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　　Charles R．Drew was a medical student at Columbia University in New York．Before he graduated, he wrote an article 　　1　　 blood bank, that is, the storing of blood．Up till then, a lot of people had died from loss of blood 　　2　　 there was no blood bank．

　　When the United States entered the Second World War, it became 　　3　　 to set up blood banks．Dr Drew became 　　4　　 of the Red Cross’s first blood bank．When the Red Cross 　　5　　 blood banks to collect and store blood for men 　　6　　 in battle, black American gave blood along with the whites．At 　　7　　 their blood was not accepted．Later blood from the blacks was 　　8　　 but was stored in a 　　9　　 place from “white” blood．Although the best doctors 　　10　　 that there was 　　11　　 difference at all between the blood of blacks and whites, the Red Cross, with the support of the government, 　　12　　 to separate black blood from white blood．

　　After the war, Dr Drew was 　　13　　 from Washington with three other doctors to attend a medical meeting in a southern state．In northern Carolina their car went 　　14　　 a ditch(深沟)and Dr Drew was 　　15　　 hurt．He had lost 　　16　　 blood by the time a passing car took him to the 　　17　　 hospital．But they were stopped at the gate of the hospital．“　　18　　 him to the hospital for blacks．” No matter 　　19　　 they said, they could not get into the hospital．They had to take him to the 　　20　　 hospital, but on the way Dr Drew died because he had lost too much blood．

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　　Twelve years ago yesterday, my mother gave birth to the most beautiful girl．　　1　　, we were later given the 　　2　　 that this little girl, who was three and a half months old, would only have 14 days on the earth．It’s hard to understand what kind of 　　3　　 you have when you find out that you’re 　　4　　 something that you don’t even know．

　　As time went on, the number of days kept growing, which gave us 　　5　　．When the doctors said that we could take her home, that was 　　6　　 reality hit．We had no 　　7　　．

　　I am from a small town with 　　8　　 hospitals, but when you don’t have money, you just don’t　have it．My mother tried for days to get the money, but nothing 　　9　　 each time．A caseworker(社会工作者)was even doing her best．It’s 　　10　　 that it almost felt as if we had to 　　11　　 a baby from the hospital．

　　One day the caseworker walked into her boss’s office to 　　12　　 again．As she walked out, 　　13　　 down yet again, out of nowhere a man walked up to her．He 　　14　　 her a handful of money and said, “Please give this to the lady in 　　15　　, so she can take her daughter home．” She looked down at her hand with tears in her eyes．As she looked back up to thank him, he was 　　16　　．They searched all over that hospital and he was no where to be 　　17　　．

　　Thanks to the guy that I will 　　18　　 know, we could take home that 　　19　　 baby girl that was only given 14 days to live, and celebrated her 12^th birthday yesterday．I am grateful to this man and feel that his act of 　　20　　 should be shared with everyone．

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　　It was early in the morning, on a lonely road．It's 　　1　　 heavily．A 9-year-old boy was in the car with his mother, who was 　　2　　 him to school．Suddenly, the car went off the road, 　　3　　 several times, and came to rest upside down in a ditch(沟渠)filled with water．

　　Luckily, both the mother and son were 　　4　　 seatbelts．The mother suffered a blow to her head and was unable to move．The boy was frightened but 　　5　　．As water came through broken windows in the car, he 　　6　　 unbuckled(解开)himself, climbed out of the 　　7　　 window, made his way around to the driver's side, and reached inside the 　　8　　 to free his trapped mother．With great effort, he managed to 　　9　　 her, pull her through the window and up to the road, where they were soon 　　10　　．

　　His mother later recalled her experience of the 　　11　　．Being unable to move or even 　　12　　 to offer instructions(指导)or encouragement to her son, she was 　　13　　 by her little son's action．She recalled 　　14　　 her boy saying out loud as he pulled her through the water, “I think I can, I think I can!”

　　It seemed 　　15　　 that this little boy's act of courage was from one of his favourite books：The Little Engine that Could．In that 　　16　　, when everyone else had 　　17　　 hope, the Little Engine carried the heavy load of toys and good things to eat over the hill to the children waiting on the other side．He had 　　18　　 and took action．Obviously this book had left a 　　19　　 impression before the accident that rainy 　　20　　 and motivated(激励)the son to take action if the terrifying moments．

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　　A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates arrived．One 　　1　　 they arrived to find the schoolhouse full of flames．They dragged the 　　2　　 little boy out of the flaming building more dead than alive．He had major 　　3　　 over the lower half of his body．

　　From his bed the horribly burned little boy heard the 　　4　　 telling his mother that her son would 　　5　　 die for the terrible fire which had devastated(毁坏)the lower half of his body．　　6　　 the brave boy didn’t want to die．He made up his mind that he would 　　7　　 and he succeeded．When the 　　8　　 danger was past, he again heard that 　　9　　 the fire had destroyed so much flesh, it would almost be 　　10　　 if he had died．

　　Once more, he would not be a cripple(跛者)．He would walk．But 　　11　　 from the waist down, he had no motor ability．His thin legs just 　　12　　 there, all but life-less．Back from the hospital, every day his mother would massages(按摩)his little legs, but there was no 　　13　　．

　　One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the 　　14　　 to get some fresh air．This day, instead of sitting there, he 　　15　　 himself from the chair．He pulled himself across the grass, 　　16　　 his legs behind him．He worked his way to the white 　　17　　．With great effort, he 　　18　　 himself up on the fence．Then, he began dragging himself along the fence, 　　19　　 that he would walk．He started to do this every day．

　　Finally through the daily massages and his iron determination, he did 　　20　　 the ability to stand up, then to walk by himself and then to run．This determined young man, Dr Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!

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　　Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often 　　1　　 that he had been cheated by others．One day he told his wife he was so 　　2　　 with the city that he had to leave．

　　So his family moved to another city．It was the evening of a weekend．When Terry and his wife were busily 　　3　　 up their new home, the light suddenly 　　4　　．Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along 　　5　　 and had to wait 　　6　　 in a low mood．Just then he heard light, hesitant 　　7　　 on his door that were clearly audible(听到)in the 　　8　　 night．

　　“Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a 　　9　　 to this city．And this was the moment he especially hated to be 　　10　　, so he went to the door and opened it 　　11　　．At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor．” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door 　　12　　．“What a nuisance!” He complained over it with his wife．“No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to 　　13　　 things．”

　　After a while, the door was knocked again．He opened it and found the same girl outside．　　14　　 this time she was 　　15　　 two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles．She 　　16　　 me here to give you these．” Terry was very 　　17　　 by what he saw．

　　At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his 　　18　　 in life．It was his 　　19　　 and harshness(刻薄)with other people．The person who had cheated him in life was 　　20　　 nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred(蒙蔽)by his unsympathetic mind．

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　　When I was young, I belonged to a club that did community service work．There was one specific 　　1　　 that was unusual for me．I spent three or four hours handing out warm dinner to the homeless out in the streets．After that I went to a homeless shelter not far from the Bay Bridge．

　　I was in high school and at the time my sister was too young to 　　2　　．She wanted to help, 　　3　　 she made four or five dozen chocolate chip cookies for me to 　　4　　 and hand out to people．When 　　5　　 to the homeless shelter, I passed out the 　　6　　 meals．I began making sandwiches and 　　7　　 them with the crowd．I had the containers with my 　　8　　 cookies in them and began to 　　9　　, offering them to anyone near me．

　　I 　　10　　 an old gentleman and said, “Sir, would you like a cookie?” He stopped and turned around, looked at me rightly and said, “What did you say? Did you call me sir?” I told him I 　　11　　, and his eyes 　　12　　 a little bit and said, “No one has 　　13　　 called me sir．” So he was completely moved．It 　　14　　 me．

　　I explained I had been raised that 　　15　　 color and social status, everyone deserved respect．It 　　16　　 me to think that just because he was homeless, no one 　　17　　 him the honor．It broke my heart．I just didn’t understand 　　18　　 no one ever called him sir? I had never thought that anyone was below me because I wasn’t raised that way．Every 　　19　　 person deserves to be treated with respect．Years later, I still carry that memory and the 　　20　　 it taught me．Sometimes, what we take for granted can really make a difference in someone’s life．

　　How have you made a difference to others? How have others made a difference to you?

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　　Learning experiences happen to us throughout our lives．Not long ago, I had one that I would like to 　　1　　．

　　I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team．The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 　　2　　 we realized we were 　　3　　．Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead．I had a brand new ＄20 bill．I was so 　　4　　 because I had never had that kind of cash before．But spending it on 　　5　　 seemed like throwing it away．We all rushed into the pizza line．　　6　　 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table．About half way through the meal, I 　　7　　 I had not actually handed any money to the cashier．I had just 　　8　　 out, and nobody had noticed, I felt terrible．

　　My conscience(良心)opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite．I couldn’t 　　9　　 over it．I just couldn’t go back to the cashier and 　　10　　 for my stolen pizza．I was so upset that I 　　11　　 to give myself the pleasure of an ice-cream for 　　12　　 that someone would say, “ Hey, Jeff, why don’t you use the change 　　13　　 the pizza instead of that nice, new ＄20 bill?” I was not so 　　14　　 of my cash now．

　　For the next two years, whenever I was 　　15　　 of the “pizza incident”, I would say to myself, “ Don’t think about it…”

　　I have learned two things from this 　　16　　．Maybe I was a fool for 　　17　　 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 　　18　　 pizza．But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience 　　19　　 up with you．

　　This reflect the saying, “A coward(懦夫)dies a thousand deaths; a hero dies one．” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times．If I had been a “　　20　　” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice．

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　　It was a cold winter day that Sunday．The parking lot to the 　　1　　 was filling up quickly．I noticed, as I got out of my car, fellow church members were 　　2　　 among themselves as they walked in the church．As I got 　　3　　, I saw a man leaning up against the wall outside the church．He was almost lying down 　　4　　 he was asleep．His hat was 　　5　　 down so you could not see his face．He wore shoes that looked 30 years old, too 　　6　　 for his feet, with holes all over them and his toes 　　7　　 out．I guessed this man was 　　8　　 and asleep, so I walked on 　　9　　 through the doors of the church．We all talked for a few minutes, and someone 　　10　　 the man lying outside．People whispered but no one took 　　11　　 to ask him to come in, 　　12　　 me．A few moments later church began．We were all waiting for the Preacher(牧师)to take his 　　13　　 and to give us the Word, 　　14　　 the doors to the church opened．In 　　15　　 the man walking down the church with his head down．People gasped and whispered and made 　　16　　．He made his way down the church and up onto the pulpit(讲坛)where he took off his hat and coat．My heart 　　17　　．

　　There stood our preacher……he was the “homeless man”．The preacher took his Bible and 　　18　　 it on his stand．

　　“　　19　　, I don’t think I have to tell you what I am preaching about today．If you 　　20　　 people by their appearance, you have no time to love them．”

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　　There was a terrible rainstorm unexpectedly．The rain caused the streets 　　1　　 and the subway system almost came to a stop．

　　Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour．Many people who were going to work were 　　2　　 to go home．Some struggled to 　　3　　 a taxi or to get on a bus．Still others faced the 　　4　　 bravely, walking miles to get to work．

　　I 　　5　　 to be one of people on the way to work that morning．I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most 　　6　　 had stopped．After making my way 　　7　　 crowds of people．I finally found a subway line that was 　　8　　．Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to 　　9　　 the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the 　　10　　．So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train．Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 　　11　　 my stop．Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain．When I got to my office, I was 　　12　　 through, exhausted and 　　13　　．

　　My co-workers and I spend most of the day drying off．When it was 5∶00 pm, I was ready to go home．I was about to turn off my computer 　　14　　 I received an email from Garth, my Director：

　　I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and 　　15　　 reported to work．It is always relaxing, at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 　　16　　 to their jobs．Thank you．

　　Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that 　　17　　 message than I ever did from a textbook．The email taught me that a few words of 　　18　　 can make a big difference．The rainstorm and the traffic 　　19　　 had made me tired and upset．But Garth’s words immediately 　　20　　 me and put a smile back on my face．

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　　I've always loved pigeons(鸽子)．Some years ago I managed to persuade my wife to let me buy a few and start 　　1　　 them myself．They cost a lot of money and so it spoilt(破坏)our 　　2　　 a bit, but my wife never actually stopped me so I 　　3　　 carried on．I learnt so much about them that I could 　　4　　 a good racer anywhere and I bought some beauties．My pigeons won some top races, and I even began to make a bit of 　　5　　．

　　You see, people are prepared to pay big prices if they get to know that your pigeons are 　　6　　 big prizes．

　　My wife had been changing her 　　7　　 to the pigeons over the last year or two anyway．She was quite 　　8　　 of all the prizes we’d won．Then there was the travelling, which she liked．You see some one has to take the pigeons a 　　9　　 way off and set them free．Some of the 　　10　　 were really nice．I never travelled．I used to like to wait at home and see them come in．They’ve got this wonderful sense of 　　11　　, which can bring them back home so quickly．They’d flown hundreds of miles sometimes 　　12　　 storms or against strong winds．And there they’d come, tiny white birds against the great 　　13　　．Then I'd watch them 　　14　　 round and come down onto the landing shelf．I'd look at my watch and think, “My goodness, that’s a good 　　15　　．”And I'd take off the little leg ring and push it through the machine to 　　16　　 what time he’d arrived．Then my wife would 　　17　　 up and say, “Has he arrived yet?” Then we would work out if we’d won 　　18　　．

　　Then last year we had a 　　19　　! All of them got some sort of flu and 　　20　　．It was terrible．I had to burn them all．We lost a fortune, of course．

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