“Sophie would make a good therapy(治疗) dog.”
The day my dog trainer said those words, I didn’t even know what a therapy dog was. I certainly had no idea what features my little dog had that would make her a candidate. But why not, I thought, if we can help people in need of some cheering up?
Last week, I accompanied Sophie to a hospital for our first day on the job. In the year and a half I had spent getting her certified, I had learned what to expect. I would bring Sophie into a patient’s room to be a pleaser, and then we would move on. Of course, Sophie herself couldn’t understand her purpose in all of this, but she was always happy to meet new people, and that was enough.
We walked through the wide automatic sliding glass doors and into the hall, where we were met by a nurse who ran the therapy dog program at the hospital. “Welcome,” Sophie, she said. “I’ll be taking you two around today.”
I followed the nurse down the hall. Sophie trotted (小跑) along at my side, just as she had been trained. “We’re a care unit,” the nurse explained. “Most of our patients are seniors.” I knew how important it was for Sophie to be her gentlest. “She was trained and ready for this, I reminded myself.
Up ahead was an old lady making her way down the hall with a walker. A nurse walked beside her, holding on to a gait belt (步态训练带)to keep her steady. We caught up with them, but the patient remained focused on her walker. As we were passing by at a safe distance, the lady turned her walker towards a chair against the wall. “Okay, we’ll stop for a rest,” her nurse said. Once the lady was settled, she pointed a finger at Sophie, as if to say “Please bring me that dog.”
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I picked up Sophie and placed her in the lady’s lap.
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“It’s a wonder! We had thought the lady lost the ability to speak,” the nurse told me excitedly.
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Robert and Henry were good friends in the same class. They always played and went home together. One day Robert and Henry were on the way home. Robert asked Henry to go swimming with him in a river nearby where swimming was forbidden, but Henry refused. Robert shouted at Henry and said, “You are a coward (胆小鬼), and I won’t play with you. ” Without any words, Henry was a little angry and went home alone.
The next day Henry went to school as usual, but Robert told all the boys that Henry was a coward and all of them laughed at Henry a great deal. Robert didn’t invite Henry to go home with him any more. Instead, he played with some other boys who also thought Henry was a coward. Every day after school, they didn’t go home directly but went to the river or somewhere to play.
A few days later, Robert was swimming with his new friends in a river, when he suddenly struggled and cried, “Help, help!” But his new friends didn’t help him and ran away as fast as they could.
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Robert was still struggling in the river.
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Robert’s life was saved.
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It was the first week of the summer vacation, and Parisa was already ready to be back at school. Not, everyone she knew liked school, but Parisa loved learning new things. Even more than that, she loved school because she got to be with her friends all day long. Parisa was an only child, and she thought it was too quiet at home.
Now her two best friends in the neighborhood were out of town for two weeks, and to Parisa, it seemed like two years. What would she do? Sitting on the wide front step of her house, she looked through her favorite kid magazine. The word “competition” caught her eye. “Create Your Own Magazine!” the headline read.
Parisa loved magazines, but it had never occurred to her that she could create one herself. The article said competitors must send in an eight-page magazine with handwritten articles and hand drawn pictures — nothing was printed by computer.
Parisa returned to her room and lay down on the floor next to her cat. This was what she did whenever she needed to think of really good ideas. She closed her eyes and imagined all sorts of magazines. She imagined magazines about bikes, skating, ballet, soccer, dessert… But after much thought, she knew what she wanted to feature (以……为特色) in her magazine — her neighborhood, for there were always interesting things. She would call it “The Tall pins Gazette (报纸)” and fill it with news.
She found a notebook and a pen and left her room. Then she found her grandmother at the door and told her about the competition. “Granny, I’m going to be a reporter for a while,” Parisa said. “I’m going to see if there’s any news.” Her grandmother smiled, “Well, good luck, honey. You do like asking questions, so I bet you won’t have too much trouble finding news.” Two hours later, Parisa ran into the house. “Granny, I’ve got so much news that I can’t fit it into eight pages!”
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Parisa got down to working on her magazine.
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A few weeks later, Parisa receivea a package from the kid magazine.
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1. 保持身心健康的重要性；
2. 保持身心健康的建议。
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Physical and Mental Health
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Sally had been playing football all summer. She really enjoyed running after the black and white ball across the grassy field with the other players in her bright orange uniform.
Before each game, they had a practice session. The coach showed her and her team how to pass the ball to each other and take shots at the goal. She was pretty good at passing the ball, but every time she got a chance to kick the ball to the goal, it would be stopped by a player from the other team or be caught by the goalkeeper. Now the football season was almost over and she still had not scored one single goal. She really felt discouraged and wondered if she should quit football and join a different club.
“After all, I am a girl. I was not born for such a rough game,” Sally told herself. “I will try another club.” She even daydreamed that she was a member of the hip hop club and she was dancing on stage in a big auditorium with thousands of people cheering for her. She also thought about joining a different sport, like jogging or cycling. Anyway,football would be her last choice.
“Don’t give up. No one is born for the game. Use your advantage,” the coach said after Sally told him her doubt during a break between the sessions. “Most important of all, believe yourself. You can do it.”
Sally was not totally convinced but she did want to have a try. When the break was over, the coach blew his whistle to start the game again. The two teams walked back onto the field, both determined to win. Sally bent down to tie up her shoes and repeated what the coach had said in her mind. “Use your advantage. Believe yourself. You can do it.”
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Sally stood up and took a deep breath.
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As the game was drawing to an end, the scores were in a tie.
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I was eight the first time I played checkers. I’ve played about a thousand games since then, but none was so memorable as that first one.
It was icy January in Kansas. When the snowstorm hit, cutting off our power, we were thrown into darkness though it was still around noon. No heat, no light. The winter became terrible for everyone-especially for me and my six year old brother.
Methodically Grandpa gathered up his winter coat, scarf and gloves, and disappeared into snow. Several minutes later, he returned, carrying much wood. Glancing casually at my brother and me, he said, “Come on boys. Time to build a fire. ”
But the fire wasn’t enough to sustain the attention of two young boys. “Maybe,” Grandpa remarked, carefully considering the situation. “we could do something I used to do as a boy. Let’s go camping.”
My brothers and I looked at each other in amazement.
”Get your sleeping bags, pillows and stuffed animals, and meet me back here.“
It took us only minutes to gather our sleeping gear. When we returned Grandpa had rearranged the furniture, clearing an open space in front of the fire. in short order, we had a fine campground.
“Now then” Grandpa began, unfolding a strange looking game board, “who’s up for a little game of checkers?” “What are checkers?” my brother and I asked.
“Never played, eh? Well. it’s time you boys learned,” Grandpa said.
For the next hour or so. Grandpa coached us on the fine art of playing checkers. I became a fair player after losing four games in a row. Then I defeated Grandpa. When I asked him if he’d let me win, he merely winked (眨眼 and set the board up for the next game Afterward. Grandpa used his old guitar to sing us some campfire songs to which we sing along.
Then suddenly, the power came back on. Mom and Dad gave a cheer, but for my brother and me, it was the end of a grand adventure. This wasn’t how we wanted the night to end.
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Grandpa looked at us, smiled and then slowly stood up.
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The next morning, everything returned to normal: lights, television and heat,
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My Mother’s Diamond
It was a beautiful August day, just weeks before school restarted. My mother, my brother and I were sitting in our front yard, enjoying the afternoon shade of the big tree. My father, Carl, was also at home, working in his basement office. As we lazed outside, we watched as two girls came towards us on our side of the street; one riding a bicycle and one holding onto the back of it as she roller-skated behind.
Just as they passed by, the skater lost her balance and went down on the street, right in front of our neighbor’s house. My mother jumped up quickly and ran toward them to help the fallen skater, and my mother’s foot caught on an uneven section of the sidewalk. Down she went, injuring her knees, her palms and her chin. We came running up to her and my brother went to ask my father for help. Meanwhile, I was checking on the skater, who was okay.
The two girls continued on their way, and my mother lay there on the sidewalk, bleeding. My father came running, and he carried my mother into the house. He set her down on a kitchen chair and got busy cleaning her wounds with a wet washcloth. As they washed the wounds, my mother looked at her wedding ring on her finger, only to find the diamond was gone.
My brother and I ran outside to look for the missing diamond. The place she fell on the sidewalk was covered with small rocks. We had no luck. My mother went out and searched as well, on her painful hands and knees. Many people spent many hours searching the area over the next several days, all in vain. My mother’s wedding ring, although not fancy, was priceless to her.
Several months passed. Our neighbor, Mike, was a good friend and had a business buying and reselling cars. We bought several cars from him over the years because he was so good at it. He liked wearing work boots and his boots were always muddy wherever he went.
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One mild winter day, Mike came over to see my father.
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I started yelling at the top of my lungs as I ran to the basement.
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David had run the jewelry shop passed from his grandfather for thirty years, collecting and selling all kinds of jewelry. In the little front window, gold rings, silver earrings, necklaces and other beautiful jewelry were displayed.
On a sunny winter afternoon, a little boy was standing before the window, his forehead against the glass, studying each treasure, as if he were looking for something quite special. Finally he straightened up with a satisfied smile and entered the shop.
“Mister, would you please show me that blue necklace in the window?” the little boy asked David eagerly. “It looks just like the one Mom lost,” said he, entirely to himself.
The necklace was collected at a price of $100 from a middle-aged lady a few months ago, who seemed in great need of money. David lifted out the necklace. “Are you buying it for someone?” David asked.
“It is for my mother. You see, this will be the first Christmas since father died. I’ve been looking for the most wonderful present for her. Will you wrap it up pretty for me, please?”
“How much money do you have?” asked David.
The little boy poured out a handful of pennies on the counter and explained “I emptied my bank”.
David looked at him thoughtfully. Then he carefully drew back the necklace. The price tag (标签) was visible to him but not the little boy. How could he tell him? “Just a minute,” he said, and turned towards the back of the store. He removed the price tag. Over his shoulder he called, “What’s your name?”
“Jimmy.”
When David turned to where Jimmy waited, a package lay in his hand, wrapped in blue paper and tied with a red ribbon (丝带). “Here you are,” he said. Jimmy took it carefully and smiled happily at the shop owner over his shoulder as he ran out of the door.
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Jimmy got home and gave the gift to his mother.
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The mother packed the necklace back again and said, “Let’s go back to the shop!”
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Entering a grocery store just days before Thanksgiving, I did not know I would get to be a part of something beautiful. After selecting my items, I went to the checkout line. I noticed a young woman in front of me. Her clothes were shabby(破旧的), and she looked so tired. She had a toddler(学步儿童) who could not have been more than three years old, and a new-born who was just a few weeks old. Frazzled(疲惫烦躁的) is how I would describe her. The toddler was running and jumping around. The baby was crying. My heart went out to her. I had been in her shoes with my own two sons.
She managed to get her groceries in a hurry, and the clerk started checking out her items. As I stood behind her, I noticed that she was losing patience with her kids but didn’t know what to do. She was trying to balance both tasks without causing a huge disruption. I began to whisper a prayer of peace and strength over this woman. The line behind me continued to snake its way into an aisle. The pressure was growing.
As I watched her, I remembered a time that I had been in a grocery store with a toddler who was running around and a screaming baby. I remembered an old man behind me and the inappropriate comment he made to me as I checked out. That memory took me away for a moment. When I came back to the present,I realized that the young woman was looking at a few items and trying to decide what she needed to put back. The people in line behind me were getting impatient and frustrated. The running toddler and screaming baby just added to the stress of her situation.
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My heart broke for this woman.
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I gladly accepted her hug as payment for her groceries.
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Tom and his friends had a rule in their group: Anyone who had recently turned 18 would have to treat everyone to a nice place. And this time, it was Tom’s turn. Tom wanted to do something different. He decided to take his friends on a long drive through mountains, stopping at a well-known cafe along the way to treat them to a delicious supper.
Since he had gotten his driver’s license recently,Tom went happily to his dad and asked if he could lend his car to him for one day. To Tom’s surprise, his dad flatly refused him.
“Dad, it’s a rule in our group! Last time, it was Sam’s turn. He drove us to his dad’s restaurant. His dad didn’t say anything,” Tom said.
His dad explained,“I’m worried about your safety. I’m not going to let you drive by yourself. It’s dangerous. But I don’t want you to miss the trip. How about having a dad as your driver?”
Tom said, “But I’m an adult now! My friends will think I am a coward(胆小鬼) if you drive us tonight. I’m not going.” Tom ran away and locked himself in his room. His dad sighed and walked away.
Before long, Sam called Tom, asking when he’d leave his house. Tom said they had to cancel the trip because his dad didn’t allow him to take his car. Sam was disappointed, but Tom said,“Don’t worry. I will manage. Be ready at 10 p.m. See you!”
Tom came up with a plan. He decided to steal his dad’s car and return early in the morning before his father woke up. After his dad went to sleep, he secretly drove the car out.
At around 10 p.m., he reached Sam’s house and picked him and two other friends up. Minutes after they left, Tom explained how he got the car. Tom was so absorbed in chatting that he forgot to switch on the signal light before taking a turn. The car coming from the opposite direction failed to notice them.
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The two cars crashed into each other.
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After twenty minutes, Tom’s dad arrived with two policemen.
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