A woman was lucky. One day, she had a chance to visit 1 the hell(地狱) and the heaven(天堂).

    An angel(天使) took her to the hell first. The woman 2 a table in the hell. There was lots of food on the table. Many people sat around the table, but they felt 3^. They were hungry." Why are they still hungry with so much food here?" she asked the angel.

    "Look at their 4," the angel said. The people held 5 chopsticks(筷子) in their hands. They used the chopsticks to 6 the food. But the chopsticks were so long that they couldn't 7 the food to their mouths.

    Then the angel took her to the heaven. There was a table and there was food on it, too. They 8 used long chopsticks. People there felt happy. They weren't hungry 9 they learned to feed each other.

    That's the 10 between the hell and the heaven. Can you understand it?

    Last Saturday, Tony went to see Benny. But he didn't know1Benny lived. On the way, he2in front of a yellow house, and asked an old woman the3to Benny's house. “His house is not far from my house,” said the woman. “It's behind the trees. But you can't get there 4.You can go there by bus. It'll5you hours to get there6foot.” “What's wrong with her?” Tony 7.“I can see Benny's house from here now. It's behind the8.” Then Tony walked to the other side of the trees. He found the old woman was9. There was a river in front of him, and he couldn't see a boat. The house was on the other side of the10.

Lyle's Second Go

    In 1982，when I was coaching the Raiders， the owner of the team talked with me about a possible trade for Lyle Alzado. After watching him on tape，I didn't think he was that good, but the owner felt we could make Lyle better by creating the right environment lor him. We made the1.

    That summer at training camp，Lyle was having a hard time. He had that look in his eyes that many young players and some old players get when things aren't going 2.One morning Lyle came into my office and he looked like he hadn't slept. Here was a huge man, with his head about as3as it could go. We talked, or rather, I listened. The main point was that Lyle felt his career (职业生涯）was over and it would be best for him and for the team if he retired (退役）.He apologized for4us since we had just traded for him.

    Lyle was always an emotional person. This is one of the reasons he was a good player. He5all that emotional energy with him, ready to lire out at the snap of the ball (开球）.Now he was in front of me， almost crying. I thought for a moment， realizing we had to keep that 6going. Then I went through my reasons why he should not retire. At the end of our talk， I said，“You go out and play your very best, and let us7if you still have it. Personally， I think you do.”

    In January 1984. Tampa Bay Stadium. Super Bowl XVIII. With less than two minutes remaining, we were leading 38-9. We were the world champions of professional football. I saw Lyle，crying like a baby. I had to turn away quickly，or I would have joined him in 8.

    I remembered that morning in my office， and what Lyle， and what the Raiders， had achieved since he came to us. If Lyle hadn't given his career another shot, he wouldn't have had this victory. Maybe the Raiders wouldn't have had this victory. During that moment， I felt one of the greatest satisfactions of my coaching career.

    Once there was a rich woman. She lived in a large and beautiful house but she felt bored about her life. One day, she asked her helper, "What is the most 1 thing?" The helper told her," The beautiful thing you are looking for is not here. You must look for it by 2. What about a tour?

    The woman thought it was such a 3 idea that she started the next day. When she was top of the hill 4 her house. She looked down and suddenly something cried in her heart." 5 did I never find my house so beautiful?"

    The woman 6 one year traveling. She saw beauty on the farm, in the forest and 7 in the stars twinkling(闪烁)at night. But what was the most beautiful thing? She 8. The question. Suddenly, the woman understood beauty was 9. She didn't find it because she didn't enjoy it.

    She found the most beautiful thing 10. It was the world!

At thirteen, I was diagnosed (诊断)with a kind of attention problems. It made school difficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not.

In my first literature class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said, "Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to do it. "

She glanced down at me through her glasses, "You are no different from your classmates, young man. "

I tried, but I didn't finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn't get much education. But Louis didn't give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots (点) ,which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn't I the "blind" in my class, being made to learn like the "sighted" students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up?

I didn't expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day--with an "A"on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words: "See what you can do when you keep trying?"