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　　Jenny likes her work with computers and can do a lot of clever things with them．

　　“Computers are really like 　　1　　 to me nowadays,” Jenny told her mother one day．“I can ask them questions, and they 　　2　　 just like people, but more politely and without arguing(争论), and you don’t have to 　　3　　 whether you are going to hurt their feelings．And they never lie!”

　　“I should hope not!” her mother answered．“It 　　4　　 a nice thing, doesn’t it?” “But can 　　5　　 of them think for themselves?”

　　“I’m afraid 　　6　　,” Jenny said．“you can get no more out of them than what you’ve put in．It’s called programming．But it’s wonderful what you can 　　7　　 them to do．”

　　“Well,” Jenny’s mother said, “I’d like to 　　8　　 whether you can program me one of them to give me some advice．”

　　“I hope so,” answered Jenny．“I’ll try it 　　9　　, what do you want advice about?”

　　“Well,” her mother answered, “I have 　　10　　 watches：one of them gains(走快)one second every minute, and the other has stopped and 　　11　　 start again．I would feel pleased if I know which I should 　　12　　．Do you 　　13　　 to ask one of your computers?”

　　Jenny laughed and answered, “That’s 　　14　　 to ask a computer, but I’ll do so．I’ll ask Donald．He’s my best 　　15　　．

　　The next evening when Jenny got home from 　　16　　, she said to her mother, “Donald advised you to keep 　　17　　 has stopped．”

　　“Really?” Jenny’s mother said．“　　18　　 did he advise that?”

　　“Because he pointed out that watch will 　　19　　 the right time once every twelve hours, 　　20　　 the other one will be right only once every five years．”

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　　A man came home from work late again,tired and irritated(烦躁的),to find his 5?year?old son waiting for him at the door．“Daddy,how much money do you make an hour?”

　　“What makes you ask such a thing?” the man said 　　1　　．

　　“Please tell me．” begged the little boy．

　　“If you 　　2　　 know, I make ＄20.00 an hour．”

　　“Oh,” the little boy replied, head 　　3　　．

　　Looking up, he said, “Daddy, may I 　　4　　 ＄10.00,please?”

　　The father was angry．“I work long, 　　5　　 hours every day and feel tired．March yourself straight to your room and go to bed．Think about why you’re being so 　　6　　．” The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door．The man sat down, angry with his son．　　7　　 an hour or so, the man had 　　8　　 down, and started to think he may have been a little 　　9　　 on his son．Maybe there was something he really 　　10　　 to buy with that ＄10.00．The man went to the 　　11　　 of the little boy’s room and opened it．

　　“I’ve been 　　12　　．Maybe I was too hard on you earlier．It’s been a long day and I threw my 　　13　　 out on you．Here’s that ＄10.00 you asked for．” said the man．The little boy sat 　　14　　 up, pleased．“Oh, thank you, daddy” he yelled．Then, he 　　15　　 out some more crumpled up(褶皱的)bills from under the pillow．The man, 　　16　　 that the boy already had money, started to get angry again．The little boy slowly 　　17　　 out his money．“Why did you want more money if you already had some?” the father complained．

　　“Because I didn’t have 　　18　　, but now I do,” the little boy replied．

　　“Daddy, I have ＄20.00 now．Can I buy an hour of your time?”

　　　　19　　 ＄20.00 worth of time with someone you love…just a short reminder to all of us working so hard for our living．Just spend some quality time with those who really 　　20　　 to us．

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　　When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could do to advise me against becoming a brewer(造酒人)．He’d 　　1　　 his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living, 　　2　　 had his father and grandfather before him．He didn’t want me 　　3　　 near a vat(酿酒用的桶)of beer．So I did as he asked．I got good 　　4　　, went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that 　　5　　 me to study law and business at the same time．

　　In my second year of graduate school, I began to realize that I’d 　　6　　 done anything but go to school．So, at 24 I decided to drop out．　　7　　, my parents didn’t think this was a great idea．But I felt strongly that you can’t 　　8　　 till you’re 65 to do what you want in life．

　　I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound．Three years later, I was ready to go back to 　　9　　．I finished Harvard and got a highly-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group Still, after working there five years, I 　　10　　, “Is this what I want to be doing when I’m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in 　　11　　 quality．Why not make good beer for 　　12　　? I thought．

　　I decided to give up my job to become 　　13　　．When I told Dad, he was 　　14　　, but in the end he 　　15　　 me．I called my beer Samuel Adams, 　　16　　 the brewer and patriot(爱国者)who helped to start the Boston Tea Party．　　17　　 I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the 　　18　　 out．Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager(淡啤酒)won the top prize for American beer．In the end I was destined(注定)to be a brewer．My 　　19　　 to the young is simple：Life is very 　　20　　, so don’t rush to make decisions．Life doesn’t let you plan．