Diane Ray was completely self－centered and very spoilt．Her parents gave her 1 she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not．She would scream and kick and 2 on the floor drumming her heels．Her parents always 3 ．
That was why she was alone on the 4 , wearing an expensive swimsuit．It had taken a massive tantrum to 5 her parents to buy it．They were back at the beach－house, 6 from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving 7 ．“Dangerous ?” she had said．“You just don't want me to have 8 ．I'm going and if you try to stop me, I'll scream．”
“What are you doing ?” a voice asked．Diane jumped．She did not know that the man was there 9 he spoke．
“I'm going diving, ” she answered．
“You shouldn't swim that day, ” the man 10 ．“There is a storm coming up．”
“You should mind your own 11 !” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves．
“If you go out there you'll be 12 ,” the man called after her．She did not bother to reply．
Diane slipped into the water and dived 13 until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to 14 against the current (水流)．Saltwater hit against her face, making it 15 to breathe．Oh, why had she not listened to advice．
Panicking, she began to 16 ．Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a 17 voice．“Hold on ! I'm coming．” With 18 , she say the old man rowing an ancient－looking boat towards her．“I hope you've learned a lesson．You put us both in 19 , ” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the 20 ．Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach－house．
In my third year as a high school athletics coach, I gave a speech telling students and parents about the benefits of football．I gave the same 1 each year, aimin g at recruiting(招收)new team members．I talked about 2 football wasn't just for 3 athletes and how everyone could 4 from it．This year, a 5 looking couple approached me after my speech．They said their son really wanted to play football．They had tried to 6 him out of it, but he had his heart 7 on joining the team．
When they told me his name, my heart sank．Michael was five feet and ten inches tall and weighed about 108 pounds．He was a 8 boy, the constant target of other kids' jokes, and as far as I knew he had never 9 sports．I knew he would never 10 it through football practice, let 11 as a player．But we told them we could give it a try．
On the opening day of practice, Michael was the first player on the field, we did 30 minutes of warming-up 12 starting a one-mile jog around the track．I 13 my eye on Michael．At 50 yards he fell, and I helped him to his feet．“Michael,”I said,“Why don't you just 14 the mile?”He said in tears that he wanted to run with the others, so I let him go on． 15 he fell, but each time 16 himself up．
The same thing happened every day for weeks, and Michael gained strength both 17 and physically．By the last week of practice, Michael could run the mile without falling, we had 18 only one game that season, 19 the team cheered louder for Michael's run than the victory they had, Afterward, Michael approached me, and I told him how 20 I was of him．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
