About a year ago, a couple with 3 children moved into the apartment next door to me. I never heard any noise from the children, but the parents were always ________ them, in a frightening way. We met often in the hallway when we were coming or going. I always spoke, but the only ________ I ever got was a hello from the 4-year-old girl.

I usually go out for breakfast and one day when I returned, they were just coming from their apartment and the little girl was holding the door open for others. I stayed in the car doing unnecessary things as I wasn’t in a ________. The parents were telling her to get into the car immediately. I looked up and saw the little girl was still holding the door open, waiting for ________.

As a disabled man, I can’t hurry at ________, but I hurried as much as I could and thanked her. She was smiling like a lovely angel. I was so ________ by her small act of kindness. That afternoon I was shopping and I saw a white bear. I thought of the ________ and said to myself   “I believe she would like that” so I bought it.

The next day there was a knock on the door and it was the little girl and her parents. She was so ________ of her bear and thanked me as if I had never been thanked before. The mother and father ________ thanked me.

Now when we meet in the hall we all speak, and in a friendly manner I might add. As time passes, I don’t hear that shouting as often. ________, hardly at all.

Last night we had about four inches of ________. I looked out at my car and wondered ________ I was going to keep my doctor’s appointment (约会).

When I opened the outside door, there was my car with all the snow cleaned. I can’t express how I felt at that moment. The man next door was the only person I knew in the whole building, ________ when I saw him the next day, I asked him if he was the good man that cleaned my snow. He said ________. He wanted to but his wife said she wanted to do it.

Isn’t it amazing that a 4-year-old girl can change so many things for the better? My guardian angel (守护天使) says that good things usually come from ________.

Hi Sam! Sorry I haven’t emailed recently—I’ve been revising for my exams. I have finished them now and I have got some time to relax and some money to spend on going out. Last weekend, I went to see a great film called Yes Man. If you haven’t seen it, you must go! Jim Carrey plays the main character and it’s very funny—and also quite encouraging. It’s based on a book by Danny Wallace which is also called Yes Man. I read the book a few months ago and that’s hilarious, too—I really laughed out loud!

The book is a true story about what happens to the writer, Danny. Basically, he found that he was doing nothing all the time, just worrying about things and complaining about his life. He wasn’t seeing his friends much, so he was lonely and bored. Then one day, he was on a bus in London when he sat down next to a man. The man was a stranger, but they started talking. Danny told him about his boring life and the man just gave him three words: ‘Say “yes” more.’ And for Danny this was a turning point in his life. Those three words influenced everything he did. At that moment, he made a decision: ‘I will say “yes” to everything!’ And he wrote a book about what happened to him in the next year or so. Three years later, the book was made into a hit film.

The film is based on the book although there are some differences. First, it’s set in the US instead of England. Secondly, the main character is based on Danny, but he called Carl in the film. And what’s more, he doesn’t meet a man on a bus. His turning point comes when he goes to a self-help class and they advise him to say “yes” more.

In the film, Carl succeeds in changing his life and doing lots of crazy things: he has flying lessons, he learns to speak Korean and he rides a motorbike with no clothes on! The storyline isn’t very strong. It’s quite weak, I suppose, but all Carl’s stories are very interesting—especially because Jim Carrey is a very funny actor.

I’m really interested in the film because there’s a serious message, too. I believe in making the most of life and I’ve decided I’m going to be more positive. I’ve decided I’m not going to stay at home so much. I’m going to do more things, see my friends more and everything. Actually, that’s why I’m emailing you! It would be great if we could meet up soon. Let me know when you are free.

I’ve loved my mother’s desk since I was just tall enough to see above the top of it as mother sat doing letters. Standing by her chair, looking at the ink bottle, pens, and white paper, I decided that the act of writing must be the most wonderful thing in the world.

Years later, during her final illness, mother kept different things for my sister and brother. “But the desk,” she’d said again, “It’s for Elizabeth.”

I never saw her get angry, and never saw her cry. I knew she loved me, and she showed it in action. But as a young girl, I wanted heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter.

They never happened and a gulf opened between us. I was “too emotional (易动感情的)”, but she lived “on the surface”.

As years passed and I had my own family. I loved my mother and thanked her for our happy family. I wrote to her in careful words and asked her to let me know in any way she chose that she did forgive (原谅) me.

I posted the letter and waited for her answer. It didn’t come.

My hope turned to disappointment (失望), then little interest and, finally, peace—it seemed that nothing happened. I couldn’t be sure that the letter had even got to mother. I only knew that I had written it, and I could stop trying to make her into someone she was not.

Now the present of her desk told, as she’d never been able to, that she was pleased that writing was my chosen work. I cleaned the desk carefully and found some papers inside—a photo of my father and a one-page letter, folded (折叠) and refolded many times.

Give me an answer, my letter asks, in any way you choose. Mother, you always chose the act that speaks louder than words.

56. 中学生在成长过程中经常会碰到一些烦恼。假设你是李华，请根据下表提示，用英语写一篇发言稿，在班会上谈谈你遇到的烦恼以及你自己的做法。

I’m Lihua. I’d like to talk about my problems and how I deal with them. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________