John Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington．He inherited(继承)＄1,000,000 when he was 23．He didn’t feel 1 at all．His college friends were looking for their first jobs, but he didn’t have to．John decided to 2 living a simple life like everyone else．He didn’t tell any of his friends and gave his ＄100,000 of his money to a 3 that helped poor children to live better lives．Today he is 36, he 4 wears cheap shoes and owns a small car only, but he is much happier．
Once, John went to meet a little girl in Africa．He said the meeting was very 5 ．“ When I met her, I felt very, very happy,” he said．“ I saw that the money 6 for a very good plan．It brought me 7 to the child in a way that giving money 8 cannot．” “ I want to do everything I can,” he added．
The Browns are 1 Smiths' neighbours(邻居)．Mr Brown's name is John．But when his neighbours talk about him, they 2 him“Mr Going-to-do”．Do you know why?Mr Brown always says he is going to do something, but he 3 does it．
Every Saturday Mr Brown 4 to the Smiths' back door and talks to Mr Smith．He always says he 5 do something．
“I'm going to clean my house today,”he says, 6 “I'm going to wash my car tomorrow,”or“These trees in front of my house are 7 big．I'm going to cut them down next week．”
Mr Smith usually says,“ 8 , John?”He knows his neighbour is not going to clean his house, or wash his car, or cut down any trees, then he says,“Well, excuse me, John．I'm going to do some work in the house．”Then he 9 ．
Mr and Mrs Smith often say to their only child Dick,“Are you going to do something?Then do it．Don't he 10 “Mr Going-to-do'．”
