【推荐1】James is a poor boy in our community. He has no father，and his mother is poor in health. He studies hard and is good at all his lessons. At weekends，he has to work to make money.

On Saturday and Sunday mornings，he rides his bike to the post office to get newspapers，and then gives them out from house to house before breakfast. So he usually gets up early at 5：00 a.m. He goes to the street corner after breakfast and shines shoes（擦鞋）for people there. James has no time to go back home for lunch. Very often he has some dry bread with could water. He keeps working for ten hours a day like that.

The following picture shows the money he gets each week.

Because the family have to pay sixteen dollars for food each week，their life is really hard.

【推荐3】Mrs. White was very fat. She weighed (重) 100 kilos, so she went to see a doctor. The doctor said, “You need a diet (节食), Mrs. White, and I have a good way here.” He gave Mrs. White a small book and said, “Read this carefully and eat the things on page 11 every day. Then come back and see me in two weeks.”

Mrs. White came again two weeks later, she was fatter (更胖) than before. The doctor was surprised and asked, “Are you eating the things on page 11 of the small book?” “Yes, doctor.” she answered.

The next day the doctor visited Mrs. White during her dinner. He was very surprised at what he saw. “Mrs. White,” he said, “why are you eating potatoes and bread? They aren’t in your diet.” “Doctor,” Mrs. White answered, “I follow my diet at lunchtime. But this is my dinner.”

【推荐1】Wang Lin is a student of Grade 7. One Sunday, Wang Lin wants to go to the zoo to see animals. He likes animals very muh. His favorite animals are elephants and monkeys. He thinks elephants are kind and monkeys look cute. But he doesn’t like tigers and lions. On the way to the zoo, he sees a little boy. The boy is crying. Wang Lin asks, “What’s up, little boy?” “I can’t find my way home.” So Wang Lin helps him to find his home. “Thank you for your help. It’s very kind of you.” The boy’s parents say to Wang Lin.

Now it’s six o’clock. It’s time for dinner. Wang Lin has to go home. He can’t go to the zoo, but he is very happy.

【推荐2】Last Saturday, I went to a coffee shop to meet a friend of mine. I got there ten minutes earlier,

So I ordered a cup of coffee and sat by the window, watching people. There were some boys playing football on the street and a small boy was running after the ball as it rolled (滚动) across the road.

Suddenly, there came a car. It was going very fast. When the driver saw the boy in his way, he braked (刹车) hard. But it was too late. The small boy was lying on the street without moving. To everyone’s surprise, the car didn’t stop. It drove away quickly.

People ran to the boy. There was a cut on the boy’s head and he lost a lot of blood. The coffee shop owner telephoned the police. Soon an ambulance (救护车) arrived and took the boy to the hospital. At 6:30 pm, the police arrived and started questioning people. About half an hour later, they asked me to go to the police station because I saw everything. I gave them all the information I knew because I really wanted them to catch the driver. I didn’t leave the police station until 8: 00 pm. After that I went home because I didn’t want to talk to anyone.

The next day, the boy’s parents called me to say thanks. They also told me their boy was fine and the driver was at the police station now.

【推荐3】Betty and I are best friends.Our birthdays are on the same day, so every year we have a birthday party together. But this year, we had a costurne party（化妆舞会）instead.

While we were writing the invitations, my mom came in and asked, “Why not invite John?” John had been in our class for only a few months, but he was already getting better grades in math than anyone else in class. “Mom, he wears the same trousers to school every day. How could he even afford a costurne?” Mom said nothing.

The next day, mom gave me an envelope with a shopping card in it. “I thought it would be nice for you to give this to John”, Mom said. But how? We didn’t want to make John embarrassed. We discussed it for a long time. Finally, Betty and I had a good idea.

On the day of our party, John arrived, in an old sheet（床单）,but still in the same brown trousers as usual. Before eating the birthday cake, Betty said in a loud voice, “Now it’s time for the great prize game.” It was a math game.None of us were surprised when John came up with the right answer first and won the envelope.

Everything went well as we planned. John wore a new pair of trousers and a new shirt the next week. He felt happy. So did we.

【推荐1】Mary and her sister are students.She is 12 years old.Her sister is only eight.Their mother is very busy every day.So Mary has hamburgers and eggs and her sister has ice⁃cream and chicken for breakfast.For lunch,Mary likes eating vegetables and salad.Her sister likes eating French fries(炸薯条) and carrots.For dinner,they have the same food and fruit.

【推荐2】A man went to see his doctor one day, because he was suffering from pains in his stomach. After the doctor had examined him carefully, he said to him, “Well, there’s nothing really wrong with you, I’m glad to say. Your only trouble is that you worry too much. Do you know, I had a man with the same trouble as you here a few weeks ago, and I gave him the same advice as I am going to give you? He was worried because he couldn’t pay his tailor’s bills. I told him not to worry about the bills any more. He took my advice and when he came to see me again two days ago, he told me that he now felt quite all right again.” “Yes, I know all about that,” answered the patient sadly. “You see, I’m that man’s tailor!”

【推荐3】My husband Shane and I were hanging out on the street one evening. I was talking but he was looking over at someone.

He walked over to a young girl who was crying. As he talked to her, I could see from his body language that he was trying to calm (使平静) her down. When I joined them, I realized that she had been homeless for some time. She told Shane that all she wanted was to go to her sister’s house in another city.

Some people would have handed her some money, wished her lunch or maybe allowed her to make a call. Shane did much more. He said, “Kelly, I can’t leave her here like this. Sometimes people need someone not only to help them but to believe they’re telling the truth.”

I was a bit cold, so we had an idea to take her home. When I asked her if she’d like to go home with us, she thanked me about a million times with tears in her eyes.

We went home and I gave her some clean clothes to wear and told her she could use the shower. We ate something. Finally, she told us her story.

In the morning, she was finally able to get a hold of her sister, so she had a place to go to. Shane drove her to the bus station and bought her a ticket.

Sometimes what people need is not just money, but people who will trust, listen to and understand them.