I'll never forget one cold night in Michigan when I was on tour with Alan Jackson．A security man handed me a　　1　　passed along from a lady in the audience：

　　I am here tonight to hear one song－It's Not the End of the World．My son bought two tickets　　2　　this show and he bought them a long　　3　　ahead of time before we knew he was sick with　　4　　cancer．He　　5　　last month after a very short illness．This song made him　　6　　until the end and that made me very, very happy．Tonight, I sit here alone with a(n)　　7　　ticket． 　　8　　I received this note I was so pumped up and excited for the　　9　　．But the note just floored me．I gave the note to my manager and asked him to　　10　　for the lady to come to my preshow meet-and-greet area．Soon, I　　11　　her walking up the hall toward me．She was so happy; her face was　　12　　up with a smile．I sang the song to her and I thought I understood what she was　　13　　．In her heart, she knew her son was living a better life and that made me feel good in my heart．

　　Because of the　　14　　of that song, none of us will　　15　　be the same again．I believe that song completely　　16　　three lives that night．To the boy who had left and was looking　　17　　at us, it helped him find his way to the next life．　　18　　the mother, it allowed her to feel a certain acceptance for his leaving and　　19　　the pain of her loss．And it taught me that it's exciting for an entertainer to bring　20　　into people's lives．

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　　When Ray was about seven, he had a very close friend．Ray and Mike went to an all-boys school and were in the same class．To Ray, Mike was 　　1　　 people would call the“best friend”．They lived near each other, went to and from school together, played together, were together in school, and 　　2　　 time in each others' homes．

　　Once, in school, Ray encountered an academic 　　3　　 and was very down．He just 　　4　　 round and round the school playground． Mike 　　5　　 Ray, and their distance is far enough not to stifle(使压抑) him, but 　　6　　 enough never to let Ray out of his 　　7　　．Ray was very angry at that time．He just wanted to be 　　8　　．At one point, he got so worked up that he even blurted out, “　　9　　 leave me alone!” But Mike just 　　10　　 walked on behind Ray, still never uttering a 　　11　　．

　　It was only after many years, almost two decades later, that Ray truly began to 　　12　　 the profound lesson on 　　13　　 which had been shown to him that day．Ray and Mike had already separated by then, 　　14　　 seeing each other every year, and 　　15　　 then only in big groups of friends．Mike had taught him that true friendship does not only 　　16　　 when one wants or needs it．A true friend will be 　　17　　 when he thinks you need him, 　　18　　 whether you want it or not or whether you would 　　19　　 it or not．

　　Till this day, Ray is still 　　20　　．And he will always be．

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　　Freda Bright says,“Only in opera do people die of love．”It’s 　　1　　．You really can't love somebody to death．I've known people to die from no love, 　　2　　 I've never known anyone to be loved to death．We just can't love one 　　3　　 enough．

　　A heart-warming story tells of a woman who finally decided to ask her boss for a 　　4　　 in salary．All day she felt 　　5　　 and apprehensive．Late in the afternoon she gathered the courage to approach her 　　6　　．To her 　　7　　, the boss agreed to a raise．

　　The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful table 　　8　　 with their best dishes．Candles were softly glowing．Her husband had come home early and prepared a 　　9　　 meal．She wondered if someone from the office had 　　10　　 him off, or…did he just somehow know that she would not get turned 　　11　　?

　　She found him in the kitchen and told him the 　　12　　 news．They embraced and kissed, then sat down to the wonderful meal．Next to her plate the woman found a 　　13　　 lettered note．It read, "Congratulations, darling!I knew you'd get the raise!These things will tell you how much I love you．"

　　Following the supper, her husband went into the 　　14　　 to clean up．She noticed that a second 　　15　　 had fallen from his pocket．　　16　　 it off the floor, she read, "Don't worry about not getting the raise!You deserve it anyway!These things 　　17　　 tell you how much I love you．"

　　Someone has said that the measure of love is when you love 　　18　　 measure．What this man feels for his wife is total acceptance and love, 　　19　　 she succeeds or fails．His love celebrates her victories and 　　20　　 her wounds．He stands with her, no matter what life throws in their direction．

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　　My brother-in-law lifted out a package in which was delicate lingerie(女式内衣)．“Jan bought it 8 years ago 　　1　　 she never wore it．She was 　　2　　 it for a special occasion．”He put it with the other clothes we were taking to the mortician(殡仪馆)．“Don't save anything for a special occasion．Every day when you're 　　3　　 is a special gift．” he said．

　　I remembered those words through the funeral and the days that followed when I helped with all the chores(琐事)after Jan's sudden 　　4　　．I thought about them on the plane returning to California．I'm 　　5　　 thinking about his words, and they've 　　6　　 my attitude towards life．I'm admiring the view 　　7　　 worrying about the weeds in the garden．I'm spending more time with my family and friends and 　　8　　 time in committee meetings．

　　Whenever possible, life should be an experience to 　　9　　, not　tolerate．I'm trying to recognize these moments and 　　10　　 them．“Someday” and “one of these days” are 　　11　　 from my vocabulary．If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now．I'm not sure what my sister would have done if she had known she wouldn't be here for the tomorrow that we all 　　12　　 for granted．I think she would have gone out for her favorite Chinese food．She might have called a few former friends to apologize for past 　　13　　．I'm guessing－I'll 　　14　　 know．

　　It's those little things left undone that would make me angry if I knew that my hours were 　　15　　．Angry because I 　　16　　 seeing good friends I was going to get in touch with－someday．Angry and 　　17　　 that I didn't tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them．

　　I'm trying not to put off, or save anything that would add 　　18　　 and color to our lives．Every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself it is 　　19　　．Every day, every minute, every breath truly is…．a(n)　　20　　 from God．

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My Teacher in the School of Life

　　I spent the opening day of school this year at DeMatha Catholic High School in much the same way I spent the first day of classes 　　1　　 30 years ago; I sat in Dr Charles E．Offutt’s British literature class, listening to him 　　2　　 what his seniors would learn and get them excited about the journey they would 　　3　　．I’m the principal(校长)of the school now, but for a few minutes I was back in 1975, 　　4　　 what the future held．

　　I have been learning from Dr Offutt for 30 of the 51 years he had been teaching at DeMatha．He not only taught me to think, he 　　5　　 me, as much by example as 　　6　　, that it was my moral duty to do so and to serve 　　7　　．

　　Neither of us could know how our 　　8　　 would develop over the years．When I first came back to DeMatha to teach English．I worked for Dr Offutt, the then department chair．After several years, I was 　　9　　 department chair, and our relationship changed 　　10　　．I thought that it might be 　　11　　 chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr Offutt 　　12　　 me throughout．He knew when to give me 　　13　　 about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me design my own course．

　　In 1997, I needed his advice about leaving DeMatha to become principal at another school．If he had asked me to stay at DeMatha, I might have．　　14　　, he encouraged me to seize the new 　　15　　．

　　Five years ago, I became the 　　16　　 of DeMatha．Once again, Dr Offutt was there for me, letting me know that I could 　　17　　 on him as I tried to fill such big shoes．I’ve learned from him that great teachers have a(n)　　18　　 wealth of lessons to teach．　　19　　 his students don’t know it yet, I know how 　　20　　 they are; I’m still one of them．

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　　This is a cartoon film．It tells a story of the sea gangsters(匪徒)．

　　Oscar was a fast-talking little fish who always had big 　　1　　 , but his big dreams would always 　　2　　 him nothing but big troubles．

　　In the deep of the sea 　　3　　 a gang(帮)of shark gangsters They 　　4　　 nothing but rob and steal things．The head of the 　　5　　 was called Lino, who had two sons, Frankie and Lenny．He loved his sons, but was also 　　6　　 on them．He wished them to be able to 　　7　　 his work in the future．

　　One day, Frankie was 　　8　　 by a dropping anchor(锚)of a fishing ship near the sea．Oscar 　　9　　 to see this．He decided to make good 　　10　　 of this chance to show off his ability of getting rid of the shark．　　11　　 he went, he told others that he killed the 　　12　　 with ease．His fellows 　　13　　 his story and regarded him as a great hero．Oscar 　　14　　 appeared on TV, and soon he became a superstar．He was widely admired and respected．He was surrounded with fame and wealth．

　　But as you can imagine, his big 　　15　　 would bring him disaster again．Having learnt 　　16　　 was Oscar who killed his son, Lino made great efforts to catch Oscar and kill him．Oscar could do nothing but run away as fast as he could．But 　　17　　 you know, in the sea there is a famous 　　18　　 that the big fish usually eat the small ones．In the dangerous game Oscar had little 　　19　　 to live on and all this was a 　　20　　 of his big lie．

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　　I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class．Having taught in the US for 17 years, I had no 　　1　　 about my ability to hold their attention and to 　　2　　 on them my admiration for the literature(文学)of my mother tongue．

　　I was shocked when the monitor shouted,“　　3　　!” and the entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 　　4　　 about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness(尴尬)was over, I quickly 　　5　　 my calmness and began what I thought was a fact – packed lecture, sure to gain their respect – perhaps 　　6　　 their admiration．I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a(n)　　7　　 of achievements．

　　My students 　　8　　 diaries．However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 　　9　　 by a strong sense of sadness．The first diary said,“Our literature teacher didn’t teach us anything today．　　10　　 her next lecture will be better．”Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 　　11　　 subject．“Didn’t I teach them anything?I described the entire philosophical framework(哲学体系)of Western thought and laid the historical 　　12　　 for all the works we’ll study in class,” I complained．“How 　　13　　 they say I didn’t teach them anything?”

　　It was a long term, and it 　　14　　 became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 　　15　　 of my students．I thought a teacher’s job was to raise 　　16　　 questions and provide enough background so that students could 　　17　　 their own conclusions．My students thought a teacher’s job was to provide 　　18　　 information as directly and clearly as possible．What a difference!

　　　　19　　, I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a 　　20　　 American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture．

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　　A woman in her sixties lived alone in her little cottage with a pear tree at her door．She spent all her time taking care of the tree．But the children nearby drove her 　　1　　 by making fun of her．They would climb her tree and then run away with pears, 　　2　　“Aunty Misery” at her．

　　One evening, a passer－by asked to 　　3　　 for the night．Seeing that he had an 　　4　　 face, she let him in and gave him a nice 　　5　　．The next morning the stranger, actually a sorcerer(巫师), thanked her by granting(允准)her 　　6　　 that anyone who climbed up her tree 　　7　　 not be able to come back down until she 　　8　　it．

　　When the children came back to steal her 　　9　　, she had them stuck on the tree．They had to beg her long 　　10　　 she gave the tree permission to let 　　11　　 go．Aunty Misery was free from the 　　12　　 at last．

　　One day another man 　　13　　 her door．This one did not look trustworthy to her, 　　14　　 she asked who he was．“I am Death, I’ve come to take you 　　15　　 me”said he．

　　Thinking fast Aunty Misery said, “Fine, but I’d like to 　　16　　 some pears from my dear tree to remember the 　　17　　 it brought to me in this life．But I am too 　　18　　 to climb high to get the best fruit．Will you be so 　　19　　 as to do it for me?” With a deep sigh, Mr．Death climbed up the tree 　　20　　 and was immediately stuck to it．No matter how much he warned or begged, Aunty Misery would not allow the tree to let Death go．

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　　The Part of the environmental movement that draws my firm’s attention is the design of cities, buildings and products．When we designed America’s first so-called“green”office building in New York two decades ago, we felt very alone．But today, thousands of people come to green building conferences, and the 　　1　　 that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly influential in years to 　　2　　．

　　Back in 1984, we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren’t designed for 　　3　　 use．The“energy-efficient”sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis 　　4　　 indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet．So far 20 years, we’ve been focusing on these materials down to the molecules(分子), looking for ways to make them 　　5　　 for people and the planet．

　　Home builders can now use materials-such as paints that release significantly reduced amounts of organic(有机物的)compounds-that don’t 　　6　　 the quality of the air, water, or soil．Ultimately(最终), however, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being ‘less bad’ but on creating 　　7　　 healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil 　　8　　 reused by industry again and again．As a matter of 　　9　　, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer has already 　　10　　 a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable．

　　Look at it this way：No one 　　11　　 out to create a building that destroys the planet．But our current industrial systems are 　　12　　 causing these conditions, whether we like it or not．So 　　13　　 of simply trying to reduce the derange, we are 　　14　　 a positive approach．We’re giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that has a 　　15　　 effect on the world．It’s not just the building industry, either．Entire cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building．Portland, Seattle and Boston have said they want to be green cities．Chicago wants to be the greenest city in the world．

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　　Growing up, I had a scar on my face-a perfect arrow in the center of my cheek, pointing at my left eye．I 　　1　　 it when I was three, long before I knew that scars were a 　　2　　 thing, especially for a girl．I only knew that my scar brought me 　　3　　 and tenderness and candy．As I got older, I began to take 　　4　　 in my scar, in part to stop people laughing at me, but mainly as a reaction to the thought that I should feel uncomfortable．It's true．I was 　　5　　 the first couple of times someone pointed at my 　　6　　 and asked,“What's that?”or called me“Scarface．”But the more I heard how 　　7　　 my scar was, the more I found myself liking it．

　　When I turned fifteen, my parents-　　8　　 the advice of a doctor--decided it was time to 　　9　　 on what was now a thick, shiny red scar．

　　“But I don't mind the scar, really,”I told my father as he 　　10　　 that I would have the operation during my summer vacation．And my friends, along with my boyfriend at the time, 　　11　　 as I did, that my scar was 　　12　　 and almost pretty in its own way．After so many years, it was a 　　13　　 of me．But my father said it was a deformity(畸形), I don't know what 　　14　　 me more that day：hearing my father call my scar a deformity, or 　　15　　 that it didn't 　　16　　 to him how I felt about it．

　　I did have the operation that summer．

　　In my late twenties, I took a long look at my scar, something I hadn't done in years．　　17　　, it could 　　18　　 mirror, I felt a sudden 　　19　　．

　　There was something powerful about my scar and the proud person I 　　20　　 because of it．I have never been quite so strong since they cut it out．

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