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　　A Really Really Free Market, which I just set up to bring the community together, is like a cross between a farmer’s market and a garage/yard sale, except that everything is 　　1　　! People show up with things to 　　2　　 and take what they need from other people's abundance．

　　It took a little while to be 　　3　　 and now it seems fairly busy and I arn trying to make it bigger and more．fun so that more people have 　　4　　 to the wonder that is giving without 　　5　　 of reward and receiving without being judged．

　　It 　　6　　 once a month on a Saturday afternoon and there are clothes, books, pasta, fruit, furniture-and lots of other stuff．　　7　　 One family brings play-dough, beads and pictures for the children to play with．

　　I think it's so important to give people a/an 　　8　　 to give because everyone, deep down, wants to share and help and give to others-　　9　　 they don’t think of it, or they think it’s too hard, or weak or silly somehow．I also want the people 　　11　　 to have a fun place to go where everything is free．This way there isn’t the social 　　12　　 of soup kitchens or charity because it’s just people sharing 　　13　　 no one needs to say,” Hey, I’m poor and I need help” They can 　　14　　 and go home with food and new clothes, having a good time．

　　This was a big thing for me to do because I’m not really that 　　15　　 around lots of people．I have to 　　16　　 myself for the week before every market so that I can 　　17　　 it all, and from time to time I can’t help 　　18　　 but I’m gradually getting better．

　　I think it is worth the 　　19　　 because it’s such a truly great concept, just like this site !If you have one near you please go 　　20　　, If you don’t have one then why not look it up online and start your own?

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　　“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 　　1　　 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time．　　2　　 my ambition to become a writer, I 　　3　　 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 　　4　　 the wrong goals?

　　I was at a low point 　　5　　 the voice on the radio began 　　6　　 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 　　　7　．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 　　8　　 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．

　　At seventy-eight, her fingers became 　　9　　 awkward to hold a needle．　　10　　 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 　　11　　．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 　　12　　 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 　　13　　 world－and the rest is 　　14　　．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 　　15　　 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!

　　　　16　　 I listened to the radio, my 　　17　　 changed．If Grandma Moses 　　18　　 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 　　19　　 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 　　20　　．

　　It was published eight months later．

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　　Harriet Tubman was born a slave．She didn’t get a 　　1　　 to go to school．　　2　　 a child, Harriet had to work very hard in 　　3　　 all day．That way her owner could 　　4　　 a lot of money when he sold his crops．Harriet 　　5　　 think that she was being treated fairly．

　　　　6　　 Harriet grew up, she ran away from the southern plantation to the Northern United States．There, and in Canada, 　　7　　 could be free．Harriet likes to be free．She felt 　　8　　 for all of the black people who were 　　9　　 slaves．

　　Harriet returned to 　　10　　 to help other slaves to run away．She made 　　11　　 that they got to the North and become free．Harriet was in great 　　12　　 because of a law that 　　13　　．The law said it was not permitted to 　　14　　 run-away slaves．She also 　　15　　 that the slave owners said they would 　　16　　 ＄4,000 to anyone who could catch Harriet Tubman．

　　There were many stories about Harriet 　　17　　 slaves run away．In all, she made nineteen trips back to the South and guided about 300 slaves to 　　18　　．When the Civil War broke out, the northern states 　　19　　 with the southern．Harriet 　　20　　 the northern states because the Northerners believed that slaves should be free．She worked as a nurse and spied behind enemy lines until the northern won the war．

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　　Not long ago I wasn't doing very well in exams and I was full of disappointment and negative thinking．While on the　　1　　, I met many new friends, but one in particular 　　2　　．His nickname is Colorful Day and we 　　3　　 on the Web．He told me he lost his 　　4　　 at age 　　5　　 , and felt the whole world had closed its door to him．

　　He was 　　6　　 so fast that I couldn't believe he was blind! But he continued to 　　7　　,“Five years ago, I realized it was time to change my life．I had read about Helen Keller and understood her life and 　　8　　．So I developed a website about her life 　　9　　 mine called Three Days to See．”

　　I visited his website which was well 　　10　　 and vividly presented．

　　I asked, “How did you 　　11　　 to build such a website?”he said, “Owing to the new technology, I can use software specially 　　12　　 for the blind．　　13　　 I point the cursor(光标), it will just read it out to me．We can do far more things and 　　14　　 more information than we could before．”

　　I then asked, “Didn't you have great difficulty with it?”

　　He hesitated and then began his 　　15　　 with a smiling face, “Yes, but I have faith in myself to 　　16　　 my colorful day, and modern technology gives me this medium and 　　17　　 to do it．”

　　His 　　18　　 attitude towards life made me believe that our fate offers not the cup of despair, 　　19　　 the chalice(大杯)of opportunity, I returned to my lessons, and this time with a smile on my face and with 　　20　　 of a colorful future．

　　The Internet, which opened to me to 55 different lives and cultures, has a charm you couldn't find in another wise non－virtual world．

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　　I was a single mother and I have two daughters to bring up．I just moved to Chicago this year．

　　Though I tried my best, what I 　　1　　 just made ends meet．I was always 　　2　　 of the last days of a month, during which many bills were waiting for me to pay．Now the 　　3　　 month was going to end．When I 　　4　　 the monthly bills, I saw I couldn't 　　5　　 what my girls wanted．

　　I still remembered what I had 　　6　　 my daughters．For our first Christmas in a 　　7　　 state, far from the rest of our family, I wanted to get my daughters, Tiffany and Jasmine, something 　　8　　．“What do you want from Santa this year?” I asked them．

　　“Bicycles!” they replied at once．　　9　　 they had their hopes set．But after I got the monthly bills, I 　　10　　 the money left was not enough for one bike．What could I do to get two?I turned the matter over in my 　　11　　 several times：Lord, would it be fair to my landlord to be 　　12　　 with the rent this month?Just this once?

　　Over the next few 　　13　　 I always asked myself the same question when my daughters were deep in sleep．　　14　　 the only voice I heard was my grandpa's：“Diane, whatever you do, always pay your rent on time,” he 　　15　　 to say．

　　I guess I had my 　　16　　．I slipped the rent check under the landlord's door and called the girls in．The phone rang when I was about to break the bad 　　17　　．

　　“I want you to 　　18　　 something,” my landlord said．I heard the sound of paper breaking．“That was your December rent check,” he said．“It is being 　　19　　 into a million pieces because you always pay your rent on time．Merry Christmas to you and the girls．”

　　Grandpa's kind 　　20　　,a generous landlord and some unknown reasons had added up to a Christmas gift that my daughters and I will never forget．

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　　One afternoon I went to an art museum and I was looking forward to a quiet view of the masterpiece(名作)．A young couple looking at the paintings ahead of me talked 　　1　　 between themselves．I watched them a moment and 　　2　　 she was doing all the talking．

　　I admired his patience for 　　3　　 up with the talkativeness．Annoyed(恼怒)by her noise, I moved on．

　　I 　　4　　 with them several times as I moved through the different rooms of art．　　5　　 I heard her continuous talking, I moved 　　6　　 quickly．I was at the counter of the gift shop when I 　　7　　 the couple going to the exit．Before they left, the man took out a walking stick and then tapped(敲)his 　　8　　 into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket．

　　“He's a(n)　　9　　 man, ” the clerk at the counter said．“Most of us would 　　10　　 if we are blinded at such a young age．During his recovery, he said his wife wouldn't change．So, as before, he and his wife come in 　　11　　 there is a new art show．”

　　“But 　　12　　 does he get out of the art?” I asked．“He can't see．”

　　“Can't see! You're 　　13　　．He sees a lot．More than you or I do．” The clerk said．“His wife 　　14　　 each painting so he can see it in his 　　15　　．”

　　I 　　16　　 something about patience, courage and love that day．I saw the 　　17　　 of a young wife describing paintings to a person without 　　18　　 and the courage of a husband who would not allow 　　19　　 to change his life．And I saw the love 　　20　　 by two people as I watched this couple walk away hand in hand．

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　　Not long before, my daughter's shoes were scratched with a knife．She burst into 　　1　　．I took them to the shoemaker to get them 　　2　　．

　　The young apprentice(学徒)glanced at the opening and said, "　　3　　 I can do except replace the upper．" His master looked at them and said to me, "If you 　　4　　 me, I will add more scratches on both of the shoes．"

　　I was 　　5　　 and asked why．

　　He explained, "As if the openings were made 　　6　　 for the sake of special style and reuse．"

　　Two days later I found there were indeed more scratches on 　　7　　 shoe, but all the openings were patched(打补丁)by soft red leather with edges sewed by thick thread, 　　8　　 more unique and interesting than ever．I couldn't help but 　　9　　 the master's skill．

　　Another time, my wife's sister's white blouse had been torn, leaving a large opening on the back．My wife 　　10　　 the blouse carefully, and then said, "Let me take it 　　11　　 and mend it．"

　　Seeing the blouse again, I was shocked：all the torn parts had been sewed up by thin and 　　12　　 thread and they 　　13　　 a look of ice crystal(冰晶 )hanging from a winter's branch．　　14　　, she had attached a snowman and a cabin made of flowery cotton rags onto the shirt．I 　　15　　 with praise, "It's just as beautiful as a piece of 　　16　　!"

　　"I was inspired by that craftsman．Patches are supposed to be 　　17　　, but a skillful craftsman can make it take on a kind of perfection," replied my wife．

　　Her words inspired me even more：Perfection is 　　18　　 to achieve in everything; Patches are unavoidable, so is human's life．Since you can't 　　19　　 the existence of wound, you should not expect people's 　　20　　 by exposing the wound, which reveals nothing meaningful．

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　　My father woke me up early one summer morning announcing, “Get up．You’re going with me to cut grass．” The idea 　　1　　 my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his 　　2　　 made me feel proud and 　　3　　．From sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and I 　　4　　 in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia．By the end of the day I was tired out, but felt good．I had 　　5　　 a hard day’s labour and had earned ＄6．

　　One day my father found some leaves I’d 　　6　　 and pulled me aside．“Clear away these leaves,” he said 　　7　　, “and don’t make me have to tell you to do it again．” The 　　8　　 was clear．Today I value the importance of doing a job 　　9　　 the first time．It will never 　　10　　 to impress the person you are working for．

　　After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were 　　11　　 enough to do lawns(草坪)on our own．Every Saturday, we 　　12　　 out early in the morning with the same desire and drive we had gained while working 　　13　　 our father．

　　Taking care of lawns was not exciting 　　14　　 high-paying, but that didn’t matter．It taught me that any job is a good job and that 　　15　　 I was paid was more than I had before．

　　A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone 　　16　　 possible live on a forty-hour- a –week minimum(最低的)pay．“My father never worked just forty hours a 　　17　　, and neither have I．” I replied．“If you’re only working forty hours, you probably don’t want to do 　　18　　 better than you’re doing．”

　　In every job I’ve 　　19　　－from doing lawns to washing dishes－I have learned something that helped me in my next job．If you 　　20　　 hard enough, you can learn from any job you do．

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Different things usually stand for different feelings．Red, for example, is the color of fire, heat, blood and life．People say red is an exciting and active color．They associate(使发生联系)red with a strong feeling like 　　1　　．Red is used for signs of 　　2　　, such as STOP signs and fire engines．Orange is the bright, warm color of 　　3　　 in autumn．People say orange is a 　　4　　 color．They associate orange with happiness．Yellow is the color of 　　5　　．People say it is a cheerful color．They associate yellow too, with happiness．Green is the cool color of grass in 　　6　　．People say it is a refreshing color．In general, people 　　7　　 two groups of colors：warm colors and cool colors．The warm colors are red, orange and 　　8　　．Where there are warm color and a lot of light, people usually want to be 　　9　　．Those who like to be with 　　10　　 like red．The cool colors are 　　11　　 and blue．Where are these colors, people are usually worried．Some scientists say that time seems to 　　12　　 more slowly in a room with warm colors．They suggest that a warm color is a good 　　13　　 for a living room or a 　　14　　．People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly．　　15　　 colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly．

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　　Growing up in the U．S．A．, I always wanted to experience another culture．The 　　1　　 came when I was 15．After several months of 　　2　　, I was ready to spend the second term of my first year of high school as an exchange student in Australia．

　　Landing in Perth was one of the most exciting moments of my life．I 　　3　　 then that there was no turning back．The family I would live with was waiting for me, and it would be only five days 　　4　　 the new school year started．

　　The Catholic school I 　　5　　 was different from my public school back in the States．The uniform code was very strict．We were only 　　6　　 to wear one bracelet, which had to be a watch and one necklace, which had to have a Holy Cross．I was quite intimidated(害怕的)at first, 　　7　　 never having been to a new school－even in the United States．Everything went 　　8　　, though．The teachers were welcoming and the students were friendly．

　　The most unforgettable time of my term abroad was with forty-one other international exchange students traveling around Australia during our term break．Our 　　9　　 were as extensive as our nationalities：we traveled to Sydney, Canberra, Mildura, Coober Pedy, Uluru, Kings Canyon, Alice Springs, Mount Isa, Airlie Beach, and the Cold Coast．

　　The few weeks we enjoyed together were crowded with 　　10　　．We took a day-cruise on Darling Harbor and visited the Sydney Opera House．We slept in an “underground town”．We walked around the famous Ayers Rock and went sailing on the Pacific Ocean．

　　At the end of our 　　11　　 in Australia, we had three weeks of traveling time to share our stories and help each other deal with leaving．It was 　　12　　 that our last day together was filled with tears．We packed our camp, exchanged e-mail addresses, and gathered together for a final good-bye．