Much meaning can be conveyed (传送) with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak. Do you have such kind of experience? On a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long. And if he is sensing that he is being stared(盯)at, he may feel uncomfortable.

The same is in daily life. If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry with the person who is looking at you. Eyes do speak, right?

Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite and even rude. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man stares at a woman, his purpose is obvious. That is, he wishes to attract her attention and make her understand that he is admiring her.

However, the normal eye contact (接触) for two people during a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time in order to make sure that the listener is paying attention to what the speaker is speaking.

If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to contract you, you will feel uncomfortable. A poor liar(说谎者) usually looks too long at the victim, because he believes that looking straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.

In fact, continuous eye contact only happens between two lovers, who will enjoy looking at each other gently for a long time, to show feeling that words cannot express. Obviously, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the proper situation.

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Eyes can speak

In our daily life

A lot of feelings can be conveyed to others with our eyes. There are a lot of facts to prove it. You may feel uncomfortable if you are stared at for more than necessary. And you wonder if there is anything wrong with you. If not, you will feel very1..

When staring at

the opposite sex

Looking too long at a woman you admire means that you want to2. her

attention. And most of time, continuous eye contact is just for two two lovers.

When having a

3.with others

If the speaker looks at the listener at4.during the conversation, it’s normal eye contact. If the speaker tells a 5. , looking straight in the eye too long isn’t a sign of honest communication.

So remember to look at others at the proper time. If not, it will make others uncomfortable.

When I was young, I had an old neighbor named Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never shouted at us for playing in his yard. When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t _______ lives in the hospital, he was planting as many trees as possible in his yard. And his life’s goal was to make it a _______.

The good doctor had some _______ ideas on planting trees. He believed in “No pains, no gains”. He never _______ his new trees, which was different from many people. Once I asked him why. He _______ that watering plants spoiled (宠坏) them and that if you water them, each following tree generation will grow _______. He talked about how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots (根) in _______ of water.

However, I didn’t buy his words then. A few years later. I planted a couple of trees and I took good care of them. Two years’ caring had resulted in trees that expected to be waited on hand and foot. Whenever a cold wind blew _______, they trembled (颤动) their leaves and branches. The funny thing about those trees of Dr. Gibbs was that the lack of water seemed to benefit them in ways comfort and ease never could.

Now I am the father of two sons. I used to wish that my sons’ lives will be easy. But lately when I think of Dr. Gibbs and his trees, it reminds me that it’s time to change my attitude (态度). I know my children are going to meet hardship, and they can’t be too dependent to live on. _______ I need to do is to pray for deep roots, ________ when the winds blow, they won’t be swept away.

1.A.making B.valuing C.saving

2.A.street B.forest C.farm

3.A.perfect B.terrible C.difficult

4.A.watered B.raised C.loved

5.A.wondered B.answered C.doubted

6.A.weaker B.taller C.straighter

7.A.face B.honor C.search

8.A.quickly B.strongly C.hardly

9.A.How B.What C.Why

10.A.so B.or C.but

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