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　　In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 　　1　　 course about 20 years ago．

　　The profedssor 　　2　　 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans(豆), and inbited the students to 　　3　　 how many beans the jar contained．After 　　4　　 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 　　5　　 answer, and went on saying, ”You have just 　　6　　 an important lesson about science．That is Never 　　7　　 your own senses．”

　　Twenty years later, the 　　8　　 could guess what the professor had in mind．He 　　9　　 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 　　10　　 into an unknown world Invisible(无形的)to the 　　11　　, which can be discovered only through scientific 　　12　　．But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 　　13　　 the invitattion．She was just 　　14　　 to understand the world．And she 　　15　　 that her firsthand experience could be tne 　　16　　．The professor, however, said that it was 　　17　　．he was taking away her only 　　18　　 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute．“I remember feeling small and 　　19　　, ”the women says, “and I did the only thing I could do．I 　　20　　 the course that afternoon, and I haven’t gone near science since．”

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　　If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it 　　1　　．Once I had a beautiful watch．And this watch 　　2　　 perfect time．But one night it happened that I forgot to 　　3　　 it up．Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to 　　4　　 by the exact time．The watchmaker examined my watch and said：“The regulator(校准器)is to be pushed up 　　5　　 your watch is four minutes 　　6　　．”

　　I tried to stop him, tried to 　　7　　 him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator．

　　My beautiful watch began to gain time．It 　　8　　 faster and faster day by day．By the end of the second month it 　　9　　 all the clocks and watches of the town far behind．

　　What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated．I expected him to regulate the watch immediately 　　10　　 he asked me to come in a week’s time．When at last I took my watch from him it began to 　　11　　 down．And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners．

　　Now I went to 　　12　　 watchmaker．While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he 　　13　　 it to pieces and said that he could finish this work 　　14　　 three or four days．I could do nothing but 　　15　　．That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped．

　　So I kept 　　16　　 my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time．

　　And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not 　　17　　 the time by my watch．The thing was getting 　　18　　．My watch had 　　19　　 two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred．At last I decided to buy 　　20　　 watch, which I did．

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　　After becoming successful, a man felt that he should repay his mother, 　　1　　 he asked her,“Mother, what can I give you?I really want to repay you for 　　2　　 you have given to me．”His mother looked 　　3　　 and said,“You don't have to repay me．”

　　His mother 　　4　　 to ask for anything, but he continued to persist(执著地坚持)．To put an end to the 　　5　　, she said,“All right．If you insist, then tonight you stay on the 　　6　　 with me, just as you 　　7　　 when you were a baby．”He said,“That's a(n)　　8　　 thing to ask for, but if it pleases you, I will．”

　　As soon as he 　　9　　, the mother got up and brought a glass of water．She 　　10　　 the glass of water on his side．Feeling the wetness under him, he moved away to the other side of the bed．As he settled down, his mother poured 　　11　　 glass of water on the other side．Later he felt that this part of the bed was 　　12　　 too．He woke up and saw his mother with the glass in her hand．He asked 　　13　　,“What are you doing, Mother?Why do you 　　14　　 me to sleep on a wet bed?”

　　His mother said,“I slept with you, when you wetted the bed in the night．I 　　15　　 your nappy(尿布)and moved you to the 　　16　　 part of the bed, while I slept on the wet side．You wanted to repay me．Can you sleep here even for one night with me on a wet bed?If you 　　17　　, I'll take that as my repayment．”

　　How true it is that of all the 　　18　　 in the world, the one that can never be repaid is the one you 　　19　　 your mother．You can never repay the 　　20　　, care and time your mother gave to you in order to bring you up．You are a part of her flesh and blood; don't forget this．