I grew up in a small town. There was a man named Joe, who was uneducated and couldn’t talk _______. He was good-natured but not very smart, _______ everyone teased him.

One day when I was sitting on the porch, he came walking by. I was about 12 and thought it would make me _______ grown-up to play jokes on him as some _______ did.

He asked what I was doing. I told him that my father had _______ his job and that we were short of money. I could see my friends nearby _______ so I went on with the _______. From his _______ expression, I was convinced that I had fooled him ________

I knew he lived a ________ life with low income, so it was ________ when he asked whether we needed anything. I told him that we didn’t know if we would have enough to ________, and he replied, “You poon thing.”

That night I heard the door ________ softly. I thought it was the wind whipping against the door, so I ________ it. The next morning I found a small box of food outside my house. I knew it was from Joe. I looked into the box of canned food with ________ in my eyes. I felt ashamed of taking advantage of his ________ for me. Later I ________ the whole story to my father and said I wanted to return the box. My father scolded me and ________ that I keep the box; otherwise it would hurt Joe’s feelings.

Although the food was not ________, I knew Joe gave the best he had. I did not ________ the gift.

   A beautiful，young girl is smiling at me from a picture frame on my desk as I write this. She is my sponsored child from the Philippines and even though I have never met her _________ she has found a special place in my heart. It doesn't _________ me much to help her，about a dollar a day. _________，millions of people in this world live on _________. The joy that helping her gives me，however，is _________ price，which I never experienced in my life. It _________ me to her，to life，and to love.

I can _________ remember the first time that I decided to help a child _________. It was many years ago. I was only a teenager myself and for the first time in my life I had a little extra money each month. I didn't feel like _________ anything，though. We lost everything we had in a house fire a few years ago and going through that had __________ me a lot. I had learned that I didn't need a lot of "stuff" to be __________. I had also read a lot about the __________ of children in poor countries around the world. It seemed like a far better thing then to __________ what I could to help them. With my mom's love and support I soon found a few __________ like Children International that were serving others around the world. It felt so good being able to __________ and help another in need. It felt so good being able to make even one life better. I could feel the mercy and empathy（共鸣）growing within me and beginning to __________ me.

Empathy does change us. It makes us into better people with bigger __________ and a clearer view of life. It shows us that we truly are one __________ on Earth. It helps us to love, to be kind, and to make this world a __________ place.

Let your empathy grow then. Let your love grow. Let your heart grow bigger and bigger every __________ day.

   Successful people are the center of any hot discussion. Actually any successful individual is flesh and blood just like you. 【小题1】 It's the small differences that help them stick out from the rest.

1.Ordinary people dream of a better future，while successful people create a better future.

We all want to live a better life: more happiness，more freedom and better health. 【小题2】 However，the average person will focus on dreaming，while the successful one spares no efforts to create that dreamy future.

2. 【小题3】

Everyone has doubts and negative thoughts once in a while. It's just human nature and the way our brains function. Many people accept these thoughts as truths and let them control their lives. On the contrary，great people are conscious of the impact their thoughts have，and try to influence their thinking to make it work for them.

3.Ordinary people prefer short-term satisfaction，while successful people choose long-term rewards.

Do you know anyone who hates to be rewarded？Neither do we. 【小题4】 In the era in which we are taught to praise comfort over anything else，it's easy to settle for instant pleasure. However，successful people recognize that oftentimes you need to wait to experience the true pleasure.

4.Ordinary people praise overabundance（过多），while successful people praise limitation（限制）.

A kind of person loves to gather wealth. 【小题5】 However，one of the features of truly successful people is that they can limit a lot of things in order to focus on the ones that are actually important.