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| The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. -Eleanor Roosevelt My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with__1__in spite of the terrible surroundings.The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __2__great losses. I felt sorry especially for the__3__, but I__4__to be hopeless.I decided that where I was, I could do__5__to help them.I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who__6__my knock, "I know that you are__7__and give the birds that come to your yard a little__8__.Please consider me your bird.Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your__9__.I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the__10__children." No one seemed to__11__giving me a handful of rice, even__12__they had little themselves.On Sunday, I would go to the__13__and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to__14__to the children. One day, I came to a house that had__15__to give.I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and__16__gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice!I began to ask for__17__and rice from the other "bird feeders", and they gave them to me.Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even__18__only this small way.The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to them for food and clothing. "Consider me your bird." My__19__idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was__20__some peace. | ||||
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| In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at my 23yearold son, Daniel.In a few hours he would be flying to France to __1__ a different life.It was a transitional (过渡的) time in Daniel's life.I wanted to __2__ him some words of significance.But nothing came from my lips, and this was not the __3__ time I had let such moments pass. When Daniel was five, I took him to the bus stop on his first day of kindergarten.He asked, "What is it going to be like, Dad?Can I do it?" Then he walked __4__ the steps of the bus and disappeared inside.The bus drove away and I said nothing.A decade later, a similar __5__ played itself out. I drove him to college.As I started to leave, I tried to think of something to say to give him __6__ and confidence as he started this new stage of life.Again, words __7__ me. Now, as I stood before him, I thought of those __8__ opportunities.How many times have I let such moments __9__?I don't find a quiet moment to tell him what he has __10__ to me.Or what he might __11__ to face in the years ahead.Maybe I thought it was not necessary to say anything. What does it matter in the course of a lifetime if a father never tells a son what he really thinks of him?__12__ as I stood before Daniel, I knew that it did matter.My father and I loved each other.Yet I always __13__ never hearing him put his __14__ into words.Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten.Why is it so __15__ to tell a son something from the heart? My mouth turned dry, and I knew I would be able to get out only a few words clearly."Daniel, "I said, "if I could have picked, I would have picked you." That's all I could say.He hugged me.For a moment, the world __16__, and there were just Daniel and me.He was saying something, but tears misted my eyes, and I couldn't understand what he was saying.All I was __17__ of was the stubble (短须) on his chin as his face pressed __18__ mine.What I had said to Daniel was __19__.It was nothing.And yet, it was __20__. | ||||
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| Love in a Box When I was a little girl, I found love in a box all because of a class assignment.On a Friday night I __1__at the dinner table, "My teacher said we have to bring a box, a special box, for our Valentines (情人节) on Monday." Mother said, "We'll see", and she continued eating. What did "We'll see" mean?I had to have that box__2__my second grade Valentine's Day would be a disaster.Maybe they didn't love me enough to help me with my__3__. All Saturday I waited__4__and with Sunday arriving, my concern increased, but I__5__an enquiry about the box might__6__anger or loud voice, for in my house children only ask once.More than that __7__trouble. Late Sunday afternoon, my father called me into the kitchen.The table was covered with colorful __8__of different kinds.A(n)__9__shoebox rested on top of it.__10__flooded through me when Daddy said, "Let's get started__11__your project." In the next hour my father__12__the shoebox into an impressive valentine box.Colorful paper covered the ugly cardboard with red hearts__13__to what I considered all the right places.He sang while he worke d.When he finished, he was so delighted that a__14__smile spread over his face."What do you think of that?" he asked. I answered him with a hug. But inside, __15__danced all the way to my heart.It was the first time that my father devoted so much__16__to me, for his world consisted of work only. The holiday party arrived, and my classmates put cards, and presents into the valentine boxes. Laughter filled our classroom until dismissal time__17__. On the way home, I held out my valentine box for the world to__18__.The love that filled it meant more to me than all inside. The valentine box became a symbol of his love that__19__through decades of other Valentine's Days.He gave me other gifts through the years, but none__20__compared with the love I felt within the limits of the old, empty shoebox. | ||||
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| "It's my own fault." Carl Fenter pulled his jacket closer against the abnormal bite of cold morning wind."The rest of the family is home, where it's__1__." Just another one of his__2__ideas-a big tamale (玉米粉蒸肉) feast after tonight's Christmas Eve service at the church-and look where it landed him:waiting in a line 50 people deep. Who would have guessed that the tamale in every shop in the city would be sold out the day before Christmas? But they__3__, as Carl knew.He had been driving all over El Paso that morning.__4__to bring home tamales, Carl tried one last shop, an old favorite out in Canutillo. When he arrived, a fresh batch (一炉) was__5__off the steamer in 45 minutes.__6__at the end of the snaking line of tamaleseekers, he watched the woman in front of him__7__her jacket to cover her shivering youngster.It wasn't long before she, too, __8__in the biting wind.After only a moment's__9__, Carl took off his own jacket and offered it to the__10__mother. Together, they__11__when the line slowly moved forward at last, and smiling people exited the shop carrying steamy bags.__12__, Carl got inside the door and__13__closer to the counter, the woman now first in line."Sorry folks, " the clerk announced, "that's the last of the tamales.""__14__!" Carl groaned (抱怨) with everyone else__15__behind him. "__16__, "stressed the man at the counter, "we'll have a final batch ready__17__, oh, about two hours." Defeated, Carl backed away, but the young mother grabbed his arm. "You're leaving?" "I__18__, "Carl glanced at his watch."I promised to put up luminarias (传统圣诞灯) at my church." "I'll get your order of tamales and bring them to your house." Carl's brow furrowed "I couldn't ask you to do that." "But it's__19__I can do.You lent me your coat." Her smile overrode (推翻) his objections."Just give me your address." She and her little girl settled in for the long wait. And at__20__noon on Christmas Eve, they delivered four dozen fragrant tamales-along with Carl's brown jacket-to his home. | ||||
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| I always remembered the first time I took part in an English composition competition. "Right! Dean would be the __11__ of our class to participate in the English composition competition," my classmates said. I was too __12__ to speak when I heard what my classmates said. In order not to __13__ short of my classmates'__14__, I trained myself very hard for the hope of being the __15__ of the competition, which would take place a month later. I __16__ a lot of vocabulary, sentence structures and __17__ rules and read many good or renowned articles. Not having I __18__ pretty well, the day came. Every candidate __19__ me looked so wellprepared and __20__. "Only 1. 5 hours. Start," a supervisor suddenly said. Seeing the __21__ "What do most teenagers concern nowadays?" I was nervous and got __22__ block. What's worse, other candidates had begun writing. Moments later, I __23__ myself, took a deep breath, and began brainstorming ideas __24__ the topic. I quickly wrote down the composition structure, central theme, and __25__ necessary elements. As the finishing time was __26__, I tried my best to accelerate my writing. Unfortunately, __27__ my failure of time management, I left my composition incomplete. My final draft looked like a robot __28__ legs were broken. The result came out two weeks later. To my surprise, I got the second prize! All my classmates cheered for me. This encouraged me a lot. __29__ I was not the first prize winner, I could still __30__ pride and happiness spreading around me. | ||||
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