Some years ago, I was called to replace a teacher who was ill．I prepared some warm-up activities and went to the 1 school．It was a small class．One of the students called my 2 in a special way with her interest in learning．When it was time to 3 the listening skills, I played a CD, and asked some to answer questions．They seemed to be a bit 4 , and said in low voices to one another“English is so difficult…”I 5 that as a great moment to inspire(鼓舞)them to learn．Remembering the motto“What we 6 doing becomes easier, as our abilities increase”, I 7 them to listen carefully to that particular track．
I played it four more times, and 8 one of them shouted：“Now I understand it clearly!”Another said：“You had 9 the track, I thought!It is so 10 to follow!”I can't describe how I felt．I asked them to do the same with each track of the CD as their 11 ．They were all excited and promised to do it later．
After 12 the material, I was leaving the 13 when I noticed the girl who I referred to 14 in her chair．I called her by name．When she turned around, I was surprised：She was 15 by herself!
“What's happened?”I asked．“Something 16 that I said?”She replied：“Yes, something you said made me weep． 17 nothing wrong with that．For the first time someone made me believe that I 18 speak English!”That was amazing!I thanked her for those moving words, and got downstairs, trying to hold the 19 …Every time I feel tired of my job, inspiring stories like that remind me that 20 is really, really worthwhile…
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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