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    Many years ago, there lived a very rich man who wanted to do something good for the people of his town. But first he wanted to find out if they deserved (值得) his help. So he put a very large stone in the middle of the main road in the town. Then he stood behind a tree, waiting and watching.

    Soon an old man came along with his cow. "Who put this stone in the centre of the road?" said the old man, but he didn't try to move the stone away. He passed around the stone with some difficulty and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone in the centre of the road, but nobody tried to move it.

    Late in the afternoon, a young man came along. He saw the stone and said, "It will be dark at night. Some people will come along later in the dark and will fall over the stone and get hurt." The young man then began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled and tried everything he could to move it out of the road. But to his surprise, under the stone he found a bag full of money and this message, "The money is for the person who moves this stone from the road. The person deserves help."

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    The 14-year-old girl Susan Davis is having a party. At this party, there are. There is only a room full of art supplies (必需品) and many kids she never meets. And all the kids are homeless.

    Susan got the idea last year after school. She worried that kids who could not afford their own supplies would give up drawing. So sheto big companies to ask for help. Then the girlfrom some of the biggest art supply companies. Susan collected more than $3,000 in supplies, enough to make a home for kids.

    So far she. What she did was encouraged by the White House. Susan received the President's awards (奖赏) . Now Susan does it for a different reason—to get the poor kids to enjoy art.

    Mario Green and Mary Brown are from Hope High School. These two students volunteer to help1people. The volunteer work takes them several hours a week.

    Mario loves 2and wants to be an animal doctor. He volunteers at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help to3his future dream job. "It's hard work," he says, "but I want to learn how to 4animals. I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their owners5."

    Mary is6old people. Last year, she worked as a volunteer in an old people's home. She helped out with things like7the newspaper to the old people, or just talking to them. They told8stories about the past and how things used to be. She still works there once a week to help the old people. "A lot of old people are lonely. We should listen to them and care for them. We're all going to be9one day too."

    Volunteering is a dream10for both Mario and Mary. They can do what they love to do and help others at the same time.

    Body language is a very powerful tool of communication, not only among people but in the animal world.

    In many ways, we produce idioms (习语), which are all understandable by borrowing examples from animal communication.

    For example, we know that a frightened cat will arch (拱起) its back high in a rigid curve (弯曲) . From this starting point we might hear the expression "He gets my back up" meaning "He makes me angry".

    In the same manner, we know that many animals, if challenged by attackers, will not turn and run away because this will encourage the attackers to attack them more forcefully. Instead, they will move backwards slowly to get out of harm's way, always still facing their attackers. We call this action "backing off" and it can be used just as well with humans as with animals.

    In the case of humans, however, the backing off may not be physical but oral, as in using a kinder tone of voice and gentler words instead of fighting against the attackers.