. " Tom goes home happily, thinking he is happier than many children.

Being healthy is the first thing for everyone. Nothing is more important than that.

My uncle was born in 1935 and grew up in a poor village in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. At the age of 15, he went to(法国)to make a living. He was the first person in his village to go to a foreign country. When he reached Paris, he found it was (不可能的)for a foreigner to find a good job because he could speak little French. He (期盼) to go to a language school but he didn't have enough money. Later, he worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. At first, he spoke French(紧张地). Slowly, he improved himself by(交流)with others. He was so hard-working that his boss was very satisfied with him. He became a(成员) of a big company at the age of 22 and later he was even (积极的)in learning something new than before.

   My uncle kept working hard for long time and finally made his (梦想) come true. It brought him a lot of(快乐). I have learned a(有价值的) lesson from my uncle: Things do not come easily in life. No pain, no gain. I think I'm going to be a person like him one day.

Mr. Smith lives in a big city. When he retires(退休), he buys a small 1in a village near the sea. He likes it and hopes to live a quiet life in this house.

But 2 his great surprise, many visitors come to see his house in summer holidays, for it is the most interesting building in the village. In front of the house are many kinds of flowers and plants 3 different colors. From morning to night, there are 4 outside the house. They keep 5 into the rooms through the windows and many of them even walk into Mr. Smith's garden. This is too much for Mr. Smith. He decides to ask the visitors to leave. So he puts a notice (告示) on the window. The notice 6, "7 you want to visit it, come in and look round. Price: twenty dollars." Mr. Smith is sure that the visitors would 8 coming, but he is wrong. More and more visitors come and Mr. Smith have to 9 much time cleaning the garden and taking them around. "I come here to live, not to work as a guide or cleaner," he says 10. In the end, he sells the house and moves away.

    One day a little mouse was thirsty. She looked around for water to drink. She climbed up a table. And she saw a bottle on the table. The mouth of the bottle was1. The little mouse looked inside the bottle. "Aha, there is2milk in it. That's great." She went into it and drank.

    She drank and drank. After a moment she had drunk enough. Her stomach（胃）was too big and she couldn't come3the bottle. She cried for help. Just then a cat came up to the table.4the cat heard the cry, he jumped onto the table so5, "You'll be my nice lunch." The little mouse was very clever and she6for a moment and said, "Brother Cat, you mustn't roll（滚）the bottle." "7?" asked the cat. "I would get dizzy（头晕目眩的）," said the mouse. The cat said that he would let her die8. So he began to roll the bottle. Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and broke into9. The little mouse ran10as fast as she could. When the cat jumped off the table and ran after her, the mouse had already gone into her home.

Mike is 12 now, and he lives in a big city. His parents are1these days so they don't have2to look after(照顾) Mike. They3Mike to his grandparents' home. Mike is not happy about it. He likes big cities and he doesn't want to go to that4village.

Mike is bored(烦闷的) in the first few days5there are only about 40 people in this village and he doesn't have a friend there. But then he6Anna. Anna is 14 and she knows much7many things. She knows how to swim in the river and how to8great ice-cream. Mike likes the ice-cream because it tastes good. Mike knows a lot of9things about the city so he can 10Anna stories every day. Soon they become(成为) good friends.

Students at an elementary school in California, with the help of their art teacher, created a telephone hotline that people can call to get cheerful advice from kids during difficult times. In just days, the hotline began getting thousands of calls an hour.

In English and Spanish, it offers the happy voices of children sharing positive (积极的) messages. For example, by pressing "3", you can hear a group of kindergartners saying together: "You can do it! Keep trying, don't give up!" Pressing "4" shows the sounds of kids giggling and laughing a sound certain to bring a smile to anyone's face.

Most people agree that with events like COVID-19, bad weather, and war can make people stressful.

Jessica Martin, who teaches art at West Side School in Healdsburg, California, thought her students just might have the magic words needed to bring calm to people in these difficult times. "To hear the simple joy from kids is especially comforting (安慰的), " she says.

Students working on the hotline thought of what they would like to say. When they were ready, Ms. Martin recorded each one. Later, she sorted out the recordings into the different parts of the telephone hotline.

Pressing "1" brings up ideas for people who are "feeling mad, awful or nervous". Helpful suggestions include: "Listen to some light music", "do some sports", or" go get a cookie".

Pressing"2" results in" words of encouragement and life advice". This includes messages like: "The world is a better place with you in it." And "You are okay!"

Reports of the hotline go quickly on social media. The hotline has become crazily popular with stressed people, patients in hospitals, older people in homes, and others who just want to hear the happy voices of children.

Bill, a thirteen-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, "You won't be a real man until you begin to1helping others. "One morning, his parents gave him some money to2some milk for them. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old man who looked very3. Bill went to him and asked, "What's wrong with you?" The old man answered, "I'm hungry. I haven't had any food for two days. "

All the thought of his parents' words, Bill said to the old man, "Let's go to the4. "When they got there, Bill asked the waiter to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. After the waiter5the plate and the cup, the old man said, "Sorry for give you too much6. I'm fine now. I'll7forget your kindness! You are a very good young man" Bill was8when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came. Bill and the old man learned9that he food was free10it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customer（顾客） that day.

"Eat your vegetables, Mikey, "Mom says. "I am eating my vegetables, " Mikey says. He is eating the sliced (薄片的) carrots. He is eating the sliced carrots one by one. He is eating them one at a time. He picks up one sliced carrot with his fork (叉子). He looks at it. He slowly puts it in his mouth. He slowly chews it. Then he drinks some water. Then he picks up another sliced carrot with his fork. Mom watches him. "Why do you hate vegetables, Mikey?" He says, "I don't hate vegetables. I hate carrots. "Why do you hate carrots?" Mom asks. "Because they don't taste good, "Mikey says. "But they are good for you, "Mom says. "They are good for your eyes. They help you to see well. Don't you want t see well?" "Not if I have to see carrots, "Mikey says.

An old man was sitting on a train with his 25-year-old son. As the train started, the young man became very excited.

He was seated by the window. He stuck out one hand to feel the passing air. He shouted, "Dad! Look! All the trees are going behind! "The old man smiled and felt glad at his son's behaviour.

There was a couple who were seated beside the young man. They were just sitting and listening to the conversation between the father and the son. Suddenly the young man shouted again, "Dad! Look at the sky! Clouds are moving with the train! "

The couple watched the young man. They thought it was rather stupid that the 25-year-old man was behaving like a small child.

Now it started raining and some water drops touched the young man's hand. He was even more excited and he closed his eyes. He shouted again, "Dad! It's raining! Water is touching me! Dad! Look! "

The couple couldn't stand it any longer and asked the old man, "Why don't you take your son to a doctor? "

The old man said, "Yes, we were just coming from the hospital. It is the first time in his life that he can see with his eyes. "