One day, a teacher went into her classroom with a glass of water. She wanted to teach her students how to deal with stress. First, she asked her students, "How heavy is this glass of water?"

They gave many different _______. Some students said it weighed 200 grams, ______ simply said they didn’t know. She smiled and replied, "Actually, the weight of the glass doesn’t matter. It depends on _______ I hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it's not a problem. If I hold it for an hour. I'll have an ache in my ________. If I hold it for a day, I'll have to call an ambulance (救护车). In each case, it’s the same weight, but the   _______I hold it, the heavier it becomes.”

She _______, “That’s the way it is with stress. If we carry our burdens(负担) all the time, sooner or later, as they becomes increasing heavy, we won’t be able to carry on.”

"Just like ______ this glass of water, you have to lay your stress down for a while and rest before holding it again. When we’re refreshed, we can carry on with our burdens — holding them more _______ each time.”

As this teacher said, we shouldn't carry our burdens around all the time. _______   them today and pick them up tomorrow. No matter what burdens you're carrying now, put them down for a moment and get some_______. Your mind will thank you for it.

Every day after lunch, my new neighbor Sonia will play hide-and-seek with her 3 kids. So I am often woken up from a _________ by them at noon. Sometimes, I will curiously put my head out to watch.

Sonia covered the older girl’s eyes, calling, “Jerry, Mike, have you hidden yourselves?”

The boys replied, “We are _________.”

Sonia said to Linda, “You can’t peep (偷看)!”

Linda replied, “Mom, I didn’t.”

Sonia _________ Linda gently forward and said, “Go, catch them now!”

Linda stepped carefully, _________ her hands, and moved forward.

“Linda, mind your _________ and don’t fall down! They’re the steps. Pay attention! The right is the mall, and then the cinema. Good, you’re already at school…Linda, brothers are a little behind you.” said Sonia.

Linda _________ and sure enough caught them. At this point, great laughter would _________ in the yard.

Being disturbed, I visited Sonia and expressed if she could take the children to the cinema every noon. I would pay for the _________. Then I saw the yard full of lines and the three children were playing in the strange lines. “Oh, kids, Uncle Jack wants to _________ you to the movies.” Sonia called. But she winked (使眼色) at me aside to __________. She said she had taken the three children from the orphanage (孤儿院). And the kids were __________ how to live in the neighborhood and how to go to school alone. Then I realized that the yard painting was __________ of the community.

“Now Linda is able to go to Hyde School alone.” Sonia said with great __________.

“Hyde? The school for the blind? You mean. Linda is blind?” I was __________. Sonia nodded (点头), adding “Not only her, but Jerry and Mike are also soon going to Hyde School.”

Then the children asked, “Mom, is watching movies more fun?”

Sonia smiled at me. I said loudly, “Of course no, what can be more fun than hide-and-seek?”

Walking out, I asked Sonia, “SORRY, but why do you still bother to __________ the children’s eyes during hide-and-seek?”

Sonia said seriously, “In my eyes. they are like ordinary people, they can see everything!”

I lived in a middle school in Cambodia, Asia last year. I worked _________ a volunteer teacher there. The school was very _________. There were only two old buildings in the yard (院子). Twenty-two children from nearby _________ were studying in the school. Most of their families were very _________. Some had no enough food to eat. I mainly did outdoor activities with the children, _________ I also did some other work with them, such as painting the school and fixing up the _________ desks.

A few days _________ I arrived, I fell in love with the beautiful place. All the children were so eager (渴望的) to _________. They were happy and cheerful all the time _________ they lived a hard life. During the year, Dustin and Robert helped me __________ and I learned much from them. I wanted to __________ a difference to the poor children’s life, so I tried __________ best to teach them.

Being a volunteer in Cambodia was a very special and __________ experience for me. I can do what I love to do and help __________ at the same time. I will __________ forget it.