One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story__26__ happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum__27__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __28__me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”__29__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __30__ I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum __31__ the biggest apple and said to us, “It is __32__to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a __33__. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __34__. I’ll divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __35__own share. The best and quickest one will be__36__the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __37__to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __38__lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want __39__competing (競爭). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __40__ all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.

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It is very important to stay healthy. I have a neighbor. She is an old lady. She can do all the housework,      31_ newspapers, watch TV and search on the Internet to learn something new. I often see 32   do Taijiquan in the morning and dance in the evening. She looks young and beautiful     33    she is over seventy. Last week a reporter from a magazine interviewed her and asked      34    she kept so young and healthy. She replied with a smile:
I have a secret of staying young and healthy. It is quite  35  . Keep your mind active, take an interest in the world  36  you., and learn at least one new thing every day. Try to do different kinds of housework and do sports as   37   as you can. Don’t think you are too old to go back to   38  . I know a man who entered a medical college when he was 70 years old. He studied there for 6 years and now he is a doctor. Another man went to a tennis school at the age of 72 and now he is good at  39  tennis. Some people may say staying young is easy only for those who live in the future. In fact, no matter how old you are, you can make it.
Please tell the story to your family. It would be a good start to    40  the lady’s example. I hope all people will stay young and healthy.

   Once there was a rich man in a village .  He never gave anything to help others.  The  31   didn't like him . One day he said to them . “ I know you don't like me . I will give everything I have to you  32  I die. Then everyone will be happy. ”
     But nobody believed him . The rich man couldn't  33  why they didn't believe him. One day he went for a  34  by the lake . Under a tree he happened to hear a pig and a cow  35 .
     The pig said to the cow , “ why everybody likes you and nobody likes me?  After I die,  I 36  people with pork , ham , etc . I give three or four things to them. But you give only one thing  37  . Why do people like you all the time and not me. ”
     The cow said  “ Look , I give them milk while I'm 38  . They see that I am generous(慷慨的)with what I  39 .  But you don't give them anything before you die .  You give them ham, pork and so on only after you're dead. People don't believe in the future; they believe in the  40 .  If you give while you are living ,  people will like you.It is quite simple. ”
     From that moment on , the rich man did all his best to helo the poor .