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A few years ago, an Englishman called Roy Jones went on holiday to
a small town near the sea in the west of England. He was swimming in the
sea one day. As he opened his mouth, his false ( not real) teeth fell out and
floated(漂) away. The following year, Mr. Jones returned to the same
town. When he was having dinner in a local cafe one evening, he mentioned
the story of his lost teeth to the manager. The manager looked surprised.
He explained that he had found a set of false teeth on the beach last month.
Then he asked Roy Jones if he wanted to try them on. "OK. " said Mr.
Jones. "I suppose it won't do any harm. " When the manager brought him
the teeth, Mr. Jones put them into the mouth, and laughed and laughed.
They were his !
In 1987 , an American couple called Jane and Robert Bentley went
for a picnic on a beach in California. When they returned home, Mrs.
Bentley realized that she had lost her wedding ring (绪婚戒指 ) . It
wasn't expensive but it was valuable to Jane. The Bentleys drove back
to the beach and searched for the ring for three hours, but couldn't find it.
A few months later, Mr. Bentley went fishin8 0ff the same beach. As he
pulled a large crab(螃蟹) out of the sea, he noticed that there was
something on one of its claws(爪) . It was his wife's wedding ring !
A. she came back home
B. her husband was fishing
C. she was having a picnic
D. she drove back to the beach
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| Long long ago, when the great library of Alexandria burned, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book, so a 1 man, who could read a little, bought it for a few coins. The book 2 very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was about the secret of the "Touchstone (试金石)"! The touchstone was a small pebble (鹅卵石) that could 3 any common metal into pure gold. The writing explained that it was 4 among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the 5 was this; The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles were 6 . So the man sold his few belongs, bought some simple supplies, camped on the beach, and began 7 pebbles. He knew that if he picked up common pebbles and threw 8 down again, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day 9 this, but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold-throw; it into the sea. Pick up 10 Cold-throw it into the sea. The days stretched into weeks and the weeks into months and the months 11 years. One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea 12 he realized what he had done. He had formed 13 a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along, he 14 threw it away. So it is with chance. 15 we don't pay enough attention, it is easy to miss a chance when it is in hand and it's just as easy to throw it away. | ||||
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