Sometimes things happen beyond expectation.A 10-year-old boy decided to study Judo(柔道) 1 he had lost his left arm in a car accident.He began his 2 with an old Japanese Judo teacher.He was doing well, but he could not 3 why the teacher had taught him only one move for quite a long time.
“Sir,” the boy finally said, “I think I should 4 more moves.”
“But this is the 5 move you will ever need to know,” the master replied.
Not quite understanding, the boy kept 6 .Several months later, the teacher 7 the boy to his first tournament(锦标赛). 8 himself, the boy easily won his first two matches.The third match proved to be more 9 .However, after some time, the opponent(对手)became impatient.The boy used his one move to 10 the match.Now the boy was in the finals.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger and more 11 .Concerned that the boy might get 12 , the referee(裁判)wanted to stop the match.
“No,” the teacher 13 , “let him continue.”
Soon his opponent made a mistake. 14 the boy used his move to attack him.The boy won the match and became the champion.
On the way home, the boy and the teacher 15 every move in every match.Then the boy asked 16 was really on his mind.“How did I win the tournament 17 only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the teacher answered.“First, you’ve 18 one of the most difficult moves in Judo.And second, the only known 19 for that move is to grasp your left arm.But you’ve lost it.” The boy’s biggest 20 had become his biggest strength.
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.