Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel through Europe．I had been 1 a couple of times, but I could hardly 2 to know my ways around the continent． 3 , my knowledge of foreign languages was 4 to a little college French．
I 5 ．How would I, unable to speak the language, 6 familiar with local geography or transportation systems, conduct interviews and do 7 ? It seemed impossible, and with considerable 8 I sat down to write a letter rejecting the 9 ．Halfway through, a 10 ran through my mind：you can’t learn if you don't try．So I 11 the assignment．
There were some bad 12 ．But by the time I had finished the trip, I was an experienced traveler．And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most 13 places, without guides or 14 advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will 15 ．
The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition 16 ．But each time you try something, you learn, and as the learning 17 , the world opens to you．
I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a(n) 18 ．And I know I'll go on doing such things．It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others．I'm not．But I'll accept worry as another name for 19 and I believe I can 20 wonders．
A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor．They talked about the 1 topic-happiness．But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 2 in work and life．
To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 3 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 4 －plastic, glass, metal, porcelain(陶瓷), som plain-looking some very 5 ．The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee．
When all the students had a cup of coffee in 6 ．the professor said："lf you have noticed, all the nice-looking 7 ．cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones．While it is 8 for you to want only the best for Yourbelves, that is the 9 of your problems and stress．The professor continued," Believe that the cup itself adds no 10 to the coffee．ln most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 11 what we drink．What all of you 12 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 13 the best cups．Now 14 this：life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 15 in society are the cups9 which are just tools to hold and 16 life, and the different typesof cups we have don't decide, nor 17 the quality oflife．lf we concentrate only on the cups, we will 18 to enjoy the coffee in it．So don't let the cups 19 you…enjoy the coffee instead．"
At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 20 embarrassment．
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