Be grateful for friends

　　It is a celebrating day. I got in touch with Michael whom I have been losing contact for one year.

　　It is really magic. I was searching online aimlessly yesterday when an idea struck me suddenly: since Ben can find out my secret by keying in my name in the search engines, why can't I do so, either?

　　I intended to find out something about Ben in revenge in the first place, but soon extend my name list to a wider category. It was then that I recalled Michael suddenly.

　　We have lost contact since our last correspondence in my senior 3. He mentioned to me in his last letter that he was preparing for going to UK to further his education. I, shamefully, was too busy to reply his mail then. When I was recommended to ZJU and won the final freedom, I thought he had already been in UK so I had no idea where to write him.

　　I used to think that we would never meet again. However, when I browsed the entries about him, I found out excitedly that he is still in P.R.C.!!

　　Without a moment hesitation, I ran upstairs to my dorm and found out my old address book. Thank goodness, his home no was still there.

　　After 3 times calling with no answer replies, I eventually got him on the phone. He was more surprised than I could imagine that when I asked for his hp no he was too nervous to remember it.

　　Life is enjoyable in moments such like this. Old friends meet again surprisingly, on a road of their own ways to their dreams. They look at the face of each other, and recognize the old pal. It is such moment that makes me feel grateful to life: whenever I set off for a new destination, I see I have friends in the same direction, with whom I won't feel alone any more.

　　感謝幫過(guò)你的人

　　Last week I saw a young man giving up his seat to a woman with a baby in her arms on a bus. To my great surprise, the woman did not thank the young man; on the contrary, she glared at him coldly, which made him embarrassed.

　　This incident set me thinking. If everyone acted like that woman, who would like to help others? And what would our society be like?

　　If anyone gives you a hand, you should express your sincere gratitude to him or her. Only in this way will everyone be ready to help others and feel satisfied with it.

　　上周，我在公共汽車上看到一個(gè)年輕人給一個(gè)懷抱嬰兒的婦女讓座。讓我感到奇怪的是，這位婦女沒(méi)有感謝這位年輕人，反而用冷淡的目光盯著他，使他感到困窘。

　　這事令我深思。如果每個(gè)人都像那個(gè)婦女那樣，誰(shuí)還愿意幫助別人?我們這個(gè)社會(huì)將會(huì)變成什么樣子?

　　如果有人幫了你，你應(yīng)表示衷心感謝。只有這樣，大家才會(huì)愿意幫助別人，并從中得到滿足。