There is an old saying: “Take the time to stop and smell the flowers.” I think we should also take the time to ______ flowers.

My grandmother knew just ______ to do that. She grew flowers with earth, water and love, so her back garden was filled with beautiful flowers. She would smile when she saw the ______ shine down on them. In her front garden she planted flowers, _______. You could see red, white, and yellow flowers in it. My mom and I used to walk _____ them and enjoy their smells. Beautiful butterflies (蝴蝶) flew down on them. Grandma also cared for the wild flowers. She would send ______ and my brother out to pick flowers and would then turn them into delicious wine (酒).

Grandma not only planted flowers in the gardens _____ also planted flowers in our hearts. Her delicious dinners made with love encouraged us. Her sweet smile always made us ______. Her hugs (拥抱) and kisses were the sunshine that kept our own love ______day after day.

Take the time to plant a few flowers yourself today. Show your smiles, kindness and love. Plant your wishes, talents and pleasure. Make this ______ brighter and brighter with your sunshine.

A train stopped at a small station. A man looked out of the window and saw a woman who was selling cakes. People from the train were buying them. The man wanted to buy a cake, but the woman was standing far from the window. It was raining, and the man didn’t want to go out in the rain. Suddenly he saw a boy who was walking on the platform(站台) not far from him.

“Come here, boy!” the man said. “Do you know how much those cakes cost?” “Five cents for each,” the boy answered. The man gave the boy ten cents and asked him to buy two cakes. “One for me, and one for you,” he told the boy. A few minutes later, the boy came back. He was eating a cake. He gave the man five cents and said, “There was only one cake.”

Paul can play basketball and volleyball very well. One Friday afternoon, when Paul came out of his classroom, one of his classmates said to him, “Paul, your father is waiting for you at the school gate.”

On their way home, Paul saw some boys skating in the park. He wanted to skate with them, but his father said, “You have much homework to do today. You must go back home and do your homework. Then I’ll buy you an ice cream.” Paul finished his homework and got his ice cream. He started to eat it, but a fly (苍蝇) came along. It landed on the ice cream. Paul’s father told him to drive (驱赶) the fly away. Paul said, “You won’t let me skate, but the fly doesn’t have homework. Can’t you let it skate for a while?”

When I was about twelve years old, a girl in my class liked to point out（指出） my shortcomings（缺点）. She said I was very thin; I wasn't good at math; I talked too much; I was too proud, and so on. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes. He listened to me quietly, and asked, “Are those things true or not? Jane, didn't you ever think about what you're really like ? ” Then he added, “Well, you have that girl's opinions. Make a list of everything she said and mark(标出) the points that are true.”

I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I found out that about half the things were true.

Some of them I couldn't change（改变）, like being very thin, but many I could and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a clear picture of myself.

I brought the list back to Daddy, and he said, “Now you know better about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears angrily and feel hurt.

When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be of great help to you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do. ”

Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of advice.

More and more people are    51    the life with computers. You can send E-mail     52     and easily through computers. You are able to send a letter with pictures and sounds to someone anywhere in the world w    53     putting a stamp（邮票）. E-mail can send its message to the other side of the world    54    seconds. E-mail is easy to use and it     55     （节省）time and money. It serves(服务)for twenty-four hours. So it doesn’t matter if your friends are in bed when you send E-mail to them, or you are seeing a film at the cinema when they send E-mail    56    .

Can you imagine( 想象) the future without teachers but computers? Students will     57    themselves in the schools of the future. Computers help students develop their own ways of     58    . Students will follow the learning programs by     59     online lessons by world-class teachers. If they don’t understand something, they will ask other students online or E-mail their teachers. Computers are becoming more and more    60    indeed.