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　　The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student in English“You speak very good English”．But the student answered,“No, no．My English is very poor．”The foreigner was quite surprised at the answer．Thinking he had not made himself understand or the student had not heard him clearly, he said,“Yes, indeed, you speak very well．”But the Chinese student still kept saying“No”．In the end the foreigner gave up and didn't know what to say．

　　What is wrong with the student's answer?It is because he didn't accept a compliment as the English people do．He should have said“Thank you”instead of“No”He actually understood what the American had said．But he thought he should be modest．If he said“Thank you”, that would mean he was too proud．According to the Western culture, if someone says the dishes, you have cooked are very delicious, you should say“Thank you”．If someone says to a woman“You look so beautiful with the new clothes on”, she should be very happy and answer“Thank you”．In our country we think being modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad thing．But in the West, if you are modest and say“No, I'm afraid I can't do it well”, then the others will take it for granted that you really can-not do it．If you often say“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by others．If asking for a job, one says something like“Yes, I can certainly do it”instead of“Let me have a try on the job”, he or she will expect to get it．So in the West, one should always be confident．Without self-confidence, he cannot go anywhere．Confidence is of great importance to one in a country where competitions is quite keen．

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　　I remember my seventh grade math．teacher’s name very well．It was Mr Young．He was missing one of his fingers．

　　For some reason 1 was not very good in schoo1．Math was my worst subject．There was just something wrong with my brain．No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found to be so easy to learn．

　　One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be sent away to a very strict schoo1．I tried really hard for weeks to learn math．I just couldn’t understand the math problems no matter how hard I tried．

　　The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr Young would give me an E, just like he always did．After class ended, 1 went to him and told him that they were going to send me to another school if I got another E on my report card．He told me that there was nothing he could do．It would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned．

　　I looked at the teacher and said,“Mr Young, do you know how the kids laugh at you because you’re missing your finger?”He looked at me and said nothing．“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help you not having a finger, Mr Young．It’s just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that,” I said．

　　The next day while on the school bus, I opened the report card envelope and looked at my math grade：D．

　　That math grade was my favorite one I ever received in my whole life, because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head．

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　　Not long ago，I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more knowl-edge．So I went to the library and 1 happily with several books．But after a few days，I felt impatient．The 2 of finishing all of them seemed impossible，be-cause I always found it 3 to calm down to read a whole book．I didn't know what to do with it．Then 4 one day I thought of“Why not make reading fun?” It gave me 5 again．Reading is a journey of spirit．we are actually talking 6 the writer．I tried to put all my effort into his or her books， 7 I could feel all of his or her happiness and suffering．Now books have become a part of my life．See? Attitude(态度)can make a great 8 ． Someone once said．“Even though the situation is bad，people still have one freedom(自由) to 9 their attitude．”So，don't complain about study or work．It helps 10． Try to see things from a different way．Believe me；this will change the situation and help you a lot．

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　　Much meaning can be carried clearly, with our eyes, so it is often 　　1　　 that eyes can speak．

　　Do you have such kind of 　　2　　?In a bus you may look at a stranger, but not too long．And if he 　　3　　 that he is being looked at, he may feel uncomfortable．The same in daily life．If you are looked at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 　　4　　 wrong with you．If nothing goes wrong, you will feel 　　5　　 toward the person who is looking at you that way．Eyes do speak, right?

　　Looking too long at someone may seem to be impolite．But sometimes things are different．If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds, it may mean that he wishes to attract(吸引)her attention, to make her understand that he 　　6　　 her．When two people are in a conversation, the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, 　　7　　 make sure that the listener does pay attention 　　8　　 what he or she is speaking．Lovers will enjoy looking at each other or being looked at for a long time, to show something that 　　9　　 cannot express．

　　Clearly, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the place 　　10　　 you stay．

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