A poor boy was selling goods from one door to another to pay for his studies. One day he found that he had almost no money, and he was hungry. So he decided to ask for a meal.
But when a woman opened the door, he only dared to ask for a glass of water. To his surprise, she gave him a large glass of milk. He drank it and then asked how much he should pay her. She said, "You don't have to pay me anything. Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness." He was deeply moved and was determined to help those in need. The boy's name was Howard Kelly.
Many years had passed. One day that woman became seriously ill. The local doctors could not help her. So they sent her to a big city where her rare disease would be studied by specialists. Dr. Howard Kelly was called in for advice. When he entered her room in the hospital, he immediately spotted the woman. Howard Kelly was determined to do his best to help her.
The struggle was long, but together they succeeded in the end. After some time the woman received a bill for her treatment. She was worried that the amount would be so large that it would take the rest of her life to pay for it. However, when she looked at the bill, she found words on the side of the bill. They were, "Paid in full with a glass of milk."
Mary Krupa became friends with the grey squirrels during her first week at Penn State, after spotting them running around and idly (漫无目的地) wondering what they would look like with tiny hats on their heads. Today, everyone at the university knows her as the "Squirrel Girl".
Mary started bringing them food, and gradually they began to trust her. She managed to put a hat on a squirrel and take a picture. Thinking that her colleagues could do with something to lift up their spirits, she started posting similar photos on Facebook. The response was greatly positive, and before long Mary and her squirrels became an Internet hit.
Growing up in a neighborhood outside State College, Mary was always fond of birds and animals around her home, but she didn't interact with people very much. She was later diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, but the squirrels changed that. "The squirrels are actually a good way to break the ice, because I'll be sitting here patting a squirrel and other people will come over and we'll just start like feeding the squirrels together and chatting about them," she said. "I am a lot more outgoing."
And in case you're wondering how Mary is able to get the squirrels to do what she wants for her photos, it has a lot to do with food. For example, whenever she wants them to hold or play with something, she puts peanut butter on the prop (道具), and they'll grab it. But getting to that part took a while. In the beginning, she would throw peanuts up the trees on campus and invite the squirrels to come down and get them, but they hesitated to approach her. She had the patience to earn their trust, though.
This year, Mary is graduating with a degree in English and wildlife sciences. She wants to be a science writer and educate people on how to preserve the environment. As for her furry friends, Mary plans to stay in the area and visit them as often as she can.
A small family approached. The daughter was young and pretty. Her name was Blair, and she was obviously leaving. Her parents were not. The three gazed at the crowd and began their wait. Blair was twenty-three, fresh from graduate school with a handsome resume (简历) but not ready for a career. A friend from college was in Africa as a volunteer for Peace Work, which had inspired Blair to devote the next two years to helping others. Her assignment was in eastern Peru, where she would teach primitive little children how to read. She would live in a hut with no modern conveniences, no electricity, no phone, and she was anxious to begin her journey.
The flight would take her to Miami, then to Lima, then by bus for three days into the mountains, into another century. For the first time in her young and sheltered life, Blair would spend Christmas away from home.
Luther, her father, was sad that Blair was leaving. The goodbyes had all been said. "Are you sure this is what you want?" had been asked for the hundredth time. Then, the first announcement was made, the one asking those in first class to come forward.
"I guess we'd better go," Luther said to his daughter, his only child. They hugged again and fought back the tears. Blair smiled and said, "The year will fly by. I'll be home next Christmas."
Nora, her mother, bit her lip and nodded and kissed her once more. "Please be careful," she said because she couldn't stop saying it.
"I'll be fine."
They released her and watched helplessly as she joined a long line and inched away, away from them, away from home and security and everything she'd ever known. They turned and got into endless sadness.
A news release is a tool of communication, through which information is passed to even the farthest end of the world. It keeps us well informed of the happenings of the world which would otherwise remain unknown.
When writing a news release, keep in mind that the media receive hundreds of releases every day. Try to follow these guidelines: Keep it short and professional. Come up with a catchy headline that will grasp someone's attention. Sometimes the title will take more time to come up with than writing the release. That's okay — the headline could be critical for getting an event covered!
Cover the 5 W's in your first paragraph. Those are who you are; what you are doing; where; when you are doing; why you are doing it, which help us understand the details about the event. Besides, any opinions in the news release should be put in quotations from your designated spokesperson. Include things that the media finds newsworthy, which is the most essential.
Make the time on your news release at least a half hour later than the time you have told activists to show up at an event. This will ensure that activists are prepared and in place by the time the media arrive.
Choose a spokesperson for the event who can be quoted in the release and will be available for calls at that number the day before the event.
Have someone proof the release for spelling, grammar and content (determine whether what you are trying to relay is clear and right). Sometimes the person who writes the release may not notice mistakes that a fresh pair of eyes will catch.
Accuracy is the last but not the least important in terms of your content and the location and time that you tell the media. If you do make a mistake, it is critical that you call and notify the media of the correction.
As a child grows up, you may wonder how you can teach him to become a respectful adult. A child who learns to respect not only learns to receive respect from others, but also learns to respect himself.
◆Show him respect.
This is the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child attentively and he will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in communication.
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The more you say "please" and "thank you" to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them. Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.
◆Agree to disagree
Explain your decision so that he will understand you and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you doesn't necessarily mean disobedience.
◆Control your impulse (冲动) to overreact.
When a situation arises, stay calm and keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior.
◆Praise, praise, praise!
So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that his accomplishments are not celebrated enough.
A. Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.
B. Respectful behavior is always accompanied by bad behavior as a child.
C. Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life.
D. If he sees you lose your temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future.
E. A child may act as he pleases and he will live a happy life.
F. Seeing a child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows how proud you are of him.
G. Try to remember that a child won't always agree with you.
One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. "Sweetie, my company wants to1me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling that you've done2and allowing you to skip a grade (跳级), but you'll have to3your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher?" She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me4for the rest of the night. I had said "yes" but for the first time, I realized the5decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I'd6wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day. A phone call, however, could never replace her7and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large8apartment, I became9how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then10I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on11family and work.12difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn't know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the best out of the situation, with passion and a13attitude.
Back home, I14myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she15to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be16. I learn how to take care of myself and set high but achievable17.
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the18has really taught me. Sacrifices (牺牲)19in the end. The separation between us has proved to be20for me.
Many teachers believe that hands-on experience is the (good) way to learn. A group of students in the United States are putting that belief to the test. They (success) designed and built a robot for discovering unexplored mines the bottom of the sea. Students made the robot (answer) a challenge from the U. S. Department of Defense.
The students recently tested the underwater vehicle (call) Perseus Ⅱ in a 95-meter-long tank of water at the Stevens Institute of Technology.
The robot costs about $15, 000 to build. The students use a video game control to direct (it) movements in the tank. What's more, devices known as Japters (able) the robot to go up, down and toward its target in the water. Video cameras on the robot send images back to a computer through a 13-meter-long cable. Perseus Ⅱ, the students worked up to 20 hours a week to design and build, also has set of lasers (激光), which are used to measure the size of an object.
DeLorme supervised the project from (begin) to end. He says the specialized requirements of robots were demanding.
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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 older brother is lazy. Half a month before, he bought a pair of white trousers. After he wore the trousers for a week, it became dirty. But he didn't want to spend a lot of time washed them, so he kept them in water with any other clothes including a red T-shirt. So next day, when my brother started to wash the clothes, and he found his new white trousers had become red. He could not longer wear them, and he had to buy a new pair. But he didn't have much money, so he felt sadly. This story tells us that being lazy was not good. I hope my brother can learn a good lesson about this experience.
