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　　It is reported that conservation groups in North America have been arguing about the benefits and dangers of wolves．Some groups believe wolves should be killed．Other people believe wolves

　　Must be protected so that they will not disappear from the wilderndss(荒野)

　　In Alaska, the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago, because hunters were killing hundreds of them forsport．However．1aws were established to protect the wolves from sportsmen and people who catch the animals for their fur．So the woIf population has greatly increased．Now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply．

　　A wolf naturally eats animals in the deer family．People in the wilderness also hunt deer for food．Many of the animals have been destroyed by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the wilderness plant life．When the deer can't find enough food, they die．

　　If the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer, their prey(猎物)will disappear some day．And the wolves will．too．So we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to balance the ecology．If we killed more wolves, we would save them and their prey from dying out．We'd also save some farm animals．

　　In another northern state, wolves attack cows and chickens for food．Farmers want the government to send biologists to study the problem．They believe it necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is a small woIf population．

　　If you had lived long ago, you would have heard many different stories about the dangerous wolf．According to most stories, hungry wolves often kill people for food．Even today, the stories of the“big bad woIf'＂will not disappear．

　　But the fact is wolves are afraid of people．and they seldom travel in areas where there is a human smell．When wolves eat other animals, they usually kill the very young．or the sick and injured．The strongest survive．No kind of animal would have survived through the centuries if the weak members had lived．And has always been a law of nature Although some people say it is good sense to kill wolves, we say it is nonsense!Researchers have found wolves and their prey living in balance．The wolves keep the deer population from becoming too large,and that keeps a balance in the wilderness plant life．

　　The real problem is that the areas where wolves can live are being used bv people．Even if wilderness land is not used directly for human needs．the wolves can't always find enough food．So they travel to the nearest source, which is often a farm．Then there is danger．The“big bad wolf”has arrived!And everyone knows what happens next．

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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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　　If you’re in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you．As a director, I suggest, I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go．

　　In the 1986 movie Nothing in Common, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman．The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s hopelessness about being out of work．I was looking for some ways that would allow Max to show his feelings．

　　Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened．What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene．“So Max is sad, right?” I said．Gleason nodded．

　　“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with his name on them－the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”

　　Gleason nodded．

　　“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”

　　He was silent for a moment．“Why don’t I throw them overboard?”

　　I stood up and turned toward the crew．“Hey, everybody, Jackie has a wonderful idea．Let’s shoot it．”

　　After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

　　You and your team can discover the answers to problems together．When there are no prizes or gold stars for those who get the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right．