Chinese people are caring and friendly people．They show that it is easy for them to be your 1 neighbor, to be like a brother, a sister, a mother or a father．They smile easily, and laugh and 2 with honest emotion．
In contrast, my visits to England, Germany, Canada, and 2 in my own home, the United States 4 me with the impression that people there 5 to be left alone．Their attention is 6 to those whom they know．Possibly eight out of 10 would not 7 a smile to a stranger, and they 8 even frown(皱眉)at your forwardness．
One of my Chinese friends, 9 , said to me recently, “Chinese people who visit the United States think Americans are kinder and more helpful than Chinese．Probably being friendly with foreigners is a(n) 10 characteristic of human beings．In Europe, it is difficult to 11 between Americans and the locals by facial features(特征), so they 12 you as one of their countryman－not very warmly!”
Actually, I have found that the people of European countries, such as Germany and Holland, do not 13 much time to recognize an American by certain mannerisms or dress, even if we do not 14 and show our 15 of English．I am not sure if the 16 or coolness I often encounter(遇到)in Europe is 17 I am an American, or whether they are the same with a 18 of their own country．
However, it seems to me that the Chinese are friendly and 19 to strangers regardless of 20 they are their own countrymen or from other countries．[266W]
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．
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