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　　Long, long ago, human beings used to walk barefooted．A king happened to travel 　　1　　 into the countryside．He was greatly troubled by the rugged(崎岖的)　　2　　 where gravel(碎石)and broken stones pricked(使刺痛)and numbed(使麻木)his 　　3　　．When he returned to his palace he issued an order that all the roads be 　　4　　 with cattle hide(牛皮)．He thought it was beneficial not only to 　　5　　 but also to the people and 　　6　　 walking would no longer be a painful thing．

　　But 　　7　　 all cattle in the kingdom were killed there 　　8　　 not be enough hide to get the work done．Evidently(明显地)it was a stupid 　　9　　．As it was an imperial order people could do nothing but shake their heads and 　　10　　．At this juncture a clever servant in the palace 　　11　　 to make a suggestion．“Your Majesty, why don’t take an easier way?You don’t have to mobilize so many people, to have so many oxen killed, nor so much money 　　12　　．What you have to do is simply to cover each of your feet with a piece of hide．”Surprised and 　　13　　, the king immediately changed his mind and adopted the 　　14　　．

　　This is 　　15　　 to be the origin of using leather to make shoes．Though it sounds 　　16　　 and strange, it inspires us to think．It is much easier to change 　　17　　 than to change the world．So it will be much better for one to change oneself before one 　　18　 an attempt to change the outer world．Why don’t try to put yourself on the 　　19　　 of the person you deal with?You will find it easier to solve a problem 　　20　　 you change your way of thinking．

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　　In January 2006, during the first weeks of a six-month stay at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for leukemia(白血病)treatment, Michael wandered over to his hospital window in search of distraction(散心)．The 　　1　　 first-grader watched a construction crew working on a 10-story addition to the hospital．　　2　　 Michael’s third-floor window, Ritchie, an iron-worker from the East Falls section of Philadelphia, looked up and saw “this kid with no hair whose face was pressed up to the window．I waved, and he smiled and 　　3　　．I’ll never forget that,” says Ritchie, a father of three．

　　As winter turned into spring, Michael watched, fascinated(着迷), as 3000 tons of steel 　　4　　 formed the skeleton of the building．One day he colored a message for the crew and held it up to the window：Hi, Local Iron Workers．I’m Mike．Ritchie and the 　　5　　 crew messaged back．Over the 　　6　　 months, as his treatment continued, Ritchie and the crew cheered Michael up and cheered him with 　　7　　 signs like Be Strong Mike．

　　When the construction reached the third floor, Ritchie jumped across the 　　8　　 between the buildings and the two had a face to face chat．The hard hat with the tender heart wells up(涌出眼泪)when he thinks about it．“Michael 　　9　　 my life,” says Ritchie．“I was a real hard-core(顽固不化的)person without a lot of sympathy．But I’d 　　10　　 seeing this kid every day waving at me and excited about the construction．I look at life differently thanks to him．” Today Michael is a 10-year-old third-grader in complete recovery．What does he hope to be when he grows up? “A construction worker,” he says．

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　　Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it 　　1　　．Albert Einstein was 　　2　　 to get a job as a physics professor．He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to 　　3　　．I should give up on it and settle for something else．” 　　4　　, he wrote the two most famous papers while 　　5　　 as a patent(专利)office worker．After the 　　6　　, there was not any major 　　7　　 in the world that would not have wanted him to work for them．

　　If you want to work as an artist and are 　　8　　 as a waiter, don’t think of yourself as a waiter who 　　9　　 one day to become an artist．That puts the 　　10　　 you love somewhere off in the distant future．Rather, think yourself as 　　11　　, supporting yourself by waiting tables and paint, or draw as much as you can．It is 　　12　　 to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week．That 　　13　　 plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft(手艺)in the 　　14　　 hours．

　　While seeking the work you love, 　　15　　 helps to expand your awareness into the universe of all possibilities．You don’t want to be 　　16　　 the ideas of what you should do or what you have done before．Having opened 　　17　　 the possibilities, you can make a final 　　18　　 and select the work you love as your own．

　　Doing the work you love 　　19　　 that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the 　　20　　．It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true．

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　　It was the district sports meet．My foot still hadn’t healed(痊愈)from a(n)　　1　　 injury．I had doubted whether or not I should attend the meet．But there I was, ready for the 3000-meter run．

　　“Ready…set…” The gun popped and we were off．The other girls rushed ahead of me．I felt 　　2　　 as I fell farther and farther behind．

　　“Hooray!” shouted the crowd．It was the loudest cheer I had ever heard at a meet．The first-place runner was two laps(圈)ahead of me when she crossed the finish line．

　　“Maybe I should 　　3　　,” I thought as I moved on．However, I decided to keep going．During the last two laps, I ran in pain and decided not to 　　4　　 in track next year．It wouldn’t be worth it, 　　5　　 my foot did heal．

　　When I finished, I heard a cheer－　　6　　 than the one I’d heard earlier．I turned around and 　　7　　, the boys were preparing for their race．“They must be cheering for the boys．”

　　I was leaving when several girls came up to me．“Wow, you’ve got courage!” one of them told me．

　　“Courage? I just 　　5　　a race!” I thought．

　　“I would have given up on the first lap,” said another girl．“We were cheering for you．Did you hear us?”

　　Suddenly I regained hope．I decided to stick with track next year．I realized strength and courage aren’t always 　　9　　 in medals and victories, but in the struggles we overcome(战胜)．The strongest people are not always the people who win, 　　10　　 the people who don’t give up when they lose．

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　　Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have passed away．I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers 　　1　　 it was too late to tell them．I am blessed(赐福)with the dear mother who is still alive．I 　　2　　 her more each day．My mother does not change, but I 　　3　　．As I grow older and wiser, I realize 　　4　　 an extraordinary person she is．How 　　5　　 that I am unable to speak these words in her 　　6　　, but they flow easily from my pen．

　　How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just 　　7　　 hard work that go into 　　8　　 a child? For running after a toddler(学走步的小孩), for understanding a 　　9　　 teenager, for tolerating(忍受；容忍)a college student who knows 　　10　　? For waiting for the day when a daughter 　　11　　 how wise her mother really is?

　　How does a 　　12　　 woman thank a mother for 　　13　　 to be a mother? For being ready 　　14　　 advice(when asked)or remaining 　　15　　 when it is most appreciated? For not saying, “I told you so, ”when she could have uttered these words 　　16　　 ?For being 　　17　　 herself－loving, thoughtful, patient, and forgiving?

　　I don’t know how, dear God, except to ask you to bless her as richly as she 　　18　　 and to help me live up to the example she has 　　19　　．I pray that I will look as good in the eyes of my children as my mother 　　20　　 in mine．

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　　Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it part time．Albert Einstein was 　　1　　 to get a job as a physics professor．He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to physics．I should give it up and settle for something else．”　　2　　, he wrote the two most famous papers while employed as a patent(专利)office worker．After the inventions, there was not any major 　　3　　 in the world that would not have wanted him to work for them．

　　If you want to work as an artist and are 　　4　　 as a waiter, don’t think of yourself as a waiter who 　　5　　 one day to become an artist．That puts the work you love somewhere off in the distant future．Rather, think yourself as an artist, supporting yourself by waiting tables and paint, or draw as much as you can．It is 　　6　　 to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week．That 　　7　　 plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft(手艺)in the off hours．

　　While seeking the work you love, it helps to expand your awareness into the universe of all possibilities．You don’t want to be 　　8　　 the ideas of what you should do or what you have done before．Having opened all the possibilities, you can make a final 　　9　　 and select the work you love as your own．

　　Doing the work you love requires that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the 　　10　　．It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true．

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　　In Taiwan，“motorpool”is commonly know as a place for the maintenance(维修)of official business and government cars．In 　　1　　 it is a place for vehicle maintenance．

　　More than ten years ago，I went to America on business and I 　　2　　 advantage of the chance to visit my friend．My friend drove a car to 　　3　　 me at the airport, and took me to his home．　　4　　 the airport, my friend drove his car into the innermost line, 　　5　　 had a sign“carpool only”．I wondered what“carpool”meant．I felt 　　6　　 whether he was going to a motorpool．So I thought myself 　　7　　 in asking．“Is here anything wrong with the car?” “Nothing, 　　8　　?”said he．“Well then, why are you going to carpool?” I responded．My friend couldn’t help 　　9　　 and told me that “carpool”　　10　　 to the lane that only the cars with two or more passengers can 　　11　　．I felt rather embarrassed 　　12　　 that．

　　After dinner, my friend’sneighbour 　　13　　 to ask whether he could carpool the next day．“　　14　　,” my friend said．“I’ll accompany my friend to go shopping tomorrow．” I was puzzled again, 　　15　　 why he could not “carpool” with him since he had “carpooled” 　　16　　．My friend explained to me again that the “carpool” that 　　17　　 used meant they in turn drove the car to work so as to save 　　18　　．The first “carpool” is a noun, 　　19　　 the second “carpool” is a verb．It is really difficult for 　　20　　 in America to understand it in a short time．

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　　About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work．One day I went into a restaurant there to have something to 　　1　　．The waiter took my coat and put it in a small room．

　　About an hour later I was ready to go．The waiter brought my coat to me．Suddenly something fell out of the pocket onto the floor．It was a small white box．Then I took a good look at the 　　2　　．“Oh, you’ve brought someone else’s coat,” I said to the waiter．“It looks very much like mine, 　　3　　 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either．” “Oh, then I suppose someone has taken your coat and left this,” said the waiter．“This kind of thing 　　4　　 sometimes．”

　　I opened the box．There was a beautiful gold ring in it．So I went 　　5　　 to the police station．

　　“Has anyone lost a ring?” I asked．“Yes,” said a policeman．“A young man who came in this morning lost a ring．He lost it in London．” He 　　6　　 the young man．A few minutes later, the man arrived．“Yes, this is my ring,” he said．“How can I thank you, sir?You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 　　7　　 I lost it on the train!”

　　After I told him the story of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train．I haven’t been in the hotel．So how 　　8　　 my ring in the coat?”

　　“Did 　　9　　 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman．

　　“Yes,” said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face．”

　　“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman．“Was it like this one?”

　　“Yes, it was,” said the young man．“But the friend here 　　10　　 the thief．”

　　The policeman laughed．“No,” he said, “the thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food．Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him．”

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　　One day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people．He held up a 　　1　　 bill? He asked, “Who would like this ＄20 bill?”Hands were 　　2　　．Then he said, “I am going to give this ＄20 to one of you, but first let me do this．” He began to crumple(弄皱)the 　　3　　．He then asked the audience, “　　4　　 still wants it?” Still the hands went 　　5　　 in the air．

　　“What 　　6　　 I do this?” He asked, and he 　　7　　 it on the ground, and started to step on it．He 　　8　　 it up．Now the bill was 　　9　　 and crumpled．“Now who still wants it?” Still the hands went up．

　　“My friends, ”he continued．“You have all 　　10　　　a good lesson．No matter 　　1　　 I did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its 　　12　　．It was still worth ＄20．Many times in our 　　13　　, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes 　　14　　 wrong decisions, or we may 　　15　　 with something we do not 　　16　　．When what happens, we feel depressed and think we are 　　17　　．But in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value．The worth of our life comes not 　　18　　 what we do or whom we know, but in who we are! Don’t forget the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside 　　19　　, but on its inner value．This is the 　　20　　 of life．”

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　　Methods of studying vary; what works 　　1　　 for some students doesn’t work at all for others．The only thing you can do is experiment 　　2　　 you find a system that does work for you．But two things are sure：　　3　　 else can do your studying for you, and unless you do find a system that works, you won’t although college．Meantime, there are a few rules that 　　4　　 for everybody．The hint is “don’t get 　　5　　”．

　　The problem of studying, 　　6　　 enough to start with, becomes almost 　　7　　 when you are trying to do 　　8　　 in one weekend．　　9　　 the fastest readers have trouble 　　10　　 that．And if you are behind in written work that must be 　　11　　, the teacher who accepts it 　　12　　 late will probably not give you good credit．Perhaps he may not accept it 　　13　　．Getting behind in one class because you are spending so much time on another is really no 　　14　　．Feeling pretty virtuous about the seven hours you spend on chemistry won’ t 　　15　　 one bit if the history teacher pops a quiz．And many freshmen do get into trouble by spending too much time on one class at the 　　16　　 of the others, either because they like one class much better or ?because they find it so much harder that they think, they should 　　17　　 all their time to it．　　18　　 the reason, going the whole work for one class and neglecting the rest of them is a mistake, if you face this 　　19　　, begin with the shortest and easiest 　　20　　．Get them out of the way and then go to the more difficult, time consuming work．