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　　Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel．Green said,“Clearly I am the most important．I am the sign of life and hope．I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves．Without me, all animals would 　　1　　．”

　　Blue interrupted,“You only think about the 　　2　　, but consider the sky and the sea．　　3　　 the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the clouds from the deep sea．Without my peace, you would all be 　　4　　．”

　　Yellow chuckled(笑道),“You are all so serious．I bring laughter, fun, and 　　5　　 into the world．”

　　Orange started next to blow her trumpet,“I am the color of health and strength．I may be 　　6　　, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life．When I fill the sky 　　7　　, my beauty is so striking that no one gives another 　　8　　 to any of you．”

　　Red could stand it 　　9　　 and he shouted out,“I am the ruler of all of you．I am the color of danger and of bravery．I am willing to 　　10　　 truth．I am also the color of passion and of love．”

　　Then came Purple and Indigo(深蓝)…．

　　The colors went on boasting, each convinced of his or her own 　　11　　．Their quarreling became louder and louder．Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening thunder．Rain started to pour down 　　12　　．The colors crouched(蜷缩)down 　　13　　, drawing close to one another for comfort．

　　In the midst of the clamor(叫嚷), rain began to speak,“You foolish colors, fighting 　　14　　yourselves, each trying to dominate　　15　　．Don't you know that you were each made for a special purpose, 　　16　　?Join hands with 　　17　　 and come to me．”

　　Doing as they were told, the colors 　　18　　 and joined hands．They formed a colorful rainbow．From then on, whenever a good rain 　　19　　 the world, a rainbow appears in the sky．They remember to 　　20　　 one another．

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　　My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives．Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who participated in this 　　1　　．

　　One day, I entered Donna's classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and 　　2　　．All the students were working 　　3　　 a task．The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can'ts．” “I can't kick the soccer ball．” “I can't get Debbie to like me．” Her page was half full and she showed no 　　4　　 of stopping．I walked down the row and found 　　5　　 was writing sentences, describing things they couldn't do．

　　By this time the activity aroused my 　　6　　, so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on 　　7　　 I noticed she too was busy writing．“I can't get John's mother to come for a parents' meeting．”……I felt it best not to 　　8　　．

　　After another ten minutes, the students were 　　9　　 to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front．They placed their “I Can't” statements into an empty shoe box．Then Donna 　　10　　 hers．She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door．Students followed the teacher．I followed the students．Halfway down the hallway Donna got a shovel from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground．There they began to 　　11　　．The box of “I Can'ts” was placed at the 　　12　　 of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt．At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and 　　13　　 your heads．” They quickly formed a circle around the grave．

　　Donna delivered the eulogy(悼词)．“Friends, we gathered here today to 　　14　　 the memory of ‘I Can't．' He is 　　15　　 by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can' and ‘I Will'．May ‘I Can't' rest in 　　16　　．Amen!”

　　She turned the students 　　17　　 and marched them back into the classroom．They celebrated the 　　18　　 of “I Can't”．Donna cut a large tombstone from paper．She wrote the words “I Can't” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom．On those rare occasions when a student 　　19　　 and said, “I Can't,” Donna 　　20　　 pointed to the paper tombstone．The student then remembered that “I Can't” was dead and chose other statement．

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　　My job was to make classroom observations and encourage a training program that would enable students to feel good about themselves and take charge of their lives．Donna was one of the volunteer teachers who joined in this 　　1　　．

　　One day, I entered Donna’s classroom, took a seat in the back of the room and 　　2　　．All the students were working 　　3　　 a task．The student next to me was filling her page with “I Can’ts．” “I can’t kick the soccer ball．” “I can’t get Debbie to like me．” Her page was half full and she showed no 　　4　　 of stopping．I walked down the row and found 　　5　　 was writing sentences, describing things they couldn’t do．

　　By this time the activity aroused my 　　6　　, so I decided to check with the teacher to see what was going on, 　　7　　 I noticed she too was busy writing．“I can’t get John’s mother to come for a parents’ meeting．” …I felt it best not to 　　8　　．

　　After another ten minutes, the students were 　　9　　 to fold the papers in half and bring them to the front．They placed their “I Can’t” statements into an empty shoe box．Then Donna 　　10　　 hers．She put the lid on the box, tucked it under her arm and headed out the door．

　　Students followed the teacher．I followed the students．Halfway down the hallway, Donna got a shovel(铲子)from the tool house, and then marched the students to the farthest corner of the playground．There they began to 　　11　　．The box of “I Can’ts” was placed at the 　　12　　 of the hole and then quickly covered with dirt．At this point Donna announced, “Boys and girls, please join hands and 　　13　　 your heads．” They quickly formed a circle around the grave．

　　Donna delivered the eulogy(悼词)．“Friends, we gathered here today to 　　14　　 the memory of ‘I Can’t．’ He is 　　15　　 by his brothers and sisters ‘I Can’ and ‘I Will’．May ‘I Can’t’ rest in 　　16　　．Amen!”

　　She turned the students 　　17　　 and marched them back into the classroom．They celebrated the 　　18　　 of “I Can’t”．Donna cut a large tombstone from paper．She wrote the words “I Can’t” at the top and the date at the bottom, then hung it in the classroom．On those rare occasions when a student 　　19　　 and said, “I Can’t,” Donna 　　20　　 pointed to the paper tombstone．The student then remembered that “I Can’t” was dead and chose other statement．