Matt love science, and he wanted to be the Science Star of the week. Now he was presenting his experiment in Mrs. Perry’s class.

“Let me show you _______ to keep an egg in the middle of the glass.” Matt dropped an egg into salt water. But it fell to the bottom.

“Look, Matt’s blushing (脸红)!” Coco shouted. Matt covered his red face with hands.

That evening he _______ The Book of Wonderful Science Experiments. When it came to the last page, he smiled “This is the right experiment for me! It’s impossible to _______ this time.”

The next day in front of his class, Matt spread small pieces of paper onto the desk and rubbed (擦) a spoon with cloth. “The spoon will lift up the paper.” He raised the spoon, but nothing happened. The paper lay still.

“Matt’s blushing again!” Emily pointed out. Matt was _______ and ran back to his seat with his red face.

“Becoming the Science Star seems so _______,” Matt thought. That night he couldn’t sleep. “I have to make it, but the only thing I could do right was blushing.” Suddenly, a plan came to his mind.

The following morning, Matt appeared before the class again, _______ his Mickey Mouse ears.

“Mouse ears on the head are your _______?” Someone laughed and Matt’s face burned.

“No, watch my _______! Blushing is my experiment,” Matt answered. Everyone quieted down.

Matt continued, “When you feel stressed, your blood vessels (血管) in the face open wide and fill the skin with blood, _______ you blush.” He showed a picture of blood vessels. “I’ve tried many times to control blushing, but now I know it’s a normal part of being human. So the best thing to do is to ________ it.” The class cheered and Matt’s red face lit up the whole classroom.

“Matt is the Science Star of the week” Mrs. Perry announced. Matt walked proudly back to his seat. What a perfect day!

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of the great works by Mark Twain. The book is so interesting. Even today, it is quite popular among kids. Although I am in my thirties, the book remains one of my favorites. After rereading the book recently, I have learned an important lesson from Tom Sawyer.

In our daily lives, we are often given some boring or tiring tasks. What’s in your mind when your mom tells you to clean the floor? Have you ever wanted to complain? I think most people have.

Tom Sawyer, however, thought “differently” when he was given a boring task. One Saturday morning, Aunt Polly told Tom to paint the fence (篱笆). Tom’s friend Ben Rogers happened to walk past. Instead of complaining, Tom told Ben that he felt “excited” about the task. “Only one in a thousand, or even two thousand boys can do this!” Tom said.

Tom’s words made Ben interested in the task. He even gave Tom his apple so that he could have a chance to paint the fence. If Tom had thought about nothing but complaining, he would have had a bad day painting the fence.

This story teaches me a valuable lesson: Complaining is useless. The next time you are given a boring or tiring task, don’t complain. Unlike what happens in the story of Tom Sawyer, it is unlikely that someone will come and do the work for you. However, without complaining, you’ll feel better and perhaps even do a better job!

Orion Jean is a 10-year-old boy from Fort Worth, Texas. He is making a difference in the world with his acts of kindness. And these acts may change the lives of people he has helped.

It all began after a student kindness competition last year where he gave encouraging words to share about taking the first step. “Kindness is a virtue (美德) we can all have, if we are willing to,” he said. “So why not start today? Because right now, it’s what we need more than ever.”

With the $500 prize money he won, Orion donated toys to a local children’s hospital. Next, he helped prepare 100,000 meals for families in Texas. And now he wants to give books to kids who may not have them and plans to gather 500,000 books in a “race to kindness”.

Kherri Jean, Orion’s mother, wrote on her Facebook page on March 31 that Orion has already collected over 120,000 books. “Today was one of my favorite days!” she said. “We had a ‘Race to Kindness’ free book fair for children and their parents. It was so great to see kids looking for books they like and taking them home!”

And even if he hasn’t met the goal of 500,000 books, Orion has done far more than putting books into the hands of poor children. “It’s all about my moral responsibility to help people,” Orion said. “You know, it’s my responsibility to be able to see these people who need help know that I can help them.”