The Best Medicine

As I enter the hospital 【小题1】 (wear) my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. When I put on my curly rainbow wig, big red nose, and add my name badge “Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-Loud”, I become a clown doctor. 【小题2】 (be) a clown doctor means I can help people by entertaining them.

Scientific studies show that laughter produces chemicals to make people 【小题3】 (feel) better, which 【小题4】 (mean) clown doctors can be helpful. We are specially trained clowns who work as part of a programme 【小题5】 (know) as “hospital clowning”. On a typical day, we spend our time cheering 【小题6】 patients, their families, and usually the hospital staff, too! We do this by doing magic tricks, singing songs, telling stories and, of course, telling silly jokes. 【小题7】, some children don’t want to laugh, especially if they feel 【小题8】 (pain). We have to be very sensitive and work closely with the doctors and nurses, who keep us 【小题9】 (update) on each patient. While there might be more hospital visits ahead for patients, I hope that clown doctors help make 【小题10】 a friendlier place to visit. After all, it really is true that “laughter is the best medicine”.

Kang Yu, a 24-year old volunteer teacher in a remote town in the mountains of Yunnan province, was teaching calligraphy to the eighth graders when all of 【小题1】 sudden, the clouds seemed to burst and the electricity went out.【小题2】 (see) that the students were staring at the rain, Kang 【小题3】 (immediate) got a burst of inspiration.

She told them to go outside, under a shelter, to enjoy the rain and come back to write something like a poem. Much 【小题4】 her surprise, the works written by the students were far beyond her expectations!

Inspired by that class, Kang founded the nonprofit, Enlighten Our Future, to help Chinese youngsters improve their mental well-being and their exam grades through poetry composition and【小题5】（appreciate）.She managed to persuade 13 school 【小题6】(adopt) the“Four Season Poetry Lessons”project, with a teaching plan, content and method she provided. So far, the poetry lessons 【小题7】(design) by the nonprofit have helped 68,0000students in 823 primary and middle schools, mostly in poor areas. Now Enlighten Our Future【小题8】(run) by three full- time workers, including Kang, 60 part time workers,280 backups and more than 1,000 volunteers.

What's great about poetry is that it can help one to find an【小题9】(effect) way to communicate with oneself,” she says. What they need is not sympathy, but recognition, 【小题10】I think will influence their whole life.”

At high altitudes, roads can be 【小题1】 bad condition and dangerous in big mountains. Let me tell you something about one road at 3,500 meters high in Lapaz. The most 【小题2】 (danger) thing is that there is a bend where two vehicles from opposite 【小题3】 (direction) can’t see each other.

To our astonishment, at the bend of the road 【小题4】 (stand) a man with a large circular board, which is red on one side and green on the other, working 【小题5】 a volunteer. His name is Timeteo and thanks to him, the 【小题6】 (dead) rate has fallen. Before he volunteered to direct the traffic, he 【小题7】 (have) lots of jobs. How much do you think Timoteo receives from doing it? Nearly nothing. Only a few drivers give him tips, which is just enough for him 【小题8】 (live) on. Most of them just pass by.【小题9】 (take) the human traffic signal for granted. The reason why he does it like this is that he feels 【小题10】 is his mission in life to help others.