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Forever Young

　　It's Girls Night Out：Mom Edition, and I'm a player in a whole new game．It occurs to me that I really don't know these 　　1　　 women．We've been circling 　　2　　 for about three years, ever since our kids started 　　3　　．We'd bump into each other in the parking 　　4　　,at Valentine's Day parties, and later as one or the other shyly 　　5　　 we all sign our kids up for softball, gymnastics or dance．Who knows 　　6　　 the five of us clumped together more than 　　7　　 of us clumped with other mothers．I suppose it happens 　　8　　, friendship circles spiraling in and around and about and anew．

　　This is the 　　9　　 time we've gathered without the kids, and I am having a 　　10　　 time saying“Janice”, as opposed to“Zoe's mom”or“Susan”, 　　11　　“Kaitlin's mom”, and so I have decided, for tonight, not to 　　12　　 any names at all．

　　The 　　13　　 has already taken our drink order．I can't believe nobody 　　14　　 beer．Nope, this is a Diet Coke and iced tea crowd．In the back of my mind I'm 　　15　　 if I'm going to be the naughty 　　16　　 who corrupts this group．

　　There is so much 　　17　　 to take care of when you are just getting to 　　18　　 people as people．One of the things we are doing is 　　19　　 dates, the years that each of us 　　20　　 from this or that．I see where this is going．

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　　Dae Jang Geum(《大长今》)is a hot new Korean TV series．Because of this series, my personal status and living standard have been greatly degraded．My girlfriend used to cook every evening．Well, now she does nothing but 　　1　　 in front of the TV when she’s not at work, and commands me,“You－go to make some instant noodles．Come and watch the play and just imagine we are enjoying Korean 　　2　　．”

　　She also swears to learn all Korean dishes in Dae Jang Geum．So she orders me to 　　3　　 the TV and record any details of Jang Geum’s cooking．But when she presented her version of Korean food, it is like the dog-meal．“You can 　　4　　 get things done if you find the right tools”, my girlfriend blamed her clumsy(笨拙的)kitchen performances on 　　5　　．So I decided to 　　6　　 her a new kitchen knife．In a store, she became unusually patient when making her selection．She finally picked one that was 　　7　　 Jang Geum’s．To prove that her slow knife skill was due to the blunt(钝的)knives, she 　　8　　 her cutting．As a result, she hurt her fingers three times．Fortunately the knife is not 　　9　　 the salesman boasts．

　　My girlfriend is a fan of Jang Geum’s Korean 　　10　　．Not only did she talk about the dress every day, she also threatened to change my tie into a butterfly knot like the one on Jang Geum’s dress．Finally, I lost my patience and took her to a maternity shop(孕妇专卖店)where I recommend one suit to her,“Do you think it looks like a Korean dress?”　　11　　, my future parents-in-law just happened to be shopping at the time．They were 　　12　　 when they saw what we were doing．

　　The Dae Jang Geum series 　　13　　 realizing the ambition of the youth．However, it fails to realize my girlfriend’s．　　14　　 being engaged in her work or study, she simply sits on the sofa every night, staring at the TV, a bag of chips in her hand．This situation has 　　15　　 even though the series is now over．

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Push!

　　At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door．He rolled over and look to his 　　1　　, and it was half past one．“I’m not getting 　　2　　 at this time,”he 　　3　　 to himself, and rolled over．

　　Then, a 　　4　　 knock followed．“Aren’t you going to 　　5　　 it?”said his wife．

　　So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs．He opened the door and there was a man 　　6　　 at the door．It didn’t take long to 　　7　　 the man was drunk．

　　“Hi, there,”slurred(嘟囔)the stranger,“Can you give me a push?”

　　“No, get lost．It’s half past one．I was 　　8　　,”Peter said and slammed the door．He went back 　　9　　 to bed and told his wife what had happened．

　　She said,“That wasn’t very 　　10　　 of you．Remember that night we had a 　　11　　 in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to 　　12　　 that man’s door to get our car 　　13　　 again?What would have happened if he’d told 　　14　　 to get lost?”

　　“But the guy was 　　15　　,”said Peter．

　　“It doesn’t matter,”said the wife．“He needs help 　　16　　 it would be the Christian thing to help him．”

　　So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs．He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouted,“Hey, do you still want a 　　17　　?”

　　And he heard a 　　18　　,“Yeah, please．”

　　So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted,“　　19　　 are you?”

　　The drunk replied,“Over here, on the 　　20　　．”

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　　Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around．She lifted children from 　　1　　 into laughter, love, and belonging．

　　Each time she found a new 　　2　　 for a child, she gave the family one of her little home-made paper roses．It had become a 　　3　　 for her, and the families didn’t ever forget it．

　　One evening, Mary was 　　4　　 a meeting for adoptive parents．One of the 　　5　　 fathers stood up to introduce himself．But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 　　6　　, red paper rose．

　　Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 　　7　　．I didn’t know the talents inside me or what was possible for me．”

　　Then Mary 　　8　　 two wonderful people into my life．They taught me what it was like to feel 　　9　　．They not only loved me 　　10　　．They opened a world of 　　11　　 that I didn’t know existed．My new parents told me,“Reach for your dreams!”

　　I did, and today I’m 　　12　　 to be giving that chance to a child who 　　13　　 just like me．My mother gave me this little rose．By now, all of you 　　14　　 where she got it so long ago．

　　Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday．And my new rose 　　15　　 a new spring, a beautiful new 　　16　　 for my own little girl．It 　　17　　 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams．

　　Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 　　18　　 our lives together．And thank you for all you’ve done for me and so many families over the years!”

　　One brief event can send our spirits soaring or 　　19　　 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning．　　20　　 it is also the very small things, like Mary’s roses, that tie together the meaningful things．

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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 was 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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　　Mr．West wanted to buy his wife a Christmas present, but he was always very busy, so he was never 　　1　　 to find time to go to the shops．At last, when it was the week 　　2　　 Christmas, and the shops were very crowded, he 　　3　　 that he could not wait any longer．He worked in an office, and 　　4　　 had lunch in a restaurant, but one day he bought some sandwiches, ate 　　5　　 quickly and went out to a big shop near his office during his lunch 　　6　　．The shop was full of women, who were also buying presents during their lunch hour．

　　Mr．West stood politely at the 　　7　　 of a crowd of women who were 　　8　　 forward to try to get to the people who were 　　9　　 necklaces and earrings．He tried to move forwards slowly, taking his turn with the others, but more and more women were 　　10　　 into the shop the whole time and pushing selfishly 　　11　　 him．

　　After half an hour, he was 　　12　　 as far from the people who were selling the necklaces as he had been 　　13　　 he came in, and his lunch hour was coming to an end, so he decided to change his 　　14　　 of doing things: he put his head down, 　　15　　 a sudden loud shout and started to push his way towards the 　　16　　 of the crowd as hard as he could．

　　The women around him became very 　　17　　 when they saw what he was doing, and began to 　　18　　 at him．“Why can’t you behave(表现)like a gentleman?”“Ladies,”he 　　19　　 to them,“I have been behaving like a gentleman for the past half hour, and it has done me no 　　20　　, so now I am starting to behave like a lady!”

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　　When Sir Winston Churchill, the great British Prime Minister, reached his eightieth birthday in November, 1954, he was presented with his portrait by a well-known modem artist, Graham Sutherland．The painting had been ordered and paid for to 　　1　　 the Grand Old Man of World WarⅡ．

　　Sir Winston and Lady Churchill were deeply moved by this 　　2　　 of respect and affection．　　3　　 of them, of course, allowed the others to see how much they both disliked the portrait．“It makes me look 　　4　　, which I am not!” protested Churchill in private(私下)．　　5　　, he only remarked that it was fine example of modern art．His friends smiled．It was known that the Churchills didn't 　　6　　modern art．

　　Churchill was so unhappy about the portrait that finally his wife had it 　　7　　．Churchill died at ninety in 1965．Lady Churchill 　　8　　 him in 1977．Shortly after her death, the public learned what had happened to the 　　9　　, and a heated argument broke out．The painter was 　　10　　 sad．The artist community, shocked and 　　11　　, said that the destruction of the picture had been a crime(罪行)．Historians said that they regretted the disappearance of a(n)　　12　　 document．All agreed that the Churchills didn't have the 　　13　　 to do what they had done．

　　Graham Sutherland had told Churchill that he would 　　14　　 him “as he saw him”．Churchill never had a chance to see the work in 　　15　　 since the painter 　　16　　 to show it to him．He found out only 　　17　　 he received his present that Sutherland had seen him 　　18　　 a heavy, sick, tired old man．Since he hated old age, he was naturally 　　19　　．

　　Who has the right to a work of art, the owner, the donor, or the artist who created it?Was the portrait a good one, as many(including the painter)said?Or was it bad as others thought?None of these questions have been answered yet to everybody’s 　　20　　．

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　　This report presents facts of home computer used by a group of young people．It is a common belief that teenagers today know about 　　1　　 and are familiar 　　2　　 using them in all their lives．We decided to try to 　　3　　 if this was true．

　　We questioned thirty people between 14 and 18．All the teenagers we 　　4　　 said they had computers at home．We asked them how much time they spent on their computers in an average week, 　　5　　 we were most interested in 　　6　　 they used their computers 　　7　　．

　　The average time 　　8　　 on a computer in a week was about 12 hours, with the highest user average 32 hours and the lowest user 　　9　　 5 hours．There was 　　10　　 important different between boys and girls．

　　All of the people questioned said they regularly used the computer to 　　11　　 games．Fourteen told us they did some word-progressing at home, but not very much．Only two said that computers 　　12　　 them with their studies, 　　13　　 eight people told us they kept address and telephone numbers on their computers 　　14　　 used them writing diaries．Only three people said they were learning to program computers．But 　　15　　 of the people used their computers for 　　16　　 purpose．

　　The results make it known that average computer use is quite high 　　17　　 teenagers．They also show quite clearly that computers are seen by most young people 　　18　　 little more than game machine．The only important uses are for word-procession and organizing address lists．It 　　19　　 to us that, although computers are popular with British youths, they have not 　　20　　 become useful tools in their daily life．

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　　Chinese tennis is entering a golden time．In recent years there has been an explosion(激增)of 　　1　　 female tennis players bursting onto the global scene．And this couldn’t have come at a 　　2　　 time with the 2008 Beijing Olympics just months 　　3　　．

　　These young girls have both strong will and talent．　　4　　 the way is Li Na, who may have the 　　5　　 name in women’s tennis, but she has a big reputation(名气)．Li Na is China’s top ranked player and the first to have 　　6　　 into the world’s top 20．

　　After 　　7　　 nearly six months of the season with a serious injury, the 25-year-old 　　8　　 an impressive comeback by winning the Australian Women’s Hardcourt Tennis Championships．

　　In the world of professional tennis, Li’s refreshing sense of humor proved to be a hit both on and 　　9　　 the court(球场)．

　　“My husband said he had a special gift for me 　　10　　 I won,”Li Na said after lifting the prize cup．“That’s 　　11　　 I tried so hard today．I wanted a special gift．”

　　The Wuhan girl 　　12　　 tennis at the age of eight after being discovered by a coach who had 　　13　　 her playing badminton．After years of hard training, Li Na turned 　　14　　in 1999 and has become one of the most successful Chinese tennis players．

　　With her solid groundstroke(击落地球)and aggressive(攻击的)mindset, she 　　15　　 the first Chinese tennis player to win a WTA Tour 　　16　　．Then two years later, she was the first Chinese to make 　　17　　 into the last 16 of Wimbledon, which led to her being 　　18　　 number 16 in the world last January．

　　Li is now looking forward to winning a 　　19　　 at the Olympics．“The Olympics are very important for us,”she said．“I am more motivated after my recovery 　　20　　 I feel my desire for the Olympics is bigger than ever before．”

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Dear Future Me,

　　Happy 30th birthday!It's me, your 20-year-old 　　1　　．Do you still remember the day when you wrote this e- mail?

　　The other day, Rachel was having her 30th birthday, and she was 　　2　　 out thinking that she had achieved nothing．It 　　3　　 me that I should make resolutions about what I want to 　　4　　 before my 30th．

　　This idea got me to 　　5　　 my future．Before, my life was 　　6　　 with the only theme-college．Now, looking 　　7　　, there will be people I have to get along with though I may 　　8　　 them, and things I have to deal with which I 　　9　　 to regard as worthless．The way to 　　10　　 is not cold war or stubbornness(固执)　　11　　 compromise and communication．

　　What I am going to 　　12　　 is a society, not a locked classroom．So what are you doing?Do you still lock yourself up when you 　　13　　 people around?

　　I know I am shy and only 　　14　　 my attention on study．But I 　　15　　 hope that you are not like me, a mind easily affected by the outside world．After years of experience, hopefully you have 　　16　　 out of that small world and hold a place of your own．

　　　　17　　, there are also things that I don’t want you to change．Are you still the guy who 　　18　　 his judgment and has faith in life?Remember：try to find something 　　19　　 in spite of difficulties．

　　I hope you are the way I want to be．But no matter what you are doing or what your life is like, I’ll always 　　20　　 you．Just be happy and healthy．That’s all I asked for．

Yours

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