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　　Alice, my friend's daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school．Jane has 　　1　　 economic resources－h(huán)er father has been dead for years and her mother works 　　2　　 a maid．Although her mother works very hard, she can 　　3　　 support the family．Jane is very bright and gifted at 　　4　　 and that's how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n)　　5　　 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons．

　　Alice became friends with Jane and would 　　6　　 talk to her at lunch．She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 　　7　　 her．

　　On her birthday last month, she 　　8　　 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn't come．Alice wanted her to be 　　9　　 so much that she 　　10　　 on her coming．Eventually, the girl said,“I don't have any 　　11　　 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party．”After a brief pause, the girl remembered,“I have a 　　12　　 from my piano performance,”and asked,“Could I 　　13　　 a skirt from you?”

　　Alice was happy that her friend would be 　　14　　 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 　　15　　 she could lend her friend one of her skirts．To her surprise, her Mum said,“No．”The daughter was very 　　16　　 and angrily said to her Mum,“　　17　　 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes．”The Mother didn't understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she's normally very well 　　18　　．

　　Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend's 　　19　　．Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said,“Yes．”She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 　　20　　 with her．

　　So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto．真正的友誼追求的是給予，而不是索��；是幫助別人，而不是被人幫助；是為人服務，而不是被人服務。

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Growing up to be independent and selfless

　　Growing up is not always easy．When facing difficulties, courage and a spirit of independence(獨立)can be more useful than crying for 　　1　　!That’s what Hong Zhanhui’s story of 　　2　　 from boy to man with family hardships tells us．

　　Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County, Henan Province．When he was 　　3　　 11, his father became mentally ill and one day came back with a deserted baby girl．A year later, Hong’s mother and younger brother both 　　4　　 home because of poverty and pressure from his sick father．

　　Their burdens(負擔)fell onto the 12-year-old’s shoulders：to treat his father’s illness, to 　　5　　 the adopted(領養(yǎng)的)sister Chenchen, and to go on to study．

　　Hong didn’t 　　6　　．Since a young age, he has worked in part-time jobs to feed his family．At the same time, he studied at college．To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 　　7　　 a room near his campus for her, and send her to school．

　　After Hong’s story went public, people were 　　8　　 to tears by his selflessness．　　9　　 his life was hard, Hong didn’t abandon his father and the adopted 　　10　　, because they needed his help．With his hard-won money, he even aided(幫助)other students fight 　　11　　 misfortunes(厄運)．

　　Today when many people worry more about their own happiness, Hong’s deeds 　　12　　 us of what we usually neglect(忽略)：love and care for others．Without these, 　　13　　 of us could survive．

　　Hong 　　14　　 donations from others．He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could 　　15　　 his own work．Short of money to buy food, the boy climbed tall trees to get birds’ eggs for his baby sister．He walked two hours at weekends to buy different things to 　　16　　 around his school to earn money．Through his hard life, the boy developed 　　17　　 to fight against misfortune that made him a hero in people’s eyes．

　　Hong’s story shows that with love and willpower(意志力), no hardship can 　　18　　 a person but himself．So when facing difficulties, don’t 　　19　　 about bad luck．Consider what more you could do for your family and society 　　20　　 you’ll find the world smiling back．