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　　When I lived in South America, I could speak Spanish very well. When I came back to the United States I couldn't 1 many opportunities to speak 2 . One of my friends gave me sortie 3 . She said that I could go back to school to 4 Spanish or that I could get a job 5 I would meet some Spanish speaking people. I was very 6 . I did both!

　　I signed up 7 a Spanish course at the community college. 8 I couldn't understand Mr Garcia, the Spanish teacher, but 9 a few weeks I could 10 most of what he said. But I still needed help with my 11 ---I couldn't speak Spanish without a strong American 12 . When I spoke to Mr Garcia about my 13 , he said that I could go to the language lab 14 my pronunciation and that I would 15 him and his family at the weekend. They could really help me 16 my pronunciation, he said.

　　Well, I went to the Garcia's 17 one Sunday afternoon and met Mrs Garcia and the three Garcia's children. Mrs Garcia asked me 18 I could help her with the children in the afternoon after school. I was 19 ! This was just what I needed! I would be able to study Spanish in school 20 improve my pronunciation with the Garcia children every afternoon.

Lulu is a brave pet in our shelter. As you know, there are a lot of forest fires during the summer season. Many forests are badly damaged by fire each year. Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire during this hot summer. We were in a heat wave which had been   31  for three days.

Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out a terrible   32 ．I no longer had any hope that Lulu would come back to the shelter．In fact, I was waiting for the firemen to announce his   33  in the forest, when suddenly, a fireman burst into my shelter and informed me that my dog Lulu had   34    to save four kittens(小猫) who were trapped by the flames．According to the fireman, Lulu seized the kittens, one by one moving them to a safe place．I immediately accompanied(陪同) the fireman to the forest to   35    the rescued kittens．When we arrived   36   the scene of the incident, we found Lulu was not there. Then we heard the   37   of a dog from the forest barking furiously (猛烈地). I recognized it was my dog Lulu．The fireman followed the tracks of the dog until we found him barking   38   by the side of an injured fireman who was lying on the ground and desperately(绝望地) waiting for rescue．Thanks to Lulu, four kittens and a fireman were saved.

That day, I was very proud of Lulu for his two heroic(英雄的) 39   toward the kittens and the fireman．Lulu showed much compassion (同情) for both animals like him and for a human being who was trying to   40   the fire with his colleagues(同事)．

This true story of genuine(真的) love and compassion shows us that pets are loving, caring and considerate(考虑周到的)．We should love and protect them．One day they could do us a good turn.