I got aboard and sat down in my seat．It was going to be a long flight． Around me were some 1 "Where are you headed?" I asked．
"Lakes Air Base．We'll be there for special training, and then to the front．"
After about an hour, an announcement was made that box lunches were 2 for five dollars． The journey would be several hours, and I decided to buy one．
As I 3 for my wallet, I heard a soldier ask his fellows if he would buy lunch．"No, that seems a lot of money for just a box lunch．" I looked around at the other soldiers. 4 were buying lunch．I walked to the back of the plane and 5 the flight attendant a fifty-dollar bill．
"Take a lunch to all those soldiers．" I said．She seized my arms tightly．Her eyes wet with tears, she 6 me, " My son is a soldier in the front．．．it's almost like you are doing it for him．"
Picking up ten boxes, she headed to the soldiers．
After eating, on my way to the rest room I was 7 by a man．"I saw 8 you did and I want to be part of it．" With this, he handed me twenty-five dollars．
Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming, looking at the seat numbers 9 he walked．When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his10 , and said, "I want to 11 your hand．" I stood and took his hand．With a loud voice he said, "I was a soldier．12 , someone bought me a lunch．It was such an act of 13 that I never forgot．" I was a little bit 14 when applause rang out from all of the passengers．These soldiers were giving their all for our country．I could only give them a couple of meals．
Later, when I walked to the front of the plane to stretch my legs, a man 15 another twenty-five dollars in my hand．
When we 16 , I gathered my belongings and started to leave．A man stopped me, put something in my pocket, and walked away 17 a word．Another twenty-five dollars! Seeing the soldiers 18 at the terminal, I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars．As I walked 19 to my car, I prayed for their safe 20 .
Luke didn't know what to do. He wanted to yell at Kyle, his1, because Kyle continued to 2 with his mom, Jane. She didn't demand very much from him—”Study hard, get the best 3 you can,” she told him. She tried to get it into is head that she didn't have the 4 for his college education. Not a cent could be expected! 5 studying harder, Kyle spent hour after hour playing video games on his computer. He always waited until the last minute to study for school 6 , and stayed up all night cramming(强记硬背) for them.
When Jane tried to7 him that he needed good grades to get a8, he would turn a deaf ear to her or even get angry. He said it was her9 to take care for him financially10 he graduated from college.
“Where did he get that 11 ” Luke asked. “You've12him for 10 years all by yourself. You don't 13 him a thing. He should be glad you haven't kicked him out of the apartment already. When I was in the eleventh grade, my father made it 14 to me that when I graduated from high school, I was expected to leave home. 15 Kyle thinks you have to pay his way through college!”
Jane would 16Luke to talk to Kyle. “He says you're not his father, so why should he have to listen to you”
“Well, his father's dead. He should appreciate that I'm 17 to try to help him. ”Luke said.
“Kyle will be able to learn to accept your help and advice 18. But before that, Luke, we need to try hard to get him to accept you in his heart, close to the 19 of his own father.”
“I agree and we sure have every confidence in him.” said Luke.
“Yes. And in 20 , too!” Jane reminded him.
What do photography and foster（收养的）care have in common? Apparently a lot. Jennifer Loomis, an experienced local photographer, and her husband were a childless couple, so they were considering 1 a kid. As part of their 2, they went online and visited sites containing 3 of children up for adoption. 4, the photos didn't really express the children. To Loomis' artful eye, they 5 to let people know who the children truly were. Loomis then contacted Northwest Adoption Exchange and 6 a free photo shoot（专业摄影） to help 7 children show better pictures of them to adoptive parents. The 8 readily agreed.
One child who 9 the photo shoot was Deon, a lonely child who had bounced around the foster system. With Loomis' great 10, a new and more handsome Deon was photographed. And this had a(n) 11 effect! Soon prospective parents Joanna Church and Sean Vaillancourt saw Deon's new photo on the website and were attracted by the boy with bright, happy eyes (They had previously seen his old photo, but got no 12 impression of him). Contact was made, he was 13 their home.
Now Church and Vaillancourt have become Deon's parents. The 14 was a godsend（天赐之物）to Deon. He had been in mid out of various foster homes since the age of 5, and was losing 15. At age 18, children no longer qualify for foster care and must begin to 16 themselves. This is a bitter reality for a child at age 16, 17 one who has never really found 18 from a home.
Deon is now paired with a loving family simply 19 Jennifer Loomis took a better photo of him. She has completely changed Deon's 20 and that of his adoptive parents.
"When you give someone a chance," Deon said, "you are basically saving a life."
One evening, Mr. Green was driving in his car along a lonely country road. He had 1 to a bank where he had drawn $ 50. At the loneliest part of the road a man in 2 clothes stopped him and asked for a lift. Mr. Green allowed him 3and drove on. As he talked to the man, he4that the man had been in 5 for robbery(抢劫) and had broken out of prison that very evening. Mr. Green was very6 about his 50 dollars.
Suddenly he saw a police car and had a 7 idea. He had just reached a small town where the speed limit was 30 miles per hour. He drove the car as 8 as possible. A moment later, the police car overtook(超过) him and 9 him to stop. Mr. Green 10 to tell the policeman about the escaped robber, but the man put a gun to his11. The policeman took out a 12and demanded Mr. Green's name and 13. Mr. Green asked to be taken to the police station but was 14.
Mr. Green started up his 15 again. As he drove out of the town, the man wanted to 16 “ Thank you for the lift. You've been so17to me. This is the least I can do for you in 18.” The man handed Mr. Green the 19, which he stole from the 20 pocket while Mr. Green was being criticized(批评).
My daughter Allie was leaving for college in a week. She didn't 1going. She was off with friends most of the time. My friend Karen told me, "The August before I left for college, I2my mother the whole month. Be prepared."
I stood in the kitchen, watching Allie make a glass of iced tea. The girl, once so 3and trusting, was closed to me. I4to think of something to say to her. I wanted her to know I was5about the college she had chosen and that I knew the6of her life was just starting. But the7on her face was so mad that I gave up the 8.
One night, after a long period of 9between us, I asked what I might have done or said made her 10. She sighed, “Mom, you haven't done anything 11. It's fine.” A few days later, as I was getting ready fo12, Allie came to my room and said, “I want to read you something from my college. These are tips for 13.”
I watched her as she read the 14aloud: "Don't ask your child if she is homesick. She might feel bad in the first few weeks, but don't let it 15you. This is a(n)16time of transition（过渡）.Write her letters and call her a lot..."
Her voice 17, and she came over and 18her head in my shoulder. I touched her hair 19, afraid that she would run away if I said a word. We 20there together for long moments that night. Reconnecting.
Love Is Like a Car Battery
I always hold the view that every act of kindness can eventually change the world as well as generosity, gratitude and trust.
I was parking at a hiking road when a man in the car next to mine looked out and started to ask me for help. “No1,” I told him, as I was willing to help anyone in2. It turned out that his battery was3and no one would help jump to start his car!
I4him if he had cables, which he did, and in less than five5I gave him a jump start and his car6at the drop of a hat He thanked me and asked “how much do I7you” and I looked at him in8and said “not a thing!”
He said “You won't believe it9I've been sitting here for so long and I asked at least three people to10me and no one would do it”. That made me really11. I was thinking that perhaps because of how he12, his background, or whatever,13might think he was going to ask them for14or something and just automatically said “no” without even15that they could help him so16. He also told me that one man17him “My battery is old so it can't help you”.
I was18that the battery is like the love in our hearts. We get19more if we give it away to others! And it doesn't20our hearts to give. I'm happy that I charged his battery and he charged my “battery” with love. I got much more than he offered to me.
Nancy was visiting Dr. Stephen. Accidentally, a nurse 1 the painting she was holding. Nancy had planned to deliver the painting to a customer after the 2 The nurse continued, “It would be great if we had artwork like that for our chemotherapy (化疗) rooms.” Nancy hadn't realized the rooms3 and asked to see one. Her heart 4 when she saw the empty dull walls. “I couldn't imagine 5 anyone could think about getting healthy in a room like that.”6 she knew it'd be her 7 to improve the rooms.
She started immediately, e-mailing 20 local designers, asking if they would 8 their time and money to 9 just one room each. Six women wrote back immediately. They had been in rooms like the one Nancy had 10 and thanked her for giving them the opportunity to make a 11.
Dr. Stephen expressed how much he appreciated the designers'12“Everything is improved so the whole 13 is better for the patients.” He even noted that his tone of14 was different in the rooms, and that he was better able to15 with his patients.
Soon, patients began 16 certain rooms, and the artist decided to expand the project. Each project takes Nancy anywhere from a few months to a few years, depending on its 17 and Nancy has now registered a non-profit.
The obvious effects speak18 themselves. When a woman 19 saw that, she said, “I thought I wasn't going to beat the disease but now I know I'm going to 20 it.”
The party began shortly after nine. Mr. Wood, who lived in the flat1, sighed to himself as he heard 2 voices and the noisy music. Luckily he had 3 some work home from the office,4he kept himself busy for two hours, thus managing to pay no attention to the noise5. But by nine o'clock he felt tired and was ready to go to bed, though from his6experience he knew it was 7trying to get to sleep. He undressed and lay for a while on the bed, trying to read, but he8himself reading the same page9He then turned off the light and10his head in the pillow. However,11 he could not shut12the noise. It seemed to last hours. Finally, his13 was gone.
He jumped out of bed,14on some clothing, marched firmly up the 15 and walked into his neighbour's flat. The owner of the flat came 16the room as soon as he saw Mr. Wood.17 Mr. Wood could say anything, he cried, “My dear fellow, come and18 I know our parties must interrupt you. I meant to send you 19” Mr. Wood's anger disappeared then.
“I'd better go and get changed”, said Mr. Wood. Minutes later, he returned, properly dressed, only 20that the party was nearly over.
Hello, Mr. Wi-Fi. Life without you is next to impossible. We're happy to sing your name from morning till evening, sometimes till dawn.1I know you help me, sometimes you're making me do things with2attention. Many times I promise myself that I'll3my feelings towards you, but you're4me closer and closer… You've entered both my home and my5You're just a window for our6and information. But we people aren't7only with the window. So we open all our8for you. Is this a(n)9or some kind of attachment? If this is an illness, is it curable? And if this is an attachment will you10me to the lifelong togetherness?
We want you 24/7. Can't you take a few days off so that both you and I can11? You're a poison—not a slow one but a super12poison which holds our mind and makes us dance13its tune. Nowadays you're so14that anyone can buy and make you our15You'll never be bothered about our health but we'll16be concerned about your ＂health＂. Because you accompany us everywhere and never let us be alone.
If you were a17person made of flesh and blood(血肉之躯)would we love you the same? You18us with your numerous talents and we even can't get rid of you. We're all your19 Sometimes I wonder how people in the previous generations20but if they did why can't we?
Here's an awkward confession (承认): I've cried at every job I've had. I always find it difficult to 1 my emotions. And each time I've wondered exactly why these emotional moments are considered so taboo (忌讳的). Is it a universal truth that you just can't cry at work?
As someone puts it on the internet, as professional women, we're dealing with the great expectation to “be 2 in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire” while also making enough money to pay rent. 3, my eyes get a little watery just thinking about it. So if crying at work is unavoidable – yet taboo – what is an ambitious young woman to do to 4 after one of these embarrassing incidents?
My usual routine after an in-office disaster is to remove my contact lenses, have a massive iced-coffee, and 5 it never happened (until it happens again). Clearly, I'm no expert on the correct professional response. So I spoke with my personal finance coach, Ashley Feinstein Gerstley, to see if she had any 6 for reducing the humiliation (丢脸).
“It's so embarrassing, but telling yourself not to cry usually 7 making you cry more,” she says. “You're using all your energy to hold it together, trying to change an awkward situation, but there's so much pressure that the tears will almost unavoidably come. Women tend to over-apologize, especially at work. If you do end up getting upset, it can be helpful to 8 yourself from the situation. Take a minute to get it together, and come back ready to have a more composed (镇静的) exchange.”
Maybe there's some benefit in crying. I've definitely found that 9 the taboo can lead to greater relationships with colleagues. I've noticed how tears have helped solve a disconnection or problem that might 10 have gone unsolved. To be honest, I'm hoping to recognize, if not celebrate, the rare office cry as a hidden skill for greater future.
I read about an athlete who made it all the way to the Olympics despite hating his chosen sport. He committed his entire life to 1 one tiny, yet large, sentence—I'm proud of you. At some point we all have someone we want to 2, whose approval means the world to us.
I have a clear memory of the person I wanted approval from telling me I was intelligent, the kind of memory that stays very clear because you've recalled it so many times. I had 3 someone's opinion about buying a Canadian soda. "We should really support our own economy," ten-year-old me said. I had no idea what that meant, 4 I was looked at with approval, and my heart was filled with 5. I loved that feeling—the approval of my hero. It was nothing like the Olympic athlete, but I made some very big 6 based on what might make them 7. I was hugely affected by wanting their approval.
Months ago this person removed me from his life. It hurt a lot. However, in life there is rarely hurt 8 growth. I recently 9 on myself and my behavior and noticed something—I feel free. After a period of denying and upset, I 10 that this is just how it is. This realization made me see how often I was transforming myself according to the 11, "What would they think?" I'd been using the desire for approval as an 12 excuse for hiding. My excuse was gone immediately I realized it 13. It was time to 14 step into myself and stop hiding who I am from others. Are you hiding? I hid in approval-seeking. Maybe you hide behind judgment. We all have our ways, and it can be really scary to let 15 go.
The thing is, 16, as long as we prevent ourselves being truly seen, we will never be truly understood. Connection with others won't be wholly authentic, and we will edit ourselves because we 17 potential thoughts in other people's heads. It's pretty 18. Of course, breaking up isn't 19 when you expect to be freed from wanting someone's approval. You don't even have to tell them you no longer care what they think of you. Just 20 and do what makes you happy and go for the things you really want in life. Do your thing, and let them do theirs.
During the Nov. 11 shopping event, many people tend to buy more than they need because of sales promotions or just plain urge. But what normally 1the shopping madness is not2but regret. That's because many people just buy things to fill the 3in their hearts, but buying more things 4 indicates the burden in their minds.
The concept of Danshari may provide a(n)5 to the problem. Danshari was based on three Chinese characters, duan she li, which 6 refusal, disposal (清除) and separation. It promotes the idea of getting rid of 7 things and separating oneself from the drive to own8possessions. There are two basic rules that9whether you should keep something—the relationship between you and the item under10as well as the timing. So before you 11 your payment password for something, ask yourself two questions: Do I 12 it now? Does it suit me?
Danshari encourages you not only to 13 things, but to give up the unreasonable desire associated with owning them. Nowadays, people need to learn to14 their daily lives. Buy only the necessities and 15 items, regularly16 things you don't need any more, then you'll get freedom in your heart.
However, it doesn't mean that you should 17 your desire and live a less interesting life. Instead, you should 18 yourself rather than material things. Through 19 what to buy and what to get rid of, you can see a deeper reflection of yourself, 20 learning to make wise decisions about more important things.
One day, a lovely little girl was holding two apples with both hands. Her mum came in and 1 asked her little daughter with a smile, "My sweetie, could you give your mum one of your two apples?" The girl looked2at her mum for some seconds, then she suddenly took a quick 3 on one apple, and then quickly on the other.
The mum felt the smile on her face 4. She tried hard not to show her 5. Then the little girl handed one of her 6 apples to her mum, and said, "Mummy, here you are. This is the 7one."
No matter who you are, how experienced you are, and how knowledgeable you think you are, always8judgment. Give others the privilege to 9 themselves. What you see may not be the 10. Never conclude for others, which is why we should never only 11the surface and judge others without understanding them 12.
Those who like to pay the bill, do so not because they are loaded, but because they value 13 above money.
Those who 14first after a fight, do so not because they are wrong but because they value the people around them.
Those who often text you, do so not because they have 15 better to do but because you are in their heart. One day, all of us will get 16 from each other; we will miss our conversations of everything & nothing; we will miss the 17 that we had. Days will pass by, months, years,18 this contact becomes rare — One day our children will see our 19 and ask "Who are these people?" And we will smile with invisible tears because a heart is touched with a strong word and you will say, "20 was them that I had the best days of my life with."
Words to Turn a Conversation Around
It's not what you say, but it's how you say it – isn't it? According to a language expert, we may have this wrong. “We are pushed and pulled around by language far more than we 1,” says Elizabeth Stoke, professor of social interaction at Loughborough University. Stoke and her colleagues have 2 thousands of hours of recorded conversations, from customer services to mediation(调解) hotlines and police crisis 3. They discovered that certain words or phrases have the power to change the course of a conversation.
Some of these words are surprising, and 4 what we've been taught to believe. For example, in a study of conversations between doctors and patients, evidence showed that doctors who 5 options rather than recommended best solutions, got a better response, despite the suggestion from hospital guidelines to talk about the best interests of the patient. But, from conversation experts such as Stoke to FBI negotiators and communication coaches, we're learning which words are likely to 6 or persuade us.
Stoke found that people who had already responded 7 when asked if they would like to attend mediation seemed to change their minds when the mediator used the phrase. “Would you be willing to come for a meeting?” “As soon as the word 'willing' was used, people would say: 'Oh, yes, definitely'—they would actually 8 the sentence to agree.” Stoke found it had the same effect in different settings: with business-to-business cold callers; with doctors trying to 9 people to go to a weight-loss class. She also looked at phrases such as “Would you like to” and “Would you be interested in”. “Sometimes they 10, but 'willing' was the one that got people to agree more rapidly and with more enthusiasm.”
“'Hello' is a really important word that can change the 11 of a conversation,” Stoke says. “It's about how you respond to people who are what we call 'first movers' – people who say something really 12,” “It might be the work colleagues who are extremely angry to your desk with a complaint or the neighbor who 13 rude words about parking as you're putting out the bins.” “What do you do with that person? Rather than respond in the same manner, saying something nice, such as a very bright 'Hello!', socializes that other person a little bit.” Use it when you want to resist getting into a 14. “You have to be careful not to sound too passive-aggressive,” Stoke says, “but just one friendly word in a bright tone can delete the 15 of the conversation.”
People often fall ill because of me.1, they can hardly blame me; it is largely their own2. A tired person may get3, especially when he goes to crowded places with polluted air. A sudden change in4is another factor. In hot summer, people turn on the air-conditioner upon returning home. They will catch a cold easily.
My latest victim(受害者) is an energetic student. After school, he played football hard for two hours. Though5, he still went to the cinema .Then he got back home and took a cold shower immediately. I seized this golden chance to6him. He reacted, trying to7me, but I was already8deep in his throat. He kept sneezing(打喷嚏) and his nose was running.9he put on some warm clothes, it didn't work, for there were too many of us. Besides, his sore throat kept10him, and he developed a cough to force me and my family out, but11.
The next day he couldn't go to12. He had lost his appetite and was not as13as before. His mother made him orange juice every few hours for more vitamin C, which would help his14.
For two days he was15by his mother. As he rested more, his defense strengthened and I began to feel the16. I knew I had to17him before long. But I am not the one who gives up easily, and I made every effort to fight back.18, it was my turn to feel19now, for his defense system was starting an all-out attack against me. I became20and finally my time was over.
Do you know what I am?
What sort of pet shall we have? For some people, there is no problem with this 1.They have had pets before and2what they want and what is needed. To others, especially those who are not used to3their homes and living with pets, the answer requires some4.
Dogs and cats are by far the most5pets. They play a larger part in family life and children6have contacts（接触）with them.
Generally, a dog is the most7for people, but it is also the most demanding （费心的）.It needs training and regular exercise.
Perhaps a cat would be more suitable. Cats will8less. Neither do you9to take it for its daily exercise. Cats need care, but they are less demanding and less expensive to10than dogs.
You must remember the life span（寿命）of the animal you want to keep. Dogs and cats often11for 12 to 15 years or longer, by which time your12may have left home, so are you happy to keep the pet to the13of its days?
14a dog or a cat is not suitable for you, then perhaps a bird? Some children may15rabbits, mice or some fish. All need daily16and cleaning.
17that the person who will do the most of the work and who must accept the18for that pet is YOU. Every year thousands of pets are put to19not because they are ill, or old, or because they have done anything20,but because the novelty（新鲜感）has worn off（消失）.Think about it carefully.
To 1 with a serious leg wound, first of all, it is important to get the victim to lie down. Then remove any clothes from around the wound. Look at the wound and look for any 2 in the wound such as a piece of wood. If there are not any objects, press down hard on the wound. Use a clean cloth to do this. Then, if possible, lift the damaged area. In this case, you need to 3 the leg. Place the damaged leg on something like a box. This will slow down the flow of blood to the wound. Keep the pressure on the wound. Do this for ten 4. Then place a piece of clean cloth over the wound and tie the cloth firmly around the leg. Do not remove the cloth. If blood comes through the cloth, simply place 5 cloth on top. Take the victim to the nearest doctor or hospital.
Early in my career, I was always struck by the fact that "expensive" hotels charged extra for things like internet access and movies. At the same time, more 1 hotels included everything. Although these less expensive hotels did not have 2 lobbies (大堂), they did offer the things that a young and tired 3 would want: a clean room and a quiet environment.
For the high prices you pay at nice hotels, everything should be 4. They should give refunds (退款) for the things you don't 5 instead of cheating their customers.
I once read an article about a judge who was invited to a very expensive restaurant in Washington. The restaurant's food and service were both 6. But there was something that ruined the 7: the judge was charged $1 for the ice in his $7 mixed drink. The fact that he was charged the extra dollar separately – instead of just being charged $8 – made him so 8 that instead of talking about how wonderful everything was at the 9, he only talked about the $1. Needless to say, he 10 went back to that restaurant.
I see the 11 thing is starting to happen in the airline industry. For example, American Airlines is charging $3.50 for snacks and $7 for meals. 12 , sodas and water are still free. The airline should just charge a 13 fare and give you a refund for what you don't want or use. This will put more power in the hands of the 14 – the airline might be surprised to find that people are 15 to pay for extra services. Just imagine what could happen if you just trust your customers to make their own 16?
So remember, don't 17 your customers. 18 , charge what you think your service or product is worth and take it from there. This way, you can remove 19 services in exchange for lower prices. It becomes a win-win for you and your customers by sharing purchasing decisions and therefore giving your customers more 20.
Like online shopping, patients can now book their appointment ahead of time and pay for the physical examinations and medicines by smartphone.
A medical center in Guangzhou adopted the new1 on Friday. "The easy online payment is able to reduce the clinical 2 by 60 percent," said Yang xiufeng who is in charge of information at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, the first in China to 3 the online payment with the offline medical service.
During peak hours, it might 4 at least five hours for a patient to run through the whole process from 5 to checkup to getting medicine. But with the easy access to paying fees via smartphone, the process can be 6 to around one hour, Yang said.
The new approach also will 7 the medical center's efficiency, he said, adding that on the first day, around 580 people tried the 8 method.
Alipay, a third-party online payment company under the Alibaba Group, started the 9 effort, known as Future Hospital, with medical service providers.
After the pilot program in Guangzhou, Alipay plans to 10 its cooperation to other major hospitals, 11 in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Guangzhou, aiming to ease the difficulties in getting medical 12 .
"More than 10 major hospitals from the big four cities expressed their 13 of cooperation, said Zhao Liansheng, manager in charge of the medical service Alipay.
Hospitals will need to 14 two conditions: a high-performance information system and15 patients who are more likely to use the system.
Zhao expects that users in the Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center will 16 30 percent of all patients in three months, 17 the parents of sick children are in their 30s and 40s,a group that 18 shops online.
But Lin Wenbin, an analyst 19 IT consultancy Analysis International, said the new approach is not good 20 to reduce overcrowding in hospitals in major cities.
