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　　When I was a child, my mom liked to prepare food for dinner every now and then．And I remember one night in 　　1　　 when she made dinner after a long, hard day at work．

　　That Monday evening so long ago, my mom 　　2　　 a plate of eggs, sausage(香肠), and extremely burnt toast in front of my dad．I remember 　　3　　 to see if dad noticed! 　　4　　 all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, and ask me how my day was 　　5　　．I don’t remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him 　　6　　 butter and jelly(果冻) on that toast and eat every 　　7　　!

　　When I got up from the 　　8　　 that evening, I remember hearing my mom 　　9　　 to my dad for burning the toast．And I’ll never forget what he said：“Baby, I love 　　10　　 toast．”

　　Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy goodnight and I asked him if he 　　11　　 liked his burnt toast．He 　　12　　 me in his arms and said, “Son, your mum put in a 　　13　　 day at work today and she’s very 　　14　　．Besides, a little burnt toast never 　　15　　 anyone!”

　　Actually, life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people．We can’t be 　　16　　 at everything we do．What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept 　　17　　 faults and choosing to celebrate each other’s 　　18　　 is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting 　　19　　．

　　If you learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life as they are, you can 　　20　　 your life to the fullest．

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　　As a child, I was truly afraid of the dark and of getting lost; these fears were very real and caused me some uncomfortable moments．

　　Maybe it was the strange 　　1　　 things looked and sounded in my familiar room at night that 　　2　　 me so much．There was never total 　　3　　, but a streetlight or passing car lights 　　4　　 clothes hung over a chair take on(呈现)the 　　5　　 of a wild animal．Out of the corner of my 　　6　　, I saw the curtains seem to move when there was no 　　7　　．A tiny sound in the floor would seem a hundred times louder than in the daylight．My 　　8　　 would run wild, and my heart would beat fast．I would 　　9　　 very still so that the “enemy” would not discover me．

　　Another of my childhood fears was that I would get lost, 　　10　　 on the way home from school．Every morning I got on the school bus right near my home．That was no 　　11　　．After school, 　　12　　, when all the buses were 　　13　　 up along the street, I was afraid that I'd get on the wrong one and be taken to some 　　14　　 neighborhood．On school or family trips to a park or a museum, I wouldn't let the leaders out of my 　　15　　．

　　Perhaps one of the worst fears 　　16　　 all I had as a child was that of not being liked or 　　17　　 by others．Being popular was so important to me 　　18　　, and the fear of not being liked was a 　　19　　 one．

　　One of the processes(过程)of growing up is being able to 　　20　　 and overcome(克服)our fears．Understanding the things that frightened us as children helps us achieve greater success later in life．

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　　For a few years, I have been wearing a ring on my right hand．It’s not always the 　　1　　 ring, but it’s always a ring that has 　　2　　 on it so that when I look at it, I’m 　　3　　 or reminded of something important．I have made a 　　4　　 of buying rings like this whenever I see one in a store．Sometimes I give them away as 　　5　　 to someone like Jennie．

　　I first met Jennie in the 　　6　　 waiting room and we had talked several times．One night I sat down beside her and 　　7　　 how her son was doing because I knew that he was in very 　　8　　 condition．She told me that she didn’t know what to do any more because it seemed none of the 　　9　　 from the doctors was good．They weren’t at all sure her son was going to 　　10　　 the accident that had hurt him so badly．With 　　11　　 in her eyes she said, “They’re 　　12　　 my hope．”

　　I knew then that it was 　　13　　 just a coincidence that I was wearing the ring that I had on that day．As she 　　14　　 to talk, I 　　15　　 slipped the ring off my finger and placed it in Jennie’s hand．I told her to wear it to remember that God loved her and He would be with her 　　16　　 all of this．　　17　　 Jennie looked down at the ring, she got excited and then held it tightly, 　　18　　 the word written on the ring was “HOPE”．

　　The last day I was at the hospital, I saw Jennie in the distance as I got on the lift．She 　　19　　 and held up the hand with the ring on it as she called out to me saying, “Look, I 　　20　　 have Hope!”

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　　It’s Saturday morning．Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, 　　1　　 with a piece of bread．He’s not even 　　2　　．Is he ill? No, but he does have a 　　3　　．He has nothing to do because the Internet is down．When he 　　4　　 up this morning, Tony was feeling 　　5　　．He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend 　　6　　．It would be a weekend like any other－a great weekend．But that was 　　7　　 he turned on his computer and 　　8　　 he was unable to go online．Having no Internet changes everything．

　　Every weekend, Tony 　　9　　 goes online to email friends, read the 　　10　　 to keep up with what’s happening in the world and 　　11　　 a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to finish the weekend off．The perfect weekend－online!

　　Just as Tony is 　　12　　 how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the 　　13　　．“Cheer up, Tony．Don’t 　　14　　 the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no 　　15　　 but sighs(叹气)．“Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum 　　16　　．

　　“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the 　　17　　．We can meet and play chess face to face for a 　　18　　．Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad,” Tony 　　19　　, as he walks to the phone．There is 　　20　　 without the Internet after all．

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　　I always long for romantic moments, like a little girl longing for candies．However, my husband is my complete 　　1　　．His inability to bring romantic moments into our life has made me get tired of our 　　2　　．One day, I finally told him that I wanted a divorce(离婚)．

　　“Why?” he asked, 　　3　　．

　　“I am tired; there are no 　　4　　 for everything in the world!” I answered．

　　He kept 　　5　　, seeming to be in deep thought, with a lighted cigarette in his hands．Finally he asked, “What can I do to change your 　　6　　?”

　　Looking deep into his eyes I slowly answered, “Let's say, I want a flower on a mountain cliff and picking the flower will cause your 　　7　　．Will you do it for me?”

　　He answered, “I will give you my answer tomorrow．”

　　I 　　8　　 the next morning, finding a piece of paper on the dining table, which read：“My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, but please allow me to 　　9　　．”

　　My feeling of disappointment only 　　10　　, but I continued reading：

　　“You always leave the 　　11　　 keys behind, so I have to save my legs to 　　12　　 home to open the door for you．You always like to stay indoors and I 　　13　　 that you will feel too lonely, so I have to save my mouth to tell you jokes and stories．You always stare 　　14　　 the computer and that will do nothing 　　15　　 for your eyes, so I have to save my eyes so that when we grow 　　16　　, I can help to clip your nails．Thus, my dear, 　　17　　 I am sure that there is someone who loves you more than I do, I could not pick that flower yet, and die．”

　　My tears fell on the 　　18　　 and I continued reading：

　　“Now that you have finished reading my answer, if you are 　　19　　, please open the front door for I am standing outside 　　20　　 your favorite bread and fresh milk．”

　　Love, not words, wins arguments．

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　　Hot words on the Internet don't stay hot for long．“Geili” and “Fuyun”, last year's biggest creations, are actually 　　1　　 on Internet now．What's popular now is “hold steady”．

　　The term(术语)comes from the very Taiwanese TV show 　　2　　 includes Miss Lin(Xie Yilin)giving a lecture on how to 　　3　　 like a fashion queen at parties or on the bus．Although the lecture is mainly a mockery(嘲笑)of the fashion world, 　　4　　 Miss Lin makes a point：We need to hold steady in pressure-filled or embarrassing situations．

　　　　5　　 steady is one of the qualities the public has been 　　6　　 lately 　　7　　 pressures on marriage, work and money can easily drive people crazy．

　　The quality was 　　8　　 by a girl named Su Miaoling this year, who 　　9　　 in the TV singing competition “Super Girl”．　　10　　 herself with confidence on stage, she kept 　　11　　 when others got anxious．

　　“I like your poise(淡定)．Very few people on this stage can keep calm like you do,” said one of the show's judges, Hu Haiquan, to Su．Internet users named Su “Sister Poise”．

　　Poise is also appreciated in Western culture as an essential quality of a 　　12　　 person．

　　Each year, the National League of Junior Cotillions of the US releases a list of the Ten Best Mannered People．Kate Middleton was 　　13　　 as the one of the Ten Best Mannered People for the way 　　14　　 she showed herself in the public．The Duchess of Cambridge was also appreciated 　　15　　 this year for her remarkable poise at the royal wedding．That is good news for many because she has prove 　　16　　 true that poise is not born, but it can be got with a bit of 　　17　　．

　　About-personal-growth．com, a foreign website on personal growth guidance, gives 　　18　　 on how to stay poised．

　　“Take a few deep breaths when you are facing a situation that tests your patience; practise yoga 　　19　　; say to yourself “I choose to be calm in any situation”; write down your encouragement daily to 　　20　　 the goal,” reads the site．

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　　People do not analyze every problem they meet．Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 　　1　　 problem．They often accept the opinion or ideas of other people．Other times they begin to act without thinking; they try to find a solution by trial and error．　　2　　, when all of these methods fail, the person with a problem has to start analyzing．There are six 　　3　　 in analyzing a problem．

　　　　4　　 the person must recognize that there is a problem．For example, Sam's bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does．Sam must 　　5　　 that there is a problem with his bicycle．

　　Next the person must find the problem．Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know 　　6　　 it does not work．For example, he must determine the parts that are wrong．

　　Now the person must look for related 　　7　　 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 　　8　　 solutions．For example, suppose Sam decides that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes．　　9　　, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, 　　10　　 his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully．

　　After 　　11　　 the problem, the person should have 　　12　　 suggestions for a possible solution．Take Sam as an example 　　13　　, his suggestions might be：tighten or loosen the brakes; buy new brakes and change the old ones．

　　In the end, one 　　14　　 seems to be the solution to the problem．Sometimes the 　　15　　 idea comes quite 　　16　　 because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a 　　17　　 way．Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum(口香糖)stuck to a brake．He 　　18　　 hits on the solution to his problem：he must 　　19　　 the brake．

　　Finally the solution is 　　20　　．Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly．In short he has solved the problem．

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　　I'm someone who never went to university but always thought about it．The only way I 　　1　　 was listening to my children talk about their class and all the interesting things they were 　　2　　．University was just a life-long 　　3　　 of mine．I just turned sixty-four years old in September．I still thought about that old dream 　　4　　 one day when there was an Advanced-Age 　　5　　 at the local university．I decided to 　　6　　．

　　The day finally arrived-my first day of school．As I 　　7　　 there, my mind was filled with 　　8　　 thoughts, “What am I doing?I'm not smart enough to go to university．The 　　9　　 will laugh when they see me in class．I probably won't live long enough to get a 　　10　　．Maybe I should just turn the car around and go home．”

　　Then, 　　11　　, I saw it!A large billboard on the side of the road with a picture of Kermit the Frog．I 　　12　　 a little and read the words next to his picture．“ Live your dreams．” Was Kermit speaking me?I didn't turn the car around．

　　I drove a little 　　13　　 on up the highway and there was another 　　14　　．This one had a picture of Albert Einstein with his tongue 　　15　　 out．A line read, “As a student, he was no Einstein．” And there was a word in red, “ Confidence”．A new attitude was 　　16　　 inside me．

　　I was now 　　17　　 the gate of the university and there 　　18　　 still another billboard．This one showed a photograph of a proud 　　19　　 in a cap and gown．Under the picture was her 　　20　　, Nola Ochs, aged 95．Oldest University Graduate．Below it was the words, “ Live Life ”．At that moment, my outlook changed completely．

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　　Once I went to a railway station near New York．I 　　1　　t o take the night train there．　　2　　 of people were pushing into the 　　3　　 train．I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in a sleeping car, 　　4　　 he said sharply, “No, you can't．The train is full．Don't 　　5　　 me any more．”

　　I was 　　6　　 indeed．I said to the friend who was with me, “He talked to me like this 　　7　　 he doesn't know that I am a famous writer．If he knew…”But before I could 　　8　　 my sentence my friend said,“ Don't be 　　9　　．How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no 　　10　　 seats on the train．” I was 　　11　　 he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain．But he only replied, “I told you not to trouble me any more．”

　　Just then I 　　12　　 a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me．He whispered(低语)something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very 　　13　　, “Do you need help, sir?” “I 　　14　　 do” I answered．

　　The porter took our boxes and we got on to the train．When the porter saw we were comfortably 　　15　　 in our places, he said, “Now, Is there anything you want, sir? Because you can have whatever you 　　16　　．”

　　After the porter had 　　17　　, my friend looked ashamed(羞愧的)．He said, “I am 　　18　　 I said those things to you just now…” Just then the porter came again and said, “Oh, sir, I 　　19　　 you immediately．” “Really?” I said happily．“Of course,” he said, “I recognized you the 　　20　　 I saw you and told the conductor that you are Mr．Smith, the mayor(市长)of New York City．”

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　　As sixth graders, kids were separating into groups, but I wasn't sure where I belonged．

　　Our teacher gave us a task called “secret friends” for the coming week．We were supposed to do nice things 　　1　　 our friends without letting them know who was doing it．We could leave 　　2　　 notes or cards either on their desks or in their backpacks．Before doing the task, with our eyes closed, from a basket, we 　　3　　 a name of a classmate who we were to secretly befriened over the next five days．

　　Soon, the task was turned into a competition of giving 　　4　　 instead of notes．Everyone was getting cool presents except me．My friend followed the teacher's 　　5　　 without a fault．I received nothing but handmade cards with nice words about me．

　　On the last morning, I finally got a package．When I 　　6　　 it, the girls around all 　　7　　．It was perfumed powder, an “old lady” gift．My face went red．

　　I tried to forget about the 　　8　　 gift, but when the same girls 　　9　　 it again during the break in the bathroom, I joined in, “How stupid! My grandmother wouldn't 　　10　　 want it．” The girls laughed at my 　　11　　 and left the bathroom．Washing my hands, I let the water run through my fingers 　　12　　 I thought about my words．It wasn't 　　13　　 like me to say things like that．

　　“I'm your secret friend．” It was Rochelle．“I' m sorry about the gift,” she whispered to me, tears 　　14　　 down her face．

　　From a poor family, she was a 　　15　　 at school for those with rich parents．Yet she just took all the 　　16　　 and the horrible treatment silently．

　　I was sick to my stomach as my 　　17　　 words ran through my mind．She had heard everything．How could I have been so cruel?

　　Later I learned she had felt bad all week about not being able to leave me any cool present and her mum had given up her only luxury(奢侈品)．

　　And I had 　　18　　 everything for her．

　　I told her that I had only said those things to try to 　　19　　．

　　“We aren't that different from each other, are we?” She smiled 　　20　　．Her simple words, spoken from her heart, found their way straight into mine．