Standing in a strange city, I felt very nervous． 1 , I was about to speak to 2 for the first time．I tried my best to 3 and smiled at everyone．To my 4 , my brief self-introduction seemed to interest only a few foreigners．
5 , among them there was a 6 old man named Alan．He said if I’d like he would keep talking with me 7 I felt bored．Although I was quite 8 with my listening, I still found it hard to catch his words 9 ．Why didn’t they speak English like I had heard from tapes?Seeing my 10 look, he tried to 11 a little so I was able to understand more．But when he turned to his wife, his voice suddenly turned very 12 and sounded so much faster 13 I 14 if they were speaking another language!I realized that I still had a long way to 15 in learning English．I began to talk to them 16 and pay more attention．
17 , I was surprised to find that I could 18 myself much better than before．Also, I understand much more．
The beautiful scenery(风景)of Taishan Mountain didn’t leave a(an) 19 on me, but it was an unforgettable trip．It was not a journey for sightseeing, but a journey of 20 ．
When I walked into the living room, my 12-year-old son looked 1 at me and said,“I love you.”I didn’t know what to say． 2 several seconds all I could do was to stand there and 3 down at him．My first thought was that he must need 4 with his homework or he was trying to 5 me for some news．
Finally I asked,“What was that all about?”
“Nothing,”he said．“My teacher said we should 6 our parents that we love them and see what they say．It’s 7 ．
The next day I called his teacher to find out more about this“experiment”and how the other parents had 8 ．
“Most of the fathers had the 9 reacting(反应)as you did,”the teacher said．“When I first 10 we try this, I asked the children what they thought their parents would say．Some of them thought their parents would have heart trouble．The 11 is,”the teacher explained,“feeling loved is an important part of 12 ．It is something all people 13 ．What I’m trying to tell the children is that it’s too 14 we don’t all express those feeling．A boy should be 15 to tell his dad he loves him”．
The teacher, a middle-aged man, understands how 16 it is for some of us to say the things that would be good for us to say．
When my son came to me that evening, I held on to him for 17 second．And just 18 he pulled away, I said in my deepest, most manly voice,“Hey, I love you, too．”
I don’t know if saying that made either of us healthier, but it did feel pretty good．Maybe next time one of my children said“I love you”, it would not take me a whole 19 to think of the right 20 ．
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away
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answer
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an experiment
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said
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reacted
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done
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explained
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usual
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common
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suggested
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agreed
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planned
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point
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idea
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way
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body
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America’s latest strategy(对策)for single persons who don’t want to be single any longer has many names：speed-dating, express-date, 10-minute-dating or simply mini-date．
The principle is the same：Why spend an 1 evening with a stranger 2 you realize after only the first few minutes that you can’t 3 the person?
The solution：The man and woman sit down 4 each other．A bell is sounded, and in the next 7 to 10 minutes each one tries to find out as much as possible about the 5 person．When the bell 6 off a second time, the man stands up and moves 7 to the next female．
At such a meeting in San Francisco 8 , some 200 men and women between the ages of 30 and 60 had a 9 expression on their faces, in two long 10 opposite each other．The signal was given, and then almost everybody started 11 away．
Richard Gosse, 12 of“AMERICAN SINGLES”, says this is the fastest, most effective and at the moment“ 13 ”way to search for a partner．Minute-date has become a 14 everywhere from computer fans in Silicon Valley to young people in San Francisco to the suburbs of Chicago．Gosse says the quick method to get to know each other is helpful above all for 15 singles who are not brave enough to speak to a stranger in a bar．
His 16 ：Don’t talk about money, your weight or about your former partner, but 17 about your dreams, desires and hobbies．
Most speed-dating meetings cost about US ＄25 per evening, 18 a person to get to know 15 to 20 people 19 the opposite sex．Speed-dating is so much in demand in America that most meetings are 20 out weeks and months in advance．
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recently
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fearful
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teams
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boss
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chairman
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official
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hottest
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practice
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training
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idea
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tip
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order
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完形填空。
When I was in primary school，I got into a major argument with a boy in my class．I can't 1 what it was about，but I have never forgotten the 2 I learned that day．
I was 3 that I was right and he was wrong－and he was sure that I was wrong and he was right．The 4 decided to teach us a very important lesson．She 5 both of us up to the 6 of the class and placed him on one side of her 7 and me on the other．In the 8 of her desk was a large，round object．I could 9 see that it was black．She asked the boy what 10 the object was．“White，”he answered．
I couldn't believe he said the object was white, 11 it was obviously black! Another 12 started between my classmate and me，this 13 about the color of the object．
The teacher told me to go stand where the boy was standing and told him to come stand where I had been．We changed 14 , and now she asked me what the color of the object was．I 15 answer，“White．”It was an object with two 16 colored sides，and from his side it was white． 17 from my side was it black．
My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day：You must 18 in the other person's shoes and look at the 19 through their eyes in order to 20 understand their view．
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