I remember one Thanksgiving when our family had no money and no food, and someone came knocking on our door．A man was 1 there with a huge box of food, a giant turkey and even some 2 to cook it in．I couldn't 3 it．My dad demanded, “Who are you?Where are you from?”
The stranger announced, “I'm here because a friend of yours knows you're in need and that you wouldn't accept 4 help, but I've still brought this for you．Have a great Thanksgiving．”
My father said, “No, no, we 5 accept this．” The stranger replied “You don't have 6 ”, closed the door and left．
Obviously that experience had a profound impact(
深刻影响)on my life．I 7 myself that someday I would do well enough financially(财政的) 8 I could do the same thing for other people．By the time I was eighteen I had created my Thanksgiving ritual(习惯)．I would go out 9 and buy enough food for one or two 10 ．Then I would dress like a delivery boy, go to the 11 neighborhood and just knock on a 12 ．I always 13 a note that explained my Thanksgiving experience 14 a kid．The note said, “All that I ask for 15 is that you take good enough care of 16 so that someday you can do the same thing for someone else．” I have got more 17 from this annual ritual than that I've ever gained．
Years ago I was in New York City with my new wife during Thanksgiving．She was sad because we were not with our family． 18 she would be home decorating the house for Christmas, but we were 19 in a hotel room．When I told her what I always do on Thanksgiving, she got excited．
We packed enough food for seven families for thirty days and went to buildings where half a dozen people lived in one room with no electricity and no heat in winter surrounded by rats, cockroaches(
蟑螂)and the smell of urine(尿)．It was both an 20 realization for the people living this way and a truly fulfilling experience to make even a small difference．
People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character．
R．W．E, erson
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to 1 her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful 2 in the garden．
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香)，he said, “I know where we can find 3 that you want．Get the children and come on．” So they went, 4 down the country roads．
There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to 5 the flowers． 6 , she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were 7 a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They 8 the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the 9 in her hands, and smiled at her．The old granny 10 her again and again．She smiled happily, too．
11 the young mother came back to her car, her 12 asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
“I don’t know her,” their mother said．“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children．I have all of you, and I 13 have my mother．Just think how much those flowers 14 to her．”
Hearing 15 their mother said, all the children were greatly 16 ．
As we know, everyone needs love．In our society, only more love is 17 to the people, 18 those who are in great 19 , we will feel happy． 20 by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world．
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expect
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persuade
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consider
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wish
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nature
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lilacs
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tree
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building
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all
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something
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anything
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nothing
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walking
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rolling
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driving
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advancing
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enjoy
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share
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compare
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stress
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Simply
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Contently
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Immediately
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Carefully
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watching
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passing
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experiencing
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finding
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stopped
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exchanged
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shook
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started
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sweets
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money
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flowers
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care
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thanked
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struck
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touched
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communicated
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When
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Since
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husband
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friends
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children
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mother
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hardly
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still
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meant
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expressed
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how
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why
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which
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combined
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offered
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advised
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especially
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particularly
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luckily
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finally
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sorrow
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excitement
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courage
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need
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Or
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A man hired a taxi outside the airfield．The cab had a woolen carpet with brilliant silk edges．On the glass partition(隔板)behind the driver's seat． 1 a wonderful painting．Its windows were all 2 ．The customer was very much 3 and said to the driver, “I've never seen a nicer cab．”“Thank you for your praise, ”the driver answered 4 ．
“How did it occur to you to 5 your ca r?” asked tile customer·
“The car isn't mine．”said the driver．“It belongs to the company．I used to be a 6 of cabs．When they returned, all of them were as 7 as garbage calls with cigarette ends and 8 scattered(散乱)here and there．On the seats or door-handles could be found something 9 like chewing gum．Why so? I thought if the car itself were very clean, the passengers would most likely be 10 ．and avoid littering．”
“When I got a 11 to be a taxi driver, I began to put my idea into 12 to tidy and decorate the car．Now 13．a new passenger get on my car, I would make a 14 and be sure it is in good order．When my car returned after a day's work, it always remains 15 ．”
When doing a thing．one makes efforts and wants to see the 16 ．To change others one has to make twice the 17 but get half the result．To change oneself is tile other way round－more fruit with less effort．One had better ask oneself why one makes 18 on others much more than oneself．If you take enough 19 to do as best as you can for other people's sake, your efforts will naturally 20 ．
