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| After my 21 second graders finished reciting the text, they settled back in their seats.But Duane remained_1_.Duane was a bright and lovable student, _2_his mother, a single parent, had many problems such as drinking._3_that he might have a bad night, I walked over to him to see what was wrong.As he looked up, I could see the_4_in his dark eyes. "Mrs Brown, aren't you going to open my present?" he asked_5_."I put it on your desk. Getting back his gift from my desk, he handed it to me.I noticed my gift_6_to be a matchbox. Duane told me that this was really a jewelry box_7_a matchbox.As I opened it, the_8_of two beer caps surprised me.Duane_9_me that they were two silver earrings.He had noticed that I 10 wore earrings and wanted me to have some pretty ones. I was 11 by Duane's creativity and thoughtfulness. 12 birth, one of my ears was slightly deformed (畸形的). Fearing that wearing earrings might 13 to the ear, I avoided wearing them. But how could I 14 to wear these precious earrings given by this 15 child? As I placed the earrings on my ears, my 16 clapped, and Duane stood proudly beside me. Since then, the matchbox remained on my desk.It 17 me of Duane's act of kindness and of the lessons he taught me.Although his 18 at home was bad, Duane continued to see the good in life.Although poor, he still wanted to 19 .Whenever I see Duane's gift on my desk, I feel encouraged. If I am having 20 reaching a student, I'll try to be like Duane and give that student a piece of my heart  . | ||||
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| Over dinner a few weeks ago, the novelist Lawrence Naumoff told a troubling story.He_1_students in his introduction to creative writing course at UNC Chapel Hill if they had_2_Jack Kerouac.Nobody raised a hand._3_he asked if anyone had ever heard of Jack Kerouac.There are more blank_4_. Naumoff began_5_the legend of the literary wild man.One student offered that he had a teacher who was just as_6_.Naumoff asked the professor's name.The student said he didn't_7_.Naumoff then asked this oblivious (健忘的) scholar, "Do you know my_8_?" After a long pause, the young man replied, "No." "I guess I've always known that many students are just_9_my course to get a requirement out of the way, " Naumoff said."But it was 10 to see that some couldn't even go to the trouble of 11 the name of the person teaching the course." The other UNC professors at the 12 began sharing their own stories about the troubling state of curiosity on 13 . All of them have noted that such ignorance isn't 14 -students have always possessed far less knowledge than they should.But in the past, 15 tended to be a source of shame and motivation. Students were far more likely to be 16 by not－knowing, far more eager to fill such gaps by learning. 17 , nowadays as one reviewer once said, "It's that they don't 18 what they don't know." In our increasingly complex world, the amount of information required to master any 19 discipline-e.g.computers, life insurance, medicine-has expended geometrically (成几何级数增加地). We are forced to 20 specialists, people who know more and more about less and less.Curiously, in a world where everything is worth knowing, nothing is. | ||||
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| Isn't it amazing how one person, sharing one idea, at the right time and place can change the course of your life's history?When I was 14, I was a high school_1_with learning disabilities. One day I met an old man, a bum (流浪汉). He asked me if I was running away from home, because I looked so_2_.Then he told me he had something grand to show me and_3_with me.We walked to the downtown Library. The bum first brought a couple of old 4 and then started with a few 5 that were very special and that changed my life.He said, "There are two things I want to 6 you.Number one is to never 7 a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you." He followed with, "I'll 8 you think I'm a bum, don't you?" "Yes, I 9 so, sir." Well, young man, I've got a little 10 for you.I am one of the 11 men in the world.I have probably everything any man could ever want.But a year ago, my wife 12 , and since then I have been deeply 13 on life.I realized there were certain things I had not yet experienced in life, one of 14 was what it would be like to live like a bum on the streets.For the past year, I have been going from city to city doing just that.So, you see, don't ever judge a book by its cover, for a cover can fool you. "Number two is to learn how to 15 .For there is only one thing that people can't 16 away from you, your wisdom."He 17 my right hand and put it upon the books he'd 18 from the shelves, the writings of Plato and Aristotle's everlasting 19 from ancient times. His 20 request was for me to never forget what he taught me. I haven't. | ||||
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| A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death , she _ 1__ some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. with a __2__ look on her face, she __3__ and said, "__4__class is over, I would like to share with all of you a thought which I feel is very __5__. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves—and none of us knows __6__ this fantastic experience will _7__. It can be __8__ at any moment. Perhaps this is a __9__ that we must __10_ the most out of every single day." Her eyes beginning to water, she went on "So I would like you all to make me a __11 —from now on , on your way to school, or on your way home, find something __12_to notice. "For, although it may sound __13__to some people, these things are the 'stuff' of life. The little things we are put here on earth to enjoy. The things we often take for granted. We must make it important to__14__ them, for at any time—it can all be taken away." The class was completely quiet. We all _15__ our books and filed（排成一行行走） out of the room __16__. That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school than I had that whole semester.___17_, I think of that teacher and remember what an __18__ she made on all us, and I try to _19__ all of those things sometimes we all _20__. | ||||
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| Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for _ 1__ hands. Most people were reluctant（不情愿） to work on __2__ along the Atlantic. They dreaded the awful ____3__that raged across the Atlantic, wreaking havoc（浩劫，灾难） on the buildings and crops. As the farmer 4 applicants for the job, he 5 a steady stream of refusals. 6 , a short, thin man， well past middle age, approached the farmer. "Are you a good farmhand? "the farmer asked him. "Well, I can __7__ when the wind blows," answered the__8 _ man. Although __9__ by this answer, the farmer, desperate（不顾一切的） for __10_, hired him. The man worked well around the farm, __11_ from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man's work. Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. __12_ out of  bed， the farmer grabbed（抓起） a lantern and __13_ next door to the hired hand's sleeping quarters. He__14_ the little man and yelled, "Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!" The little man __15__ in bed and said __16__, "No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows." Enraged by the response， the farmer was tempted to __17__ him on the spot. Instead， he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his __18__, he discovered that all of the haystacks（干草垛） had been covered with tarpaulins（油布）. The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops（鸡笼）, and the doors were barred. The shutters were tightly secured. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away. The farmer then understood what his hired hand __19__, so he returned to his bed to also sleep __20_ the wind blew. | ||||
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| A little old couple walked slowly 1 McDonald's one cold winter evening. They looked out of place among the young families and couples 2 there that night. Some of the customers looked 3 at them. You could tell what the admirers 4 ."Look, there is a couple who has been 5 a lot together, probably for 60 years or more!" The little old man walked up to the cash register, placed his order and paid 6 it. The couple took a table near the back wall and on their tray there was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The little man unwrapped the hamburger and cut it 7 . Then he carefully counted out the French fries, 8 them in two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife. He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. 9 the man began to eat his few 10 of hamburger the crowd began to get restless. Again you could 11 what they were thinking."That poor old couple can only 12 one meal for the two of them. A young man stood up and came over to the old couple's table. He politely 13 to buy another meal for them. The old man replied that they 14 everything. Then the crowd 15 that the little old lady 16 a bite. She just sat there 17 her husband eat. Again the young man came over and begged them 18 him buy them something to eat. They refused again. As the little old man finished eating, the young man could no longer stand it. Again he offered to buy some food. After 19 again, he asked the little old lady a question."Ma'am, why aren't you eating? You said that you shared everything. What 20 you are waiting for?" She answered,"The teeth." | ||||
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