1 . J. K. Rowling frequently shows there is magic every day. Her Harry Potter series has helped people through times of stress and depression and she is always there to deliver wise words of encouragement.

She is one celebrity who is very active on Twitter. So when a single dad named Matt Burke sent her a message thanking her for the series, she noticed. Her series had helped strengthen his relationship with his 9­year­old daughter Bailey.

He included a link to his article titled Being a Broke Parent. He explained how he hadn’t found a level of financial stability that allowed him to pay bills on time and take his daughter on more activities and events. The family also doesn’t have the Internet or TV, which means there’s no “digital babysitter” and he has to rely on his own creative ways to bond with his daughter. Since he received the series, the main thing that has occupied them these days is reading books together.

Burke admits that he thought he was “too cool” for the books when they first came out and he was in his twenties, but he’s loving reading them now. “We switch off chapter by chapter reading them out loud，“Burke explains.” This not only allows her to get more used to reading aloud in front of someone, but it gets me directly involved in something she loves, and it gives me the chance to be very dramatic when I read my chapters and bring myself into the characters in the book, which has proven to be a ton of fun.”

After hearing Burke’s story, Rowling said how honored she was when Harry Potter was a part of his family’s life and offered Burke more books. Besides, people are also offering to send Burke more books as gifts. For Burke, this experience, far more than gifts, will be what he treasures.

Anna had a car accident when she was a teenager. She     1     (lose) her arms because of that. What’s     2     (worse), when she was 20 years old, she lost her parents. Her sister, who is ten years older than her, told Anna she’d take care of her. However, Anna refused to    3     (live) with her. Instead, Anna said she’d take care of     4     (herself). She managed to enter college and studied very hard. Four years later, Anna graduated and was offered work. Once she     5     (write) in her diary, “I am quite lucky.     6     I lost my arms, I still have my legs.”

Anna lost her arms     7     she chose to face it in a positive (积极的) way. Instead of feeling sad every day, she decided not to let it hold her back. She has taught us a good lesson.

When something bad happens to us, we have two     8     (choice). One is to complain, and     9     other is to face it bravely. Just choose     10     (wisely). If you decide to be brave and strong, new hopes will come.

Losing a parent is one of the most painful parts of life. No matter how old we are when our parents leave us, it can be a heartbroken experience. Our memories are all that are left of them and happy reminders of their love turn into our most valuable treasures. That’s how Mara Soriano feels about the teddy bear that she tragically (不幸地) lost during her recent move to a new apartment.

Diagnosed (诊断) with cancer, Mara Soriano’s mother, Marilyn, gave her daughter the bear as a gift. After her mother’s death last June, the gift became even more special. “That bear was basically the last reminder of my mom. It was her voice that accompanied me,” she said in an interview.

The toy didn’t cost a lot, but it contained a recording of her mother’s voice telling her that she loved her so much and was proud of her. The bear, called Mama Bear, was in the backpack that contained electronics like an iPad. When the bag was lost last week during the move, the 28-year-old was heartbroken—not for the devices (设备), but for Mama Bear.

Mara posted a photo of her and her Mama Bear on the Internet, explaining the importance of the bear. Millions of netizens were touched by the story. More and more people were talking about the bear, but there was no good news for Mara. So again and again she posted online about the item and the story behind it, hoping it could catch more viewers’ attention in a big way.

Actor Ryan Reynolds was moved by Mara’s story and then posted an appeal for Mama Bear’s safe return. “I think we all need this bear to come home,” he wrote. Along with the message, he also offered a reward for the people who found the bear.

One day, here came a piece of good news from the Internet.

Three days later, Mara received Mama Bear, together with a card from the woman who sent the bear back.

6 . Long time ago in a small, faraway village, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors. Mirrors were on the top of a couple of stairs, reflecting everything.

A small, happy little dog learned of this place and decided to visit. When he arrived, he bounced happily up the stairs to the doorway of the house. He looked through the doorway with his ears lifted high and his tail wagging as fast as it could. To his great surprise, after getting to the top, he found himself staring at 1,000 other happy little dogs with their tails wagging just as fast as his. He smiled a great smile, and was answered with 1,000 great smiles just as warm and friendly. As he left the house, he thought to himself, “This is a wonderful place. I will come back and visit it often.” And he told every friend about this fantastic house when he came back to the village.

Hearing the news, another little dog in this same village, who was not quite as happy as the first one, decided to visit the house, too. With serious look on his face, he slowly climbed the stairs and hung his head low as he walked into the door of the house. After getting to the top, he was out of breath. That is when he saw the 1,000 unfriendly looking dogs staring back at him. He growled (恶狠狠地咆哮) at them at once and was frightened to see 1,000 little dogs growling back at him. As he left, he thought to himself, “That is a horrible place, and I will never go back there again.”

All the faces in the world are mirrors, what kind of reflections do you see in the faces of the people you meet? In fact, if you take a look around, you will find changing reflections in their faces. From these reflections, you can understand yourself better.

8 . It was hard not to notice the 8-year-old boy across the street who stormed in and out of his own house. He did it often enough that a _________, William Dunn, wondered what was going on in his life. So Dunn asked him.

“He told me that he didn’t have a _________,” says Dunn, now 58, “and I realized there might be something I could do for him.” That something was fishing, a passion Dunn’s father had _________ with him.

Since then, Dunn has taken groups of kids out almost every weekend to fish. Most didn’t have father _________ in their lives and had never fished before. Some were _________ kids who had shuffled from one home to the next.

In the beginning, Dunn— “Big Will” to the kids—spent a good chunk of his _________ from his job selling tires to rent charter boats for the kids. Then, in 2018, he started the nonprofit Take a Kid Fishing Inc. He and a small group of _________ have introduced more than 2,500 kids-most without fathers around-to the _________ peace found on the water and the exhilaration of nabbing a _________.

“I’m able to forget about the __________ when I’m fishing and concentrate on something fun and __________,” says Smith, 21, who is in a foster program for young adults. “Fishing is learning for __________. I’ve learned that I deserve a better life than what I had. Whenever I feel __________ about something, I know it’s time to go fishing.”

Dunn’s own father __________ this past December. As a result, the fishing trips have taken on new meaning for him. “I have even more passion for it because now I’m fatherless too.” That’s why he’s always eager to watch the kids on the boat.

“There’s nothing like feeling that first tug on the line and seeing a kid __________ with a smile,” Dunn says. “I feel lucky to witness that every weekend.”

10 . Mrs. Smith knew something was wrong with Miguel, one of her best students. Lately, he looked so tired and hungry that he no longer _________ his studies. As a result, he was always _________ in his tests recently. Mrs. Smith was very _________ but the boy told her he was all right until she found Miguel on the _________, sitting on the ground and studying.

That night, Mrs. Smith visited Miguel’s _________, only to be told that they had just out of _________. As a result, Miguel’s families had no _________ and lived in a shelter. Miguel now didn’t have a _________ to do his homework on, and it was so _________ that he couldn’t concentrate on his study there.

Mrs. Smith knew she had to do something to __________ her student. She arranged a small desk in the back of her __________ for Miguel, got him extra school supplies and permitted him to stay back after __________ to do his homework in the office instead of on the street. Meanwhile, she __________ the school principal to hire Miguel’s parents at the school cafeteria.

With Mrs. Smith’s help, Miguel was able to focus on his studies again and get his __________ back on track. Undoubtedly, it is Mrs. Smith’s kindness and care that really make a big __________ to Miguel’s life.