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　　The population problem 　　1　　 the greatest one of the world today．

　　The 　　2　　 population is growing 　　3　　．Two thousand years 　　4　　, there were only 250 million people on the earth．One thousand six hundred years 　　5　　, the 　　6　　 was over 500 million．In 1990,there 　　7　　 over five billion．A 　　8　　 report 　　9　　 that the population of the world had 　　10　　 six billion 　　11　　 the end of last century．This is just ten years after it 　　12　　 five billion．That means that in the coming years there will be 　　13　　 only on the earth．There won’t be enough space for 　　14　　．

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　　When people find something valuable and return it to its owner, they are often given a reward．This is because the person not only found what was lost but also spent time 　　1　　 its owner or taking it to the police station．

　　There was once a young boy 　　2　　 found a woman's purse in a shopping centre．Inside the purse there 　　3　　 some money and the woman's driving license．Her name and 　　4　　 were printed on the license, so the boy knew where she lived．That evening he went to her house and 　　5　　 her door．When she opened it, he said,“I found your purse,”and handed it to her．

　　“Thank you very much,”she said．She opened her purse and took out all the money．She wanted to give the boy a small reward, 　　6　　 there were only bills of ＄20 in the purse and she thought that ＄20 was too 　　7　　 to give the boy．“I'm sorry,”she said,“but I don't have any small 　　8　　 to give you．”

　　The boy said,“That's all right,”and he went away．

　　A few days later he found 　　9　　 woman's purse．It also had her driving license in it, so he knew where she lived．He went to her house and said“I found your purse,”and handed it to her．

　　“Thank you very much,“she said．She opened her purse and took out all her money．

　　“That's 　　10　　”, she said,“Before I lost my purse I had a ＄100 bill and a ＄20 bill in it．Now I have a ＄100 bill, a ＄10 bill and two ＄5 bills．”

　　“Yes,”the boy said, and smiled．

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　　One morning, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet．He held a sign which said,“I am blind．Please help me．”

　　There were only a few coins(硬币)in the hat．A man was walking by．He took out a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat．He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words on it．He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words．

　　Soon the hat began to fill up．A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy．That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were．The boy recognized his footsteps and ask,“Are you the one who changed my sign in the morning? What did you write?”

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

　　What he had written was,“Today is a beautiful day, but I can't see it．”

　　Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?

　　Of course both signs told people the boy was blind．But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat．The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind．

　　The first sign simply said the boy was blind, while the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind．

　　There are at least two lessons we can learn from this simple story．

　　The first is：Treasure(珍惜)what you have．Someone else has less．Try your best to help those who need your help．

　　The second is：Be creative．Think differently．There is always a better way．