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　　There was a terrible rainstorm unexpectedly．The rain caused the streets 　　1　　 and the subway system almost came to a stop．

　　Unfortunately, this happened during the morning rush hour．Many people who were going to work were 　　2　　 to go home．Some struggled to 　　3　　 a taxi or to get on a bus．Still others faced the 　　4　　 bravely, walking miles to get to work．

　　I 　　5　　 to be one of people on the way to work that morning．I went from subway line to subway line only to find that most 　　6　　 had stopped．After making my way 　　7　　 crowds of people．I finally found a subway line that was 　　8　　．Unfortunately, there were so many people waiting to 　　9　　 the subway that I could not even get down the stairs to the 　　10　　．So I took the train going in the opposite direction, and then switched back to the downtown train．Finally, after what seemed like forever, the train 　　11　　 my stop．Then I had to walk several blocks in the increasingly heavy rain．When I got to my office, I was 　　12　　 through, exhausted and 　　13　　．

　　My co-workers and I spend most of the day drying off．When it was 5∶00 pm, I was ready to go home．I was about to turn off my computer 　　14　　 I received an email from Garth, my Director：

　　I would like to thank all of you who made the effort and 　　15　　 reported to work．It is always relaxing, at times like these, when employees so clearly show their 　　16　　 to their jobs．Thank you．

　　Garth’s email was short, but I learned more from that 　　17　　 message than I ever did from a textbook．The email taught me that a few words of 　　18　　 can make a big difference．The rainstorm and the traffic 　　19　　 had made me tired and upset．But Garth’s words immediately 　　20　　 me and put a smile back on my face．

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　　In writing exercises in English classes my students frequently raise the topic of friendship．　　1　　 what they write, I start to understand Chinese friendship obligation(义务)．For instance, 　　2　　 a student wrote that she 　　3　　 that her friend wanted to go shopping．My student was busy and 　　4　　 had no time to do that, but she kept silent, put her work 　　5　　 and went shopping with her friend．Sometimes they write about middle school friends and 　　6　　 the closeness they feel when they are together．Sometimes they write with great 　　7　　 when they feel they are no longer close to someone they 　　8　　 a friend．All this is quite different from 　　9　　 American young people would say about friendship．

　　In the United States you can certainly 　　10　　 a friend to do something with you, but you would not expect a friend to recognize and respond to your wishes without 　　11　　 them．Nor would you expect a friend to drop 　　12　　 to respond to a non-urgent need such as going shopping．　　13　　 an American friend would feel that he had imposed(把……强加)too 　　14　　 if the friend gave up a real need to study to go shopping．There are 　　15　　 to what you can expect from a friend．In the U．S．you feel 　　16　　 to ask your friend for help, but you recognize that the friend may say 　　17　　．A friend in China is someone who, 　　18　　 that you are in need in some way, offers to assist you without waiting to be asked．In China there are 　　19　　 limits on what you can ask or expect of a friend．You can feel free to tell your friend what he 　　20　　 she can or should do to help you or please you．

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