At the age of seven, I started school in London. There I met a ________, Mr. King. He influenced my whole life. Mr King taught me maths. He was humorous. Sometimes, he told us funny stories. So his lessons made us ________.

One day, Mr. King stopped me ________ I was on my way home. He took out a piece of paper with some maths exercises on it. ________ a smile, he asked. “Would you like to have a try my kid? ” I was a hit surprised and took ________ exercises home. I worked hard that night.

The next day when I gave part of the answers to him he ________ checked them and said “Well done! I believe your love for maths will help you with the rest.”

After Mr. King encouraged me, I ________ all my free time on the exercises. A week later. I succeeded! Mr. King gave more exercises to me, ________ me to make great progress. Every time ________ the problems, I have a lot of fun. Exercises became harder and I put effort (努力）into maths.

I enjoyed maths. It was Mr. King that opened the ________ to maths for me and led me in, thankful to Mr. King.

Long long time ago, a man called Tom got a book. It was about the secret of a special pebble (鹅卵石) that could turn anything into real gold. The special pebble was lying among other ones on the beach. Because they looked the same, the special pebble was almost impossible to be found. If people touched the special pebble, it would feel warm. However, other pebbles were cold.

After learning the secret, Tom was excited. He dreamed of becoming rich. So he sold all that he had, bought garden forks, went to the beach and started picking up pebbles. On the first day, he picked up pebbles and then he threw them into the sea if there were not special. Again and again, the special pebble didn’t appear. But he didn’t give up and then he continued.

Several years later, suddenly he picked up one pebble which was warm. But because he had such a strong habit of throwing one pebble after another without thinking, he threw this special one into the sea as usual. He lost the chance to be rich. What a pity!

In fact, good chances do come in our life at any time. Try to hold them as soon as possible instead of missing them.

Love is not a single feeling. Although we love our family and friends, sometimes we just don’t know how to show our love to them. In fact people give love in different ways. Each way can be called a “love language.”     46    

First, offering praise.     47     Praise means attention and care. “You’ve done a good job.” “These shoes look nice on you”…Such praise will make others pleased.

    48     A gift means “I care about you.” The gift does not have to be expensive. Perhaps a piece of chocolate is OK.

Third, spending time together. Have a relaxing time and do things we all enjoy. Don’t be busy all the time. Have a picnic with the family.     49    

Fourth, being a good learner.     50     When someone is down, what he wants is to understanding. Don’t talk about ourselves too much.

These love languages help us to express love. They also make us understand love form others.

A famous writer was born in a small town. Although his family was very poor, his parents managed to send him to school. He worked hard until he left college with good grades.

He then put his heart into writing. But he made little money. He couldn’t afford his meals sometimes. Publishing （出版） his works was hard for him. An old woman heard of his experiences. She offered his money. Then he could live on and went on writing. Finally, his books came out. They sold well.

The success of his books brought him great wealth. So he made up his mind to help other young writers in the same way. He built up a fund (基金会). Many young writers received his help.

Kindness is passed on which makes the world a warm place.