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　　Reading the following accounts．A father sat at his 　　1　　 watching his monthly bills when his young son rushed into the room and 　　2　　, “ Dad, because this is your birthday and you’re 55 years old, I’m going to give you 55 　　3　　, one for each year!” When the boy started 　　4　　 good on his word, the father said, “ Oh, Andrew, don’t do it now; I’m too 　　5　　! ”

　　The youngster immediately fell silent as tears 　　6　　 in his big blue eyes．Apologetically the father said, “You can finish later．” The boy said nothing but 　　7　　 walked away from his father, with 　　8　　 written over his face．That evening the father said, “Come and 　　9　　 the kisses now, Andrew!” But the boy didn’t respond．

　　　　10　　, a few days later after this incident, the boy had an accident and was 　　11　　．His heartbroken father wrote：

　　“If only I could tell him how much I 　　12　　 my thoughtless words, and could be assured that he knows how much my heart is 　　13　　．”

　　Love is a two-way street．Any loving 　　14　　 must be warmly accepted or it will be 　　15　　 as rejection and can leave a 　　16　　．If we are too busy to give and receive love, we are too busy! Nothing is more 　　17　　 than responding with love to the cry for 　　18　　 from those who are near and 　　19　　 to us, because there may be no 　　20　　 at all as in the case of the little boy．

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　　My mother knew that she could not send me to college and pay for it．If I wanted to go to college, it was up to me to find out how to get there．I found that I 　　1　　 for some grants(助学金)．There was enough to 　　2　　 school and books, but not enough for room and board．I accepted a job as part of a work-study program．I washed dishes in the school cafeteria．My grades went 　　3　　_．It was the hardest work I had 　　4　　 done．

　　Just when I thought I was going to 　　5　　 of my college career, a friend told me that his grandmother needed help on the weekends．　　6　　 that was required of me was cooking meals．Now I would have time to study．I went to meet his grandmother and accepted the job．My first 　　7　　 was his grandmother' s great love of music．One day, she told me I didn't have enough 　　8　　 in my life and decided to teach me the art．Grandma was 　　9　　 with my ability and encouraged me to continue．Weekends became more than just books and cooking; they were 　　10　　 the wonderful sounds of the piano and two singers．

　　When Christmas break came, Grandma got a chest cold 　　11　　 I was unwilling to leave her．I hadn't been home since Labor Day, and my family was 　　12　　 to see me．I said my good-bye, 　　13　　 for her temporary care and returned home．　　14　　 I was loading my car to go back to school, the phone rang and my friend told me Grandma died．I hung up the phone feeling like my world had ended．I had 　　15　　 my friend, and that was 　　16　　 worse than knowing I would have to return to dishwashing．

　　Four weeks later, I asked to begin the work-study program again．The financial aid advisor looked at me 　　17　　 I had lost my mind．I 　　18　　 my position, then he smiled and slid me an envelope which was from Grandma．She had known how sick she was．In the envelope was enough money to pay for the rest of my school year and a request that I take piano lessons in her 　　19　　．Now, years later, when I walk by a piano, I 　　20　　 and think of Grandma．She is playing the piano in heaven, I am sure．

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An Open Heart

　　My Aunt Edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious 　　1　　 disease．

　　Aunt Edith doesn’t 　　2　　 defeat easily．She began 　　3　　 medical reports in the library and found a(n)　　4　　 in a magazine about a well-known heart 　　5　　, Dr．Michael Debakey, of Houston, Texas．He had saved the life of someone with the same disease．The article 　　6　　 Dr．DeBakey’s 　　7　　 were very high; Aunt Edith couldn’t pay 　　8　　．But could he 　　9　　 her of someone whose fee she could pay?

　　So Aunt Edith wrote to him．She 　　10　　 listed her reasons for wanting to live：her three children, who 　　11　　 be on their own(自立)in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the 　　12　　．There wasn’t a word of 　　13　　－only warmth and humor and the joy of living．She mailed the letter, not really 　　14　　 an answer．

　　A few days 　　15　　, my doorbell rang．Aunt Edith didn’t 　　16　 to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud：

　　Your beautiful letter 　　17　　 me very deeply．If you come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation．

　　That was seven years ago．　　18　　, Aunt Edith has been around the world．Her three children are happily married．For her age, she is one of the 　　19　　, most alive people I know－all because of an open-heart surgeon who knew how to honor his profession, and how to 　　20　　 his own heart．

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　　Last Christmas while staying with my parents, I 　　1　　 across some old love letters that my parents wrote to each other．These letters were all piled up in a basket, dirty and 　　2　　 with dust．Deciding to read and sort them, I asked them if I could take the letters back to my Illinois home．They 　　3　　．

　　As I carefully opened each letter, 　　4　　 of them fragile with age, I discovered a new page 　　5　　 unknown to me in this private chapter of my parents' lives．

　　My father used to 　　6　　 in the army．So his letters were full of frontline 　　7　　 of the things about the war．Each of my mother's letters was marked with her 1944 dark red lipstick kiss．I was 　　8　　 to these letters like a magnet(磁铁)．

　　Just six weeks after our Christmas visit, Daddy became very 　　9　　 and was hospitalized．This time, he was fighting a 　　10　　 kind of war．As I sat by his bedside, we discussed the 　　11　　．He told me how much receiving those lipstick-kissed letters had 　　12　　 to him when he had been so far from home．

　　It so happened that the next day would be February 14．From the 　　13　　 letters I chose the card my father had sent Mother in 1944 and brought it to my father’s bedside．

　　At his bedside, I joked with him, saying 　　14　　, "Today is Valentine's Day, don’t you want to send Mother a present?" He became more 　　15　　 when I handed him the old 　　16　　．He carefully opened it and took out the card, and when he 　　17　　 it, his eyes were filled with tears．

　　My father, in a 　　18　　 tight with emotion(情感)read the loving message he'd sent to my mother fifty-six years 　　19　　．And this time, he could read it to her in 　　20　　．

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　　When I was in seventh grade, I was a volunteer at a local hospital in my town．Most of the 　　1　　 I spent there was with Mr．Gillespie．He never had any visitors and nobody seemed to care about his 　　2　　．

　　I spent many days there holding his hand and talking to him, helping with anything that needed to be done．He became a close friend of mine, 　　3　　 he responded with only an occasional squeeze(捏)of my hand．Mr．Gillespie was in a coma(昏迷)．

　　I left for a week to vacation with my parents, and when I came back, Mr．Gillespie was gone．I didn’t have the 　　4　　 to ask any of the nurses where he was, for fear that they might 　　5　　 me he had died．

　　Several 　　6　　 later, when I was a senior in high school, I was at the gas station when I noticed a familiar face．When I 　　7　　 who it was, my eyes filled with tears．He was 　　8　　! I got up the nerve to ask him if his name was Mr．Gillespie, With a(n)　　9　　 look on his face, he replied yes．I 　　10　　 how I knew him, and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital．His eyes welled up with tears, and he gave me the warmest hug I had ever 　　11　　．

　　He began to tell me how, as he lay there comatose(昏迷的), he could hear me talking to him and could 　　12　　 me holding his hand the whole time．Mr．Cillespie 　　13　　 believed that it was my voice and touch that had kept him alive．

　　Although I haven’t 　　14　　 him since, he fills my heart with 　　15　　 every day．I know that I made a difference between his life and his death．

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　　When you are learning languages, what do you think is the most interesting? One of the most interesting of all studies is the study of words and word origins．Each language is 　　1　　 of several earlier languages and the words of a language can sometimes be traced 　　2　　 through two or three different languages to their 　　3　　．Again a word from one language may pass into other languages and 　　4　　 a new meaning．The word “etiquette,” which is 　　5　　 French origin and originally meant a label(标志), 　　6　　 a sign, passed into Spanish and kept its original meaning．So in Spanish the word “etiquette” today is used to 　　7　　 the small tags(标签)which a store 　　8　　 to a suit, a dress or a bottle．The word “etiquette” in French, 　　9　　, gradually developed a different meaning．It 　　10　　 became the custom to write directions on small cards, or “etiquette”, as to how visitors should dress themselves and 　　11　　 during an important ceremony at the royal court．　　12　　 the word “etiquette” began to indicate a system of correct manners for people to follow．　　13　　 this meaning, the word passed into English．

　　Consider the word “breakfast”．“To fast” is to go for some period of time without 　　14　　．Thus in the morning after many hours 　　15　　 the night without food, one 　　16　　 one’s fast．

　　Consider the everyday English 　　17　　 “Good-bye”．Many many years ago, people would say to each 　　18　　 on parting “God be with you．” As this was 　　19　　 over and over millions of times, it gradually became 　　20　　 to “Good-bye”．

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　　More than forty thousand readers told us what they looked for in close friendships, what they expected 　　1　　 friends, what they were willing to give in 　　2　　, and how satisfied they were 　　3　　 the quality of their friendships．The 　　4　　 give little comfort to social critics who mainly focus on the research of friendships．

　　Friendship 　　5　　 to be a unique form of 　　6　　 connection．Unlike marriage or the ties that 　　7　　 parents and children, it is not defined or regulated by 　　8　　．Unlike other social roles that we are expected to 　　9　　 as citizens, employees, members of professional societies and 　　10　　 organizations－it has its own principle, which is to promote 　　11　　 of warmth, trust, love, and affection 　　12　　 two people．

　　The survey on friendship appeared in the March 　　13　　 of Psychology Today．The findings 　　14　　 that topic of trust and disbelief are 　　15　　 to friendship．They also suggest that our readers do not 　　16　　 for friends only among those who are 　　17　　 like them,but find many 　　18　　 differ in race, religion, and ethnic(种族的)background．

　　As the rule in science, the most important 　　19　　 about friendship that comes from the statistics, 　　20　　, is not something that we found－but what we did not．

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　　Where is the bus?Why is it always late?” I asked myself．I was going to be late, 　　1　　 the manager wasn't going to be pleased．“Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on．Ten minutes later I was walking into the 　　2　　 where I work．．“Twenty-five past nine．I 　　3　　 the manager doesn't notice．” But I was not 　　4　　．

　　“Smith!” shouted the manager．“Late again．What's your 　　5　　 this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr．Brown．”“　　6　　 up earlier tomorrow!Anyway, go to your place at the counter(柜台)．We'll be opening in a few minutes．”

　　My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress．　　7　　 her was a young man of about 25．He seemed very 　　8　　, and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance．The girl drew(提取)some money and 　　9　　 about opening an account．I gave her necessary 　　10　　 and she went out．　　11　　, I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something 　　12　　 with brown paper．Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat．The next moment a loud noise 　　13　　 my ears．Everything went black．I was falling… It seemed to be a long time 　　14　　 I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed!　　15　　 shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house．　　16　　, the bus wasn't on time, and I got to the bank at 9∶25．

　　“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder．“　　17　　 of your excuses!Start work at once!” To my 　　18　　, the first customer was a girl 　　19　　 a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper．The 　　20　　!Sometimes life is full of coincidences(巧合)!

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　　Prana, our beautiful dog whose name means “breath of life”, isn't with us any more．But, she brought such joy and love into our lives that we still miss her．

　　There are so many wonderful stories about the 　　1　　 in this dog, but my 　　2　　 is this one．It was an autumn day in Minnesota．But, the 　　3　　 didn't seem to know the difference between fall and winter．　　4　　, we were 　　5　　 with a big snowfall 　　6　　 which no one was prepared．

　　We have two apple trees in our backyard．Prana loved apples．When she went outside, she'd take hold of an apple, stick it far back in her 　　7　　, and sneak it into the house to 　　8　　 for eating later．The apples had been on the ground and were often muddy so I wasn't always 　　9　　 that Prana had brought them into the house．　　10　　 my disapproval, she would turn her head so I wouldn't see her hidden 　　11　　．It was our little 　　12　　．

　　On the day that it snowed too early in the season, Prana went outside and I 　　13　　 her from the window．I 　　14　　 that she was madly digging holes and 　　15　　 the apples to the surface so they could be seen 　　16　　 the snow．I wondered why she was doing this．She seemed to be completely 　　17　　 with some kind of important task to dig up as many apples as possible during her yard time．

　　When I called her back into the house, she had her 　　18　　 one apple in her mouth．About five minutes later, I looked outside．The yard was completely covered with 　　19　　．Prana had dug up all those apples for her bird and squirrel friends to eat．She knew that they wouldn't have stored enough food to 　　20　　 such an early winter!