Since my mother moved to live with us in the city, she has been much heavier than before. As time went by, her 1  got worse. So I had to take her to see a 2 . My mother was told to lose weight 3  doing exercise every day. She had no choice but to 4  what the doctor said. I told her that I would exercise with her every morning.

On the first morning, she got up very early 5  ran with me in our neighborhood. I tried to run 6  so that she could follow me. After 7  for some minutes, I told her the proper ways of exercise and the importance of eating healthy food. She listened to me 8 . It made me 9  that she told me everything very patiently when I was a kid. On the second morning, I 10  her for keeping running with me.

But after two weeks, she wanted to 11 running because she thought the two- week exercise didn't work at all. To encourage her, I taught her how to use the facilities for exercise in our 12 . She began to exercise again.

With my help, it took her one month to develop a good 13 of daily exercise. "Thank you, my dear daughter. Exercise brings health and happiness to me. I will 14 worry about my health. " Her words 15 my heart deeply. I felt happy to make a big difference to my mother's life.

Simon was a six-year-old boy. One day he was taking a1 class. The teacher asked him. "If I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple, then how many apples will you have?"

Within seconds (秒) Simon2 confidently (自信地). "Four".

The teacher thought maybe Simon hadn't3 the question carefully and she wanted to encourage him,4 she said to Simon," Simon, you are a5 boy and you are good at math. Please listen carefully this time. It's very6 . You will be able to answer correctly if you pay attention." Then she7 , "If I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple, then how many apples will you have?"

This time Simon counted on his8 and said hesitantly (犹豫地), "Four."

Hearing the wrong answer9 , the teacher got disappointed. Suddenly she10 that Simon loved strawberries. She thought if she changed the11 and used strawberries instead of apples, maybe he would pay attention and answered correctly. With a12 , the teacher asked again, "If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and then one more strawberry, then how many strawberries will you have?"

Simon counted on his fingers again and with a hesitant smile, he answered, "13 ."

The teacher was happy. Her idea14 and Simon was able to give the right answer. Once again she asked him, "Now, if I give you one apple and one apple and one more apple, then how many apples will you have?"

Simon answered quickly, "Four."

The teacher was very15 . "Why? Tell me your reason," she asked in a loud voice. It sounded that she was a little16 .

In a17 and nervous voice. Simon got down his head and replied, "18 I already have one19 in my bag."

Hearing this, the teacher could say 20 .

My mother retired( 退休)at the age of 55. She was bored every day and got 1  easily. Our family relations became terrible. My brother thought of a good idea to solve the problem. He bought her a new smartphone and taught her to use WeChat. 

She was attracted by WeChat soon. After taking photos, she liked 2 them in her friend circle. But she sometimes 3 . This afternoon, my mother prepared to make dumplings for dinner. She took many photos as usual. But after dinner, we didn't see any photos. Finally, my father asked her. "Why don't you share your delicious dumplings in your friend circle today?" My mother looked 4 and said, "My smartphone was boiled in the pot. " " Oh , my God! I have to buy a new one again! "5 cried.