Each morning, I walked past a security guard(保安)。He 　　1　　 everyone that walked by him．I 　　2　　 how he knew so many people by their first names．The first few times I saw him．I didn’t say hello back to him 　　3　　 he greeted me．I was lost in my own world．On Monday he asked,“How was your 　　4　　?”I told him about my visit to my sick, elderly mother．He told me how 　　5　　 he was for my mother’s sickness．As I walked away, I realized I did not even know his 　　6　　．The following day, I asked,“What’s your name?”He answered,“Gary．”I said,“I’m Deborah．”After that, we talked a couple of times a week．We 　　7　　 stories about our weekends, our dreams, and our families．Gary got offered a new job and moved 　　8　　．It has been years since I last spoke to him, yet the memory feels like yesterday．

　　I look back at what became a friendship of sharing stories from the heart．When you say 　　9　　 to a stranger(陌生人)you become a pebble(鹅卵石)thrown into a lake．With each ripple(涟漪)you create, you spread 　　10　　 that continues to give．

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　　An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden．He took care of his 　　1　　 all the time, watering and fertilizing them．

　　One day a young man went by the 　　2　　．He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be 　　3　　 he lived in such a beautiful place．Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 　　4　　．He was very surprised about this and asked,“You can’t see these flowers．　　5　　 are you busy taking care of them every day?”

　　The old man smiled and said“I can tell you four 　　6　　．First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job．Second, 　　7　　 I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them．　　8　　, I can smell the sweetness of them．As to the last one, that’s 　　9　　．”

　　“Me?But you don’t know me,”said the young man．

　　“Yeah, it’s 　　10　　 that I don’t know you．But I know that flowers are angels that everybody 　　11　　．We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us．”

　　The blind man’s work opened our eyes and 　　12　　 our hearts, which also made his life 　　13　　．It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works．Beethoven himself couldn’t 　　14　　 his wonderful music, but his music has 　　15　　 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely．Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

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　　One evening, three old men came to a house and knocked at the door．The hostess(女主人)opened the door．　　1　　 she didn’t know them, she asked them to 　　2　　 and have something to eat because she thought they must be 　　3　　．To the woman’s surprise, they were not 　　4　　 to come into the house together．One of them explained,“We are called Wealth(财富), Success and Love．You have to choose 　　5　　 of us．”“Go in and discuss with your 　　6　　 which of us you want in your home ,”added another old man．

　　The woman told the family 　　7　　 had happened．Her husband advised inviting Wealth．He hoped their house would be filled with 　　8　　．But the woman 　　9　　 Success．Their daughter was 　　10　　 from one corner of the house．She jumped in with her own suggestion,“It would be 　　11　　 if we invited Love．Our house will then be full of love!”

　　“Let’s listen to our daughter．”The husband finally made the 　　12　　．The woman went out and asked the three old men,“Which one of you is Love?Please come in and be our guest(客人)．”

　　Love　　13　　 and started walking towards the door．The other two 　　14　　．Surprised, the woman asked,“I 　　15　　 invited Love, why are you coming in?”

　　The old men replied together,“Wherever Love goes, we go with him．Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!”

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　　Jody was ten years old when he decided he needed a job．He thought it might be 　　1　　 to raise(养)worms．He could sell them to farmers and people who fished．So in 　　2　　, he bought many worms．But that winter the cold weather killed all the worms because he had not 　　3　　 them in a warm place．

　　The next spring Jody 　　4　　 again．He bought more worms, which he took good care of．When winter came, he took them inside 　　5　　 they would stay warm．Many people bought his worms．

　　One day when Jody was twelve, he got a letter．It was frome state(州)of New York．The letter said,“Everyone who 　　6　　 things has to pay taxs(税)!”Jody made only one dollar selling worms．But he still 　　7　　 to pay part of that money to the state．He told many people in his town what had 　　8　　．Soon some people from a television station 　　9　　 with Jody．Many people saw it and they began to write letters to the state．The letters now said that the law was 　　10　　．Finally the law was changed．Children like Jody can now sell things without paying money to the state．

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　　One day, a teacher was speaking to a group of students about how to 　　1　　 their time．He gave an example those students would never forget．

　　He pulled out a wide jar(罐子)and put it on the table．He also took out several rocks and carefully put them into the jar one at a time．When no more rocks would 　　2　　 inside, he asked,“Is this jar full?”

　　Everyone in the class shouted,“Yes．”The teacher replied,“Really?”He pulled out a box of small stones．He dumped some in and 　　3　　 the jar．The stones went down into the spaces 　　4　　 the big rocks．He then asked the group once more,“Is this jar full?”

　　“Probably not,”one of them answered．“Good!”he replied．He brought out a glass of sand and dumped the sand into the jar and it went into all of the spaces 　　5　　．Once more he asked the question,“Is this jar full?”

　　^aNo!“the class started．Once again he said,”Good!“Then he poured a cup of water in 　　6　　 the jar was full．Then he asked,”What is the key point here?“One student put up his hand and said,”The key point here is that even if you are busy, you c－　　7　　 plan everything well if you try really hard!

　　“No,”the speaker replied,“that's not the point．The point is if you don't put the big rocks in 　　8　　, you'll never get them in．What are the 'big rocks' in your 　　9　　?Time with your loved ones, your education, or your dreams?Remember to put these big rocks in first, or you'll never get them in 　　10　　．”

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　　Mr Chen is a farmer who 　　1　　 in western China with his wife and two sons．One year ago, he discovered that he had cancer．The doctor told him that he needed 　　2　　 at once．And he said the operation would 　　3　　 thousands of yuan．It was too much money for Mr Chen and his wife．They had no job and 　　4　　 were at school．The situation seemed 　　5　　．

　　Two weeks later, however, Mr Chen got some 　　6　　 news．He was told about a health care project which provides medical treatment for poor patients in 　　7　　 China．They 　　8　　 to pay only half the cost or even less．Thanks to the project and the kindness of 　　9　　 family and neighbours, he was able to receive an operation just 　　10　　 to prevent the illness from getting worse．　　11　　 he has returned to his family．

　　The 　　12　　 of this health care project is to improve the situation for poor people in western China．So far, the project has helped more than 5,000 people 　　13　　 medical aid．The Chinese government is 　　14　　 working together with other countries and international organizations to do this．They hope to develop a new health care model 　　15　　 China．As our country develops, we must remember the responsibilities(责任)of caring for the weakest members．

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　　A sad little boy was in search of happiness and wanted to meet God(上帝)．On his way, he saw an elderly woman 　　1　　 in a park watching some birds．The boy sat down 　　2　　 her．He opened his bag to-take a drink, when he noticed the lady looked 　　3　　．So he offered her a piece of cake．She accepted it and smiled at him．Her 　　4　　 was so wonderful that he wanted to see it again．Then he offered her a can of coke．Once again she smiled at him．The boy was pleased!

　　They 　　5　　 there all afternoon, eating and smiling without saying a word．　　6　　 it began to grow dark, the boy got up to leave, but before he had gone no more than a few steps, he turned around, ran 　　7　　 to the old woman and gave her a big hug(拥抱)．She gave him her biggest smile ever．

　　When the boy arrived home, his mother was 　　8　　 by the look of joy on his face．She asked,“What has made you so happy today?”He 　　9　　,“l had lunch with God．She's got the most beautiful smile in the world!”And when the old woman returned to her home, she told her son that she had lunch with God．

　　Too often we overlook(忽视)the 　　10　　 of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, or the smallest act of caring．However, all of these have the possible power to turn a life around．

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　　One day little Johnny went to visit his grandparents on their farm．He was given a slingshot(弹弓)to play with．He practiced in the woods, but he could 　　1　　 hit the target(靶子)．　　2　　 he got discouraged(气馁), he went back for lunch．

　　As he was walking back, he saw Grandma's pet duck．　　3　　 thinking, he took out the 　　4　　, shot the duck in the head and 　　5　　 it．He knew Grandma loved that duck．She would be very 　　6　　 if she knew the truth, he thought．Then he hid the dead duck in the wood pile(堆), only to see his sister Sally 　　7　　．She had seen it all, but she said 　　8　　．

　　After lunch Grandma said,“Sally, let's wash the dishes．”But Sally said,“Grandma, Johnny told me he wanted to help in the 　　9　　 today, didn't you, Johnny?”And then she whispered to him,“Remember the duck?”So Johnny did the dishes．

　　Later Grandpa asked 　　10　　 the children wanted to go fishing and Grandma said,“I'm sorry, but I need Sally to help me make supper．”But Sally 　　11　　 and said,“Well, Johnny told me he wanted to help you．”And then she whispered again,“Remember the duck?”So Sally went fishing and Johnny had to 　　12　　 at home．

　　After several days of Johnny doing 　　13　　 his work and Sally's, he finally 　　14　　 stand(忍受)it any longer．He came to Grandma and said what he had done．Grandma said,“Johnny, I know．You see, I was standing at the window and I saw the whole thing．But because I love you, I 　　15　　 you．I was just wondering how long you would let Sally make a slave(奴隶)of you．

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　　One morning a student was walking with his teacher when they noticed a pair of old shoes by the roadside．They 　　1　　 the shoes might belong to a poor man．In fact, the 　　2　　 of the shoes was working in a field nearby, and he had nearly 　　3　　 his work．

　　The student said to his teacher,“Let's play a trick on the man; we hide his shoes, and wait to see what he will do 　　4　　 he can't find them．”

　　“My young friend, we should never have 　　5　　 by tricking others like that,”answered the teacher．“　　6　　, let's Put a 　　7　　 in each of the shoes, and watch what he will do．”

　　The student did so, and then they 　　8　　 nearby．

　　The man soon came back to get his 　　9　　, but when he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, he felt something 　　10　　 in it．He bent down and found the coin(硬币)．

　　　　11　　 appeared on his face．He looked at the coin for a minute, and then 　　12　　, but nobody could be seen．He then went on to put on the other shoe, 　　13　　 he was even more surprised to find the 　　14　　 coin．

　　He then knelt down(跪下), looked up to heaven and said 　　15　　 aloud, in which he spoke of his wife, 　　16　　 and helpless, and his children without bread．

　　The student was deeply moved(感动的), and his eyes were filled with tears．^aNow,“said the teacher,”you must be much more pleased than if you had played your 　　17　　．

　　The boy replied,“You have taught me a lesson which Fll never 　　18　　．I feel now the truth of these words, which I didn't 　　19　　 before：' It is more blessed(神圣的)to 　　20　　 than to receive．'”

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　　Once a man and his wife worked for a businessman．There was a big box in the businessman's living room．The businessman pointed at the box and said,“There's only one thing you 　　1　　 do．Don't open the box．”After saying this, he 　　2　　 the living room．

　　The woman said to her husband,“There 　　3　　 be something expensive in the box．Let's 　　4　　 it, shall we?”Her husband said no to her．

　　The woman didn't give up her 　　5　　 One day, she decided to find out what was 　　6　　 it．Her husband didn't stop her．She opened the box and looked 　　7　　．She found nothing in the box and tried hard to close it, 　　8　　 she failed．

　　That evening the businessman came home and found the box was 　　9　　 He was very angry and asked the woman and her husband to leave his home．

　　“But there was nothing in the box,”the woman said．“We haven't taken anything 　　10　　．”The businessman shouted at them,“The box is not important．I cannot believe you．That's important!”

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