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　　People seem to have a natural need for friends and with good reason．Friends increase your enjoyment of life and relieve feelings of loneliness．They even can help reduce stress and improve your health．Having good friends is especially helpful when you are going through any kind of hard time such as when you are experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, or depression．

　　When you are with good friends you feel good about yourself, and you are glad to be with them．A friend is someone who－

　　●you like, respect, and trust, and who likes, respects and trusts you

　　●doesn’t always understand you, but accepts and likes you as you are, even as you grow and change

　　●allows you the space to change, grow, make decisions, and even make mistakes

　　●listens to you and shares with you both the good times and the bad times

　　●respects your need for secrets, so you can tell them anything

　　●lets you freely express your feelings and emotions without judging, teasing, or criticizing you

　　●accepts the limitations you have put on yourself and helps you to remove them

　　A person once said, “Friendship is a continuing source of bonding(连接), releasing, and creating in yourself and with the other person．There is an emotional bond between the two people．”

　　A good friend or supporter may or may not be the same age or the same sex as you, and may not have the same educational, cultural, or religious background, or share interests that are similar to yours．Friendships also have different depths．Some are closer to the heart and some more superficial, but they’re all useful and good．

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　　If you go into the woods with your friends, stay with them．If you don’t, you may get lost．If you do get lost, this is what you should do．

　　Sit down and stay where you are．Don’t try to find your friends－let them find you．You can help them to find you by staying in one place．

　　There is another way to help your friends or other people nearby to find you．Give them a signal by shouting or whistling three times．Stop．Then shout or whistle three times again．Any signal given three times is a call for help．You will be helped by others．

　　Keep up the shouting or whistling, always three times together．When people hear you, they will know that you are not just making noise for fun．They will let you know they have heard your signal．They will give two shouts, two whistles or two gunshots．When a signal is given twice, it is an answer to a call for help．

　　If you don’t think that you will get help before night comes, try to make a little house and cover up the holes with branches with lots of leaves and grass．What should you do if you get hungry or need to drink some water? You should have to leave your little branch house to look for a brook．Don’t just walk away．Pick off small branches and drop them as you walk so that you can find your way back．

　　The most important thing to do when you are lost is－stay in one place．

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　　I am a good mother to three children．I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent．

　　I no longer consider myself the center of the universe．I show up．I listen．I try to laugh．I am a good friend to my husband．I have tried to make marriage vows(誓约)mean what they say．I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me．Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today．

　　So here's what I wanted to tell you today：Get a life．A real life, not a desire of the next promotion(提升), the bigger paycheck, the larger house．

　　Get a life in which you are not alone．Find people you love, and who love you．And remember that love is not leisure(空闲), it is work．Pick up the phone．Send an e-mail．Write a letter．And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted．

　　It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes．It is so easy to exist instead of to live．I learned to live many years ago．Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all．And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all．

　　I learned to love the journey, not the destination．I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally．And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned．By telling them this：Read in the backyard with the sun on your face．Learn to be happy．And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived．

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The Man behind Blue Jeans

　　Levi Strauss was born in 1829 in Bavaria，Germany．He was the fifth of six children．His father sold dry goods from door to door．(Dry goods include many different things; fabric, thread, scissors, combs, buttons, yarn, etc．)

　　In 1845, his father died．All six children decided to go to the United States．Two of Strauss’ bothers started a dry goods company in New York City．Strauss’ sister Fanny and her husband started a similar business in San Francisco．Strauss decided to go to the southeastern part of the United States．For eight years, he walked along the country roads selling dry goods from door to door－just like his father in Bavaria．

　　In 1853, Strauss decided to move to San Francisco．(At that time, thousands of people traveled to California to look for gold．)On the way to California, Strauss sold almost all of his dry goods．He had only one thing left－some canvas．

　　In California, Strauss tried to sell the canvas to the gold miners(矿工)．He said they could make tents from the canvas．But they weren’t interested in canvas for tents．Strauss didn’t know what to do with the canvas．Then, he had an idea．Strauss could see that the miners needed new pants．There were holes in their pants because the fabric wasn’t strong．He decided to make the canvas into pants．They called them “Levi’s”．Later, Strauss stopped using canvas and used a different fabric．It was a heavy cotton fabric－the same kind people wear today．

　　Levi Strauss died in 1902．He never married and left his money to his nephews．He left the world much more－the jeans that so many people wear．

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　　There were smiling children all the way．Cleary they knew at what time the train passed their homes and they made it their business to stand along the railway, wave to complete strangers and cheer them up as they rushed towards Penang．Often whole families stood outside their homes and waved and smiled as if those on the trains were their favorite relatives．This is the simple village people of Malaysia．I was moved．

　　I had always traveled to Malaysia by plane or car, so this was the first time I was on a train．I did not particularly relish the long train journey and had brought along a dozen magazines to read and reread．I looked about the train．There was not one familiar face．I sighed and sat down to read my Economics．

　　It was not long before the train was across the Causeway and in Malaysia．Johore Baru was just another city like Singapore, so I was tired of looking at the crowds of people as they hurried past．As we went beyond the city, I watched the straight rows of rubber trees and miles and miles of green．Then the first village came into sight．Immediately I came alive．I decided to wave hack．

　　From then on my journey became interesting．I threw my magazines into the waste basket and decided to join in Malaysian life．Then everything came alive．The mountains seemed to speak to me．Even the trees were smiling．I stared at everything as if I was looking at it for the first time．

　　The day passed fast and I even forgot to have my lunch until I felt hungry．I looked at my watch and was surprised that it was 3：00 pm．Soon the train pulled up at Butterworth．I looked at the people all around me．They all looked beautiful．When my uncle arrived with a smile, I threw my arms around him to give him a warm hug(拥抱)．I had never done this before．He seemed surprised and then his weather-beaten face warmed up with a huge smile．We walked arm in arm to his car．

　　I looked forward to the return journey．

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　　When I met him，I had a lot of anger inside of me．I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem, but in my neighborhood, there are shoot-ups all the time．I know kids who have been shot or beaten up．I have friends who ended up in prison．I could have ended up that way, too, but Mr．Clark wouldn’t let that happen．

　　Mr．Clark worked long hours, making sure I did my work．My grades rose．In fact, the scores of our whole class rose．One day, he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera, and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem．Before the show, he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full．We did not want to let him down．

　　Mr．Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year．He said he would draw three names out of a hat, those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award．But when the time came to draw names, Mr．Clark said, “You’re all going．”

　　On graduation day, there were a lot of tears．We didn’t want his class to end．In 2001, he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch．He started giving lectures about education, and wrote a bestselling book based on his classroom rules, The Essential 55．In 2003, Mr．Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤儿院)．It was the most amazing experience of my life．It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds．

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　　Not many years ago, a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England．He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries．When he was seventy-five, he gave ￡ 12, 000 to the village school to buy land and equipment for a children’s playground．

　　As a result of his kindness, many people came to visit him．Among them was a newspaperman．During their talk, Johnson remarked that he was seventy-five and expected to live to be a hundred．The newspaperman asked him how he managed to be healthy at seventy－five．Johnson had a sense of humor．He liked whisky and drank some each day．“I have an injection(注射)in my neck each evening．” he told the newspaperman, thinking of his evening glass of whisky．

　　The newspaperman did not understand what Johnson meant．In his newspaper he reported that Johnson was seventy-five and had a daily injection in his neck．Within a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain, asking him for the secret of his daily injection．

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　　Lots of people have hobbies．Some people collect old coins or foreign stamps; some do needlework; others spend most of their spare time on a particular sport．

　　A lot of people enjoy reading．But reading tastes differ widely．Some people only read newspapers or comics, some like reading novels, while others prefer books on astronomy, wildlife, or technological discoveries．

　　If I happen to be interested in horses or precious stones, I cannot expect everyone else to share my enthusiasm．If I watch all the sports programs on TV with great pleasure, I must put up with the fact that other people find sports boring．

　　Is there nothing that interests us all? Is there nothing that concerns everyone－no matter who they are or where they live in the world? Yes, dear Sophie, there are questions that certainly should interest everyone．They are precisely the questions this course is about．

　　What is the most important thing in life? If we ask someone living on the edge of starvation, the answer is food．If we ask someone dying of cold, the answer is warmth．If we put the same question to someone who feels lonely and isolated, the answer will probably be the company of other people．

　　But when these basic needs have been satisfied－will there still be something that everybody needs? Philosophers think so．They believe that man cannot live by bread alone．Of course everyone needs food．And everyone needs love and care．But there is something else－apart from that－which everyone needs, and that is to figure out who we are and why we are here．

　　Being interested in why we are here is not a “casual” interest like collecting stamps．People who ask such questions are taking part in a debate that has gone on as long as man has lived on this planet．How the universe, the earth, and life came into being is a bigger and more important question than who won the most gold medals in the last Olympics．

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