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　　We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now．The little seaside villages are 　　1　　, one by one．"There is my grandmother's house, " I say, 　　2　　 across the bay to a shabby old house．

　　I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage(朝圣)with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing(追溯)　　3　　 memory for me．Lise was one of the mobile children, 　　4　　 from house to house in childhood．She longs for a sense of 　　5　　, and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors 　　6　　 for 200 years．

　　We soon 　　7　　 by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories 　　8　　 back, swift as the tide(潮水)．

　　Suddenly, I long to walk again in the 　　9　　 where I was once so gloriously a child．It still 　　10　　 a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while．We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk 　　11　　 the rooms in memory．Here, my mother 　　12　　 in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary．I can still see the enthusiastic family 　　13　　 into and out of the house．I could never have enough of being 　　14　　 them．However, that was long after those childhood days．Lise 　　15　　 attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I 　　16　　; where I belong．"

　　She has 　　17　　 her roots．To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human 　　18　　 To be rooted is "to have an origin"．We need 　　19　　 origin．Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the 　　20　　 of "I"．We must all go home again-in reality or memory．

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　　“I am in and I am in to win,”said Hillary Rodham Clinton, New York State senator and wife of former US President Bill Clinton, when she announced her bid to be the first female president in American history on January 20．Ms．Clinton, 59, formally stated in a video posted on her personal website that she was preparing to run in the 2008 US presidential election．

　　On January 16－four days before Ms．Clinton came forward as a presidential candidate－45-year-old African American senator Barack Obama made it clear he had the same dream．He has decided to form his presidential campaign exploratory committee．“As Americans, we must change our political situation,”he said．

　　If he succeeds in the 2008 presidential election, Obama will be the first black president in the history of America．

　　Although it is still too early to draw conclusions about the 2008 US presidential election, it is widely believed that there is no dark horse, and that either Ms．Clinton or Obama will win．

　　Ms．Clinton's unparalleled prestige and popularity is her greatest advantage．Nearly everyone knows her in the United States．In fact, her popularity has actually grown since her husband, Bill Clinton, concluded his two terms in office．In recent years Ms．Hillary Clinton has become the hottest female politician in the US political arena．

　　Hillary's second advantage is that she has one of the best political advisors in the country at her side－her husband．Bill Clinton, 60, still has the outstanding personal charm that helped him win office in 1992 and remains very popular．Many Americans value the memory of the good times in the Clinton age．This will undoubtedly be of benefit to Ms．Clinton．

　　Ms．Clinton's third“secret weapon”is her outstanding ability to raise money．Former Speaker of the House, Republican Newt Gingrich, once said that Hillary could raise more money than any other Democrat, and that this amount could probably exceed the total raised by other Democratic candidates．

　　Obama's major advantage is that he is young, energetic and charming．Obama is quite unlike the traditional politicians in Washington DC．Both media and the public have lavished(大量地给予)praise on him, reminding people of the years of Bill Clinton or even the Kennedy brothers．This is the so-called“Obama phenomenon”．Secondly, Obama is currently the only black senator in the United States Congress, and just the fifth black senator in US history．His father came to the US as a student from Kenya, which will make him popular with African American voters．Thirdly, Obama is an outstanding example of someone who is living the American dream．He was born into a common family and rose from the bottom of the society．He often claims to be the“poorest person in the Senate”．The common people find this very inspiring．Fourthly, unlike Hillary, Obama has taken a firm attitude against the Iraq war．This will help him to win the anti-war vote．

　　No matter who wins the election, Ms．Clinton or Obama, Americans will face an interesting question－a female president or a black president?Either one would be a new record．

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　　Not too long after I had begun to drive as a teenager, someone pulled out of a parking lot onto the road in front of me．I reacted 　　1　　 and pulled up very close behind her－just to show my irritation(怒气)and let her know she didn't "just 　　2　　 with that!" We've all been there with 　　3　　 incidents and reactions．My mother was with me, and told me to turn into the 　　4　　 parking lot．Safely there, she asked me why I 　　5　　 that lady had pulled out in front of me purposely．　　6　　 rude, power play－I guessed．Mom said that maybe she had just had some bad 　　7　　, maybe she was late picking up her child and was distracted(分心)．Think of all the 　　8　　 of why someone does something like that．It's usually not on purpose－but what I do as a reaction is on purpose．She always said that I 　　9　　 to think about the other side before I 　　10　　．Usually the reaction causes more of a 　　11　　．

　　I am in my fifties now, and to this day, that has always 　　12　　 my head whenever those 　　13　　 happen．I've 　　14　　 my children the same thing．We often see and hear about "road rage．" No matter to what 　　15　　　that "rage" is taken, my children will say something like, "They need Grandma's words!" As adults, I don't see them react as most of us do 　　16　　 their first reaction is always anger and irritation－they 　　17　　 it and 　　18　　 what the other person's problem might be．Even if the other driver really might be 　　19　　 or doing a "power play," no more 　　20　　 reactions will occur because of their irritation．

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