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One day Officer Jackson and Steve were discussing a serious case when they were informed of a disturbance（骚乱）in the nearby subway. So, they walked out of the station and got into their car. 

The two officers had expected they'd have to deal with an annoying beggar troubling the passers-by for money. But when they arrived at the crime scene, they were shocked at the beggar's appearance. The man had tears in his eyes and was sitting on the subway stairs, looking untidy and tired.

"Excuse me, sir," Officer Jackson said. "You can't stay here, nor can you bother the people to give you money. You have to leave this place. "

"Look, officers, " the man sighed. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cause any trouble, okay? I lost my cane（拐杖）, and I can't walk without it. I wanted a few cents so I could get myself something to eat."

The two officers exchanged looks, knowing the man wasn't a disturbance but someone who really needed their help. So they promised to get him food, buy him a cane, and drop him home.

After doing that, the officers drove to the beggar's home, only to discover he had no home at all. He was just wandering in the streets and living off the leftovers he managed to find.

The poor man said his name was Eugene. When he was working at a skyscraper construction site, he was injured and became disabled, losing his ability to walk. Unfortunately, his disability forbade him from doing physical labor, and he wasn't well-educated to find a desk job, so he remained jobless. Because he couldn't provide for his family, his wife and children left him. "I don't have any hopes of changing my destiny（命运）, officers, " the man said.

But Officer Jackson wanted Eugene to change his life. "You're still young, " he said.

"You can't lose hope so soon. "He brought him something warm to eat, helped him take a shower, and gave him his warm boots. After his work, Officer Jackson drove Eugene to a shelter or the homeless and left.

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Since that day, Eugene had never expected to meet the two officers again. 

……

A few months later, Eugene was a changed man. 

Desmond Jumbam grew up in a poor family in Yaounde, the capital city of Cameroon. His mother worked 1  as a cleaner and cook for an organization to 2  him to school in Yaounde. 

"It was not always easy but my mother sacrificed a lot to 3 that I got the best education. In 2010, I 4 Harvard University with enough money for only one semester. My mother took a huge 5 for that."

With the help of family, scholarships and a job as a private teacher, Desmond was able to afford school fees for a "very 6 first two years" in the US. But having achieved so much in the country, Desmond has now returned to Cameroon to 7 his knowledge and skills there.

Desmond couldn't have got as far as he has without the 8 of his family. He said: "I will avoid common advice like ‘don't 9 and ‘follow your dreams'. At the risk of sounding 10 , I would advise anyone with big dreams to expect severe adversity（逆境）ahead. "

Everyone faces some 11  in getting to their goals and dreams, especially for those from 12  communities. Desmond was one of those children. He hopes his story will 13  children to know that it is completely 14  to achieve the dreams which may seem beyond their 15 , despite the severe adversities ahead. 

Travelling Economically

●Get a ride to travel destinations with friends or acquaintances（熟人）. If people you know are driving to a location you would like to visit, take advantage of the opportunity to ask them for a lift. Offer to help with gas money or, if you don't have any cash, offer a trade or service instead.

●Practice safe hitchhiking(搭便车) to get around.  Ask each driver several questions before getting in the vehicle, including what their name is, where they are heading and why they are going there. Follow your gut instinct（直觉）and avoid getting into a car with anyone who gives you a bad feeling. 

●  There are many ridesharing websites and apps that allow budget travellers to find a shared lift to their destination. These sites will also screen and identify the drivers, making the ridesharing experience safe and simple. Search for available rideshares in your area, which may vary in cost but will cost significantly less than travelling alone. 

●Join a free hospitality（好客）-sharing community. You will be able to chat with participating members living in the area you are travelling to and arrange accommodations before travelling. In addition to being able to sleep on someone's couch or in their spare room, you may find someone to show you around the city.

●Camp at inexpensive campsites. Camping can be a budget-friendly activity if you find the right park or site.  Visit http: // www. uscampgrounds. info/ for a comprehensive list of North American campgrounds, which indicates sites with a rate of $12 or less per night. 

A. Get to new destinations with ridesharing services.     

B. Hitchhiking is not an exact science but an art form.     

C. Search online for camp sites near your travel destination.     

D. Hitchhiking is a free way to travel, but you need to be cautious. 

E. One of my big worries when it comes to camping is keeping everyone safe. 

F. Be a polite and respectful co-traveller to show your appreciation for their generosity. 

G. Find free accommodations in other cities by joining a couchsurfing community online. 

An 11-minute quick walk every day could prevent one in ten premature deaths worldwide, according to the largest ever study of its kind. Globally, one in ten early deaths could be avoided if everyone met just half the NHS target for moderate（适度的）-intensity physical activity, the pooled data analysis suggests. The results were published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. 

Moderate-intensity physical activity is defined as activity that raises the heart rate and makes people breathe faster, but still leaves them able to speak. "If you are someone who finds the idea of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity a week a bit daunting, then our findings should be good news, " said Dr. Soren Brage, of Cambridge's Medical Research Council epidemiology unit.

Researchers looked at 196 peer-reviewed articles, covering more than 30 million participants from 94 large study teams. They then examined the link between levels of physical activity and the risk of heart disease, cancer and early death. 

At least 75 minutes a week of moderate -intensity activity lowered the risk of early death by 23%. It was also enough to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by 17% and cancer by 7%. "We know that physical activity, such as walking or cycling, is good for you, especially if you feel it raises your heart rate," said Prof. James Woodcock, also of Cambridge University. "But what we've found is that there are substantial benefits to heart health and reducing your risk of cancer even if you can only manage 10 minutes every day. "

The researchers calculated that if everyone in the studies had done the equal of at least 150 minutes a week of moderate activity, about one in six early deaths would have been prevented. But even if everyone had managed at least 75 minutes a week, about one in ten early deaths would have been prevented, the research found. 

In the first and second grades, I was extremely shy. I had friends, but it just wasn't in my personality to be very outgoing, even if I knew someone well. I was even quieter with strangers, and so I wasn't very good at meeting new people. I was afraid that I would do or say something wrong. 

So in our school's annual grand play, I usually sat in a secluded（僻静的） corner to watch the performance alone. I hoped to sit in the background and watch the actors sweat in front of all those pairs of eyes. 

One day in the third grade, my teacher Mrs. Sally called me into her office and said, "Oh, Mary, you're great at memorizing things, and you have such a sweet personality. Perfect for Jenny!" But I bowed my head and dared not speak. The teacher saw this and then said, "Of course, plenty of girls would love the role, and I could find somebody else. But I hope you could try it for me. I had you in mind for Jenny while writing the play! If you really don't want to, I won't force you. It's your choice. "

My mind was spinning faster than the windmill（风车） on the school playground. Mrs. Sally, whom I loved and admired, wanted me to play this role. She believed in me. My eyes moved across the room to a poster I had never noticed before. It showed a shooting star and read, "If you reach for the stars, you might at least grab a piece of the moon. " I looked into Mrs. Sally's shining blue eyes and said, "Okay, I'll try. " I realized it was time to throw off my shy mask and show the world who I really was. 

In the following five months, the teacher taught me how to set, put on makeup, memorize lines, create costumes and so on. Gradually, I mastered my lines and songs. 

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The big day came at last. 

At that time, Mrs. Sally came backstage for her final check-up and noticed my nervousness. 

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A few months ago, I was down with a terrible cold which ended in a bad cough. No matter how many different medicines I tried, I1 couldn't get rid of the cough. Not only did it2 my teaching but also my life as a whole. 

Then one day after class, a student came up to me and3 traditional Chinese medicine. From her description, Chinese medicine sounded as if it had magic power that 4 . I was5 because I knew so little about it and have never tried it before.6  , my cough got so much worse that I couldn't sleep at night, so I decided to give it a 7 . The Chinese doctor took my pulse and asked to see my tongue, both of which were new experience to me because they are both8 in Western medicine, where diagnosis relies heavily on9 . Then the doctor gave me a scraping（刮） treatment known as "Gua Sha". I was a little10  at first because he used a smooth edged tool to scrape the skin on my neck and shoulders. 

A few minutes later, the treatment started to produce a11 effect and my body and mind began to sink deeper into 12 . I didn't feel any improvement in my 13 in the first couple of days, but after a few more regular visits to the doctor, my cough started to 14 . Then within a matter of weeks, it was completely15 !

The word "inquiry" （or enquiry） comes from the Latin words "in", or "inward", and "quaere", which is the verb "to question". So inquiry is not just asking questions, it is questioning into something. It has the quality of getting into something, going deeper, so you can see what you haven't been able to see before. 

When you begin an inquiry, you are deliberately setting out to search for what you don't know. You have to have the confidence to say that you might be able to figure it out for yourself. And in that process, you get a sense of real excitement and energy. That energy is both part of, and contributes to, what we often call "engagement（参与）". But in order to use inquiry to answer your question, you have to become good at knowing what you don't know. I would argue that that's exactly the opposite of what happens in schools. Classrooms focus on what you do know （or are supposed to know） and leave you unprepared to deal with the things you don't know.

In some ways, we are all surrounded by a bubble（气泡） of the known. When you "know" something, you identify how your model of the world fits with and explains what you see. Living in the bubble of the known is comfortable and comforting. You see what you know, and you know what you see. But to do inquiry, you have to get good at always looking for the boundaries of your knowledge, and at the limitations and contradictions within what is known. That is what scientists do. They are always looking for the limits, the boundaries and the points at which their theories fail to explain the world. Scientists, basically, are always looking for that "door" from the known to the unknown, where they can press forth and push and, in a sense, expand the bubble of the known. Inquiry is the action you take when you deliberately challenge the limits of your knowledge. 

Before the exams began, God told me in my mind several times, "Don't cheat. " But I did not listen because I knew it was not easy for me to get good marks in exams. Taking out my notebook, I copied the answers from it and passed the exams with very good marks. 

I felt guilty and ashamed and asked God to forgive me, which I thought was all I needed to do to give me peace. Using my good exam results I went on further with my education. Studying in Kwara State College of Education, I could not have peace in my mind, thinking, "You have done wrong. The result is not yours. "

At last I went to the leaders of my church to ask for help, who told me that it is not enough to say sorry to God. I must show that I am sorry by putting right what I did wrong. For me, that meant telling the principal of the college that I cheated in the exams and that I should not have got into the college. I wrote a letter to him, telling him what I had done and took the letter to the principal's office and gave it to his secretary, who read it first. "If this gets to the principal you will go to prison, " she said, "Go away and think about it. "

I went back to the church leaders and told them what the secretary said and they said I must still go to the principal. So the next day, I went back to the secretary, who took me to see the principal this time. To my surprise, he told me not to be afraid but to go to the person who was in charge of the exams. I did as required and that person let me take the exams again. I passed! Now I am back at the college, but, more important, God has taken away the feelings of guilt and I have peace in my mind. 

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