Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is an 1. e
example
.
There was a farmer who grew corn all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market, and each time his corn was chosen as the 2. b
best
and won first prize.
One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something surprising about how he grew it. The farmer would always 3. o
offer
his seed corn to his neighbours.
"How can you share your good seed corn with your neighbours?" the reporter asked. "You know they take part in the competition with you every year."
"Well, you know, sir," said the farmer, "the wind will pick up pollen(花粉) from the corn and quickly 4. m
move
it from field to field. If my neighbours grow 5. b
bad
corn, cross-pollination(异花传粉) will not be good for my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must 6. h
help
my neighbours to grow good corn."
As a great man says, "We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give to others." We can't live 7. w
without
food, clothes, or many other things. 8. H
However
, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give to others. Giving, not taking, will make us 9. d
different
from other animals. So those who choose to live well must help others to live well, and those who choose to be happy must help others to find 10. h
happiness
in their life.