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　　The English Language has a huge number of verbs．　　1　　 take, for example．In other languages you will find one word which means take, and if you’re 　　2　　 there may be two．But just look at English：there’s clutch, clasp, get, grab, grasp, snatch, seize, snaffle, collar and appropriate, to name just a few．

　　How can even the 　　3　　 foreign learner of English hope to 　　4　　 this vast vocabulary? The only sure way is by having a British friend to practise it with．And the best kind of friend to guide you on this 　　5　　 of linguistic discovery is a romantic one．To learn the language side-by-side, hand-in-hand, cheek-to-check, heart-to-heart with a native speaker．A 　　6　　, however：the foreign visitor is advised against trying to reach the love 　　7　　 to the point of actually marrying a Brit．　　8　　 couples in this country do not normally talk to one another, but 　　9　　 by glances, frowns, coughs, whistles and the occasional note on the breakfast table－none of which is very 　　10　　 for the English language learner．

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　　I was in a department store with my mom, aunt, and my sister a few days ago．　　1　　, I am one of those people who do not like to go shopping with my family．However, I decided this time to 　　2　　 them．

　　My aunt and I were 　　3　　 for some things to buy for our family when I noticed two 　　4　　 on the side．One of them had a little girl sitting on it with her 　　5　　 nearby and the other one was 　　6　　．So, I decided to sit down．While I was 　　7　　 my own thing there, I 　　8　　 that the family were not in front of the 　　9　　 anymore．I saw the girl 　　10　　 and look around for her family．She came back and I saw her in 　　11　　, crying．

　　I knew that she 　　12　　 her family and was all by herself．Now, I am sure that almost everybody has been lost in a department store or 　　13　　 big before and we all know that feeling．　　14　　 I went up to her and asked what was 　　15　　 and in between tears she told me she was lost．I 　　16　　 her a smile card I just bought．You should have seen the 　　17　　 on her face when she read it．Then I went up to customer service center and 　　18　　 them what happened．People there promised to 　　19　　 her．After I left, the little girl's parents went there and I could see them looking around for the person who had found their daughter and given her the 　　20　　．Little did they know it was a regular teenager who did it．

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　　John Perry stood up and looked around again．The island had been a good place to find shells．But now how could he make the 　　1　　 move out to sea…?If they swam out to sea he could jump in and get to shore 　　2　　 they saw him．

　　He saw the sharks rolling and playing．Their 　　3　　 was now gone and they were killing for fun．How could he make them move away?

　　He drew his knife from his belt．Sharks can 　　4　　 blood, he thought．He put the knife against his leg and cut deep into the 　　5　　．The blood ran out and he caught it on his white shirt．When the shirt was red and wet, he tied some cloth around his leg to 　　6　　 the flow of blood．He then tied a long piece of cloth to the shirt, threw it into the water and 　　7　　 it with the piece of cloth．

　　The sharks smelled the blood and came 　　8　　 toward the shirt．He ran down the sand reef, pulling the shirt and the sharks raced after it．He was 　　9　　 them away from shore．Suddenly he dropped the cloth, turned toward the 　　10　　 and ran as fast as he could．He jumped in the water and swam．

　　He was halfway across 　　11　　 he turned to look back．A high bony fin(鳍)was 　　12　　 through the water toward him．He put his face in the water and kicked and splashed(拍打)himself 　　13　　 as fast as he could．The shore was near now．

　　He lifted his head again to 　　14　　 and he saw the shore very near．From behind he felt the water rush toward him, almost pushing him, helping him．And then a great gray body hit him and almost rolled him over in the water．He touched the shore with 　　15　　 and he pulled himself up the stones．The shark, 　　16　　 by the smell of blood and the chase(追逐), went wildly after him．Its great body crashed against 　　17　　．

　　The end came quickly and the water was covered with the shark's blood．The injured shark was eaten up 　　18　　 by others as it tried to escape．

　　Perry slowly struggled 　　19　　 his feet．

　　“So,”he said,“you did not get me．”And he looked down at the sharks still eating 　　20　　 they weren't hungry．He climbed up the stones and walked toward the village．

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　　More and more electronic devices and services in our daily life mean we have too many passwords and numbers to remember．Passwords help us protect our 　　1　　 and privacy, however, however, they also bring us a lot of 　　2　　．

　　Every day I need to remember much 　　3　　 information．Every morning I 　　4　　 my cell phone-it needs a password．I get to work and I have to have 　　5　　 my computer with a password．Like many people in Britain, I have two bank 　　6　　．One needs a five-digit number and a password; 　　7　　 needs a six-digit number and a memorable place name．I have an online savings account that needs a different password 　　8　　 the password for my bank account．

　　　　9　　 you never use a computer, you can be 　　10　　 by the password overload．Look in your wallet．Your probably 　　11　　 four or five credit cards．In these days of chip and pin, these are virtually useless if you do not have the magic four-digit numbers．The banks 　　12　　 you not to have the same number for all your cards．Give me a break．Am I going to carry five different random(随机的)four-digit numbers in my head?　　13　　, I'm not Good Will Hunting．

　　I've tried systems to help me 　　14　　－such as using the names of favorite films or members of my extended family; but none seems to 　　15　　．So what is the solution?

　　If you are a technical expert, you can download a“password safe”．These are programs that 　　16　　 all your passwords so they can be used for accessing sites．The problem is that you can only use this on your home computer, and if that get 　　17　　 you are in trouble．

　　Some of the banks are starting to 　　18　　 customers a“dongle(适配器)”, which is a portable password device that plugs into your computer．This is an electronic version of writing the password down on a piece of paper．The 　　19　　 is that dongles cost money and if the one your bank gives you doesn't let you store other websites' passwords, you could 　　20　　 carrying a dozen dongles in your pocket．

　　Well, putting all your cash in a box under the bed never seems so attractive．

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　　Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments．One of the most unforgettable 　　1　　 when I was teaching second 　　2　　 10 years ago．

　　In May I decided to plan something special for the children; a Mother's Day tea．We had put our heads together to 　　3　　 ideas of how to 　　4　　 our mothers．We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards．We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother's Day．I was surprised and 　　5　　 to learn that every mother was planning to attend．I 　　6　　 invited my own mother．

　　Finally, the big day arrived．Each child 　　7　　 up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom．　　8　　 it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy．His mother hadn't shown up and he was looking 　　9　　．

　　I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy．“Jimmy,”I said,“I have a bit of problem here and I was 　　10　　 if you could keep my mother 　　11　　 while I'm busy．”

　　My mom and Jimmy sat at a table．Jimmy 　　12　　 my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had 　　13　　 the day before．Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep 　　14　　．

　　Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment．Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy, I had the students complete an outline of the day's 　　15　　 and an evaluation of our trip．Then I collected the students' booklets and checked them to see if 　　16　　 was completed．When I came 　　17　　 Jimmy's page, he had written“Remember our Mother's Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs, Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too．”

　　I told him I really enjoyed what he had written．He looked rather embarrassed and 　　18　　 his own thanks and walked away．Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug．“Thanks again．No one even knew my mother didn't 　　19　　 it．”

　　I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had 　　20　　 stopped hugging teachers years ago．

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　　After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children．As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 　　1　　, and they went off their usual route to see what it was．They found a 　　2　　 in flames．Mary said,“Oh, well, it isn't our fire, let's go home．”

　　But John 　　3　　 closer and screamed,“That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant．He wouldn't be 　　4　　 works yet, maybe there is something we could do．”It has nothing to do with us, Mary 　　5　　．

　　But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 　　6　　．A woman on the lawn was screaming,“The children! Get the children!”John 　　7　　 her by the shoulder saying,“Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!”“In the 　　8　　,”cried the woman,“down the hall and to the left．”

　　In spite of Mary's disagreement John 　　9　　 for the basement which was full of smoke and 　　10　　 hot．He found the door and two children．　　11　　 he left he could hear some more sobbing．He 　　12　　 the two badly frightened children into 　　13　　 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there．They told him 　　14　　 more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed,“John! Don't go back! It's 　　15　　!That house will fall down any second．”

　　　　16　　 he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children．As he climbed up the 　　17　　 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 　　18　　 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 　　19　　 and fresh air, he found that he had just 　　20　　 his own children．

　　The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping．

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　　Shopping habits in the United States have changed greatly in the last quarter of the 20th century．

　　　　1　　 in the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street．Main Street was always in the heart of a town．This street was 　　2　　 on both sides with 　　3　　 businesses．Here, shoppers walked into stores to look at all sorts of merchandise(商品)：clothing, furniture, hardware, groceries．　　4　　, some shops offered 　　5　　．These shops included drugstores, restaurants, shoes repair stores, and barber or hairdressing shops．

　　　　6　　 in the 1950s, a(an)　　7　　 began to take place．Too many cars had crowded into Main Street 　　8　　 too few parking places were 　　9　　 to shoppers．Because the streets were crowded, merchants began to look with interest at the 　　10　　 spaces outside the city limits．

　　Open space is what their car-driving customers needed．And it is what they got 　　11　　 the first shopping centre was built．Shopping centres, or rather malls, 　　12　　 as a collection of small new stores 　　13　　 crowded city centres．　　14　　 by hundreds of free parking space, customers were drawn away from 　　15　　 areas to outlying(偏远的)malls．And the growing 　　16　　 of shopping centres led 　　17　　 to the building of bigger and better stores．

　　　　18　　 the late 1970s, many shopping malls had almost developed into small cities themselves．In addition to providing the 　　19　　 of one-stop shopping, malls were transformed into landscaped parks 　　20　　 benches, fountains, and outdoor entertainment．

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　　It seems like everywhere a person goes there is at least one person with a cell phone to his ear．Even in places 　　1　　 cell phone usage is banned such as concert halls or movie theatres there is the 　　2　　 offender, or at least a few people using the text messaging feature 　　3　　 their phones．

　　Cell phone usage has 　　4　　 over the past decade and continues to rise．Nearly 200 　　5　　 people in the United States have cell phones and there are 　　6　　 over one billion users worldwide．That means there are a lot of phones 　　7　　 their frequencies over the airwaves at any given time．

　　Concern has arisen over whether or not cell phone usage 　　8　　 harm a person's health．Brain cancer rates in the United States have risen since call phones were 　　9　　, leading some people to wonder if cell phone usage is the reason for the 　　10　　．

　　Some people say the biggest danger 　　11　　 cell phones isn't from the either real or perceived potential to develop cancer, but from 　　12　　 while using the cell phone．How many of us have seen vehicles driving 　　13　　 erratically(不稳定地)down the road．And we often see when we get near the vehicle the driver on a cell phone is 　　14　　 on a cell phone．It is a proven fact that a driver on a cell phone is 　　15　　 attentive and more likely to get in an accident．And, hands-free sets aren't the 　　16　　 that some people may believe．Yes, they 　　17　　 both hands for driving and prevent a person from getting a sore(酸疼的)arm, 　　18　　 the driver's mind is still 　　19　　 the conversation and therefore less attentive to what is 　　20　　 around him or her on the road．

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　　What do people do with their old, out-of-date(老式的)but still useful computers?　　1　　 people don't know what to do with them．Many old computers are 　　2　　 in people's homes．Many more are simply thrown out with 　　3　　．

　　Finally, some 　　4　　 are thinking of ways to bring down 　　5　　 old computers．Sony has agreed to help 　　6　　 old Sony products．Dell and HP now also take back some old computers．

　　In some countries, laws are being passed, too．Computer companies will have to pay for 　　7　　 and recycling their used products．And 　　8　　 of computer waste must be recycled．The 　　9　　 behind the laws is that computer companies themselves should pay the cost．That will encourage them 　　10　　 computers that are easier and cheaper to repair and upgrade(升级)．

　　Yet while many people are throwing away good computers, 　　11　　 cannot afford them at all．　　12　　 organizations are working to solve this problem．They collect and repair old computers．Some also teach others how 　　13　　 computers．

　　The computers then go to schools, charities(慈善机构)and people who need them．　　14　　 a used computer to one of these organizations can turn one person's rubbish into 　　15　　 useful thing and cut down waste, too．

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　　My son was badly hurt in a fire．After he 　　1　　 from a series of treatments, the doctors told him they would not do any operation for six months 　　2　　 it took long for the skin to stop shrinking(收缩)．So, he had to return to college with a visible 10-inch 　　3　　 on his face．

I said to my son,“Keaton, 　　4　　 will pay any more attention to your scar 　　5　　 you do．If it does not bother you, it will not bother 　　6　　．”He took my advice to heart and returned to school with his head 　　7　　 high－glad he was alive．

　　　　8　　, everyone has scars and shortcomings．Some of you may spend much time thinking that people would like you better 　　9　　 you looked different, or dressed differently, or could have a different and newer 　　10　　．

　　But you see, like Keaton's scar, people will only judge you by your looks, or your 　　11　　, or your car, if you are judging yourself by these same false 　　12　　．

　　One of my friends in college was very 　　13　　．At first, when people met him, they noticed his 　　14　　 for about 10 seconds．This man felt 　　15　　 about himself and spent most of his time 　　16　　 about other people's comfort and welfare．　　17　　, people ignored his looks．What people 　　18　　 was his kindness and his concern for them．He didn't act in an ugly way so people didn't treat him as an ugly man．

　　Therefore, concentrate on what you value 　　19　　 yourself, because if you can see that beautiful person, everyone you are in contact with will see the same 　　20　　．

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