A student was one day taking a walk with a professor．He was 1 called the students' friend, for his kindness to those who waited on his 2 ．As they went along, they saw lying in the path a pair of old shoes, which they supposed to belong to a poor man who was employed in a field close by, and who had 3 finished his day's work．
The student turned to the professor, saying："Let us play the man a 4 ：we will hide his shoes, and wait to see his 5 when he cannot find them．" "My young friend," answered the professor, "we 6 never amuse ourselves 7 the poor．But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater 8 by means of the poor man．Put a coin into each shoe, and 9 watch how the discovery affects him．"
The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by．The poor man soon finished his work, and came 10 the field to the path where he had left his coat and shoes．While putting on his coat he 11 his foot into one of his shoes; but feeling something 12 , and then he found the coin．
13 and wonder were seen upon his face．He gazed upon the coin, 14 it round, and looked at it again and again．He then looked around but no person was to be seen．And his surprise was 15 on finding the other coin．His 16 overcame him; he fell upon his knees, 17 to heaven and uttered aloud a passionate thanksgiving, 18 he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread, whom the 19 money, from some unknown hand, would save from dying．
The student stood there deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears, “I feel now the 20 of those words, which I never understood before：'It is more blessed to give than to receive．'"
Diane Ray was completely self－centered and very spoilt．Her parents gave her 1 she wanted, knowing that she would throw a temper tantrum(耍小孩脾气)if they did not．She would scream and kick and 2 on the floor drumming her heels．Her parents always 3 ．
That was why she was alone on the 4 , wearing an expensive swimsuit．It had taken a massive tantrum to 5 her parents to buy it．They were back at the beach－house, 6 from the tantrum she had thrown when they told her that it was too dangerous to go diving 7 ．“Dangerous ?” she had said．“You just don't want me to have 8 ．I'm going and if you try to stop me, I'll scream．”
“What are you doing ?” a voice asked．Diane jumped．She did not know that the man was there 9 he spoke．
“I'm going diving, ” she answered．
“You shouldn't swim that day, ” the man 10 ．“There is a storm coming up．”
“You should mind your own 11 !” Diane replied and walked into the gentle waves．
“If you go out there you'll be 12 ,” the man called after her．She did not bother to reply．
Diane slipped into the water and dived 13 until white caps began rolling in and it became harder to 14 against the current (水流)．Saltwater hit against her face, making it 15 to breathe．Oh, why had she not listened to advice．
Panicking, she began to 16 ．Then, just as it seemed as if she would slip beneath the surface, she heard a 17 voice．“Hold on ! I'm coming．” With 18 , she say the old man rowing an ancient－looking boat towards her．“I hope you've learned a lesson．You put us both in 19 , ” he shouted angrily, as he dragged her over the side of the 20 ．Gratefully, Diane thanked him and ran towards the beach－house．
One summer night, on my way home from work I decided to see a movie．I knew the theatre would be air-conditioned and I couldn’t face my 1 apartment．Sitting in the theatre I had to look through the 2 between the two tall heads in front of me．I had to keep changing the 3 every time she leaned over to talk to him． 4 he leaned over to kiss her．Why do Americans display such 5 in a public place?I thought the movie would be good for my English, but 6 it turned out, it was an Italian movie． 7 about an hour I decided to give up on the movie and 8 on my popcorn．I’ve never understood why they give you so much popcorn!It tasted pretty good, 9 ．After a while I heard 10 more of the romantic-sounding Italians．I just heard the 11 of the popcorn crunching between my teeth．My thought started to 12 ．I remembered when I was in South Korea, I 13 to watch Kojak on TV frequently．
He spoke perfect Korean-I was really amazed．He seemed like a good friend to me, 14 I saw him again in New York speaking 15 English instead of perfect Korean．He didn’t even have a Korean accent and I 16 like I had been betrayed．When our family moved to the United States six years ago, none of us spoke any English． 17 we had begun to learn a few words, my mother suggested that we all should speak English at home．Everyone agreed, but our house became very 18 and we all seemed to avoid each other．We sat at the dinner table in silence, preferring that to 19 in a difficult language．Mother tried to say something in English but it 20 out all wrong and we all burst into laughter and decided to forget it!We’ve been speaking Korean at home ever since．