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　　One day the employees of a large company in St Louis returned from their lunch break and were greeted with a sign on the front door．The sign said：“Yesterday the person who has been hindering(阻碍)your growth in this 　　1　　 passed away．We invite you to attend the 　　2　　 in the room that has been prepared in the gym．”

　　At first everyone was 　　3　　 to hear that one of their colleagues had died, but after a while they 　　4　　 getting curious about who this person might be．The excitement 　　5　　 as the employees arrived at the gym to pay their last 　　6　　．Everyone wondered：“Who is this person that was hindering my 　　7　　? Well, at least he's no longer here! ”

　　　　8　　 the employees got closer to the coffin and when they looked inside it they became speechless．They 　　9　　 over the coffin, shocked and in silence, 　　10　　 someone had touched the deepest part of their soul．There was a 　　11　　 inside the coffin：Everyone who looked inside it could see himself．There was also a sign next to the mirror that 　　12　　：“There is only one person who is capable of setting 　　13　　 to your growth：it is YOU．”

　　You are the only person who can revolutionize(彻底改变)your 　　14　　 because it's you that can 　　15　　 your happiness and 　　16　　 your success．Your life does not change when your family, your friends, your company and your 　　17　　 change．Your life 　　18　　 changes when you change, when you 　　19　　 your limiting beliefs, when you realize that you are the only one 　　20　　 for your life．

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　　The American parenting style is characterized by an active interest and involvement in children's lives．Parents' 　　1　　 in their children' s lives have grown greatly, 　　2　　 a generation of emotionally healthy, capable and successful adults．

　　American parents are unique in the sense that they make decisions 　　3　　 discussing issues with their children．This way of 　　4　　 may not be considered valuable in other parts of the world, where 　　5　　 cultural values drive parents to rule with an iron fist．By involving their children in the decision-making process, parents are preparing them for 　　6　　, where success is often determined by an individual's ability to make thoughtful, informed 　　7　　．American children also gain confidence from this kind of 　　8　　 power and learn to consider the consequences of their actions．

　　American parents are also constantly observing successful parenting techniques form other 　　9　　．　　10　　 people from other countries continue to get into American society, American parents take the 　　11　　 of these cultures and combine the best aspects of them with 　　12　　 American styles of child-raising．Early experiencing 　　13　　 ideas also gives American children a healthy appreciation for 　　14　　 and creates a tolerant society．

　　American parents 　　15　　 children with a strong support system and give them 　　16　　 in their own abilities．When children are fully confident that their parents are concerned 　　17　　 and affected by their behavior, they become 　　18　　 and self-assured．Tile democratic(民主的)and fair way, which Americans 　　19　　 to parenting, promotes individuals who am prepared to become strong-minded and successful 　　20　　 in the future．

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　　Years ago, there was a very wealthy man who, with his devoted young son, shared a passion for art collecting．Together, they traveled around the world, adding only the 　　1　　 art treasures to their collection．

　　One year, as winter approached, 　　2　　 engulfed(吞没)the nation, and the young man left to 　　3　　 his country．After only a few short weeks, his father received a telegram．His beloved son was 　　4　　 in action．The art collector 　　5　　 awaited more news, 　　6　　 he would never see his son again．Within days, his fears were 　　7　　．The young man had died while rushing a fellow soldier to a doctor．

　　Upset and 　　8　　 , the old man faced the coming Christmas holidays with sadness．On Christmas morning, a knock on the door awakened the 　　9　　 old man．As he opened the door, he was greeted by a 　　10　　 with a large package in his hands．

　　He introduced himself to the old man by saying,“ I was a 　　11　　 of your son．I was the one he was 　　12　　 when he died．May I come in for a few moments? I have something to show you．”

　　As the two began to 　　13　　 , the soldier told of how the man's son had told everyone of his, not to mention his father's 　　14　　 of fine art．“I am no 　　15　　 ,” said the soldier, “but I want to give you this．”

　　As the old man unwrapped the package, he saw a portrait his son．Though the world would 　　16　　 consider it the work of a genius, the painting featured the young man's face 　　17　　 striking detail．

　　Overcome with emotion, the man 　　18　　 the soldier．After the soldier had left, the old man put the painting above the fireplace, pushing 　　19　　 thousands of dollars worth of art．His task completed, the old man sat in his chair and spent Christmas gazing at the 　　20　　 he had been given．

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　　I used to live selfishly, I should admit．But one moment changed me．

　　I was on my lunch break and had 　　1　　 the office to get something to eat．On the way, I 　　2　　 a busker(街头艺人)，with a hat in front of him．I had some 　　3　　 in my pocket, but I would not give them to him, thinking to myself he would 　　4　　 use the money to feed his addiction to drugs or alcohol．He 　　5　　 like that type-young and ragged．　　6　　 what was I going to spend the money on? Only to feed my addiction to Coca-Cola or chocolate! I then 　　7　　 I had no right to place myself above 　　8　　 just because he was busking．

　　I 　　9　　 and dropped all the coins into his 　　10　　 , and he smiled at me, I watched for a while．As 　　11　　 as it sounds, I expected something more to come from that moment-a feeling of 　　12　　 or satisfaction, for example．But nothing happened 　　13　　 , I walked off．“It proved to be a waste of 　　14　　 , ”I thought．

　　On my way home at the end of the 　　15　　 , I saw the busker again and he was 　　16　　．I watched him pick up the hat and walk 　　17　　 a cafe counter．There he poured the 　　18　　 contents into a tin collecting 　　19　　 an earthquake fund-raising event．He was busking for charity!

　　Now I donate any 　　20　　 I have to charity tins and enjoy the feeling of giving．

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　　One day a few years ago we had an uninvited guest．In fact, this uninvited guest was a bird-a(n)　　1　　 , to be more precise．(精确地)

　　“What's that? ” I asked when I first heard the thump(重击声)．“It sounds like Joe is outside playing basketball, ” my wife, Anita, said．She paused and 　　2　　 more carefully．“It's coming from the 　　3　　 , ” she said．“Maybe it's one of the little 　　4　　 ”．

　　We rushed out the door．Jonathan, our youngest, was easy to make 　　5　　．“If he's making holes in the wall again…” I said as I searched there．No children at all．But there was that 　　6　　 again, coming the right up there．

　　And that's when I 　　7　　 the sparrow．It was flying 　　8　　 just inches below the ceiling．It was clearly trying to 　　9　　 , but couldn't see that the way out wasn't up, but down and out through the open 　　10　　．So the bird continued beating its wings and hitting its head against the 　　11　　．

　　“Poor thing, ” Anita said．“It must be 　　12　　．”

　　“Well, maybe it's because of me, ” I said as I moved toward it．I tried to show the bird how to glide(滑翔)down a few feet so it could get outside, 　　13　　 that only seemed to frighten it more．

　　“Why don't we just 　　14　　 for a few minutes, ” Anita suggested．“I'm sure he'll 　　15　　 at last．”

　　So we went back into the house, where we continued to hear the ongoing struggle．Then suddenly, it was 　　16　　．We looked into the garage, and our uninvited guest was 　　17　　．

　　“See? ” Anita said．“I told you he would make it．”

　　“Yeah, ” I said．“But how many knocks on the head did it 　　18　　 him? ”

　　I’ve thought about that little sparrow through the years．Just like that sparrow, we often meet situations we don't know how to 　　19　　．Born to go upward, we don't 　　20　　 consider the possibility that something good might happen if we stop flapping(拍打)around and just glide down a little bit．

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　　When you're a preteen, a huge problem might be that you just have to have a new rock-rap CD, 　　1　　 your parents won't give you the money for it．I thought life was so 　　2　　 when things like this happened-until September 11, 2001．

　　I was in P．E．when the planes hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon．As soon as I got home and for weeks after, I saw the disaster 　　3　　 on TV．Seeing the innocent people running for their 　　4　　 as the debris(瓦砾)started coming down the fire and smoke rose out of the 　　5　　 brought tears to my eyes．I couldn't help imagining what the people on the 　　6　　 and in the buildings were thinking and going through, not 　　7　　 what was going on．I admired the courage of the firefighters who rushed in and risked their own lives to 　　8　　 others．It tore my heart apart to watch the 　　9　　 looks on the faces of so many people who didn't know if their loved ones were dead or alive while 　　10　　 in all the debris．

　　Then it 　　11　　 me：All my life I had thought mainly of myself．I had it easy in life and had been taking it all for granted．

　　A feeling of coldness 　　12　　 down my back, and I cried just thinking of the possibility that it could have easily 　　13　　 to my family．My mom or dad could have been killed like that, and I would never, ever see them again．I began to evaluate what a real 　　14　　 in life was．

　　This disaster 　　15　　 me that awful things can happen to anyone at any time．Now when my mom or dad or sister go somewhere, even if it's just 　　16　　 the store, I try to remember to tell them that I love them because I know there is a 　　17　　 that I may never tell them that 　　18　　．

　　Not getting a new CD is not going to make or 　　19　　 my life．I can live with those kinds of problems．But losing someone I love would 　　20　　 make my life miserable．

　　9/11 showed me just what I am．

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A Good Custodian

　　I know a woman who tries hard to be a good custodian．I pass her every day after school as she pushes her cart down my hallway．Of course, she is my building's cleaner．

　　One Tuesday morning I came into school and saw a 　　1　　 on my desk from my custodian．

　　It seemed that some unbearable first year students had damaged the bathroom in a particularly disgusting way and she had been 　　2　　 to clean it．This took 　　3　　 than she had expected．She had left the typewritten note on my desk to 　　4　　 for not being able to clean my room as she was 　　5　　 to do．

　　At the beginning of the period, I shared her note with my first period 　　6　　 When I mentioned that our custodian had apologized to us, their first 　　7　　 was to volunteer to seek out and beat up those first year students for making our custodian have to clean up their 　　8　　．It turned out that just about all of my students also knew our custodian by name-all of them responded with smiles and 　　9　　 for a long time about this time or that time when she'd 　　10　　 each of them in the hallway．That she felt she needed to apologize 　　11　　 a strong reaction from many of the kids．

　　As the class period was about to end, I asked them to 　　12　　 the floor like I do every period and thanked them for picking up any garbage 　　13　　 it wasn't theirs．My entire class disappeared; they each disappeared instantly 　　14　　 their desks to pick up those annoying tiny pieces of paper that 　　15　　 so easily from notebooks．One girl made a(an)　　16　　 that I later used with my other classes：" Her job might be to clean the room, but she shouldn't have to clean up 　　17　　 us．There's a difference．”

　　I believe that people know the difference between right and wrong．I believe that people appreciate it when others 　　18　　 take care of them．And I believe that people, even adolescents who are not quite yet mature, appreciate it when they see someone who takes 　　19　　 in her work．Sometimes we need a 　　20　　 of the things we take for granted．．．things like a good custodian to take care of us．

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　　After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me．

　　I had to walk home since all the 　　1　　 had stopped after the quake．On my way home I 　　2　　 an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart 　　3　　．A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that read, “Please use our 　　4　　．” He was 　　5　　 his house for people to go to the restroom．

　　My friend wanted to 　　6　　 others．He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will 　　7　　 you to your house．” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a faraway place!

　　Then the next day I drove to 　　8　　 my car with gas．There was a 　　9　　 of gas now and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very 　　10　　 lines．I got 　　11　　 , since I was behind 15 cars．Finally, when it was my 　　12　　 , the man smiled and said, “　　13　　 this situation, we are only selling each person ＄ 30 worth of gas．Is that alright? ” “Of course, I'm just glad that we are all able to 　　14　　, ” I said．His smile gave me so much 　　15　　．

　　I saw a man at the evacuation(疏散)center 　　16　　 when people brought food to him, It was the first time in three days that food has been brought to their center．However, after he wiped the tears, his next 　　17　　 surprised me．“I am very 　　18　　 that we are provided with food．But people in the city next to us haven't 　　19　　 any food at all．Please go to that centre as well．” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this 　　20　　．

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Joy in the Journey

　　If you have ever been discouraged because of failure, please read on．For often, achieving what you set out to do is not the important thing．Let me 　　1　　．

　　Two brothers decided to 　　2　　 a deep hole behind their house．As they were working, a couple of older boys stopped by to 　　3　　．

　　“What are you doing? ” asked one of the visitors．

　　“We plan to dig a hole all the way through the 　　4　　! ” one of the brothers volunteered 　　5　　．

　　The older boys began to 　　6　　 , telling the younger ones that digging a hole all the way through the earth was 　　7　　．After a long silence, one of the 　　8　　 picked up a jar full of spiders, 　　9　　 and many other kinds of insects．He 　　10　　 the lid and showed the wonderful 　　11　　 to the scoffing(嘲笑的)visitors．Then he said quietly and confidently, “Even if we don't dig all the way through the earth, look at what we have found 　　12　　 the way! ”

　　Their goal was far too ambitious, but it did cause them to dig．And that is 　　13　　 a goal is for-to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, 　　14　　, to set us digging!

　　But not every goal will be fully 　　15　　．Not every job will end 　　16　　．Not every hope will come to pass．Not every love will last．Not every dream will be 　　17　　．But when you fall short of your aim, perhaps you can say, “Yes, 　　18　　 look at what I’ve found along the way! Look at the wonderful things 　　19　　 my life because I tried to do something! ” It is in the digging that life is lived．And I believe it is the joy in the journey, in the end, that truly 　　20　　．

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　　Long long ago, human beings used to walk barefoot．A king happened to travel 　　1　　 into the countryside．He was greatly troubled by the 　　2　　 roads where gravel(砾石) and broken stones pricked(使刺痛) and numbed(使麻木) his 　　3　　．When he returned to his palace he issued an order that all the roads be 　　4　　 with cattle hide(牛皮)．He thought it was beneficial not only to 　　5　　 but also to his people and hoped 　　6　　 would no longer be a painful thing

　　But 　　7　　 all the cattle in the kingdom were killed there 　　8　　 not be enough hide to get the work done．Evidently it was a stupid 　　9　　．As it was an imperial order people could do nothing but shake their heads and 　　10　　．At this juncture a clever servant in the palace 　　11　　 to make a suggestion．"Your Majesty, why don't take an easier way? You don't have to mobilize(调动)so many people, to have so many oxen killed, nor so much money 　　12　　．What you have to do is simply to cover each of your feet with a piece of hide．" Surprised and 　　13　　, the king immediately changed his mind and adopted the 　　14　　．

　　This is said to be the origin of using 　　5　　 to make shoes．Though it sounds 　　16　　 and strange, it inspires us to think．It is much easier to change oneself than to change the world．　　17　　 it will be much better for one to change oneself before one 　　18　　 an attempt to change the outer world．Why don't try to put yourself on the 　　19　　 of the person you deal with? You will find it easier to solve a problem 　　20　　 you change your way of thinking．

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