Some boys join the Navy when they are young．They are then given a 1 of training as sailors．It is a long course, both on land and at sea．During it, the boys study things 2 mathematics and science, learning to tie the knots(打结), fire guns and to 3 other practical things．
One of the important things they are taught is, of course, how to swim．In the old days, many sailors were unable to swim．
At one school for sailors, the swimming instructor was very good．He had 4 had a boy whom he had failed to teach to swim by the time the course was 5 ．One year, however, there was one 6 boy on the training course who seemed quite unable to learn to 7 ．The instructor tried giving him extra lessons, but he had no 8 at all, whatever he did．In the end, 9 the time drew near for the 10 to end, he had to admit failure．
One day, he called the boy to him after the swimming lesson and said to him,“John, I have tried very hard to teach you to swim, but I have failed for the first time in my life．Now I want to give you a(n) 11 ．Listen carefully．”
“Yes, sir,”answered the boy．“Well,”the instructor 12 ,“if you are ever in a ship and it 13 , just jump over the side into the sea, go right down to the bottom and 14 to the shore as fast as you can．That is the only 15 you will save your life．”
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor．They talked about the 1 topic-happiness．But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 2 in work and life．
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 3 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 4 －plastic, glass, metal, porcelain(陶瓷), som plain-looking some very 5 ．The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 6 ．the professor said："lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking 7 ．cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones．While it is 8 for you to want only the best for Yourbelves, that is the 9 of your problems and stress．The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no 10 to the coffee．ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 11 what we drink．What all of you 12 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 13 the best cups．Now 14 this：life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 15 in society are the cups9 which are just tools to hold and 16 life, and the different typesof cups we have don't decide, nor 17 the quality oflife．lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will 18 to enjoy the coffee in it．So don't let the cups 19 you…enjoy the coffee instead．"
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 20 embarrassment．
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