A wise man was visiting a village with his students He found a group of family members {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in anger at each other He turned to his students and asked," Why do people shout in anger at each other?"

    His students {#blank#}2{#/blank#}for a while, and one of them said, "Because when we lose our calm, we shout."

     "But, why should you shout when the other person is just {#blank#}3{#/blank#}you? You can just as well tell him what you have to say in a soft manner. "

    Students gave some other{#blank#}4{#/blank#}but none were any good.

   " When two people are angry at each other, their hearts became distanced(疏远的), " the wise man explained. "To cover the distance they must shout to be able to hear each other. The angrier they are the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}they will have to shout to hear each other."

    "What {#blank#}6{#/blank#}when two people fall in love? They don't shout at each other but talk {#blank#}7{#/blank#}because their hearts are very close." The wise man said.

    He looked at his students and said, "So when you argue, do not let your hearts {#blank#}8{#/blank#} distant. Stop {#blank#}9{#/blank#}words that distance you from others. Otherwise, there will come a day when the distance is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}great that you will not find the way back."

A: Hello, Daisy.

B: Hi, Alice. I'm going to have a party next week. Would you like to come?

A: A party? That's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ! What's it for?

B: I's my birthday on Wednesday. I'm going to be sixteen.

A: Oh, dear! I'm not {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, I'm afraid I can't come on Wednesday.

B: It doesn't matter. My birthday's on Wednesday, but the party's on Friday.

A: Oh, that's OK, What time will it{#blank#}3{#/blank#} ?

B: At 8:30 a. m.

A: Right, that would be no problem.

B: It's going to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} at the London Hotel, near the town center on Shiny Street.

A: OK. I can find it. I've got a map.

B: {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. See you next time.

A: See you.

    My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. He started his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves; butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate and sweets. Yesterday I paid him{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh didn't lose weight at all. He led me into his room and hurriedly{#blank#}3{#/blank#}a large parcel under his desk. He was very embarrassed for sure. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guilty y and then took out the parcel which contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets. He explained that his diet was so{#blank#}4{#/blank#}that he had to reward himself occasionally.