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　　In writing exercises in English classes my students frequently raise the topic of friendship．　　1　　 what they write, I start to understand Chinese friendship obligation(义务)．For instance, 　　2　　 a student wrote that she 　　3　　 that her friend wanted to go shopping．My student was busy and 　　4　　 had no time to do that, but she kept silent, put her work 　　5　　 and went shopping with her friend．Sometimes they write about middle school friends and 　　6　　 the closeness they feel when they are together．Sometimes they write with great 　　7　　 when they feel they are no longer close to someone they 　　8　　 a friend．All this is quite different from 　　9　　 American young people would say about friendship．

　　In the United States you can certainly 　　10　　 a friend to do something with you, but you would not expect a friend to recognize and respond to your wishes without 　　11　　 them．Nor would you expect a friend to drop 　　12　　 to respond to a non-urgent need such as going shopping．　　13　　 an American friend would feel that he had imposed(把……强加)too 　　14　　 if the friend gave up a real need to study to go shopping．There are 　　15　　 to what you can expect from a friend．In the U．S．you feel 　　16　　 to ask your friend for help, but you recognize that the friend may say 　　17　　．A friend in China is someone who, 　　18　　 that you are in need in some way, offers to assist you without waiting to be asked．In China there are 　　19　　 limits on what you can ask or expect of a friend．You can feel free to tell your friend what he 　　20　　 she can or should do to help you or please you．

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　　After the Second World War, a small group of veterans(老兵)returned to their village in France．Most of them managed to 　　1　　 fairly well, but one－-Francois Lebeau, who had been wounded and never recovered his 　　2　　－-was unable to work regularly．　　3　　 he became very poor．Yet he was too 　　4　　 to accept anything from the people in the village．

　　Once each year the veterans held a reunion(团聚)dinner．On one of these occasions they met in the home of Jules Grandin, who had made 　　5　　 money．Grandin produced a 　　6　　－-a large old gold coin．Each man 　　7　　 it with interest as it passed around the long table．All, 　　8　　, had drunk wine freely and the room was full of noisy talk, 　　9　　 the gold piece was soon forgotten．Later, when Grandin 　　10　　 it and asked for it, the coin was missing．

　　One of them suggested everyone be searched, 　　11　　 all agreed, except Lebeau．“You 　　12　　, then?”asked Grandin．Lebeau flushed．“Yes,”he said,“I can not allow it．”

　　One by one, the others turned out their pocket．When the coin 　　13　　 to appear, attention was focused on poor Lebeau．Amid(在……之中)the 　　14　　 stares of his friends, he walked out with the hangdog air of a prisoner and returned to his home．

　　A few years later, Grandin made some changes in his house．A workman found the gold coin, 　　15　　 in dirt between planks(板)of the floor．

　　“Why did you not allow yourself to be 　　16　　?”

　　“Because I was a 　　17　　,”Lebeau said brokenly．“For weeks we had not had enough to eat and my pockets were full of 　　18　　 that I had taken from the table to 　　19　　 home to my wife and 　　20　　 children．”

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　　One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive．Suddenly I 　　1　　 that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing(瞥视)in my direction, 　　2　　 he knew me．The man had a newspaper 　　3　　 in front of him, 　　4　　 he was pretending(假装)to read, but I could 　　5　　 that he was keeping an eye on me .When the waiter brought my 　　6　　 the man was clearly puzzled(困惑)by the 　　7　　 way in which the waiter and I 　　8　　 each other．He seemed even more puzzled as 　　9　　 went on and it became 　　10　　 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me．Finally he got up and went into the 　　11　　．When he came out, he paid his bill and 　　12　　 without another glance in my direction．

　　I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had 　　13　　．“Well,”he said,“that man was a detective(侦探)．He 　　14　　 you here because he thought you were the man he 　　15　　．“What?”I said, showing my 　　16　　．The owner continued,“He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man．I 　　17　　 say he looked very much like you!Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a 　　18　　．”“Well, it’s really 　　19　　 that I came to a 　　20　　 where I’m known,”I said．“otherwise(否则), I might have been in trouble．”

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　　Robby was 11 years old when his mother took him to his first piano lesson with me．I only knew his mother from a 　　1　　 as she dropped Robby off or waited in her aged car to 　　2　　 him up．She always waved and smiled but never stepped in．Robby said that it had always been his mother’s 　　3　　 to hear him play the piano．But I had to say Robby lacked the 　　4　　 of tone and basic rhythm．Hard as Robby tried, there seemed to be 　　5　　 progress．Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons．I was glad; he was a bad 　　6　　 for my teaching．

　　Several weeks later came the party on which all my students would show 　　7　　 they had learned from my lesson．To my great surprise, Robby appeared and 　　8　　 on playing on the party.l I 　　9　　 have said that the party was for current pupils and he really did not qualify(有资格)because he had 　　10　　, but I finally agreed．Then Robby came up on stage and announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto ＃21 in C Major．

　　I was not 　　11　　 for what I heard next．Never had I heard Mozart played so well by people his age．When he ended, everyone was 　　12　　 their feet in wild applause．Overcome and in tears I ran up on stage．“I’ve never 　　13　　 you play like that, Robby!How’d you do it?”Through the microphone Robby explained,“Well Miss Hondorf…remember I told you my mom was sick?Well 　　14　　 she has cancer．That’s why she was unable to take me to piano lessons, 　　15　　 I was still practicing．My mom passed away this morning．And well… she was born deaf so I believed tonight was the 　　16　　 time she ever heard me play．I wanted to 　　17　　 it special．”

　　There wasn’t a(n)　　18　　 eye in the house that evening．I thought to myself how much 　　19　　 my life had been for taking Robby as my 　　20　　．

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　　In 1982, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs．Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker．This sad news, so unexpected, shook the 　　1　　 calm and unhurried politician off her balance．Though she did her best to 　　2　　 as if nothing had happened and made her public 　　3　　 as usual, people could not fail to 　　4　　 that she was no longer the old self-assured Prime Minister who always had everything under 　　5　　 .Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to recover from her 　　6　　．

　　One day, when she was to 　　7　　 at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the 　　8　　 of her missing son again．She was totally mental 　　9　　 for the question and lost her 　　10　　．Tears were rolling down her eyes 　　11　　 she sobbingly(啜泣)told the reporter that there was still no 　　12　　 of Mark and that she was very 　　13　　 about him．She said that all the countries concerned had promised to do their best to help her find her son．With that she 　　14　　 down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while．Gradually she 　　15　　 down and started to speak as planned．It was a very 　　16　　 scene which exposed a new side of Mrs．Thatcher's 　　17　　 the public do not usually see, so people began to 　　18　　 about the Iron Woman’s motherly love, a feeling that is common to all human race．

　　Later Mark returned safe and sound to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual, 　　19　　 nothing unusual had ever happened．The Iron Woman, however, broke down again and was 　　20　　 sobbing for the second time．

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　　Beijing is a firm favorite(幸运儿)to win the bid(竞标)for the 2008 Olympics, according to the International Olympic Committee(IOC)．

　　The Chinese capital’s bid came first with four 　　1　　 cities on Monday, when the IOC 　　2　　 in half the 　　3　　 cities fighting for hosting the world’s most important sporting 　　4　　．

　　The IOC’s executive(执行的)committee said that the five cities will be Beijing, Istanbul, Osaka, 　　5　　 and Toronto．

　　The host city will be 　　6　　 at the IOC session(会议)next July in Moscow．The 2000 Olympic Games 　　7　　 in Sydney and the 2004 Olympic 　　8　　 be held in Athens．According to IOC sources Beijing is 　　9　　 to win the 2008 Olympics bid．The Chinese capital lost out to Sydney by 　　10　　 two votes(选票)for the 2000 Olympics．

　　The committee had suggested that only four cities should be 　　11　　 for the final vote 　　12　　 it is believed IOC president Juan Antonio Samaranch 　　13　　 hard for the Turkish capital to be included．

　　Istanbul has bid for the past three summer Olympics and Samaranch was 　　14　　 not to upset them according to sources within the executive board．

　　Osaka, Japan’s second largest city, was included in the 　　15　　 round because of their 　　16　　 financial support for the Olympic movement, 　　17　　 the source．

　　Paris i s 　　18　　 to hid for 2012 if they 　　19　　 Beijing．Toronto is considered an outsider 　　20　　 Istanbul．

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　　I consider myself something of an expert on apologies．A quick temper has 　　1　　 me with plenty of chances to make them．In one of my earliest 　　2　　, my mother is telling me,“Don’t watch the 　　3　　 when you say,“I’m sorry”．Hold your head up and look straight at the person in the 　　4　　, so he’ll know you 　　5　　 it．

　　My mother thus made the key point of a 　　6　　 apology：it must be direct．You must never 　　7　　 to be doing something else．You do not 　　8　　 a pile of letters while apologizing to a person 　　9　　 in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your 　　10　　．You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat 　　11　　, by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad 　　12　　．

　　One of the important things we should have for an 　　13　　, apology is a readiness to answer for our careless mistakes．We are used to making 　　14　　, which leaves no 　　15　　 for the other person to 　　16　　 us．Since most people are open-hearted, the no excuse apology leaves both parties feeling 　　17　　 about themselves．That, after all, is the 　　18　　 of every apology．It 　　19　　 little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault：answering for one’s 　　20　　 encourages others to take their share of the blame．

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　　I was 15 when I walked into McCauley’s Bookstore in Ashland．As I was looking at titles(标题)on the shelves, the man behind the counter(柜台), 　　1　　, asked if I’d like 　　2　　．I needed to start 　　3　　 for college, so I said yes．I 　　4　　 after school and during summers for the lowest wages(薪金), and the job helped 　　5　　 my freshman(or first)year of college．I would work many other jobs：I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid(or waitress)and 　　6　　 made maps for the U.S．Forest Service．But selling books was one of the most satisfying(令人满意的)．

　　One day a woman asked me for books on cancer．She seemed fearful(or much afraid)．I showed her almost 　　7　　 we had at that time in store and found other books we could order(定货)．She left the store less 　　8　　．I’ve always remembered the 　　9　　 I felt in having helped her．

　　Years later, as a 　　10　　 in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant(移民)child who was born 　　11　　 his fingers connected(or joined together), web-like．His family could not afford(or pay for)a corrective(矫正；整形)operation, and the boy lived in 　　12　　, hiding his hand in his pocket．

　　I 　　13　　 my boss to let me do the story．After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the 　　14　　 for free．

　　I visited the boy in the recovery(康复)room soon after the operation．The first thing he did was to hold up his 　　15　　 hand and say,“Thank you.”I felt a sense(感觉)of 　　16　　．

　　In the past, while I was 　　17　　, I always sensed(or felt)I was working for the customers(顾客), not the store．Today it’s the 　　18　　．NBC News pays my salary(工资), 　　19　　 I feel as if I work for the 　　20　　, helping them make sense of(or find the meaning of)the world．

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　　Surfing：It’s Not Just for Boys Anymore

　　If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball．I happen to be one of the few girls who would 　　1　　：surfing(冲浪运动)．But isn’t that a boy thing?Some people 　　2　　．Most certainly not．

　　I started surfing about five years ago and 　　3　　 in love with the sport on the very first day．Riding that first 　　4　　 was the best feeling I had ever experienced．

　　When I try to 　　5　　 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my 　　6　　, there’s nothing like it．It involves(牵涉到)body, 　　7　　, and soul．There’s sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 　　8　　 us．The feeling I get when I’m surfing across that 　　9　　, becoming one with the 　　10　　, is like I’m weightless．

　　The one thing I can 　　11　　 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge(挑战)．You can never be the“best surfer”because the ocean 　　12　　 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master．The variations of surfing styles are wonderful．Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive(活跃有力的)and 　　13　　．All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 　　14　　 from any other sport．

　　I’ve 　　15　　 to tell every girl I know to do something that people don’t think girls can do．It’s part of being human to advance to new 　　16　　, so shouldn’t it be expected that girls should step up and start 　　17　　 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate(主宰)？

　　There’re women 　　18　　 side by side with the President of our country, so why not side by side with the boys 　　19　　 the football team or out in the water surfing?Give girls a chance to 　　20　　, and they will．

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　　People associate(与……联系)colors with different things and feelings．Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life．People say red is an 　　1　　 and active color．They associate red with a strong feeling like 　　2　　．Red is used for signs of 　　3　　, such as STOP signs and fire engines．Orange is the bright, warm color of 　　4　　 in autumn．People say orange is a 　　5　　 color．They associate orange with happiness．Yellow is the color of 　　6　　．People say it is a 　　7　　 color．They associate yellow too, with 　　8　　．Green is the cool color of grass in 　　9　　．People say it is a refreshing color．

　　In general, People 　　10　　 two groups of colors．Warm colors and cool colors．The warm colors are red, orange and 　　11　　．Where there are warm colors and 　　12　　 light, people usually want to be 　　13　　．Those who like to be with 　　14　　, like red．The cool colors are 　　15　　 and blue．Where there are these couloirs, people are usually worried．

　　Some scientists say that time seems to 　　16　　 more slowly in a room with warm colors．They 　　17　　 that a warm color is a good 　　18　　 for a living room or a 　　19　　．People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly．　　20　　 colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly．

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