Nearly two decades has passed, I still remember my favourite professor, James Sehwartz．Whenever he smiles, it's as if you'd just been told the funniest joke on earth．Almost all his students are his friends, and almost all his students know his life story．
When James was a teenager, his father 1 him to a fur factory where he worked．This was during the Great Depression．The 2 was to get James a job．
James entered the factory, and immediately felt as if the 3 had closed in around him．The room was dark and hot, the windows covered with dust, and the 4 were packed tightly together, running like trains．The fur hairs were flying, 5 a thickened air, and the workers, 6 the pieces of fur together, were bent over their needles 7 the boss marched up and down the rows, searching for them to go faster．James could hardly 8 ．He stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldn't 9 at him, too．
During lunch break, his father took James to the boss and pushed him in front of him, 10 if there was any work for his son．But 11 there was hardly enough 12 for the adult labours, for no one would give it up once he took a job．
Thus, for James, it was a 13 ．He hated the place．He made a 14 that he kept to the end of his life：he would never do any work that brought 15 to someone else, and he would never allow himself to 16 money off the seat of others．
“What will you do?” his mother, Eva, would ask him．
“I don't know,” he 17 say．He ruled out law, because he didn't like 18 , and he ruled out medicine, because he couldn't take the 19 of blood．
“What will you do?”
20 , my best professor thought it was the job not to hurt anybody．
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question．“What?”I asked．
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 ．We knew the restaurant was extremely good．“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me．
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded．“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie．We will be well 6 ．”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river．And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins．
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time．As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten．
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores．People smiled and nodded．“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed．
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said．
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 ．It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles．
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
