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　　The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break．She seemed so small as she pushed her way 　　1　　 the crowd of boys on the playground．She 　　2　　 from them all．

　　I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing 　　3　　．She would practice dribbling(运球)and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 　　4　　．One day I asked her 　　5　　 she practiced so much．She looked 　　6　　 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, "I want to go to college．The only way I can 　　7　　 is that if I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball．I want to be 　　8　　．My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count．"

　　Well, I had to give it in to her－she was 　　9　　．One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 　　10　　 in her arms．I walked toward her and quietly asked what was 　　11　　．"Oh, nothing," came a soft reply．"I'm just too short．" The coach told her that at her height she would probably 　　12　　 get to play for a top ranked team, 　　13　　 offered a scholarship．So she 　　14　　 stop dreaming about college．

　　She was 　　15　　 and I sensed her disappointment．I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet．She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong．They just didn't 　　16　　 the power of a dream．He told her 　　17　　 she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 　　18　　 could stop her except one thing-- her own attitude．He told her again," if the dream is big enough, the facts don't count．"

　　The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter(招聘人员)．She was indeed offered a 　　19　　．She was going to get the college education that she had 　　20　　 and worked toward for all those years．

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　　Michel is a young girl who works for the police 　　1　　 a handwriting expert(专家)．She has helped 　　2　　 many criminals(罪犯)by using her special talents(天才)．

　　When she was fourteen, Michel was already 　　3　　 interested in the differences in her friends' 　　4　　 that she would spend hours 　　5　　 them．After 　　6　　 college she went to France for a 　　7　　 two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science．

　　Michel says that it is 　　8　　 for people at hide their handwriting．She can discover 　　9　　 of what she needs to know simply 　　10　　 looking at the writing with her own eyes, 　　11　　 she also has machines 　　12　　 help her 　　13　　 out different kinds of paper and ink．This knowledge is often 　　14　　 great help to the police．

　　Michel believes that handwriting is a good 　　15　　 of what kind of person the 　　16　　 is．"I wouldn't go out with a fellow 　　17　　 I didn't like his handwriting．" She says．But she 　　18　　 she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman 　　19　　 she studied his handwriting．It is later proved to be 　　20　　, however．

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　　When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born．I loved this bird; I would 　　1　　 him for hours．He would 　　2　　 effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 　　3　　 and float there beautifully．Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move 　　4　　 into the grasses．We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 　　5　　 “pink-colored feet”; meksikatsi and I became very good friends．

　　The bird had a very particular significance to me 　　6　　 I desperately wanted to be able to fly too．I felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 　　7　　 was impossible．And most of the things that I 　　8　　 about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other people．

　　When I was ten years old, something unexpected 　　9　　 my life suddenly．I found myself become an 　　10　　 child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 　　11　　 position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but 　　12　　 two cultures．

　　A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what 　　13　　 people have called that bird for thousands of years．Meksikatsi, he said, was really “duck”．I was very 　　14　　 with English．I could not understand it．First of all, the bird did not look like “duck”, and when it made a 　　15　　, it did not sound like “duck”, I was even more 　　16　　 when I found out that the meaning of the verb “to duck” came from the bird．

As I 　　17　　 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 　　18　　, but I never forgot that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning．I 　　19　　 that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different 　　20　　, totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world．

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　　Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved．That person was my stepmother(继母)．

　　I was nine years old when she entered our home in rural Virginia．My father 　　1　　 me to her with these words：“I would like you to meet the fellow who is 　　2　　 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no 　　3　　 than tomorrow morning．”

　　My stepmother walked over to me, 　　4　　 my head slightly upward, and looked me right in the eye．Then she looked at my father and replied, “You are 　　5　　．This is not the worst boy at all, 　　6　　 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet(释放的途径)for his enthusiasm．”

　　That statement began a(n)　　7　　 between us．No one had ever called me smart．My family and neighbors had built me up in my 　　8　　 as a bad boy．My stepmother changed all that．

　　She changed many things．She 　　9　　 my father to go to a dental school, from which he graduated with honors．She moved our family into the county, where my father’s career could be more 　　10　　 and my brother and I could be better 　　11　　．

　　When I turned fourteen, she bought me a secondhand 　　12　　 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer．I knew her enthusiasm, I 　　13　　 it had already improved our lives．I accepted her 　　14　　 and began to write for local newspapers．I was doing the same kind of 　　15　　 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later．I wasn’t the 　　16　　 beneficiary(受益者)．My father became the 　　17　　 man in town．My brother and stepbrothers became a physician, a dentist, a lawyer, and a college president．

　　What power 　　18　　 has! When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is 　　19　　 strengthened by faith, it becomes an irresistible(不可抗拒的)force which poverty and temporary defeat can never 　　20　　．

　　You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it．This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm．

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　　It was Tom's first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey on London's Underground Railway．And against his friends' 　　1　　, he was determined to travel 　　2　　．

　　He entered the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon．This is a 　　3　　 time to travel in London, 　　4　　 crowds of people go home from work at this hour．He 　　5　　 to join a long line of people waiting for tickets．When at last his 　　6　　 came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the ticket seller．　　7　　, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the 　　8　　, he also found the right platform．It was 　　9　　 with people．He did not 　　10　　 to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better 　　11　　 to get on the next one．When this train came in, Tom was 　　12　　 forward onto the train by the 　　13　　 of people from behind．The doors closed and the train moved off．He was unable to see the 　　14　　 of the stations where the train 　　15　　, but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth 　　16　　 along the line．When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling 　　17　　 that his journey　had been so easy．But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never 　　18　　．He explained his 　　19　　 to a man who was standing on the platform．With a 　　20　　 on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite direction．

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　　You are travelling on an ocean ship when, suddenly a giant wave causes the ship to overturn．Hundreds of people die 　　1　　, but you and several others 　　2　　 in the ballroom．Would you stay there and 　　3　　 for help? Or would you try, 　　4　　 the danger, to find your way out of the ship?

　　This is the 　　5　　 faced by the characters in the film “Poseidon”．

　　Trapped in the ballroom of the overturned ship, the 　　6　　 orders the surviving guests to wait for help．A small group of people 　　7　　 to accept this fate．They try to escape, knowing that there will be no way back 　　8　　 the captain locks the doors behind them．

　　At the time of the disaster, each of the characters is trying to overcome personal problems in their own lives．All must face their 　　9　　 and make life and death decisions．

　　Architect Richard Nelson is preparing to kill himself when the wave hits．He feels depressed over the 　　10　　 of his relationship with his partner．But he is forced to fight 　　11　　 his life, and learns to want to live again．He realizes he must 　　12　　 the past and not think too much about the bad．

　　Robert Ramsey, a fireman, decides to 　　13　　 his own life so that his daughter, Jen, 　　14　　 live．He swims to the ship’s control room 　　15　　 he must press a switch to change the direction of the ship．

　　He knows he will likely 　　16　　 in the process, but just as surely, he knows that it’s the only way his friends can escape．His actions give the others a chance to reach 　　17　　．They escape from the ship just before it 　　18　　, killing all those waiting inside and Jen’s father as well．All the characters who survive feel 　　19　　 to be alive, but they are also aware that their own 　　20　　, bravery and determination saved their own lives．

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　　Before discussing different kinds of emotions, let us briefly talk about how researchers 　　1　　 bodily processes, actions and behavior, and how this relates to what we do in our daily lives when we observe emotions in 　　2　　．

　　Bodily processes can be directly measured by 　　3　　 of a polygraph(测谎仪)．When a polygraph is skillfully used to 　　4　　 how we react bodily with what we are 　　5　　, it is called a "lie detector"．Bodily processes can also be measured 　　6　　．This is what we do when we observe someone blushing(脸红)．However, we are not always 　　7　　 of what bodily processes respond to．

　　Measuring action or behavior is the other way researchers assess the 　　8　　．　　9　　, one measure of fear of snakes is how 　　10　　 a person will go to the snake．Another procedure is to have a person 　　11　　 how afraid he is, or how he feels, in this way, researchers have 　　12　　 the so-called "fear thermometer" to assess a person's fear．　　13　　 our everyday living, we do very much the same thing．Only not too 　　14　　．We react to what a person does, what he says, 　　15　　 he says it, and how he looks．Is he smiling? Is his voice trembling? We put all this 　　16　　 together to infer what a person is feeling．

　　　　17　　, we do not always act as we feel．Sometimes we do things that we don't feel like doing．　　18　　 we say we feel one way and then we act another．Actors, for example, successfully learn to "make believe" emotions, or learn to 　　19　　 them．Thus we 　　20　　 always tell what a person is feeling by what he says or by what he does．

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　　I took up skydiving in my twenties．At the time the accident happened, I'd done just 30 jumps．The airfield was quiet when I 　　1　　．On board were Chris, who was taking a tourist, and Ants, the cameraman．Chris indicated I should exit first and the other three would 　　2　　．Later I knew it was this 　　3　　 that saved my life．

　　At 12,000 feet Chris rolled up the door and nodded that it was time for my exit．I put my foot on a step just beside the door, and in a(n)　　4　　 the propeller blast(螺旋桨气流)threw me against the 　　5　　 of the plane, half in, half out．I pushed and got my other leg out of the door, but in doing so I found myself 　　6　　 down the body of the plane towards the tail．My parachute(降落伞)got caught and my 　　7　　 and legs were pushed backwards, powerless, in the strong wind．

　　I was strangely 　　8　　．To a skydiver, being at 12,000 feet is a good thing．Altitude is your friend; being close to the ground is deadly and will kill you．

　　Ants appeared and 　　9　　 slowly towards me, his legs held by Chris in the door．Ants reached out and got hold of my foot．With the weight partly off, I found myself falling away from the plane, 　　10　　 freed．I waved and smiled to indicate I was fine．

　　It was actually very 　　11　　．If any one of a number of factors had been different, I would have 　　12　　．I could have hit the plane with my head．If I had been the last to exit, the pilot alone would have been unable to free me, and even if he had been aware that I was 　　13　　 underneath the plane, he would still have had to land at some point．

　　Blue Skies, Black Death is the skydivers' mantra(咒语)．On the one hand, there's the freedom and 　　14　　 of the open sky．But in order to 　　15　　 this joy, you must accept that there is usually only one result if something goes wrong．

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　　A policeman was walking along the street．In the doorway of a shop, a man was standing in the 　　1　　 light, with an unlighted cigar in his mouth．The policeman 　　2　　 and then walked up to the man．

　　“I’m just waiting for a friend here,” the man said, “It’s a(n)　　3　　 made twenty years ago．” The man struck a 　　4　　 and lighted his cigar．The light 　　5　　 a pale face with a little white scar near his right eye．“Twenty years ago tonight, when I said goodbye to Jimmy Wells, my best friend to 　　6　　 for the West to make my fortune, we 　　7　　 we would meet here again exactly twenty years 　　8　　 that date and time．” “I hope your friend will come around soon．” said the policeman, 　　9　　．

　　Twenty minutes later, a tall man hurried across the street．He went directly to the waiting man．“Is that you, Bob?” he asked．“Jimmy Wells?”　　10　　 the man with excitement．“You have 　　11　　, Jimmy．I never thought you were so tall．”

　　When they both looked at each other 　　12　　, the man said suddenly, “You’re not Jimmy Wells．Twenty years is a long time, 　　13　　 not long enough to change a man’s 　　14　　．” “It sometimes changes a good man into a 　　15　　 one,” said the tall man．“You are under 　　16　　 now．Well, here is a note from your friend．” His hand was steady when he began to read, but it 　　17　　 a little by the time he had finished．It read：“Bob：I was at the appointed place 　　18　　．When you lighted your cigar I saw it was the face of the man 　　19　　 by Chicago police．　　20　　 I couldn’t catch myself, so I went around and got a plain clothes man to do the job．”