One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and 1 and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he 2 there was a hole in the boat and decided to 3 it. When he finished painting, he received his money and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and 4 him with a nice check, much 5 than the payment for painting, the painter was surprised. "You've already paid me for painting the boat!" he said.

"But this is not for the paint 6. It's for having repaired the hole in the boat. "

"But it was such a(n) 7 service. Certainly it's not worth 8 me such a high amount for something so unimportant!"

"My dear friend, you do not understand. Now let me tell you what 9. When I asked you to paint the boat, I 10 to mention about the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and 11 a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a 12 in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was 13 because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

"Then, I 14 the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You saved my children! I do not have enough money to pay your 'small' good deed. "

So, no matter who, when or how, just 15 repair all the "leaks" you find.

In many ways, Gitanjali Rao is an ordinary 11-year-old, lively and chatty, yet her scientific spirit makes a huge difference. Last month, she 1 the top prize at the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge for her invention.

What 2 Gitanjali's work was that her city faced a water emergency with too much lead in its water. "The idea didn't 3 to me until I saw my parents try to do water tests. The test strips may show inaccurate results, which weren't very 4 ."

She recalls. She then searched for suitable materials with continued efforts and 5 found that carbon nanotube（纳米管） sensors can be used to sense chemicals. Gitanjali 6 to build a small blue housing using the 3-D printer at her school with computer chips and a battery inside. A free app, which Gitanjali designed under 7 from her computer science teacher, gives instant 8 and sends the data to a linked phone through an attached device.

The process of designing her project wasn't always 9 , though. Kathleen Shafer, a scientist paired with Gitanjali as her teacher in summer, 10 along the way. In the award ceremony, Gitanjali also 11 her parents with constant support and 12 to try "crazy ideas". Gitanjali received $25, 000 to further develop her program along with the great 13 of winning the contest. According to Shafer, who 14 Gitanjali, "she shows a lot of motivation to solve 15 issues through science".

My brother and I were driving home together and we were deep in conversation. Because of his 1, my brother took a wrong turn, taking us towards a 2 and we had no way to turn back. 3, my brother paid the bridge fee and drove on. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the 4 waste of $4.

We eventually reached an exit slipway and, as we took it, my brother 5 a beat-up black car parked by the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby 6 someone. I was busy trying to figure out which 7 we went next but my brother 8 and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a(n) 9 tire and needed a tool to get it off. My brother gave it to him, then proceeded to help him 10 the tire. After we had finished the job he thanked us again and again, pulled out $20 and tried to give it to us. "No," my brother said. "We were never 11 to even get on that bridge. We took a 12 turn. But now we know why we did. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) 13 to serve."

What I loved most was watching my brother throughout this 14. He was able to see a chance to help even in an otherwise 15 situation, which can only come from a calm mind and an open heart.

Last Saturday, an elderly couple, Todd and Donna, hurried early to the beach to take pictures of the sunrise. Todd suddenly1over a stone while enjoying the2of it. And he was3injured. When she found Todd's heart stopped beating, she screamed for4right away.

Tyler Volpe, a health care worker at a local hospital, was surfing that morning. He came flying out of the5when he heard Donna's6. He rushed to the scene, and started chest compressions.

When Volpe breathed into Todd's mouth, the tide began to7. Other surfers used their boards to8a wall against some water. "Volpe tried to keep him9until the ambulance got there," Donna said.

The ambulance soon arrived, and then a doctor used a defibrillator(除颤器) to10his heart and restart his heartbeat. Through the efforts of the11staff, he came to life. And then he was taken to the hospital.

After Todd was discharged from the hospital, Donna posted a message on the Internet asking if anyone knew the surfers who helped Todd. She12with Volpe via online texts. Later, Todd and Donna met Volpe at last. They were extremely13to Volpe. They gave Volpe a big hug when they reunited with him. They said, "Thank you, Volpe. Without you, it could have had a really different ending on the beach that day." But Volpe said it was14because he was one of the seaside first-aid volunteers. They were impressed by his good qualities and15to help others in the future, too.

I am a teacher in a famous co-education English medium Secondary School. Our school provides necessary 1for disabled students like a wheel-chair, lift, separate wash rooms and many more. One of our students, Kiran gradually developed "Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy", a severe muscular disease and became completely 2 on others.

When the school reopened for its new academic session in June 2017, as class teacher I found that Kiran was not 3 for his new session. I 4 for one month. Meanwhile, I enquired about his 5 with his younger sister and 6 that Kiran's condition became worse than before. With the 7 from the school authorities, I 8 him at his house along with his classmates and 9 him by giving examples of some of the most successful personalities with disabilities. They 10 even the fully functional people and claimed their 11 such as, Stephen Hawking, Hellen Keller and Stevie Wonder. Kiran's classmates 12 to help him with his studies.

Kiran now 13 his studies with the help of his teachers and classmates. At present, he is amongst one of the favorites for his teachers and fellow students. The boys of his class take 14 to play chess with him. We always try to make him 15 and bring a smile on his face.

"Are you really going to eat another piece of pizza?" It was at my fourteenth birthday party that I received my first 1  related comment. After that day, comments like this 2  in my head longer than they should have. I was 3  picking flaws（缺点） in my figure in the mirror. 

I decided that I couldn't eat like this in order to be 4 . It started out as just a little extra 5 every day, like running, but it quickly turned into 6 meals and working out every night before bed. As I 7 the calories, the comments started to change. Perhaps my 8 comment was "You're so skinny."

Maybe others didn't know it, but their comments were 9  my social construction of beauty. However, my condition slowly became worse. My caloric intake was less than that of a child and I no longer had the 10  to do the things I once enjoyed. 

Everything changed when I got a call from the director at my dance studio. She 11  me that she had wanted to move me to the advanced level, 12  she noticed I was too skinny. I then realized I nearly 13  my role in The Nutcracker. I was determined that I wasn't going to let society's idea of beauty be the death of me. 

I want to get better for real this time. Mirrors and scales（秤） have no 14  of who I am. Social constructions of beauty will always be 15  in the world that I live in but I've decided not to let them rule over me. 

In South Sudan, girls face many barriers (障碍) to education. Some girls cannot 1to attend school because their parents cannot meet the costs, and there is also2housework for girls, which takes up their time. Therefore, their parents don't 3 their daughters to go to school.

Another problem is that girls can be married off early, often4force. We don't have the 5 to choose the person we wish to marry. Our parents 6 us to the one who pays the highest price in cows. Now more people are going hungry and marrying off girls to get cows to 7. This happened to me. My parents married me off when I was studying, and I had to8 school.

Luckily, my brother helped me come to ASEW, which 9 to help girls finish school.

I saw that the headteacher was a woman and that 10 me. ASEW was a school without punishment and schoolfees (学费). It was a day school, not boarding school (寄宿学校), that gave me 11to help at home. The curriculum was 12 so we could complete our education more quickly. It was also 13 ， protected from outsiders. It is extremely dangerous for women and girls 14 there is fighting all around Rumbek.

At ASEW, I studied hard and passed with a high score of 77 percent. I wish other girls could have 15like me to go back to school.

Priscilla Sitienei has become something of a celebrity as the oldest primary school student in Kenya. At 98, she sits in class alongside some of the pupils she helped bring into the1.

Sitienei, who comes from the remote village of Ndalat in Nandi County, had always wanted to become a(n)2. Though that3 never came her way, she instead used her traditionally learned skills to help mothers deliver their babies safely at home. Still, she never 4 her dream to get an education. Giving her a dose of inspiration was a(n)5by the Kenyan government in 2003 to make primary education free. However, it wasn't until almost a decade later that she could6enter a classroom.

Her journey on the road to7has served as an inspiration for many in Kenya, where it was 8among members of the older generations to 9 on schooling to make ends meet.

David Kinyanjui, the head teacher at Leaders Vision Preparatory School, said that while it was challenging to10Sitienei into the class in 2011, her determination to get an education 11 the school authorities to enroll her. Sitienei, 12known as Gogo-- or grandmother in her native language—hasn't looked back.

"Gogo could only 13 in her mother tongue of Kalenjin and Kiswahili, but she was willing to start learning at the 14 level so that she could learn some English. 15_at Grade Six, she has learned the language and even though she is not 16 in it, she can understand what the teachers are saying in class," Kinyanjui17_.

Sitienei said: "I wanted to inspire children, especially 18 that education is important in shaping their future and getting out of poverty. Being a grandmother, I have19 some girls drop out of school due to early pregnancies or 20 of interest and the best way to show them the importance of education was by going back to school myself."

Nowadays, many young people spend a lot of time on their phones, which may annoy many people. 1, a group called Girl Scouts are receiving2for setting up their first walk-in clinic for elderly people, who have difficulty understanding how to3the secrets of their smart phones.

Each teen spent at least an hour of one-on-one time with their oldsters. Based on their4knowledge, each Girl Scout was assigned to5 different aspects of Android and Apple phones.

Some of the oldsters actually wanted to take part in e-commerce (电子商务), and needed help to6a payment account on their smart phones while others simply had7 when learning how to send messages to their family members. "I was teaching this older woman how to8, and the first thing she did was to send a message to her daughter," one of the Scouts said. "How9 it was! It just made' me feel really, really happy. "

In addition to arranging group lessons for all of the seniors to10together at the end of the clinic, the youngsters even printed out brochures and guides for the seniors to take home in case11seniors would encounter problems with their smart phones in the future.

The eighth graders earned their "Silver Award, for their job. After experiencing the12of their project, the girls hope to organize more13in the near future. "Those girls were just great," said Nancy, a grandmother who once14the clinic. "They were ready for us and had a very mature attitude about answering our questions, and they15the praise.

Heroes come in different shapes and sites. Some are born to give others a 1. Then there are the people who just happen to be in the right place at the right time. That was the 2 for John Underwood.

On a cold evening, a storm 3 near his home. Underwood was heading over to help his sister when the roads were 4. He saw some other drivers get stuck, so he got out of his truck to help. "My belief is that if I have the ability to do good, then I should do it. There should be no 5. " he said.

Underwood wasn't out of his 6 long before he heard a cry, "Someone was screaming, 'My parents, my parents !'" Moments later, a 12­year­old boy ran up to Underwood, saying his parents were 7 and asked for help.

The Hammonds went to get things from the basement when the walls 8 to bear the weight of rain and fell down, and they couldn't9_. Worse still, the water was rising fast. 10 was of extreme significance, so Underwood took action at once. Any inappropriate action could add more dangers. Luckily, Underwood had 11_ as a contractor (承包商). "Digging a hole in the living room floor, I knew it's a 12 way. "he said.

With physical strength, patience, and a lot of 13_, Underwood saved their lives. He said he did what anyone would do, but that's not necessarily true. It's hard to put yourself in a dangerous way to rescue another. That's why the American Red Cross 14 him. Ann Otto, who was in charge of the 23rd Annual Acts of Courage Awards, said the Awards should go to heroes like Underwood who have acted 15 and selflessly in a time of emergency.