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Eating the Cookie

　　One of my patients, a successful businessman, tells me that before his cancer he would become depressed unless things went a certain way．　　1　　 was “having the cookie．”If you had the cookie, things were good．If you didn't have the cookie, life was 　　2　　．

　　Unfortunately, the cookie kept 　　3　　．Some of the time it was money, and sometimes power．At 　　4　　 time, it was the new car, the biggest contract…．A year and a half after his diagnosis of prostate(前列腺)cancer, he sits 　　5　　 his head regretfully．“It seems that I stopped learning how to 　　6　　 after I was a kid．When I give my son a cookie, he is happy．If I take the cookie away or it 　　7　　, he is unhappy．But he is two and a half and I am forty three．It's taken me this long to understand that the 　　8　　 will never make me happy for long．

　　The 　　9　　 you have the cookie it starts to fall to pieces or you start to 　　10　　 about it crumbling(弄碎)or about someone trying to take it away from you．You know, you have to 　　11　　 a lot of things to take care of the cookie, to keep it from crumbling and be 　　12　　 that no one takes it away from you．You may not even get a chance to eat it 　　13　　 you are so busy just trying not to lose it．　　14　　 the cookie is not what life is about．”

　　My patient laughs and says 　　15　　 has changed him．For the first time he is 　　16　　．No matter if his 　　17　　 is doing well or not, no matter if he wins or loses at golf．“Two years ago, cancer 　　18　　 me, ‘What is really important?' Well, life is important．Life．Life any way you can, have it, life with the cookie, life without the cookie．Happiness does not have anything to 　　19　　 with the cookie：it has to do with being 　　20　　．”

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　　Joan of Arc died trying to drive the English from her country．She gave 　　1　　the safety of her life as a farm girl to follow an ideal．In modern times John Brown also followed 　　2　　 ideal when he led his attack on Harper's Ferry．John Brown believed in God．When he was young, he 　　3　　 taken a young run-away slave into his home．He hated 　　4　　 and felt it was against God's will．During the battle over Kansas, Brown and his sons fought 　　5　　．In 1859 he came to the East to fight 　　6　　 slavery．With him, in a farmhouse outside the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, were twenty-one followers, five of them black men．Harper's Ferry lay 　　7　　 the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers．It was on the border of Pennsylvania, a 　　8　　 state．Brown felt that the 　　9　　 he would free would easily go to the“free”land．Behind Harper's Ferry lay hilly country, where Brown and his men could hide out if the attack 　　10　　 ．

　　As Brown and his men made their way forward, he told them, “Word will soon 　　11　　 throughout the countryside．Slaves will take up hatches, guns and knives．They 　　12　　 join us．”But Brown didn't succeed．His men 　　13　　 take over(占领)the Rifle House and the Engine House．And Brown took a number of hostages(人质)as the 　　14　　 spread．But word of the attack reached the Charles Town militia(民兵)，who surrounded Brown the next day．The militia 　　15　　 fighting when Brown 　　16　　 a man with an offer of stopping fighting and he was shot down．The next day Colonel Robert E．Lee and a group of US soldiers drew up before the Engine House．During the entire time of the attack, no slave had 　　17　　 Brown．Brown asked to be allowed to escape with his 　　18　　．Lee 　　19　　．Very soon it was all over．Most of Brown's men were 　　20　　．Two soldiers were killed．Brown was badly wounded．Thirty-seven days later, he was hanged．

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　　When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to Disneyland in America．It wasn’t the first time I had been 　　1　　．Like most English children I learned French 　　2　　 school and I had often been to France, so I 　　3　　 speaking a foreign language to people who didn’t understand 　　4　　．But 　　5　　 I went to America, I was really looking forward to 　　6　　 a nice easy holiday without any 　　7　　 problems．　　8　　 wrong I was!The misunderstanding began 　　9　　 the airport．I was looking for a 　　10　　 telephone to give my friend Danny a 　　11　　 and tell her that I had arrived．A 　　12　　 old man saw me looking lost and asked 　　13　　 he could help me．

　　“Yes, ”I said, “I want to give my friend a ring．”“Well, that’s nice, ”he said, “Are you getting 　　14　　?But aren’t you a bit young?” “　　15　　 is talking about marriage?” I replied．“I just want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived．Can you tell me 　　16　　 there’s a phone box?” “Oh!” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs．”

　　When at last we did meet up, Danny explained the misunderstanding to me．“Don’t worry, ”she said to me, “I had so many 　　17　　 at first．There are lots of words which the Americans 　　18　　 differently in meaning from us British．You’ll soon get used to 　　19　　 funny things they say．Most of the 　　20　　, British and American people understand each other!”

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