Louis Braille, a Frenchman, couldn’t see anything when he was three years old. At the age of ten, he went to a special school for b_______【小题1】 children. The teacher there taught him a new way of reading by touching raised letters(突出的字母) on the paper. H______【小题2】, it was a slow way to read, and it did not help the blind to write. In 1819, a French soldier i__________ 【小题3】a special writing called “night writing”. Night writing used twelve dots(小圆点). In 1824, Braille k__【小题4】 about the night writing and began to change it for the blind to use. He didn’t use 12 dots but 6 dots. Letters are made with one or m______【小题5】 dots. In this way, Braille was able to use the six dots for all twenty-six letters. Now people call this writing the “Braille Writing” and people first used it in 1829. His work helped the blind see the world through their fingers.

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A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the h  1. .

A man was w  2.  by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, wrote some words on the other side of it. Then he put the sign back s__3.__ that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot m  4.  people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had c  5. the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a d  6.  way.”

What he had written was: “Today is a beautiful day, b  7.  I cannot see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course b8.  signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign s 9.  said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so l  10.  that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

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Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their h   【小题1】    was to perform one act of random(任意的) kindness. His students did not understand the assignment(任务), but the professor would not answer their questions. He e   【小题2】   his students to find it out for themselves.
One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to s   【小题3】  their stories. One student told of distributing blankets to the homeless, another had contacted a long, lost friend, and another student r  【小题4】   that he had helped a dog to find its owner. Students were energized(激励) by the homework assignment and wanted other people to be kind too. W  【小题5】 the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something k 【小题6】 for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind –not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.
Since then, s  【小题7】  kindness activities have been organized in schools all over the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, a  【小题8】  November 13, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform d 【小题9】 kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity. Students learn to c  【小题10】  other people and think about how small actions can make the world a better place.

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Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their h   1.    was to perform one act of random(任意的) kindness. His students did not understand the assignment(任务), but the professor would not answer their questions. He e   2.   his students to find it out for themselves.

One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to s   3.  their stories. One student told of distributing blankets to the homeless, another had contacted a long, lost friend, and another student r  4.   that he had helped a dog to find its owner. Students were energized(激励) by the homework assignment and wanted other people to be kind too. W  5. the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something k 6. for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind –not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.

Since then, s  7.  kindness activities have been organized in schools all over the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, a  8.  November 13, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform d 9. kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity. Students learn to c  10.  other people and think about how small actions can make the world a better place.