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　　When Wayne Mix was a child in the 1930s, his family sent him to a school for the deaf and blind．He learned American Sign Language．With American Sign Language, deaf people use their hands to communicate．They can spell words with their fingers, or they can use signs for whole words．Wayne communicated with teachers and friends in sign language．He graduated at the age of 20．In those days, people who were deaf did not get jobs and were not part of the community(社区), so Wayne went back to the family farm．His family did not know sign language, so Wayne communicated a little by making simple motions(手势)with his hands．He was never able to tell them his thoughts and feelings．

　　Wayne's father died in 1971．There was no place for Wayne to live, so they sent him to Mountain Meadows nursing home．He was only 51 and much younger and healthier than the other people in the nursing home, but he was treated like the 80 and 90-year-old people because he did not hear or speak．No one knew that Wayne was able to use sign language．

　　Twenty-nine years passed slowly and silently for Wayne．Then one day he saw a visitor using sign language with her deaf mother during a visit to the nursing home．He walked up to them and signed,“I’m Wayne Mix．”

　　Suddenly everything changed for Wayne．He found many people who knew sign language．These people communicated through sign language, e-mail, television with subtitles and a special telephone that prints(打印)the words that are spoken．It was a whole new world for Wayne．Now he could tell people his feelings, his needs, and his thoughts．

　　The people in Wayne's town were sad about the thousands of days in Wayne's life when no one knew that he could communicate．They wanted to help Wayne to do some of the things he always wanted to do．The workers at the nursing home found out that as a young man he loved to swim, and he loved to see pictures of dolphins swimming．When he started signing again, they asked him where he wanted to go．“Water．”Wayne signed．

　　Mountain Meadows workers had an idea．“Let’s send Wayne to Sea World in San Diego．”They told other people in town about their idea．Many people in Wayne's town and in other states gave money to help Wayne make the trip．The people at Sea World were very kind to Wayne．They let him swim with the dolphins and help them feed all the sea animals．Newspapers wrote about Wayne, so many people gave money to buy him a special TV and a telephone set．These were things Wayne never knew about before．

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　　Jessie felt her life so boring one summer day．She was tired of watching TV, she read all her books, and her friends were on vacation．She wanted something different to do．Suddenly, she saw the lawn mower(割草机)sitting in the yard．

　　“Mom,” she shouted, “I think I will mow the lawn．” Her mom ran into the yard and said, “Oh no, you don't．You're too young to mow the law．”

　　“I'm fourteen years old and know how to do it,” Jessie said．“Besides, it would help Dad out, and he won't have to worry about it over the weekend．”

　　Mom thought for a while and then decided to let Jessie give it a try．After all, she was home and would keep an eye on her．Jessie already knew how to start the lawn mower from watching her dad．Jessie checked the gas(汽油)to make sure it was full, and put on her gardening gloves to protect her hands．Mom watched from the kitchen window．Jessie really does know how to mow the lawn．She was very careful around the flowers and trees．When she finished, she felt so good, but she was so hot．Mom brought her some ice tea and said, “You sure did a great job．Dad will be very surprised．”

　　Later that day, Dad came home and said to Jessie's mom, “You didn't have to mow the lawn．I was going to do it on Saturday．It looks great．Thanks．”

　　“I didn't mow it．Jessie did．”

　　“Wow, our little girl is growing up!” Dad told Jessie what a great job she had done．

　　“It was fun, and I will do it again next week,” said Jessie．

　　The neighbor next door came by and asked Jessie if she wanted to mow his lawn and make some money．“Sure!” said Jessie．Jessie began mowing his lawn．Two other neighbors asked so, then another three．Jessie was now mowing lawns for them all and making some money．She was no longer bored! “I won't have time to spend my money,” she laughed to herself．

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　　Tina Lin was not like many of her classmates．She didn’t listen to popular music．She didn’t watch many movies, and she wasn’t interested in nice clothes．

　　When she got together with her friends, they wanted to listen to rock and top music．When Tina asked if they would like to try classical music, they all looked at her strangely．

　　“Classical music is for old people,”one of her friends said．

　　Tina was worried that something was wrong with her．She decided to talk to her father．As she entered his study, he could sense something was wrong．

　　“Dad, am I strange?”she asked her father．

　　“Of course not,”he answered．“Why do you ask that?”

　　“Because I don’t like the same things as my classmates．They want to listen to Mariah Carey”s music．I like Yo Yo Ma．”

　　“I think I understand．Tina, it’s all right to be your own person．You don’t have to copy what other people do．Everybody has different tastes．Some of them are popular, and others aren’t．”

　　After Tina spoke with her father, she felt better about herself．She realized that being different made her special．It was an important lesson for her to learn．

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　　Mr Smith gave his son ten yuan 　　1　　 his birthday–––ten little Ren Min Bi yuan notes．So the day after his birthday．He went shopping．In a bus, he found an old woman’s bag was open．There 　　2　　 some yuan notes 　　3　　 it．The money looked 　　4　　 his．He thought the old woman must take his money．He thought he had to call the police．But he didn’t want to do it．So he thought he took 　　5　　 the money 　　6　　 the old woman’s bag and say nothing more about it．He looked around the bus to make sure nobody was 　　7　　 him, then he 　　8　　 put his hand into the woman’s bag and took the notes out and put them into his own bag．

　　When he 　　9　　 to his home that evening, he showed his father the beautiful book he bought today．

　　“How did you 　　10　　 for it?your money was at home．”his father said．

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