【推荐1】As a writer, I ever volunteered as a "Reading Mom" in a primary school. A boy called Ronny attracted my attention. He looked like every other kid in the first-grade classroom but he was _______ —he had a speech problem.

Every time when it was Ronny's turn to _______ he sat very close to me and opened the book as if he was opening a box of treasure. I watched his fingers move _______ under each letter as he tried his best to speak. If he read a word with a _______ pronunciation successfully, the biggest smile would spread across his face. After several days, Ronny made great progress although he was still _______ the level of his grade.

A few weeks before the school year ended, I _______ Ronny a book—one of those Little Golden Books that only cost $ 5. He was so surprised at my gift that tears ran down _______ face.

A few days later, I _______ Ronny on a chair near the playground, the book open in his lap. His teacher said, "_______ you gave the book to him, he read it every day. Do you know that's his ________ book he's ever actually owned?"

Hearing that, I felt so ________. I walked towards Ronny and asked, "Will you read me your book, Ronny?" He ________.

And then, for the next few minutes, he read to me more clearly than I'd ever thought. When he finished reading, Ronny closed his book and said with a great ________.

"Good book!" What a powerful contribution the ________ of that Little Golden Book had made to the life of a disabled child!

At that moment, I knew I should do ________ a writer should do—care enough to write a story that changed a child's life, care enough to make a difference.

Once, somebody asked a great man, “How did you ________ your dreams (梦想) come true?”

The man answered, “I grow great by dreams. I think ________ I want to do. Then, I go to bed and think about my dreams. I dream long into the night. And when I ________ the next morning, I see a way to make my dreams come true. While ________ people are saying, “I can’t do that. It’s impossible (不可能).” I’m already on ________ way to pursue (追求) what I want. As Woodrow Wilson said, “We grow great by dreams. All great men are dreamers.”

They see things in the soft wind of a spring day, ________ in the red fire on a long winter evening. Some of us let these ________ die, but others protect them and work hard for them. They look ________ them through bad days. Success always comes to those who sincerely (真诚的) hope that their dreams will come true.

Don’t tell ________ that your dreams are impossible. Don’t let other people stop you as you pursue success.________ your songs, dream your dreams and hope your hope.

A bird went to look for happiness. On her way, she saw a flower. The flower was short of water, but his face was full of _______.

The bird asked the little flower, “You’re going to die. Why are you _______ so happy?”

“Because my dream will come true,” said the little flower.

“_______ is it?” the bird asked.

“To get sweet fruit.”

Then the bird got to know happiness is a _______ in the heart.

The little bird _______ flying, and then she saw a disabled duck. The duck was singing a song happily. She asked the duck, “Life is so unfair to you. Why don’t you feel _______?”

“Because just now I saw a little duck fall down, I helped him stand up again,” said the duck.

Then the bird suddenly learnt happiness is a love in the heart.

The bird went on flying. Next she saw a spider falling off a wet wall, but he didn’t _______. The bird asked, “You _______ again and again. Why is a joy still on your face?”

“_______ I stick to climbing, I will climb over the wall one day,” said the spider.

The bird ________ that happiness is a faith (信心) in the heart.

So the bird no longer looked for happiness, because she finally knew that the true happiness is in her own heart.

How are you? I have a good time at my new _______ in Beijing, China. Here, I’m good _______ my teachers and classmates. They all like me and I also like _______. At school my favorite _______ photo are Chinese and music. And I _______ two clubs, the Chinese club and the music club. In the music club, I have a good friend. Her _______ is Yang Peiyi. She likes music. She _______   well. She can also play the piano and the violin. She says she wants to be a _______. Yang Peiyi likes _______, too. On weekends she often plays tennis or ping-pong with me. Do you want to know her? Look! Here is a _______ of her. I think you’ll like her.

Yours,

Maria