There are many kinds of friends．Some are always 1 you, but don't understand you．Some say only a few words to you, but understand you．Many people will step in your life, but only 2 friends leave footprints(脚印)．
I shall always think of the autumn and the girl with the 3 ．It was the golden season．I could see the yellow leaves 4 in the cool wind．Autumn is a harvest(丰收)season and life is uninteresting．The free days always let 5 down．But one day, the sound of a violin came into my ears．I was so surprised that I jumped to see what it was．A young girl, standing in the wind, was 6 in playing her violin．I had 7 seen her before．The music was so nice that I didn't know I had been 8 there for so long．
Every day I went to watch her performance．I was the only listener．The autumn seemed no longer lonely and life became 9 ．I thought we were already good friends, 10 we didn't know each other．
Autumn was nearly over．One day, when I was listening carefully, the sound suddenly
11 ．To my surprise, the girl came over to me．
“You must like violin．” she said．
“Yes．And you play very well．Why did you stop? ” I asked．
12 , a sad expression appeared on her face and I could feel something unusual．
“I came here to see my grandmother, but now I must leave．I once played very badly．It was your listening every day that 13 me．” she said．
“ 14 , it was your playing that gave me a meaningful autumn, ” I answered, “Let's be friends．” The girl smiled, and so did I．
I never heard her play again in my life．But I will always remember the girl．She is like a dream－so short, so bright, like a star giving off so much light that it makes the 15 beautiful．
The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student of English．“You 1 very good English．” But the student answered, “ No, my English is very poor．” The foreigner was quite
2 at the answer．Thinking he had not made himself 3 or the student had not heard him clearly, he said, “Yes, indeed, you speak it very well．” But the Chinese student still 4 saying “No”． 5 the foreigner gave up and didn't know what to say．
What's wrong with the student's answer? It is because he didn't accept a compliment as the American people 6 ．He should have said “Thank you” instead of “No”．He actually understood what the American had said．But he thought he should be modest．If someone says to a woman, “ You look 7 beautiful with the new clothes 8 ．” she should be very happy and answer, “Thank you．” In our country we think 9 modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad behavior．But in the West, if you are modest and say, “ No, 10 I can't do it well, ” then the others will take it for granted(理所当然)that you 11 can not do it．If you often say, “No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by 12 ．When 13 for a job, if one says something like “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “ Let me have a try on the job”, he or she can expect to get it．So in the West, one should always be confident． 14 self-confidence, he can't go anywhere．Confidence is of great 15 to one in a country where competition is quite keen．(激烈)