Yesterday I was tidying up my room. I found 31 old box of my father’s .He gave 32 to me two years ago. It was really interesting to discover some of my father’s childhood 33 .He once told me  34 he wrote to people all over the world, 35 they sent him  36 ,too. As a result, he had a book of interesting stamps. People also gave him things from different 37 ,such as a silk from Japan, a little doll from England, and a small model ship from Australia. My father even  38  the ticket from his first football match! It made me think about looking  39 my collection of 40  pictures books and magazines.

From Monday to Friday most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and weekends they are free and  31 themselves. Some watch television or go to the cinema, others take part in sports. This is decided by their own   32  .

There are many different ways to spend our free time.

Almost everyone has some kind of   33  : it may be something from collecting stamps to ____34___ model planes. Some hobbies are very   35 , but others don’t cost anything at all. Some collections are worth(值得…的)  36 of money, others are valuable(有價(jià)值的) only to their owners.

I know a man who has a coin collection worth several   37  dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare(罕見的)fifty-cent piece which   38  him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On the other hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 of them, but I wonder(懷疑) if they are worth any money. However,  39  my brother they are quite valuable.

 40  makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection.

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”
Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （認(rèn)出他的腳步聲）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”
Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.
There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!

With a hat by his feet, a blind boy sat on the steps of a building. He held up a sign which said, “I’m blind, please help.”

Only a few people put   36  in the hat. A man was walking by. He   37  some coins into the hat. He then turned the sign   38 , wrote some words, put the sign back and left.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people   39  to give money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man came to see   40  things were. The boy recognized his footsteps （認(rèn)出他的腳步聲）and asked, “Were you the one who   41  my sign this morning? What did you write?”

The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a   42  way.” What he had written was, “Today is a beautiful day,   43 I cannot see it.”

Both the   44  told people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply   45  people to help by throwing some money into the   46 . The second one, however, told people that they were able to enjoy the   47  of the day, but the boy couldn’t   48  he was blind.

There are at least two lessons we can learn   49  this story. First, be thankful for what you have. Someone else has less. Help them if you can.   50  , be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way!