I’m very glad to have received your e-mail.

Yours,

Li Hua

2 . People often throw a party to celebrate a variety of occasions. For example, birthdays, graduations, holidays, the end of the semester. the beginning of summer, and so on. If you have ever thrown a party, you must be aware of the biggest problem of waste.Imagine the mess left from all the parties that are held in the world. Where does all of this rubbish go?     1     In order to change this situation, it’s important to decrease waste to the most.

    2    . As a matter of fact, e-invitations are quick, easy, and more modern than traditional paper invites.    3    . If there are any people in your crowd who say it’s tacky ( 俗气的) to use e-cards, tell them it’s tackier to pollute the environment by using traditional ones. That should keep them quiet.

Reuse and recycle. Reduce waste by buying party foods (with less packaging) and send guests home with leftover shacks. Use plates you can wash and reuse, rather than hand out disposable paper plates for people’s pizza. Make it easy for your guests to recycle    4    , making it obvious that one is for real rubbish and the other is for recycled goods.

Allow each person only one cup. Since everyone has the same cup, it is quite easy to mix up the cups. After you put it down for a second, you can’t recognize which cup belongs to you. Then, you will reach for a totally new one. As the result, after the party, you will find many cups are thrown away, causing a lot of waste.     5    .

Yours ,

Li Hua

I’ve been back home safely from England.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

10 . My day started just as usual. I left for the train station at 7:35 to arrive at work by 8:30. While on the train I would always choose a seat away from the crowd so I can read the newspaper peacefully and _______. I didn’t know why but for some reason when I got on the train today it was unusually _______. I sat down in the only seat available beside a middle-aged man who had his head down and seemed to be _______ in his thoughts. I was glad that he didn’t notice when I sat next to him because he just _______ to look down towards the floor.

Shortly after the train left I found myself _______ what could be so important that he didn’t even see me. I tried to forget about it. However, for some strange reason this inner _______ kept forcing me to talk to this man. I tried to ignore the voice _______ there was no way I was starting a conversation with a complete stranger. Finally I _______ and came up with an excuse to ask him a question. When he _______ his head, I could see that he had some tears rolling down the side of his face ________ his feeble (微弱的) attempt to wipe them away. We talked for about 20 minutes and in the end he seemed to be doing ________.

Several weeks had passed when I noticed an unaddressed envelope on my desk after returning from lunch. It only had the word ________ written on it. When I read the note inside the ________ I was so filled with emotions that I couldn’t ________ myself. It was a letter from the man I met on the train thanking me again for talking to him and ________ his life that day. Clearly he had some very hurtful personal problems that were ________ uncontrolled that he was planning to take his life that day.

In his letter he explained that he screamed out to God in despair (绝望) ________ if God really cared about him he would ________ someone to prevent him from taking his life. In his eyes I was that someone, that Angel sent by God.

So next time you feel prompted (冲动) for no ________ reason to talk to a friend, relative, neighbor or even a complete stranger please remember my story. You just may make a ________ to someone’s life when you listen to your inner voice.