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　　Mark Twain was a very famous American writer．He was good at telling 　　1　　 stories to make other people happy．But 　　2　　 somebody played a joke on him．

　　One day, Mark Twain was invited to give a lecture(演讲)in a small town．After the lecture, he met a young man at lunch．He knew that the young man had an uncle who never smiled 　　3　　 laughed．The young man told Mark Twain that 　　4　　 and nothing could make his uncle laugh．

　　“　　5　　 your uncle to my lecture this evening,”said Mark Twain,“I'll tell some interesting stories and I'm 　　6　　 I can make him laugh．”

　　That evening the young man came to Mark Twain's lecture with his uncle．They sat in the first row of the hall．Mark Twain looked at the old man and told some funny(有趣的)stories, which made people in the hall laugh．But there was still no 　　7　　 on the old man's face．Mark Twain told the funniest stories he knew．But the old man still didn't laugh．At last, Mark Twain 　　8　　．He felt very discouraged(失望的)．He was very surprised at the old man．

　　Some days 　　9　　, Mark Twain met a friend and told him about his bad experience in the small town．

　　“Oh,”said his friend,“I know what 　　10　　 to that old man．He has been deaf(聋的)for years．”

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　　How can we practise our spoken English?

　　The first and the most important thing is to believe in 　　1　　．You should always be full of confidence or you will 　　2　　 be able to improve your English．You should often encourage yourself,“Come on, don't be afraid!”

　　You should never lose your heart or give up．

　　Maybe you are afraid of losing face, but you should think since we are students and we are learning, there's no 　　3　　 to worry about 　　4　　．You must always be active in practice．There's no problem that your pronunciation(发音)and intonation(语调)can't be as 　　5　　 as the native people because we are Chinese, and we don't have chances to live in foreign countries and talk with the people there all the time．But you must know that the main aim to study English is that we make ourselves 　　6　　 and understand other people as well．You should believe that native 　　7　　 will not laugh at you．　　8　　 they will encourage you．So if you are brave enough you will certainly make a rapid(快速的)progress in your 　　9　　 English．Don't be shy 　　10　　 afraid! Just have a try．

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　　2.26-meter-tall Yao Ming made his NBA debut(初次登台)on October 23,2002 and got 6 　　1　　 for the Houston Rockets in the game．The next day, he got 13 points(得分)in 　　2　　 game．

　　Most people think that Yao Ming is a born basketball player．But Yao said,“When you watch it on TV, it looks very easy．But when you are playing in the NBA, it is 　　3　　 not so easy．”He said that joining the Houston Rockets was a new 　　4　　 and a new challenge．“I hope that through very 　　5　　 work I can make everyone happy and help the Rockets 　　6　　 more games,”he said．

　　Yao Ming speaks some English．　　7　　 he and his teammates can understand each other．They don't think there is a language problem．While Yao Ming faces this new challenge, the people of Houston have shown great 　　8　　 in him and they hope Yao Ming will bring 　　9　　 energy(活力)to the Rockets．The team has started 　　10　　 lessons to learn more about Chiha, and many people who work for the Rockets have learned to speak some Chinese．

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