When describing people, we often use the three common words：men, women, children． 1 of us agree that boys and girls should have 2 rights．But in almost every society in the 3 , girls are treated less well than boys． 4 , people paid little attention to differences 5 boys and girls and the ways in 6 they were treated．However, recent research 7 that girls receive less attention than boys in matter 8 as schooling, health, jobs and earnings． 9 girls were valued and treated as well as boys, there would be 10 another 100 million women in the world．
In 11 countries of the world, girls live with families 12 whom they work as servants．They 13 twelve hours a day, often receive no 14 , have no bedroom of their own and are not 15 to run away．Why doe this happen? The 16 is that poor families who live in the country 17 not be able to have enough food for all their children．So girls are 18 to families in towns to work 19 servants．In Haiti there are 109,000 children, 20 girls, aged 5-18 who live with rich families and work for nothing．
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．
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