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　　A few months ago I was reading a magazine at the dentist’s and there was a story-writing competition in it. The story had to have crime as a 1 , and although I haven’t got much 2 of writing, I made up my mind to 3 it. On the way home, I came up with this idea about a man who so 4 idea of burglars (夜贼) and burglary he decided to take revenge (报复) and go around 5 from burglars' houses. Of course I didn't know much about 6 burglars work, so I had to do some 7 by asking a friend in the police force, and then I 8 out the plot (情节) of the story.

　　The difficult thing was getting 9 with the story, so I decided to leave the opening 10 till the end, after I'd done a draft (草稿) of the 11 thing. At that stage I gave it to my husband to get feed back on it and he thought it was quite good, but it 12 to be shorter, so I went over it again, 13 to make it more brief. Actually it was my 14 who thought up the title-“Don’t Take It Personally”.

　　 15 the time I finished it. I was feeling 16 confident (自信) about it and almost gave up the idea, but in the end, I 17 to send it off to the magazine. Anyway, to 18 a long story short, I got a letter this morning to say that I’d 19 second prize and my story would be 20 in three weeks’ time. I was absolutely excited!

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　　I was very disappointed not to be able to go to the jazz concert last Friday. The announcement in the 1 said that you could buy tickets at the theatre box office in Richland Hills 2 day between 10: 00 and 4: 00． 3 I work from 9: 00 to 5: 00, the 4 time I could get to the theatre was driving there during my 45-minute lunch break. 5 the theatre is on the other side of the town, and the bus 6 between my office and Richland Hills is not very 7 ．But if you're lucky, you can make the round 8 in 45 minutes. Last Monday I stood at the bus stop for 40 minutes 9 for a bus. By the time I saw one come around the comer, there was not enough time 10 to make the trip. So I gave up and went back to the 11 . The same thing happened on Tuesday, and again on Wednesday. On Thursday, my luck changed. I got on a bus 12 and arrived at the theatre in 13 twenty minutes. When I got there, 14 , I found a long line of people at the office. I heard one man say he had been waiting 15 line for over an hour. Realizing I would not have enough time to wait in line, I 16 the next bus and headed back across the town. By Friday I realized my only hope was to make the trip by 17 ．It was expensive, but I felt it would be 18 it to hear the concert. The trip by taxi only 19 ten minutes, but it felt like an hour to me. When I got to the theatre, I was relieved to see that nobody was waiting in line. The reason, I quickly discovered, was 20 they had already sold out all the tickets.

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　　“Everything happens for the best, ”my mother said whenever I was faced with disappointment. “If you 1 on, something good will happen some day. ”

　　Mother was right, as I 2 after graduating from college, I had 3 myself as a sports announcer. So I went to Chicago to knock on the door of every station and was 4 every time. In one station, a kind lady told me that 5 stations wouldn't employ a person without 6 since I just graduated. “Go out in the town and find a small station that might give you a chance, ”she said.

　　I returned to Dixon. 7 I had finished my high school education and had 8 in the school football team. My father said that our town had built a store and wanted a man to 9 its sports department. The job sounded just 10 for me but I wasn't hired.

　　My disappointment had 11 as if by design (蓄意地). “Everything happens for the best. ”Mom 12 . Dad lent me his car to look for a job. I tried WOC Radio Davenport. The program director told me 13 had already hired an announcer. 14 I left his office, I asked aloud. “ 15 can a fellow get to be a sports announcer if he 16 get a job in a radio station? ”Suddenly, I heard the director 17 . “Do you know anything about football? ”Then he asked me to 18 an imaginary game. It was easy, and I did it without difficulty. The director was 19 and told me I would be broadcasting a game on the 20 Saturday.

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　　There was a time when parents who wanted an educational present for their children would buy a typewriter, a globe or an encyclopedia set. Now those items seem hopelessly old-fashioned. This Christmas, there were a lot of 1 computers under the tree. 2 that computers are the key to 3 , parents are also insisting frantically (狂乱地) that children 4 taught to use them in school as early as possible.

　　The problem for schools is 5 it comes to computers, parents don’t always know best. Many schools are 6 parental patience and are buying hardware 7 proper educational planning so they can say, “OK, we've moved into the computer age. ”Teachers 8 themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parent pressure an 9 educational decisions.

　　Educators do not even agree 10 how computers should be used; lot of money is going for computerized educational materials 11 research has shown can be taught 12 with pencil and paper. Even those who believe that all children should have the chance to learn computers warn people 13 potential (潜在的) 14 to the very young.

　　The temptation (诱惑) remains strong largely because young children are 15 computers. First graders have been 16 willing to work for two hours on maths skill. Some have an attention span of 45 minutes. 17 school can afford to go into computing, and that creates 18 another problem: a division between the haves and have-nots. Very few parent are 19 computer instruction in poor school districts, 20 there maybe barely enough money to pay the reading teacher.

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　　I consider myself something of an expert of apologies. A quick temper has 1 me with plenty of opportunities (机会) to make them. In one of my earliest 2 , my mother was telling me, “Don’t watch the 3 when you say I’m sorry. Hold your head up and look the person in the 4 , so he’ll know you 5 it. ”

　　My mother thus made the key point of a (n) 6 must be direct. You must never 7 to be doing something. You do not 8 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 9 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turn out to be your 10 . You do not apologize to a hostess (主人), whose guest of your honor you treat 11 , by sending flowers the next mentioning your bad 12 .

　　One of the important things you should do for an 13 is a readiness to 14 the responsibility (责任) for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves 15 for the other person to 16 us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 17 about themselves. That, after all, is the 18 of every apology. Whether the apologize is wholly or only partly 19 at fault, answering for one's 20 encourages others to take their share of the blame.

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　　The city is built in the 1 of the Neva River 2 through its center. After the Russian 3 , the palaces there were 4 as museums. The city was 5 for three months during the Second World War, but people there didn't 6 . The Germans 7 the buildings and everywhere you could see paintings and the whole city was. After the war, Russian people began to 8 the city. They wanted to 9 the city 10 to life. Now, many 11 pieces have been 12 , old portraits have been 13 , and the city has been 14 .

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　　When you discuss about eating out with your friend, first of all, you must make it clear who will pay for the meal. If somebody suggests 1 lunch with his friend, he might simply say something like this. “I’m 2 it'll have to be some place 3 , as I have little money. ”The 4 person may say, 5 I'll meet you at McDonald's. “This means he has agreed 6 , the two will go Dutch, that is, each person pays 7 himself. He may say, ”Oh, 8 . I want to take you 9 lunch at Johnson's. This means the person is to pay the bill for both of them. 10 the other person is pleased with the invitation, there is 11 reason why he shouldn't 12 it by simply 13 “Thank you. ”

　　American customs are much the same 14 those in 15 parts of the world. American women 16 expect men to pay for all the meals. But today, some of them 17 ．However, if a woman is asked to attend a dinner or a dance outside, the invitation 18 means “Come 19 my guest”. So, 20 you see. it is a polite thing to make the situation clear at the very beginning.

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　　In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally 1 them and the job they do, although there are certain people who do not believe that the police 2 have the power that they do.

　　What does a policeman actually do? It is not 3 job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in 4 . A policeman often has to control traffic, either 40 foot in the center of an, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time 6 up and up main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep traffic moving, stop 7 motorists and help when there is all accident.

　　A policeman has to help keep the 8 , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we 9 the police to come and restore the order. And they often have to 10 situation at great risk to their own 11 .

　　We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary. policeman, 12 he is not a detective, will often have to help 13 and arrest criminals.

　　And 14 do we call when there is an emergency-an air crash, a 15 , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. 16 a policeman has to be 17 to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the 18 world.

　　The police do an absolutely necessary job. They do it 19 well and I support them. but I could not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 20 do the job of a policeman.

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　　Jaws (1975), one of his first 1 , was a real 2 ．It is about a big white 3 that attacks 4 who are spending their holidays in a small village 5 the sea. ET (1982) is about a young boy 6 Elliott who makes 7 with a small creature from 8 space and helps him to find a way to go home. The world of 9 is cold. But in the world of 10 , love and 11 are the most important things in life. Jurassic Park, 12 Spielberg made in 1993, is about a park 13 a very rich man keeps different kinds of 14 . When the park is 15 by storm, things start 16 wrong. The film becoming very 17 when the children are 18 by meat-eating dinosaurs.

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　　My husband hasn't stopped laughing about the thing that happened to me. It's 1 now but it wasn't at that time.

　　Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in town, I 2 a rest before catching the train; so I bought a piece of 3 and some chocolate and went to the station coffee shop in that cheap, self-service place with long 4 to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and chocolate on the table to 5 a place, and went to get a cup of coffee. When I came back with the coffee, there was someone in the 6 seat. It was one of those 7 young men, with dark glasses and torn clothes, and hair colored bright 8 at the front. Not so unusual these days. What did 9 me was he'd started to eat my chocolate!

　　Naturally I was annoyed (恼火). However, to avoid trouble－then really I was rather uneasy about him－I just 10 down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee, and took a bit chocolate.

　　The boy looked at me 11 .Then he took another piece of my chocolate. I could hardly 12 it. Still I didn't want to start an argument. When he took a 13 piece, I felt more 14 than annoyed. I thought, “well, I shall have the last piece.”And I 15 it.

　　The boy gave a 16 look, and then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “This woman's mad! ”

　　Everyone 17 . That really made me feel silly, but it was 18 when I finished my coffee and got ready to leave. My face went red-as red as his hair when I 19  I'd made a mistake. It wasn’t my chocolate he'd been taking. There was mine, 20 just under my newspaper.

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