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　　Ever since I was a child, my mouth has caused me trouble．I’m not a bad person; I have a hard time learning when to keep my mouth closed．

　　My mom has told me again and again,“Robert, your constant bad words are hurting me．If you continue to be this rude, you will get into big trouble．”

　　It’s been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn’t want to hear．I used to feel it was my duty to stand up for myself．

　　One day in English class I began working on my homework until I heard a classmate talking behind me．It was Nathaniel, talking to himself as usual．

　　I said ever so nicely,“Nathaniel, would you be quiet?”

　　Nathaniel continued talking to himself．I quickly shouted“Nathaniel, shut up!”

　　For the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other．

　　“At least I don’t have an ugly lazy eye like you!”I shouted．

　　I knew this would upset him deep inside．It would hurt his feelings and shut him up．

　　What I said filled him with anger．He tried to reach over my seat and grab me as he shouted,“That’s it!That’s it!”

　　Surprised at his reaction, I sat back in my seat．Never had I seen Nathaniel act like this before．

　　Later on, we were taken to the principal’s office．

　　There, Mr．Black, the principal, told us to discuss the matter．It wasn’t until then that I finally found that when I hurt someone physically, the wounds eventually heal．But when I hurt them with my words, sometimes the pain(痛苦)never goes away．

　　At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel．

　　When I headed back to my room, I spent some time praying．I began to think about how often what I said hurt others．But I believe that as I keep praying and asking God to help me he’ll tell me when to keep my mouth closed．

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　　Get ready, China．The world is coming! Every day lots of foreigners come here as business people or tourists．And even more people will come in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics．When they come to China, we should do something to help them enjoy themselves and like China and the Chinese people．But there are some things they may not like．

　　Traffic problems

　　Cars park on sidewalks(人行道)．Bus drivers drive so fast that they make people who are trying to cross the street afraid．

　　Queue jumping

　　At the post office, or even at McDonald's, people push to the front line instead of waiting．

　　Bumping

　　Too many people are crowded onto buses and trains．This makes people feel terrible, and it is not safe, either．On a bus in North America, people try to make themselves smaller and they'll say“Excuse me”or“Sorry”if they knock into someone．In China, some people make themselves bigger with no“Sorry”or“Excuse me”．

　　Littering

　　I notice this everywhere．Some people throw rubbish onto the ground even when there is a rubbish bin(箱)right next to them．

　　Most Chinese people are just as unhappy with these kinds of things as I am．And, certainly, the government has known the problems and is trying to do something about them．China is on her way．

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