Ihaveagoodfriend.Heisahandsomeboyandhiseyesshinewithwisdom.

　　IhaveknownhimsinceSeniorOne.WearebothinterestedinEnglish.OncebothofusenteredforanEnglishcontest.HoweagerlyIexpectedtogetaprize!OnhearingthatIhadfailedinthecontest,Icouldhardlyholdbackmytears."Whatapity!"Imurmuredtomyselfoverandoveragain.Ifeltthattheworldhadbecomecoldandeveryoneseemedtobelaughingatme.IloveEnglishandhavegoneallouttostudyitsincemyfirstdayinthejuniormiddleschool.Ihaveevendreamedofenteringaforeignlanguageinstitute.SoIfeltverysad.

　　Justatthistime,IreceivedashortletterinEnglish,saying,"Failureisthemotherofsuccess.Cheerup!Don'tloseconfidence.Keeponyourstudyandyouwillsucceed!"Iknewitwasfromthegoodfriendofmine.Thesewordsencouragedmegreatly.Iforgotallmysadness.Fromthenon,IstudiedEnglishevenharder.InthenextEnglishcontest,Igotthefirstprize.Ofcourse,hewasdelightedwithmysuccess.

　　Iamveryluckytohavesuchagoodfriend.I'mthankfultohimforhishelp.

　　Ateacherjustlikesashining

　　Ateacherjustlikesashiningstartostudents.MissFu,oneofmyEnglishteacher,isashiningstarinmylife.

　　.First,hehastohaveagoodmemory,lesthecontradictsatonetimewhathesaidinanother.Second,heisalwaysannoyedbyhisconscience,becauseheisinconstantfearthathisfalsehoodmaybefoundout.Third,aliarisnevertrustedandrespectedbyothers.Theresultmaybethathiswords,evenwhenhespeaksthetruth,arenotbelieved.Fourthandthelast,onceapersonhastoldalie,hecannothelptellinganotherinordertoconcealthefirst,andthenathirdandafourth,untillyingbecomesahabit.Afterthat,hemaysaysomethinguntrueevenwhenhewishestospeakthetruth.