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    Johnny, a lizard(蜥蜴), liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(relax) that he didn't notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(catch) Johnny, and he could only escape by losing his tail.

    After the children left, Johnny came out to look {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his tail, but found no sign of it. Feeling sad, he made a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(decide) to spend all his time looking for it. Time passed, and Johnny kept asking everyone whether {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(them) had seen his tail. One day, he asked a boy, who surprisedly replied, “Why do you need two tails?” Hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw a new, stronger tail. He {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(sudden) realized how silly it had been to waste so much time on such a problem.

    On his way home, he found his old tail on the roadside. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}it looked terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to continue his journey when an idea hit him {#blank#}8{#/blank#}he shouldn't look at the past. He then dropped his old tail, {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(leave) with it all his past worries. All he took with him {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(be) thoughts of the future.

    A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder {#blank#}2{#/blank#} had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home {#blank#}5{#/blank#} a happy heart.

    After the student left, the teacher let {#blank#}6{#/blank#} student taste the water. He spat（吐）it out, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (say) it was awful. Obviously, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, "Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like {#blank#}8{#/blank#}?" The teacher replied, "You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (sweet)." We understand this lesson best {#blank#}10{#/blank#} we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.

    When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible ­ and it can be surprisingly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (benefit) to your physical and mental health. So far, research {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(show) that people who forgive can have more energy, better appetite and better sleep. "People who forgive show {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(little) anger and more hopefulness," says Dr. Fre deric Luskin, who wrote the book Forgive for Good. So it can help reduce the tiredness out of the immune system and allow people {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(feel) more energetic."

    So when someone has hurt you, cool down first. Take a couple of breaths and think of something {#blank#}5{#/blank#}gives you pleasure: a beautiful scene in nature, or someone you love. Don't wait for an {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (apologize). "Many times the person who hurt you may never think of apologizing," says Dr. Luskin. "They may have wanted to hurt you or they just don't see things in {#blank#}7{#/blank#}same way. So if you wait for people to say sorry, you could be waiting a very long time."

    Next keep in mind that forgiveness does not necessarily mean {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(accept) the action of the person who upsets you. Instead, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you. Finally, try to see things from the other person's perspective. You may realize that he {#blank#}9{#/blank#}she was acting out of ignorance. To gain perspective, you may want to write a letter to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(you) from that person's point of view.

    Clara Hale was born on April 1, 1905 in North Carolina. In 1932, Clara faced the saddest thing in her life. Her husband died,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (leave) her with her two children. To support her children, she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) a job as a babysitter(临时保姆)for children with mothers too busy{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) after their own children. During the next 25 years, she was a foster mother(养母)to over 40 children.

    As more and more {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (problem) of drug abuse(滥用毒品)came up, more and more people would come to her door, holding a child, usually because the child's mother took drugs and either couldn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} wouldn't care for the child. Within six months, she had 22 babies in a five-room apartment. As {#blank#}6{#/blank#}matter of fact, her apartment was packed, but she never said no to a child who no one wanted.

    In 1985, Clara founded the organization {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (call) the Hale House Center. It was an organization for children {#blank#}8{#/blank#} mothers took drugs. At the Hale House Center, there would be about 100 children there a week.

    Clara was a loving,{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(self) mother to over 800 children in her life. She devoted her whole life {#blank#}10{#/blank#} these unwanted children. She died on December 18, 1992 with a feeling in her heart that she had changed people's lives.

The annual Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival is Harbin's main tourist highlight. It is the world's biggest winter festival. The {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (bitter) cold winters are just right for this festival.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} sets the Harbin festival apart is the scale and size of the sculptures and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(beauty) lighting. It is bigger than {#blank#}4{#/blank#}ones in Sapporo, Norway, and Quebec.

At first, mainly Chinese participated, but in the last decade, it {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(become) an international festival and {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(compete). As the festival grows in international participation, and as China's economy grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(grow). The work going into making those exhibits is astonishing, and their size and beauty is amazing.

The lightning {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(effect) on the huge ice sculptures in the Ice and Snow World are technologically complex.

Officially the festival {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(hold) from the end of December through February. Opening dates keep changing, and ending dates partly depends {#blank#}10{#/blank#}the weather.

The Sun Island Scenic Area will be opened from Dec. 21 to Feb. 28.