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　　My wife and I had just finished the 150-mile trip home from our daughter's college. It was the first time in our lives that she would go away for any length of 1 . We wondered how other people had 2 it.

　　Later in bed, I 3 the time I started college. My father had driven me, too. My mother had to stay 4 to keep the cattle from getting into the crops. I, the fourth in a line of brothers, was the first to 5　　college.

　　The truck was slow, and I was glad. I didn't want to get to 6 too soon. I shook hands with my father in the truck and he didn't say a word. But I knew he was going to make a little 7 . He finally said, “I never went to college and 8 of your brothers went to college. I can't say don't do this or that, because everything is 9 and I don't know what is going to 10 , but I think things will work out. When you get a job, be sure to be 11 and work hard. ”I knew that soon I would be 12 in the big town and I would be 13 the life.

　　Then my father brought out the Bible (圣经) that he had read so 14 . I knew that he would miss it and I must 15 it. He just said, “This can help you if you will let it. ”

　　When I finished school I took the Bible back to my father. But he said he wanted me to 16 it.

　　Now, too late, I remember. It would have been so 17 to give it to my daughter when she got out of the car. But I didn't. I could give her 18 . My father could give me only a Bible. But I don't really believe now that I gave her 19 as much as my father gave me. So the next morning I 20 up the book and sent it to her. I wrote a note. “This can help you. ”I said. “If you will let it.”

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　　I made a promise to myself on the drive down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I 1 try to be a loving husband and father. Totally 2 . No ifs, ands or buts. The idea had come to me as I listened to a commentator(评论员) 3 my car's tape player. He was 4 a passage about husbands being 5 of their wives. 6 he went on to the day, “Love is an act 7 will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been such a selfish husband 8 our love had been dulled by my own insensitivity (感觉迟钝) . In unimportant ways, really: scolding Evelyn for her tardiness(拖拉) ; 9 on the TV channel I wanted to watch; throwing 10 the day's old newspapers that I knew Evelyn still wanted to read. Well, for two weeks all that would 11. And it 12 . Right from the moment I kissed Evelyn at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks 13 on you. ”“Oh, Tom, you noticed.” she said, surprised and 14 . Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, Evelyn's been alone here with the children 15 week and now she wants to be alone with me. We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites. So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street investment (投资) firm 16 I am director; a visit 17 the shell museum, though I usually hate museums ( and I enjoyed it) ; 18 my tongue while Evelyn's getting ready made us late for a dinner 19 . Relaxed (轻松) and happy, that's how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on 20 to choose love.

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　　It is commonly believed that school is where people go to have education. 1 , it has been said that today children 2 their education to go to school. The 3 between schooling and education suggested by this is important.

　　Education is 4 , compared with schooling. Education knows no 5 . It can take place 6 , whether in the shower or on the job, whether in a kitchen or on a tractor. It includes both the 7 learning that takes place in schools and the whole universe of learning outside class. 8 the experience of schooling can be known in advance, education quite often produces 9 . A chance talk with 10 may lead to a person's discovering how 11 he knows of another country. People obtain education from 12 on . Education 13 , is a very 14 and unlimited term. It is lifelong experience that starts long 15 the start of school, and one that should be a necessary part of one's entire life.

　　Schooling, on the other hand, is a( n) 16 experience, whose style changes 17 from one way to the next. Throughout a country children arrive at school at the same time , take 18 seats , use similar textbooks, do homework, and 19 , and so on. Schooling has usually been 20 by the edges of the subjects being taught.

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　　Bobby Leonard was serving a 104-year prison sentence when he learned to read . And his illiteracy (文肓) , he now believes , was a big part of his 1 .

　　Now 42, Leonard grew up in rural Louisiana and attended 2 when he wasn't working on the family farm. Moving to Washington D. C. at age 12, he 3 refused to go to school any more. He canpleted tie seventh grade with the skills 4 of a third-grader.

　　But Leonard learned to make 5 nevertheless. “I was good in 6 because of the money I was making. ”he said. “ I was a 7 burglar(窃贼).”

　　Fairly good, but not good enough to avoid 8 and confronted (使面临)with a shut-off from the 9 . It was because he needed to keep contact with people outside the 10 that he sought out a tutor (辅导教师) he hoped would write letters for him. The tutor 11 , on condition that Leonard learn to write for himself.

　　“It was just a real 12 for me learning, but the guy recognized that I had sane potential(潜能) I didn't recognize 13 .”he said. Once Leonard even hit the tutor for suggesting he was 14 . “I didn't understand the word he was using.” Leonard said. “When you can't read, your vocabulary is very 15 . That's part of the problem.”

　　Leonard 16 learn to read, however, and earned a college degree in psychology (心理学) in the dozen years 17 his being set free. In the yeas 18 , he has worded with youth and anti-death denalty(死刑) programmes and is now a volunteer with Literacy Volunteers of America.“There's truly a message of 19 . ” said Leonard, a saleasman at Lincoln Cemetery who still drives by the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary (联邦监狱)each day to 20 himself of his past. “I don't think any body was as bad off as I was when I started. ”

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　　I do a lot of management training each year for the Circle K Company. Among the 1 we discuss in our classes is the 2 of quality employees(雇员).

　　“What has caused you to stay 3 enough to become a manager?”I asked. After a while a new manager took the 4 and said slowly,“It was a baseball glove.”

　　Cynthia said she used to 5 a Circle K clerk job as an interim (临时的) one while she looked for something 6 . On her second day behind the counter, she received a( n) 7 from her-nine-year- old son, Jessie. He 8 a baseball glove for the little League. She 9 that as a single mother, money was 10 , and her first check would have to go for paying 11.

　　When Cynthia arrived for work the next morning. Partricia, the store manager, asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box . “ I overheard you 12 to your son yesterday , ”she said , “and I know that it is 13 to explain things to kids. This is a baseball glove for Jessie . I know you have to pay bills 14 you can buy gloves . You know we can't 15 good people like you as 16 we would like to, but we do 17 and I want you to know how 18 you are to us.”

　　The thoughtfulness, empathy (同情) and love of the store manager show vividly that people 19 more how much a(n) 20 cares than how much he pays.

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　　Farmers, as we all know, have been having a hard time lately, and have turned to new ways of earring income from their 1 . This involves not only planting new kinds of crops, but some 2 ways of making money, the most unusual of 3 has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you heard me 4 ! A farmer now holds sleep 5 on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100,000 people have 6 to watch the race. “I was passing the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,” one punter(赛马经纪人) 7 ,“ and I thought I'd have a look. I didn't believe it was serious, to tell you the truth.”According to a(n) 8 visitor, betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. “At Proper horse races everyone has already studied the form of the horse 9 , and there arc clear favorite. 10 nobody has heard anything about these 11 ! Most people find it difficult to tell one from 12 in any case. ”I stayed to watch the races, and I must 13 that I found it quite 14 . In a usual sheep race, half a dozen sheep race downhill over a course of about half a mile. Food is 15 for them at the other end of the 16 just to give them some encouragement, I ought to add! The sheep run surprisingly fast, 17 they have probably not eaten for a while. 18 , the crowd around me were obviously 19 their day out at the races. 20 by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.

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　　In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally 1 them and the job they do, although there are certain people who do not believe that the police 2 have the power that they do.

　　What does a policeman actually do? It is not 3 job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in 4 . A policeman often has to control traffic , either 5 foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time 6 up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop 7 motorists and help when there is an accident.

　　A policeman has to help keep the 8 , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we 9 the police to come and restore order. And they often have to 10 situation at great risk to their own 11.

　　We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary ploiceman, 12 he is not a detective, will often have to help 13 and arrest criminals.

　　And 14 do we call when there is an emergency—an air crash, a 15 , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. 16 a policeman has to be 17 to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the 18 world.

　　The police do an absolutely necessary job. They do it 19 well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 20 do the job of a ploiceman .

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　　We are often warned by our teachers not to waste time because time 1 will never return. I think it quite 2 . What does time look 3 ? Nobody knows, and we can't see it or touch it and no amount of money can buy it. Time is abstract, so we have to 4 it.

　　Time passes very quickly. 5 students say they don't have 6 time to review their lessons. It is 7 they don't know how to make 8 of their time. They waste it in going to theaters or parks, and 9 other useless things. Why do we study every day? Why do we work? Why do most people have to take buses instead of walking? The answer is very 10 . We wish to save time because time is priceless.

　　Today we are 11 in the twenty-first century. We 12 time as life. When a person dies, his life ends. Since life is short, we must 13 our time and energy to study so that we may be able to serve the people well in the future . laziness is the 14 of time, far it not only brings us 15 , but also does other 16 to us. If it is 17 for us to do our work today, 18 us do it today and not 19 it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more 20 .

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　　When he was a little over twenty, Carver thought he was ready 1 forward into the future. There was a college in the Minnesota town 2 his wandering life had taken him to, He was sure that 3 washing clothes he could 4 enough money to attend school . He was full of excitement. 5 the thought of learning new subjects. 6 he went to the office 7 “Entrance Application (报名处) ”and said he 8 like to be a student there. The man in the office looked at him 9 his glasses and told him that the college didn't 10 people.

　　How was Carver 11 as he walked out of the office? We can 12 that at first he felt breathless. But we 13 know that sometime later he tried again in the 14 state of Iowa. He asked 15 to enter Simpson College. This 16 a white woman behind the desk asked him some questions about high school subjects. She thought 17 and 18 to show her 19 . And then she said, “All right, my boy. I'll give you a 20　　.”

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I played a racquetball game against my cousin Ed last week. It was one of the most 1 and tiring games I've ever had. When Ed first phoned and 2 we play, I laughed quietly, figuring on an 3 victory. After all, Ed's idea of 4 has always been nothing more 5 than lifting a fork to his mouth. 6 I can remember, Ed's been the least physically fit member in the family, and 7 proud of himself. His big stomach has always ballooned out between his T-shirt and trousers. Although the family often 8 about that, Ed refused to buy a . 9 T-shirt or to lose weight. So when Ed 10 for our game not only with the bottom of his shirt gathered inside his trousers but also with a stomach you could hardly 11 , I was so surprised that I was 12 . My cousin must have made an effort to get himself into shape. 13 ,at the point in our game when I'd have predicted(预计) the score to be about 9 to 1 in my favor, it was 14 7 to 9 —and Ed was 15 . The sudden realization was painful . We 16 to play like two mad men. When the score was 16 up, I was having serious 17 about staying alive until 2l years old, let alone 18 that many points. When the game finally ended, both of us were lying flat on our backs, too tired to 19 .In a way, I think we both won: I the game, but cousin Ed my 20 .

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