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Mama's voice floated through the apartment as she sang a Mexican folk song that I had heard all my life. "Hola," she greeted me when she came out of the bedroom. "Please speak to me in 1 ," I interrupted. She paid no attention and 2 speaking in Spanish. The words _3_ me of my grandparents and birthday parties in Mexico, but I knew my mother's life would be 4 if she learned to speak English. We had lived in the United States for three years, and she still had difficulty 5 to store owners and my teachers. I was determined that she should try. "Why won't you speak English?" I 6 . "Don't you want to be 7 to talk to people here?" "Isabel," she whispered. Mama always whispered when she was upset with me. "What?" I was not 8 with her, either. She 9 for the English words. "Come with me to the, uh - how do you say it? Meeting." "What kind of meeting? Where is it?" I 10 her, but now she refused to answer. In 11 , we drove across town to the college, where she pulled into a brightly lit parking lot. I was 12 . I had expected a meeting at someone's 13 - a garden club or a parents' group. Then I 14 a sign on a door. My mother was 15 night classes to learn English! "I don't understand. 16 you're learning English, why won't you speak English at home?" I asked. "You'll learn faster if you 17 with me." "I speak English here," she said in her thick accent. She hesitated, putting the words together, and then went on, "I speak Spanish at home 18 you." I 19 understood - she spoke Spanish at home so that I wouldn't forget the words, songs, and 20 of Mexico. I said, "O. K., Mama, estabien." | ||||
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In 1941 when Anti-Japanese War was still going on, Xiamen University that Ma Zuzhao aimed to | ||||
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"Just sign here, sir," the deliveryman said as he handed Oscar Reyna a package. The package consisted of a long, narrow box 1 wrapped in brown paper. 2 the box, Oscar saw an umbrella inside - a very old one with a beautifully carved wooden handle. 3 he had not seen it in more than 20 years, he recognized it 4 . Oscar was 16 when he first saw the 5 umbrella. He had gone to a concert with his grandparents. As they were leaving, h noticed an umbrella on an empty seat, impressed by its 6 , Oscar felt a strong desire to find its 7 . Oscar 8 the manager to look in the record of advance ticket sales. Just as he thought, a name matched the seat 9 Oscar had found the umbrella. The name was Mrs. Katie O'Brien. Oscar talked his grandparents into going by Mrs. O'Brien's 10 on their way home. He rang the bell, the door opened, and an elderly woman appeared. "May I 11 you?" she asked. "I'd like to return it if it's yours," Oscar said, 12 the umbrella as if presenting a 13 that had long been wished for. "Why, yes! It's mine," replied Mrs. O'Brien with a 14 smile and shining eyes. "It was given to me by my father years ago. Thank you so much for returning it. May I offer you a reward for your 15 ?" "No, ma'am," he said, "My grandmother says that a good deed is its own reward. " "Well, that's 16 what my father used to say. What is your name, young man?" Years later Oscar was staring at the finely carved handle of the umbrella as he remembered Mrs. O'Brien. It was in perfect condition, considering how 17 it was. Why had it arrived here today? As if 18 , a note fell from the paper. It reads: Mrs. O'Brien wanted to 19 this umbrella as a present for a kind, 20 . gesture long ago. | ||||
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A little old couple walked slowly 1 McDonald's one cold winter evening. They looked out of place among the young families and couples 2 there that night. Some of the customers looked 3 at them. You could tell what the admirers 4 ."Look, there is a couple who has been 5 a lot together, probably for 60 years or more!" The little old man walked up to the cash register, placed his order and paid 6 it. The couple took a table near the back wall and on their tray there was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little man unwrapped the hamburger and cut it 7 . Then he carefully counted out the French fries, 8 them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. 9 the man began to eat his few 10 of hamburger the crowd began to get restless. Again you could 11 what they were thinking."That poor old couple can only 12 one meal for the two of them. A young man stood up and came over to the old couple's table. He politely 13 to buy another meal for them. The old man replied that they 14 everything. Then the crowd 15 that the little old lady 16 a bite. She just sat there 17 her husband eat. Again the young man came over and begged them 18 him buy them something to eat. They refused again. As the little old man finished eating, the young man could no longer stand it. Again he offered to buy some food. After 19 again, he asked the little old lady a question."Ma'am, why aren't you eating? You said that you shared everything. What 20 you are waiting for?" She answered,"The teeth." | ||||
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