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　　I am a teacher．Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I 　　1　　 asked my students how their weekend had been．A boy said that his weekend had not been so good．The boy then asked me 　　2　　 I always seemed to be so cheerful．

　　His question 　　3　　 me of something I'd read somewhere before, “Every morning when you 　　4　　 up, you have a 　　5　　 about how you want to face life that day．” I smiled and said to myself, “I choose to be cheerful．”

　　“Let me give you a(n)　　6　　,” I said．“In addition to teaching here, I also teach in another college, 17 miles down the freeway from where I live．A few weeks ago, I 　　7　　 those 17 miles to the school．I only had to 　　8　　 another quarter mile to reach the school, but then my car 　　9　　．I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn't start．So I took my 　　10　　 and walked to school．”

　　“As soon as I got there, I called the garage and arranged for a tow truck(拖车)to meet me at my car 　　11　　 class．The headmaster asked me what had happened．“This is my 　　12　　 day,” I replied cheerfully．“Your car is broken and today is your lucky day?” she was 　　13　　．“What do you mean?” “I live 17 miles from here,” I replied．“My car could have broken down 　　14　　 along the freeway, but it didn't．　　15　　, it broke down in the perfect place：off the freeway and 　　16　　 walking distance from here．I'm still able to teach my class, and able to arrange for a tow truck to meet me．” The headmaster's eyes were 　　17　　 open and then she smiled．

　　I 　　18　　 the faces in my class．Although it was the early hour, no one seemed to be 　　19　　．My story had 　　20　　 them, or maybe it wasn't the story at all．

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　　Welcome to London's River Marathon and our online Entry section．You can fill in an Entry Form and the closing date for Race entries is 6th September．

Here you can learn something about our service such as towage(拖船)．

　　A tow-down service from Ham, Richmond and Putney to the Start is being run from early Race day morning and timed to have your boat available for collection when you arrive at Registration．To take advantage of this service, boats must be launched by 18.00 hours on Friday and the cost is 70.00 per boat．If required, Towage and Crane Assistance must be requested via the entry maintenance facility; we will be in touch with full details on receipt of a request．

There are also a number of ways to enjoy the Race without necessarily getting into a sweat．Camping/Roast BBQ/Party：

　　As usual, we will be operating our very successful campsite at Thames Young Mariners in Riverside Drive, just a few minutes walk from the Race Finish．The 14th Richmond Sea Scouts will once again organize and host this very popular service．

　　The Friday night BBQ party will include a delicious roast and the entertainment will be provided by our regular blues band．

　　On Saturday evening the bar will be open．

ShuttleBus：

　　The ShuttleBus service has become an integral part of Race Day．In the morning of this year's Race, it will take crews and spectator boat passengers from the Holiday Inn Hotel, Thames Ditton, the campsite and Finish area to the Start in time for registration and boarding．

　　The service starts at 08.00 hours．Later, we will be running buses from the party area at the Finish(Ham Street car park)at 22.30 hours to the Start, calling at Waterloo and Liverpool Street stations．

Passenger Boat：

　　With its good visibility, low freeboard, licensed bar and friendly cooperative crew．The Viscount makes the ideal viewing platform for The Great River Race．The boat will be leaving Masthouse Terrace Pier at 11.45 hours with boarding starting from 11.15 hours．Light lunches will be available on board．