One afternoon I went to an art museum and I was looking forward to a quiet view of the masterpiece(名作)．A young couple looking at the paintings ahead of me talked 1 between themselves．I watched them a moment and 2 she was doing all the talking．
I admired his patience for 3 up with he talktiveness．Annoyed(恼怒)by her noise．I moved on．
I 4 with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art． 5 I heard her continouse talking, I moved 6 quickly．I was at the counter of the gift shop when I 7 the couple going to the exit．Before they left, the man took out a walking stick and then tapped his 8 into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket．
“He's a(n) 9 man,”the clerk at the counter said．“Most of us would 10 if we blinded at such a young age．During his recovery, he said his wife wouldn't change．So, as before, he and his wife come in 11 there is a new art show．”
“But 12 does he get out of the art?”I asked．“He can't see．”
“Can't see!You're 13 ．He sees a lot．More than you or I do．”The clerk said．“His wife 14 each painting so he can see it in his 15 ．”
I 16 something about patience, courage and love that day．I saw the 17 of a young wife describing paintings to a person without 18 and the courage of a husband who would not allow 19 to change his life．And I saw the love 20 by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand．
Contrary to popular beliefs, people who sleep six to seven hours a night live longer, and those who sleep eight hours or more die 1 , according to the latest study ever conducted on the subject．The 2 , which tracked the sleeping habits of 1.1 million Americans for six years, 3 the advice of many sleep doctors who have long 4 that people get eight or nine hours of sleep every night．
“There's a(n) 5 idea that people should sleep eight hours a night, which has 6 scientific basis than the gold 7 of the rainbow,”said Daniel Kripke, a professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Diego who led the study, published in a recent 8 of the Archives(档案)of General Psychiatry．“That's an old wives' tale．”
The study was not 9 to answer why sleeping longer may be 10 or whether people could extend their life span by sleeping 11 ．
But Kripke said it was possible that people who slept longer 12 to suffer from short-term absence of sleeping, a condition where weaken breathing puts stress on the heart and 13 ．He also speculated(推测)that the need for sleep was similar to 14 , where getting less than people want may be 15 for them．
The study quickly caused warnings and criticism(批评)，with some 16 experts saying that the main problem in America's sleep habits was deprivation(剥夺)，not sleeping too 17 ．
“None of this says sleep 18 people,”said Daniel Buysse, a University of Pittsburgh psychiatrist．
“You should sleep as much as you need to feel 19 , alert and attentive the next day,”Buysse added,“I'm much more 20 about people shortchanging themselves on sleep than people sleeping too long．”
Sleeplessness produces a variety of health results that were not measured in the study, critics said．
Bob King, a Grade 12 pupil who was deserted(遗弃)at the age of 13, has become an inspiration(激励)to his 1 , teachers and the society where he lives．Every day 2 school and on weekends, while his classmates are having 3 , he works as a gardener to 4 his school fees(学费), and to buy food and clothes．
“ 5 is my last only,”he says．“I know that 6 I get a good education, I'll continue to live like a 7 kid for the rest of my life．”
Bob's being 8 into poverty(being poor)and hardship(苦难)started in 1994 when his father 9 tuberculosis(肺结核)．Then, he was sent to 10 his mother's relatives in a nearby village and a few months later, he received a message that his mother was 11 ．When he went back home to 12 his mother's funeral(葬礼), he learned that she was 13 not dead, but had gone to Mozambique with a boyfriend．For nine years, the young boy 14 from one village to another, living with 15 who often treated(对待)him like a slave(奴隶)．But he 16 gave up school．
Last year, a teacher gave him a small piece of 17 in the township where he built his own small house．
“He is a(n) 18 to all of us,”said school master Richard Ball．“In contrast to(相比之下)what he had gone 19 , many young people of his age would have given up hope or 20 to crime(犯罪)．”
My father and I were very close．I loved pleasing him, and he was always 1 of my success．If I 2 a spelling contest at school, he was on top of the 3 ．Later in life whenever I got a promotion, I'd call my father 4 and he'd rush out to tell all his 5 ．In 1970, when I was 6 as president of the Ford Motor Company, I don't know 7 of us was more excited．
Like many native Italians, my parents were very open with their 8 and their love not only at home, but also in public．Most of my friends would 9 hug their fathers．But I hugged and kissed my dad at every 10 －nothing could have felt more 11 ．
He was a(n) 12 man who was always trying new things．He was the first person in Allentown to buy a motorcycle． 13 , my father and his motorcycle didn't 14 too well．He fell off it so often that he 15 it just a month after buying it．As a result, he never again 16 any vehicle with less than four wheels．
Because of that motorcycle, I wasn't 17 to have a bicycle when I was growing up．Whenever I wanted to ride a bike, I had to 18 one from a friend．However, my father let me drive a car as soon as I 19 sixteen．
My father and I loved and 20 each other．We were close to each other all the time．
Emily and I met in our first semester of college and 1 for almost six years． 2 my clever ideas, I was never able to surprise her with anything．
After much thought, I decided to 3 and publish a story book as my proposal which will 4 two of Emily's loves： 5 (her life-long pursuit)and pigs(her favorite animal)．
I asked a(n) 6 teacher to help me with the cartoon illustration．I wrote about two little pigs, which I named Emmy and Matty, which meet in a college, just like Emily and me．My story 7 their journey through the years．
My hard work 8 ．My creation came out 9 a real book, 10 printed and bound．After all these years, I would surprise Emily．
As she read the first few 11 , she started to catch on that I had written a hook for her, but had no 12 it would change both of our lives forever．
As she 13 the proposal page, I asked her to stand up．I bent down on one 14 as I watched her eyes follow the words on the paper that simply said, “Emily Suzanne…Will You Marry Me?” She was speechless as she 15 and saw me with a 16 in my hand．
17 , she closed the book and gave me a big hug．“Yes, yes and yes! Of course I love you!”
I wiped the 18 from her eyes and 19 her to turn to the last page of her storybook proposal－an illustration of pigs dressed in wedding gown and tuxedo．
It read, in appropriate storybook fashion, “Emmy and Matty lived happily 20 after．”