Do you know what's sadness? For twenty years, I saved all my college course notes and textbooks. Two and a half college degrees: that's a lot of paper. Worse, I carried them around — and trust me; they weren’t light — on at least seven moves(搬迁). Yet I never once looked at them.
They sat in our basement(地下室), covered in a thick layer of dust. If books and papers could wonder, they’d wonder why they were still under our stairs after all those years. What were my plans for them? When would the Big Day come? Well, the Big Day eventually did arrive — only it was different than expected. My wife, always more accepting of change than I am, finally convinced me to recycle the entire mess. The pain I experienced was also unexpected. I didn’t feel nostalgia(怀旧), or suffer pains for long-lost magical moments of my education. No, what hurt was to come across those terrible papers I’d written, reminders of poor study habits, immaturity(幼稚), and an embarrassing lack of comprehension.
Thank goodness,I won’t have to lug those dusty, dirty things on our next move. But what really happened was a purging(清除) of personal history. At first I struggled with this. The truth is in the record — my books, my notes, and my papers were primary source materials, documenting an important time in my life. To trash them was to trash the truth.
What I’ve learned since taking this leap is that the lesson is more important than the truth. I feel as if much of my real education has been a direct reaction to killing time during my college years. The lessons aren’t in the documents—they’re now in me. So I was glad to free myself of this physical burden and the mental one too: I don’t need to relive the painful moments, as the lessons have now sunk in.
You might want to consider doing something similar.
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling1but I always knew he was2He never criticized us，but used3to bring out our best. He'd say，“If you pour water on flowers，they flourish. If you don't give them water，they die.” I4as a child I said something5about somebody，and my father said，“6time you say something unpleasant about somebody else，it's a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best7people，I would get the best8From then on I've always tried to9the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad's also always been very10At 15，I started a magazine. It was11a great deal of my time，and the headmaster of my school gave me a12：stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave，and Dad tried to sway me from my decision，13any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind，he said，“Richard，when I was 23，my dad14me to go into law. And I've15regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist，16I didn't pursue my17.You know what you want. Go and fulfill it.”
As 18 turned out，my little publication went on to become Student，a national19 for young people in the U.K. My wife and I have two children，and I'd like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad20me.
The theme park you is Disneyland. (be familiar with对……熟悉)
Long ago, there lived in Greece a learned man. He was so well-knownhis knowledge of almost everything that lots of people from all over the country came to learn from him. The great man(teach) his students whole-heartedly and answered their questions with great(patient).
One day, a student asked him, “My dear teacher, didn't you say you yourself have many more questions about things than we do?I think we students have far more than you.”
With a smile on his face, the teacher drew two circles, one as large as a big cake, the other smaller. Then he said, “Of course, I have learned much more. But it is wrong(think) a teacher has fewer questions than his students. Now, look at these two circles. The inside of the(big) one is my knowledge of things, and the inside of the smaller one is(your). Out of the circles is what is still unknown to us. Since mine is larger, I have to use the longer line to draw the bigger circle. That means I have more opportunities to face something(know). And that'sI myself have more questions than you do. The(much) you learn, the more questions you have. You will never learn enough, you know.”
Come and join us to celebrate his birthday.
Picture Drawing Let's decorate Wally's home together— School students under 12 are invited to draw pictures of Wally Time: 12:30p.m.—2:30p.m. Place: Children's Park |
Grandpa Lin's Story Time Where is Wally from? What is Wally's favorite food? Is Wally married? … … … Want to know more about Wally? Let Grandpa Lin tell you!! The Little Theatre 10:30a.m.—11:30 |
The Birthday Party Wally will be happy to see you at his birthday party from 3:00p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Children's Park. Come and enjoy cakes, drinks, and music, and take pictures with Wally. Special presents for people who were born on Nov.14 |
Best Wishes to Wally Write down your best wishes for Wally. wally@formosazoo.com.tw |
注意：①每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
②只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My favourite English novel is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn wrote by the American writer Mark Twain.
This novel tells the story of Huckleberry, a boy who lost his parents when he was extreme young. Nobody took care of him, so he was very kind and always ready to helping others. One great thing he did is help a black slave called Jim escape from. They met lots of different people and many difficulties on their way, but in the end they made them.
The novel is very popular for teenagers all over the world because it is a very interested adventure. Furthermore, it is recognised as first work of modern American literature.
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A. Would you like them to stop? B. Would you mind explaining that again? C. It is difficult to deal with people who are angry at you. D. If so, maybe people think that your English isn't polite. E. It can often be difficult to refuse an invitation from a friend. F. It will get the result you want and there won't be any trouble! G. You're really busy at work, but your workmate needs your help. |
Did you once make you friends angry or unhappy because of your words? Are you having trouble getting people to reply to your requests? Learn how to say things the right way with this great guide!
Could you give me five minutes? vs Go away.
When you're busy and can't do anything else, just saying "Go away" is certainly not right. You can keep everyone happy by saying "Could you give me five minutes?"
Excuse me. vs Move.
Telling someone to "Move out of the way" is very impolite. The next time someone is in your way, saying "Excuse me" is a good idea.
I'm afraid I can't. vs No.
People will think it impolite to simply say "No". The next time you have to refuse an invitation, you'd better say, "I'm afraid I can't."
Would you mind...? vs Stop it!
Someone doing something you don't like, and perhaps being impolite. To get the result you want, it's not a good idea to shout "Stop talking on your phone in the cinema!" and it's a good choice to ask them politely with the sentence, "Would you mind not using your phone in the cinema, please?"
—Really? No wonder I haven't seen him these days.
—About four months.
—_________! Your English is so good.
