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　　It’s eleven o’clock, and Mr．Sims has just asked the class to pay attention for the fiftieth time while he explained a math problem．Carson Webster is sitting over by the window trying to listen to the teacher, but his mind is not on the problem Mr．Sims is discussing．Carson’s mind is on a little mouse named Millie that is busily moving around in his pocket．Millie is not very happy．At breakfast, she had climbed into Carson’s pocket and gone to sleep while Carson ate two pieces of bread and read the newspaper．Carson had forgotten Millie was there until he was halfway in class．Now that Millie’s morning sleep was over, she was ready to exercise．Lucky for Carson, Millie was in a pocket with a button or he might be in serious trouble．

　　“Carson?”Mr．Sims, who was usually rather strict with his students, was suddenly looking at Carson with his eyes wide open, rolling his stick in his hand．Carson had to pay attention．

　　“Could you please repeat the question?”said Carson, feeling his pocket．

　　“I asked if you would agree with the statement,”said Mr．Sims pleasantly．

　　“Well, I’m not really attentive at the moment,”said Carson．“I think I would need to give it more consideration．”Carson did not have the slightest idea as to what Mr．Sims was talking about．

　　“I see,”said Mr．Sims seriously,“Then I guess you’re uncertain about whether the product of zero by any other number is always zero?”

　　“Oh, I know that,” said Carson, who could feel himself turning red as a couple of kids including Bob began to laugh．He knew his punishment would come soon．To his surprise, however, the teacher didn’t seem angry．

　　“I’m so glad,”said Mr．Sims, turning back to the blackboard．“Oh, and by the way, Carson,”he continued, “I think a cage would be a healthier place for your little friend．Would you agree with that statement?”Just at that time, Millie let out a weak but clear cry and stuck her head out of Carson’s pocket．

　　“Yes,”Carson said with a smile．“I would totally agree with that statement!”

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　　If you have made an agreement to go out to eat withsomeone,you should be clear who is paying．If the other suggests you have lunch with him,or her,you might simply saysomething like this:“I'm afraid I'll have to be some place inexpensive as I have very little money．”The other person maysay,“OK．I'll meet you at McDonald's．”This mean it is agreed that each person pays for his own meal,i．e．that you“go Dutch”．If the person says“Oh,no,I'll take you tolunch in a little restaurant I like very much,”it means that the person wants to pay the bill for both of you．If you feelfriendly towards this person,there is no reason why you should not accept this invitation by simply saying“Thank you．That would be nice．”If a person invites you to his or her home for a meal,it's understood that the person is paying．If you invite someone to your home．it's understood that you are buying the food．If you want to invite someone but for lunch,you must also make yourself clear by saying,perhaps,“I'd like to take you to lunch tomorrow at the Hostess Inn CoffeeShop”(meaning you plan to buy the food)or“Let's have lunch together tomorrow at Burger King．It's on me．”American women used to expect men to pay for all meals,but today most women will pay for themselves．However,you should always make your position clear．Being clear is the polite thing to do．It is lack of clarity that causes loss of face in this situation．

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　　When I was a child, I loved spending weekends with my grandparents．

　　I remember one Saturday morning 　　1　　．After breakfast I asked Granny,“What kind of 　　2　　 are you making today?”

　　“Vegetable beef,”she answered．“And you can 　　3　　 by chopping some carrots and celery(芹菜)．”

　　Granny 　　4　　 an apron(围裙)around her full waist．She gave me a knife and cutting board so I could do my share of the work．

　　As I slowly peeled carrots, I sighed,“I've got to give a 　　5　　 next week and I'm scared．”

　　“Most people 　　6　　 public speaking．But remember, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself．So, what 　　7　　 are you afraid of?”

　　“Everything, I guess．I don't like standing up in front of everybody．What if I 　　8　　 what I'm going to say?Or what if somebody 　　9　　?”

　　“And what if you do just fine?”Granny asked．“Have you prepared 　　10　　?”

　　“Well, no．That would be a lot of 　　11　　 work．”

　　“Hard work 　　12　　 hurts anyone．You could try practicing in front of a mirror．”

　　Then I went on to 　　13　　 the schoolwork, friends and family．

　　Granny listened patiently．Then she started,“Nancy, there's nothing wrong with a little 　　14　　 in your life．It adds character·”

　　“Do you like my soup?”she asked．Soup?I wondered．I thought we were talking about my 　　15　　．

　　“I love your soup．Granny”I said．

　　“Well, you know, a lot of people don't make 　　16　　 soup these days．They say it's too much trouble．But I don't 　　17　　 a little trouble,”she said．“It 　　18　　 variety and flavor to my soup－and to my life．”

　　While I helped 　　19　　 clean up, I thought about what she had said．I still had a few days to prepare my speech．I would work on them．Maybe I too could 　　20　　 a little trouble into something as special as Granny's homemade soup．

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