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— ____? We also have the occasional argument. 

— ____. You'll never get your dream job as a market analyst if you don't stick to it. 

When Jayce Crowder was in kindergarten, he began noticing that he looked different from his classmates. They had two hands. But he had only one. 

It started when one boy teased him. Jayce was in a bad mood. He'd return home in Des Moines, Iowa, with questions: Why am I different? Why me? Why? "He actually told us that he was mad at looking so different from others, " said his mother, Cortney Lewis. "That really hurt him. " Lewis admitted she didn't know what to do at that point. How could she provide answers to her son's questions when she had never found those answers herself ?

A few weeks later, Lewis came home from her job and turned on the TV to a news story about Trashaun Willis, an eighth-grader from Washington middle school, Iowa. The boy, then 14, had become an Internet star after posting videos of his slam dunk (扣篮), and, like Jayce, he was missing most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in to see Trashaun on TV, too. 

He was shocked, staring at one dunk after another. He was shocked, staring at one dunk after another. 

"Cool, " Jayce remembered thinking with excitement. " I saw him dunking on TV. "

Willis' story blew up last winter. The Des Moines Register wrote about him. NBC Nightly News flew to Iowa to interview him. Just recently, Sports Illustrated named him one of its Sports Kid of the Year finalists.

At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun would simply be an inspiring moment for Jayce—he'd see a shining role model with a seemingly similar born disability. And had it stayed just that, Lewis would have been happy. But little did she know that a family friend had already reached out to the Des Moines Register, asking the newspaper to help set up a meeting with Trashaun to encourage Jayce and build his confidence. A few days later, the good news that Trashaun accepted the invitation to meet Jayce came.

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Finally, the boys met at Washington Middle School on a Saturday afternoon several months later. 

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After the meeting, Jayce learned to accept his disability. 

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The volleyball Final

When Joe began his school, all (sign) pointed to success. Yet things turned out to be quite disappointing. The fourth grade even found him at the bottom of the class. Joe struggled (handle) his school work day and night, but what made him upset was that it did not work-until one stormy afternoon. 

On that afternoon, the math teacher was introducing difficult concepts  dark clouds covered the sky, and the storm set in. Although she tried to make the kids concentrate, the thunder won the battle for their attention. No one grasped the concepts. Except for Joe. He understood and answered all  questions correctly. The teacher patted him on the back and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had managed it. (encourage) by his newfound success, Joe moved quickly throughout the room. Soon mathtime (follow) by the time for art. All children naturally drew dark pictures  such a day. Except for Joe. 

Since then, Joe started to take on more (challenge) tasks than before. His math teacher was always curious about the amazing change: "Why had that stormy day changed Joe?" he put forward the question with(cautious).

At the graduation ceremony, Joe presented the teacher with his most familiar (collect)—the picture of bright yellow sun. On the picture Joe had written; This is the day I woke up to my brightness. 

In her 102 years, Sally Lepis has been known for helping her family, friends and neighbors. So when the old lady couldn't 1 to replace her decades-old hearing aids (助听器) and it became increasingly difficult to 2 , a local non-profit was happy to give a 3 . Last month, Lepis was presented (赠予) with hearing aids, worth about $7, 500, through Senior Dreams Come True, a non-profit program 4 by a law firm.

"Mrs. Lepis has 5 so much of herself over the years to friends, family and those 6 in her community, " said Jennifer Cona, a managing partner at the law firm. Lepis has long been the 7 that's kept her family together, her niece, Olivia Schmidt, 73, said. When Schmidt was a teenager, her mother, Lepis' twin sister, died at age

42. Lepis 8  jumped in and raised Schmidt in her Westbury home. 

"It's 9 that she has done so much for so many people and thinks 10 of it, " said Schmidt, who 11 to recommend her aunt for Senior Dreams Come True over the summer.

In July, Schmidt and her cousins wrote letters to the non-profit, 12 Lepis for her lifetime of 13 deeds. Later that month, Lepis learned she would 14 new hearing aids, replacing the ones she had used for the past 25 years, and it is 15 that Lepis will again be a lively presence at her family's Thanksgiving dinner.

Four habits of happy people

While the recent research has shown that about 60 percent of our baseline (基本) level of happiness is probably genetically determined, it means 40 percent is under our control. You can't go back and get new genes. . Here are the good habits of happy people.

·Spend time outside. If you can clock 20 minutes a day outside, studies show you'll not only maintain a better mood, but your mind will be more open and you'll improve your working memory. .

·Exercise regularly. All exercise releases endorphins (脑内肽) in your brain, and if you work out regularly, this mood boosts（增强）even carries over to non-workout days. . Mood stays about the same on days they don't.

. A study has confirmed that when people actively try to be happy, they raise their baseline moods, making them feel happier than those who do not try. In the study, two sets of participants listened to "happy" music. Those who actively tried to feel happier reported the highest level of positive mood afterwards.

·Care for others. . Volunteer work is good for both mental and physical health. People of all ages who volunteer are happier and experience better physical health and less depression. 

A. Exercise is easy to do. 

B. Put effort into being happy. 

C. People around you impact your mood. 

D. Sunshine and fresh air make you feel good too. 

E. But you can start a good morning over with a new attitude. 

F. People who spend time every month helping others are happier. 

G. On exercise days, people's mood is significantly improved after exercising.