Rosa liked making up stories．She was so 1 that her classmates believed her from time to time．In fact, the whole class believed her!At first she supposed it was 2 ．Now, as she got up to 3 before the class, she knew that make-believe stories had some way of coming back to make you sad．
Rosa's parents were separated．Nine months out of the year, Rosa lived with her mother in an apartment on Anderson Street．But when summer 4 , she went to her father's farm in Arizona．
The farm was great!Rosa rode horses and 5 with some farm work．Her father, however, was so 6 that he couldn't find time to go places with her．When she arrived each summer, her father would 7 her at the airport and take her out to eat．And the day she went back to the 8 he would always buy her a present．
When summer finished, Rosa 9 to her mother．At school she heard lots of stories her friends told about their family trips．Rosa wished she had a 10 to talk about．
Not long after 11 began, Rosa was looking through travel magazines in the school library．They talked about many exciting 12 , like England and Germany．When Rosa's friends asked what she had done that summer, she made up something that was not 13 ．Remembering the travel magazines she had looked at, she told her classmates that she and her father had gone to 14 ．
When the class began studying England, Mr．Thomas asked Rosa to tell all the things she could 15 about her trip to England!
I am very happy to be your guest speaker today．It is a great pleasure to visit your school and to meet all of you．
I would like to tell you about myself．I have been a news reporter for the past fifteen years．I 1 this job so I could travel the world，but job has taught me many unforgettable lessons．The work is sometimes 2 ．I have seen famines(饥荒)，earthquakes，poorness and death．But I have 3 seen courage，hope and happiness．
In India，I visited a city where there were many homeless children．Some were as young as four years old．They lived in the 4 and depended on themselves by begging or stealing．But then a wonderful lady called Rosa opened a home for them．Within one year，she was 5 two hundred children．She clothed them，fed them and taught them．She gave them 6 ．
7 time，I was in Turkey after a terrible earthquake．In one place，I found an old lady whose house was destroyed．Her son was missing and rescue(救援)workers said there was no chance that he was still alive．But the old lady did not 8 hope．For four days，she moved heavy stones one at a time by herself．She did not stop 9 she found her son．He was alive．
Here in China，I met a young boy who was seriously ill．He had had twenty operationsand spent nearly his whole life in hospital．I thought he would be 10 ，but when I met him，his smile was so warm and welcoming．
In life，we need good models that we can admire and learn from．When my life is difficult，I try to remember the courage and goodness of these three people．
