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　　Our village carpenter(木匠)，John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife．He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows．When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill for the job．

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That’s his ninth cup of tea today．” But she said, in a loud voice, “It’s a beautiful table, dear, isn’t it?”

　　“I’ll decide about that when I see the bill．” I said．

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work．I read:

　　One dining table　　　　　　　　　10 November

　　Cost of wood　　　　　　　　　　￡17.00

　　Paint　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1.5

　　Work, 8 hours　　　　　　　　　　8.00

　　Total　　　　　　　　　　　　　　36.50

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “It’s been a fine day, hasn’t it?Quite sunny．”

　　“Yes, I said．” “I’m glad it’s only the 10^th of November．” “Me too,” said John．“You wait-it’ll be a lot colder by the end of the month．”

　　“Yes．Colder－and more expensive!Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30^th, won’t they, John?”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute．Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes?I gave his back to him．

　　“If it isn’t too much trouble, John,” I said, “please add it up again．You can forget the date．”

　　I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it．

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　　My stutter(口吃)had always been much of a problem．I'd had so many specialists for my 　　1　　 over the years．As l walked down the hallway to meet a new one, memories popped in my head of how painful(痛苦的)being a kid who stutters had been．It 　　2　　 hurt．

　　“Hello! I'm Mrs．Claussen．I hear you're from Texas! "

　　“Ye-Ye-Ye-Yes m-m-m-m-m-m-m-aam I am…”My heart felt like it was pounding through my chest and my hands were dripping wet．I really blew that

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　　“Well, " she said with a 　　4　　 Smile．161've always liked Texas．"

　　She turned out to be the best speech specialist I've ever had, not like those who

　　told me to clap my hands while speaking．She was 　　5　　．She spent the first several weeks just talking to me-asking me all kinds of questions about myself, especially my feelings．And she 　　6　　．She then began to teach me about the speech．Not just about my speech, but about everybody's．

　　I 　　7　　 in my old school and was a pretty good tenor(男高音), but I learned that the new school's singing group was all filled up．It was such bad news, for I thought that was the one thing I could really do well-and I could do it

　　　　8　　 stuttering．Somehow Mrs．Claussen finally got me in the group．I felt like she really cared about me as a person, not just a speech student．

　　During the next two years, my speech didn't get much better-except with her．When I was in college, things got worse．I once even wondered if I would ever be able to 　　9　　 ! It was a very depressing time, and I often felt alone．When I was feeling really sorry for myself, I remembered Mrs．Claussen had told me whether I could 　　10　　 my speech was all up to me．She had told me not to fight for perfect speech, just better speech．She was right about that．I finally improved my speech greatly．

　　Many years have passed, but I think of her from time to time, wondering if she had as much 　　11　　 0n her other students as she had on me．I like to think that she did．Her name was Mrs．Claussen．．．and she 　　12　　．I'II never forget her．

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　　Is the art of conversation dying? The other day, my wife 　　1　　 two teenage children die something we haven't 　　2　　 for ages．It didn't require the Internet, a TV screen, batteries…or anything else for that matter．But we all 　　3　　 it so much we're thinking of doing ii again sometime．

　　We had a conversation．The kind of real, live conversation that was 　　4　　 when I was growing up, but which seems all too rare these days．Today we have chat rooms, text messages, e-mails…but we seem to be losing the 　　5　　 of communicating face-to-face．We all know 　　6　　 young people are out on a date(约会)these days, they spend most of that time 　　7　　 their mobile phones．And teenagers nowadays seem to 　　8　　 communicating wit their friends by sending text messages rather than actually 　　9　　 to them．

　　If we carry on like this, in the future, we'll lose the use of our 　　10　　．What do you think? E-mall me, and who knows? Maybe we could even have a real conversation about it!

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