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| Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to do something good for two people who were complete stranger to us. It made us feel so good to be able to do it that I thought I should 1 . We were traveling down to Mexico for Thanksgiving week with our family. 2 we sat in the 3 first two seats in the first row of first class waiting for the plane to take off. I 4 heard one of the flight attendants (乘务员) telling 5 that there was a couple sitting in the 6 of the plane who had just been married the previous day and were on their 7 . They had 8 their flight eight months in 9 but, owing to some schedule changes, had not been able to get 10 together, and no one else on the plane was 11 to move and the bride was in 12 . I turned to my husband and told him what I heard. We 13 agreed and I called the flight attendant 14 to tell her that we'd be happy to give up our seats to this couple. The flight attendant seemed amazed and said "Really? Are you sure?" We said "Absolutely!" So, we 15 to the back of the plane in separate seats. The flight attendants were extremely 16 and took good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first 17 , and we both made friends with the people sitting around us, who, as it 18 didn't know why the young woman was crying or that they were newly married, and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to 19 up a forgotten item at one point during the flight and 20 that the couple were sitting very close together, happily enjoying champagne. It really made my day and Thanksgiving week get off to such a wonderful start! | ||||
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| Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a 1 of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was 2 , I'd say I was not over-speeding. Several times I got 3 behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with 4 . At one point along an open highway, I 5 a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I 6 the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. No cars, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to 7 , the only human being for at least a mile in any 8 . I started 9 why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being 10 , because there was obviously no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no 11 in going through it. Much later that night, after I 12 a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light 13 me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract (合同) we all have with each other. It's not only the 14 , but it's an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to 15 it: we don't go through red lights. Like most of us, I'm more likely to be 16 from doing something bad by the social convention that 17 it than by any law against it. It's amazing that we ever 18 each other to do the right thing, isn't it? And we do, too. Trust is our 19 preference. I was so 20 of myself for stopping for the red light that night. | ||||
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| A little boy invited his mother to attend his school's first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy's 1 , she said she would go. This 2 be the first time that his classmates and teacher 3 his mother and he felt 4 of her appearance. Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar (疤痕) that 5 nearly the entire right side of her face. The boy never wanted to 6 why or how she got the scar. At the meeting, the people were 7 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother 8 the scar, but the little boy was still embarrassed (尴尬) and 9 himself from everyone. He did, however, get within 10 of a conversation between his mother and his teacher. The teacher asked 11 , "How did you get the scar on your face?" The mother replied, " 12 my son was a baby, he wad in a room that caught fire. Everyone was 13 afraid to go in because the fire was 14 , so I went in. As I was running toward his bed, I saw a long piece of wood coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked 15 but fortunately, a fireman came in and saved both of us." She 16 the burned side of her face. "This scar will be 17 , but to this day, I have never 18 what I did." At this point, the little boy came out running toward his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her in his arms and felt a great 19 of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her hand 20 for the rest of the day. | ||||
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| Recently, I stopped by a convenience store to get a newspaper and a bottle of drink. The young woman at the check-out 1 said. "That'll be five dollars in all please." She then 2 down at the paper I was buying and said, "I'm 3 all these negative (消极的) words on the front pages. I want to read some 4 news for a change." She then said, " 5 , I think someone should just 6 a good news newspaper-a paper with wonderful, inspirational 7 about people overcoming difficulty and doing good things for others." She 8 me for coming in and said, "Maybe we'll get some good news," and she 9 . She made my day. The following day after my business appointments, I 10 the same store again to pick up bottled water and a piece of newspaper, but a 11 young lady was behind the counter. As I checked out I said, "Good afternoon" and 12 her my money. She said nothing-not a word, not a smile or not a 13 . She just gave me my change and 14 a negative tone ordered "Next!" It 15 me right between the eyes: Two people, the same age; one made me feel 16 , but the other, well, made me feel that I had inconvenienced her by 17 . Every morning, you should ask 18 this important question: "Who do I want to be today? 'The Grouch (不 高兴的人) 'or' The Good News Girl'"? Your answer will go a long way toward 19 the joy and happiness that you will experience in your 20 . | ||||
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| I can still remember it like it was yesterday. I was a college freshman and had 1 up most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first 2 of the day my eyelids were feeling heavier and heavier and my he ad was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a 3 . A few minutes nap (瞌睡) time before class couldn't 4 , I thought. BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my 5 beating wildly trying to find the cause of the 6 . My young professor was looking back at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had 7 dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. "Good morning!", he said still 8 . "I am glad to see everyone is 9 . Now let's get started." For the next hour I wasn't sleepy at all. It wasn't from the 10 of my professor's textbook alarm clock either. It was instead from the 11 discussion he led. With knowledge and good 12 he made the material come 13 . His insights were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he 14 with were contagious (富有感染力的). I 15 the classroom not only wide awake, but a little 16 and a little better as well. I learned something far more important than not 17 in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it with 18 . What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Don't sleepwalk your way through 19 then. Wake up! Let your love fill your work. Life is too 20 not to live it well. | ||||
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| Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a 1 of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was 2 , I'd say I was not over-speeding. Several times I got 3 behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with 4 . At one point along an open highway, I 5 a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I 6 the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. No cars, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to 7 , the only human being for at least a mile in any 8 . I started 9 why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being 10 , because there was obviously no policeman around, and there certainty would have been no 11 in going through it. Much later that night, after I 12 a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light 13 me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract (合同) we all have with each other. It's not only the 14 , but it's an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to 15 it: we don't go through red lights. Like most of us, I'm more likely to be 16 from doing something bad by the social convention that 17 it than by any law against it. It's amazing that we ever 18 each other to do the right thing, isn't it? And we do, too. Trust is our 19 preference. I was so 20 of myself for stopping for the red light that night. | ||||
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