When our children were younger, it was popular for city people to buy a small farm in the country and 1 a few animals there．
One of our new neighbors 2 ducks．They seemed very lovely; however, they were 3 to run around in their yard and the neighbors' yards－ 4 ours．Our vegetables were their favorite food．Often we would “shoo” the ducks home and wonder 5 there wasn't a fence to keep them．
One day, I asked her if she 6 her ducks were bringing trouble to my garden．She told me that they were her 7 and he was away traveling．My attitude to her was bad．We realized that our neighbors were not planning to build a 8 , so our son built one．The ducks now stayed in their own yard．I didn't see my neighbor again 9 months later．
A women's church(教堂)group asked me to 10 at their mother and daughter party．The topic was “Love”．Much to my 11 , the first woman I saw when I walked into the church was my neighbor．I knew I could not speak about love to them when I hadn't been 12 with my neighbor．So I walk 13 to her and said sorry for my attitude．She forgave me and then we talked 14 ．
Do you have anybody like that in your life? Let me encourage you, if at all possible, go to clear the 15 between you．
Do you have a healthy eating habit? As we know, a healthy eating habit is good 1 health．Of all the things we eat and drink, 2 is the most important．Not 3 people know this, but it is quite true(真实的)．Our bodies can go 4 food for a long time． 5 for two or three days without water people may die．
Many people don’t know 6 water our bodies need to work well．And they don’t drink 7 water, especially(尤其)in hot weather．Most people drink only when they 8 drink．But in fact they often 9 more water, especially after they have sports．
Do you know 65％ to 75％ of a man’s 10 is water? If we don’t have enough water, we feel tired and may become ill．
Do you have the ability to live cheaply? Now here’s a true story of an American girl, Sarah．After Sarah left university, 1 began to live in New York City on her own．She 2 a job in a publishing house, but the salary was less than ＄30，000 a year．Her parents thought her life would be hard, but Sarah could live on her 3 and still saved ＄5, 000 in a year．How was that 4 in one of the most expensive cities in the world?
Cheap living always starts with keeping the big cost small．For most people, that means housing．So Sarah chose to 5 a flat with three other friends．Her next biggest cost was 6 ．When she ate out, she went to cheap restaurants． 7 she bought a ＄9.99 whole chicken at a local restaurant．She then 8 the chicken bones(骨头)home and made soup out of them．Nowadays young people often 9 a lot of money on entertainment(娱乐)．But Sarah said, “I enjoy walking 10 in New York City．I love going to museums and parks．” Did Sarah feel poor by cheap living? Not really．She 11 managed to take two trips, one to the Netherlands, the other to Portland．
“Don’t think of saving money as something 12 ．It’s a kind of game,” said Sarah．
Do you have a beautiful dream? I know almost everyone 1 their own dreams in their life．The dreams are very important 2 them．The dreams can make them 3 harder．
I am studying in a school now．My dream is 4 a teacher in West China．Many Children there want to go to school 5 they can't．Their families are very poor and the parents have 6 enough money to send their children to school．But going to school and studying is the only 7 to change their life．Teachers are greatly needed there, so I want to be a teacher to help them．I 8 kind to my students and make friends with them．I will give them love and teach 9 how to be a useful person．I think it is 10 job in the world．
My name is Lily．My father is a teacher．His students love him a lot because he is funny．I love him, too, but I think he can be “foolish” 1 ．
Once we moved into a new house and had to go shopping to buy new chairs and lights．In the supermarket, I'm interested 2 some of the beautiful lights with good qualities and made my father buy them．
When we got home, my father began to work out how much money we had 3 that day．Suddenly, he stopped．“Something's wrong．” he said．“I've got 30 yuan 4 than I should!” “That's great,” I said．“You can buy me that 5 book I want．”
Father said nothing．Instead, he counted(数)how much money he had again and again．
“The salesgirl must have made a mistake．We 6 go back to the shop,” he said．
“Do you have to go back?” I asked．“Nobody will know we 7 too much change(找零)．It would be foolish to go back．”
“It wouldn't be ‘foolish'．” my father said angrily．“It's called being 8 ．” At that moment, I looked into his eyes and knew he was right．
The salesgirl was surprised to see us in the shop again．But 9 we gave her the money, she thanked us a lot．
On my way home, my father stopped me 10 smiled．“Do you still want that cartoon book?” he asked．I looked at my “foolish” father and answered loudly, “Father, you are the greatest!”