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　　Like most parents, I teach my children to say“thank You” frequently．What I hope to teach them is not to say Thanks 　　1　　, but to feel it．I believe that thankful people are 　　2　　 people．

　　Dr．Fulton Oursler used to tell of Anna, who 　　3　　 him when he was a child．Without any relatives, Anna worked in his family for many years, who not only 　　4　　 her thanks, but feIt it．

　　He remembered her sitting at the kitchen table, her hands 　　5　　 and her eyes closed as she prayed(祷告), “Much obliged(非常感谢), Lord, for my vittles．”He asked her what vittles were and she 　　6　　 that they were food and drink．He told her 　　7　　 she gave thanks, she would get food and drink．and Anna said, “Yes, we'll get our vittles, but it makes them taste better when we're 　　8　　．”She told him that a man taught her to 　　9　　 look for things to be thankful for．So, as soon as she awoke each morning she asked herself, “What is the 　　10　　 thing I can be Thankful today?”Sometimes the smell of early-morning coffee in the kitchen found its way to her room and she would say, “Much obliged, Lord, for the 　　11　　!”

　　Young Oursler grew up and left his 　　12　　．One day he received a message that Anna was 　　13　　．He returned home and found her in bed with her hands folded just as he had seen them in prayer before．

　　He 　　14　　 what she could give thanks for this time．As if she could read his 　　15　　, she opened her eyes and looked at the loving faces around her bed．Then, 　　16　　 her eyes, she said quietly“Much obliged, Lord, for such fine 　　17　　．”

　　Oursler was deeply 　　18　　 by Anna's ability to always find some 　　19　　 to say“Much obliged．”This wise woman 　　20　　 him how to be happy．

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　　Some people say that seals are the fairies of the sea and should not be killed．The seals are the cleverest creatures that have ever been found in the sea．“In the Kingdom of the Seals” is an English fairy story by Donald A．Mackenzie．It tells of a seal hunter who wounds a seal．The seal swims away with the hunter’s knife still in its back．That evening a stranger on a black horse calls at the home of the seal hunter and takes him to the edge of a cliff．Suddenly the seal hunter finds himself falling．He falls to the bottom of the sea．

　　The stranger changes into a seal and leads him towards a huge underwater palace．Inside the palace he sees an old grey seal lying on a bed in terrible pain．Beside the bed is a knife which the hunter recognizes as his own．He is ashamed of his cruelty and begs forgiveness of the old seal．Because this is a fairy story the wound is healed when the seal hunter lays his hand on it and wishes．The old seal regains his strength straight away．The seal hunter promises never to hunt seals again．Then he is led back to dry land．When he gets home he finds his pockets are filled with pearls．

　　So much for the story － what about the reality？True seals are earless．There are 18 species of earless seals．Fur seals are not true seals．Fur seals feed mainly on krill－a small type of shrimp．When diving for food seals have been known to reach depths of 300 meters, but throughout the breading season of several weeks, male seals do not eat or drink．

本文是记叙文。文章讲述了一个关于海豹的神话故事，结尾时介绍了一些海豹的知识。

阅读理解

　　Some people say that seals are the fairies of the sea and should not be killed．The seals are the cleverest creatures that have ever been found in the sea．“In the Kingdom of the Seals” is an English fairy story by Donald A．Mackenzie．It tells of a seal hunter who wounds a seal．The seal swims away with the hunter’s knife still in its back．That evening a stranger on a black horse calls at the home of the seal hunter and takes him to the edge of a cliff．Suddenly the seal hunter finds himself falling．He falls to the bottom of the sea．

　　The stranger changes into a seal and leads him towards a huge underwater palace．Inside the palace he sees an old grey seal lying on a bed in terrible pain．Beside the bed is a knife which the hunter recognizes as his own．He is ashamed of his cruelty and begs forgiveness of the old seal．Because this is a fairy story the wound is healed when the seal hunter lays his hand on it and wishes．The old seal regains his strength straight away．The seal hunter promises never to hunt seals again．Then he is led back to dry land．When he gets home he finds his pockets are filled with pearls．

　　So much for the story－what about the reality？True seals are earless．There are 18 species of earless seals．Fur seals are not true seals．Fur seals feed mainly on krill－a small type of shrimp．When diving for food seals have been known to reach depths of 300 meters, but throughout the breading season of several weeks, male seals do not eat or drink．

本文是记叙文。文章讲述了一个关于海豹的神话故事，结尾时介绍了一些海豹的知识。