My wife had been married to me for 21 years．After the anniversary(周年纪念), my wife wanted me to take another woman out to 　　1　　．The other woman has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made 　　2　　 impossible to visit her often．That night I called to 　　3　　 her to go out for dinner．“What's wrong, are you 　　4　　?” she asked．“I thought that it would be 　　5　　 to spend some time with you, just the two of us,” I answered．She thought about it 　　6　　, and then agreed．

　　That Friday after work, 　　7　　 I drove to pick her up I was a bit nervous．When I arrived at her house, I 　　8　　 that she, too, seemed to be 　　9　　 about our date．She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 　　10　　 her last wedding anniversary．

　　We went to a restaurant that, 　　11　　 not the best, was very nice and comfortable．When I was reading the menu, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there 　　12　　 at me．A nostalgic(怀旧的) smile was 　　13　　 her lips．During the dinner, we had a 　　14　　 conversation－nothing special but catching up on recent events of each other's life．

　　A few days 　　15　　, my mother died of a sudden heart attack．It happened so suddenly that I didn't have a chance to do 　　16　　 for her．Some time later, I received an envelope with a note 　　17　　：“You will never know what that night meant for me．I'm looking forward to the 　　18　　 dinner．I love you, son．”

　　At that moment, I understood the importance of saying in time：“I LOVE YOU”．Nothing in life is more important than your 　　19　　．Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 　　20　　 till “some other time”．

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　　A mining(采矿的) engineer enjoyed flying very much．One day, he was flying his own plane over a lonely island when a　　1　　storm came, so he was　　2　　to make a forced landing．The plane was in good　　3　　but his legs and shoulder got　　4　　hurt．After getting out of the plane with great　　5　　, he found nothing but high green hills　　6　　the place．He lay there expecting to die．

　　Soon, however, some men appeared from out of the forest．Though curious, they were not　　7　　of him．He was then gently　　8　　to their village, where he was well treated．His　　9　　improved little by little and he became their　　10　　．The place was　　11　　and pleasant and he was in　　12　　hurry to leave．

　　Several months later, he learned some of their language and　　13　　them some of his own．

　　One day, he discovered a kind of　　14　　mineral deposits(矿藏) in the soil．He decided to　　15　　to his country and set up a firm(公司) to mine the land．

　　It was not long　　16　　the peaceful land was taken over by strange men and machines．When there was　　17　　left to mine, the firm　　18　　away．They had made a great deal of　　19　　for themselves．The living condition of local people was also　　20　　．

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　　The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．

　　But there's a big surprise when the movie 　　1　　 with two students going crazy in the 　　2　　 shooting and killing people．

　　This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 　　3　　 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 　　4　　their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 　　5　　．

　　　　6　　 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 　　7　　 festival in France on May 25．

　　The film is based on the 　　8　　 at a high school in the US, where two boys 　　9　　 13 people and then themselves in 1999．

　　The title of the 　　10　　 refers to the old expression about a 　　11　　 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．

　　The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 　　12　　．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 　　13　　．

　　In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 　　14　　．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 　　15　　 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 　　16　　 games．But Van Sant isn't 　　17　　 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 　　18　　 for why school violence happens．

　　“I didn't want to 　　19　　 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 　　20　　,”said the 51-year-old director．

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　　You've probably heard the expression“What you see is what you get”．My grandfather used to say．“If you 　　1　　 a tree long enough, it will move．”We see 　　2　　 we want to see．Psychologists tell us that 　　3　　 controls our life more than our self-image．We live like the person we see in the 　　4　　．We are what we think we are．If you don't think you'll be successful, you 　　5　　．You can't be it if you can't see it．Your life is 　　6　　 to your vision．If you want to change your 　　7　　, you must change your vision of life．

　　Arnold Schwarzenegger was not that famous when he 　　8　　 a newspaper reporter．The reporter asked Schwarzenegger．“　　9　　 you've retired from body building, what do you plan to do next?”Schwarzenegger answered very calmly and 　　10　　,“I'm going to become the No．1 movie star in Hollywood．”The reporter was 　　11　　 and amused at Schwarzenegger's plan．At that time, it was very hard to 　　12　　 how this muscle-bound bodybuilder, who was not a 　　13　　 actor and who spoke poor English with a strong Australian accent, could ever 　　14　　 to be Hollywood's No．1 movie star!

　　So the reporter asked Schwarzenegger 　　15　　 he planned to make his dream come true, Schwarzenegger said,“I'll do it the same 　　16　　 I became the No．1 bodybuilder in the world．What I do is create a vision of who I want to be, then I start living like that person in my 　　17　　 as if it were already true．”Sounds almost childishly 　　18　　, doesn't it?But it 　　19　　!Schwarzenegger did become the No．1 highest paid movie star in Hollywood!Remember：“If you can see it, you can 　　20　　 it．”

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　　Alone in the light at the dining-room table, I sat in tears．

　　Finally, I'd succeeded in getting both kids to bed．I got them both washed, 　　1　　 by cries of delight, crazy running around, laughing and throwing things．　　2　　 calmed down, they lay in their beds as I gave each the five minutes' back rubs as usual．Then I began the night time routine of a song, both kids'　　3　　．I sang it over and over until they seemed fully engaged in 　　4　　．

　　A recently 　　5　　 man with full custody(监护权)of his children, I was determined to give them as 　　6　　 and stable a home life as possible．I 　　7　　 a happy face for them．Everything was just as it had always been with the exception 　　8　　 their mother was now missing．There, another night successfully 　　9　　．

　　I rose slowly, tiptoed out of their room and went downstairs．

　　Sitting at the 　　10　　 room table, I realized that this was the first time since I came home from work that I'd been able to 　　11　　 sit down．

　　Then it all crowded in on me：the fatigue(疲惫)，the 　　12　　 of the responsibility, the worry about bills I wasn't sure I could pay that month and 　　13　　．I felt as though I were at the bottom of a great sea of loneliness．I sat there, silently sobbing．

　　Just then, a pair of little arms went around my middle and a little face peered up at me．I looked down into my five-year-old son's 　　14　　 face．

　　I was 　　15　　 to be seen crying by my son．“I'm sorry, Ethan, I didn't know you were still awake．I'm sorry．I'm just a little 　　16　　 tonight．”

　　“It's okay, Daddy．It's okay to cry, you're just a 　　17　　．”

　　I can't express how happy he made me, who gave me 　　18　　 to cry．He seemed to be saying that I didn't have to always be 　　19　　, that it was occasionally possible to allow myself to feel weak and 　　20　　 my feeling．Somehow, it was possible for me to get to sleep that night．Thank you, my son．

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　　When I first came to the USA, I made friends with a neighbor who used to live only two blocks away from my street．We used to visit each other and go out together sometimes．This friend taught me a lot about American 　　1　　, but in some cases I had to learn the 　　2　　 way, because we didn't have enough time together for me to learn all about American culture from him．

　　One day this same friend invited me to a party．It wasn't a(n)　　3　　 party, only some kind of informal get-together．Since it was 　　4　　 time, we had a cookout．　　5　　 most of his American friends and relatives were known to me, but there were others I had never met before．

　　It was the most 　　6　　 party for me when I noticed that everybody was wearing jeans and simple T-shirts for the day, 　　7　　 I arrived in proper dress with my shoes and my hair all fixed for a fancy party．It was hard to explain my embarrassment to the other 　　8　　．When one of them turned around and said,“What nice clothes!What's the occasion?”I felt my 　　9　　 burning hot．I didn't 　　10　　 at all．If she knew how 　　11　　 I already felt, she wouldn't have said that to me．

　　Maybe she didn't 　　12　　 to make me feel uncomfortable, but my reaction had to do with the way I already felt．

　　Many times I thought of going home and 　　13　　 but I knew they would 　　14　　．It would be even 　　15　　 for me because I knew they would quickly think that I felt out of 　　16　　．So I wanted to pretend that I was 　　17　　．

　　I have already realized their 　　18　　 are different from mine．They care less about formality(形式)　　19　　 it is a special occasion, like 　　20　　 or a very formal invitation．

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