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　　In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs．Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker．This sad unexpected news, shook the 　　1　　 calm and unhurried politician off her balance．Though she did her best to 　　2　　 as if nothing had happened and made her public appearances usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self assured(自信的)prime minister who always had everything under 　　3　　．Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her 　　4　　．

　　One day when she was to 　　5　　 at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the 　　6　　 of her missing son again．She was totally mentally 　　7　　 for the question and lost her 　　8　　．Tears were rolling down her eyes 　　9　　 she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very 　　10　　 about him．She said that all the countries concerned had promised to do their best to help her find her son．With that she 　　11　　 down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while．Gradually she 　　12　　 down and started to speak as planned．It was a very 　　13　　 scene which exposed a new side of Mrs．Thatcher’s 　　14　　 the public do not usually see, so people began to 　　15　　 about the Iron Woman’s motherly love, a feeling 　　16　　 is common to all human race．

　　Later Mark returned safe and 　　17　　 to his mother’s side, good humored and all smiles as usual 　　18　　 nothing unusual had 　　19　　 happened．The Iron Woman, however, broke down again and was 　　20　　 sobbing for the second time．

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　　Grandpa worked as a carpenter．One day, he was building some 　　1　　 for the clothes his church was 　　2　　 to an orphanage(孤儿院)abroad．On his way home, he 　　3　　 into his shirt pocket to find his glasses, but they were 　　4　　．He remembered putting them there that morning, so he drove back to the church．His 　　5　　 proved in vain．

　　Suddenly, he realized what happened．The glasses had slipped out of his pocket unnoticed and 　　6　　 into one of the boxes, which he had nailed shut．His brand new glasses were 　　7　　 for another country!

　　The Great Depression was at its height, and Grandpa had six children．He had spent twenty dollars for those glasses that very morning．

　　Several months later, the director of the orphanage came to the United States．He wanted to visit all the churches that 　　8　　 him, so he came to 　　9　　 on Sunday night at my grandfather's small church in Chicago．Grandpa and his family sat in their usual seats 　　10　　 other people．

　　“But most of all,” he said, “I must thank you for the glasses you sent last year．You see, the 　　11　　 caused by tsunami had just swept through the orphanage, destroying everything, including my glasses．I was 　　12　　．Even if I had the money, there was simply no way of replacing those glasses．　　13　　 I was not able to see well, my co-workers and I were much in prayer about this．Then your boxes arrived．When my staff 　　14　　 the covers, they found a pair of glasses lying on the top．” After a long pause, he continued, “Folks, when I 　　15　　 on the glasses, it was 　　16　　 they had been made just for me! I want to thank you for that!”

　　The people listened, happy for the 　　17　　 glasses．But the director surely must have 　　18　　 their church with another, they thought．There were no glasses on their list of items to be sent overseas．

　　But sitting 　　19　　 in the back, with tears streaming down his face, an ordinary carpenter 　　20　　 it well．

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　　Every year, as the Spring Festival draws near, most Chinese people will get excited to make preparations for the most important festival and make plans for the winter break．It is a little like Christmas in the US, but there are some differences between the two festivals．

　　Superficially(表面上)speaking, both the major Chinese and the major Western holidays come during the cold season, which in both cases calls for extra eating．In Western countries, cookies and cupcakes begin just after Thanksgiving in November and show up everywhere from the boss’ desk to fireplace mantle(壁炉台)．Turkey, smashed potatoes and other food that protects a body from cold come later．Similar thing happens in China．Entering lunar December, most families will make shopping plans for the coming big day and food is certainly one of the most important things to be considered．At the end of the month, both parents in each family will be very busy－the father is busy buying food while the mother is busy cooking．

　　A deeper similarity is tradition－or the distortion of it．Christmas, as the letters “Christ” suggests, as a holiday to celebrate the birthday of Jesus Christ．Many people pray on this day, but others have severed or minimized the religious connection．In China, people living in cities or towns, though they don’t plan to sow seeds this month, still celebrate on the big day for farmers．

　　Followers of both holidays also differ from each other．While Chinese people travel to the homes of elder relatives, Americans usually call or send cards．Westerners prefer Christmas cards to fireworks．In Christmas, family gifts come by the stack instead of one by one, since adults may have only one day free to celebrate．

　　But the most curious difference concerns students．Chinese students headed home for Spring Festival sometimes report getting bored by the end of the vacation, yet American students seldom get bored around Christmas and western New Year．

　　Not everyone follows or enjoys classic holiday traditions．Students in Western countries may get upset, as too much homework, travel complexities or bad family relations may disrupt the relatively short holiday season．In China, more and more college students choose to travel or work during the winter holiday instead of going home to stay with their families．It’s against the tradition but many people accept it．

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