Two old beggars(乞丐)were sitting on a busy street corner of a big city. They watched1as a lot of people walked by without looking at them. Sometimes, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would2a few coins in the hats in front of them.

    Today was not a3day for begging. The men were able to 4enough for a big meal. As it was getting dark, they started to5their things.

    Just as they were getting ready to leave, they6a man walking towards them. He was a7man—they could tell that from his fine clothes. The first beggar said to the second with8, “He's coming our way!” The man stopped,9into his pocket and took something out. What looked like a piece of hard10, wrapped(包裹)in white paper, hit each of their waiting hats. The rich man turned and 11his way.

    “He could have easily left us a few 12or a bill, but he laughed at us with a piece of rock candy,” said the first beggar. He looked at the offering 13 “We can't 14this at all—we have no teeth.” With these words, he picked up the thing and threw it away. Then he collected his things and 15.

    The second beggar wanted to do the same, 16a second thought made him change his 17 “I haven't had anything like this for ages,” he thought. “How 18of that man to offer me something so sweet!” With that, he opened the white paper. To his 19 there was no rock candy inside.20, a shiny white pearl worth thousands of dollars fell into his hand.

    Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact1she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished2a driving offence(犯规).

    Then one day she nearly3her record. A police car4her, and the policemen in it saw her5a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed6that she would be punished.

    7Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was8old to drive a car, and that the9why she had not stopped at the red10was most probably that her eyes had become weak11old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

    When the judge had finished what he was12, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was13and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she14a needle(针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt. When she had15done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed16the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, "Now it is your17. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight." The judge took the18and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he had still not succeeded. The case(案例) against Mrs. Jones was19, and her record20unbroken.

Remembering My Father's Vest(背心)

    People get into trouble because they don't know enough to keep cool. As a child, I had a lot of1that had been held back and not released. Worse still, I was not good at2.

    Once as I was getting ready for school, my mother3me my father's vest instead of mine. This was around the time when I was going to be larger in4than my father, so as I put on the vest, I felt like I was being choked(使窒息) in it! I 5 that it was a small oversight(疏忽) on my mother's part, but6the feeling of being choked drowned me and I got very angry.

    I took my anger out on my mother7thinking much. I was so upset when she had handed me the wrong vest, and I8by violently tearing it apart from my chest!

    Later, my mother shared her own9with my father:" See what your son has done."

    Instead of scolding or abusing me, my father10responded by asking my mother to11the vest. He then wore it to work the next day.

    When my mother told me about my father's response much later, when I had 12from my burst, I immediately felt a great sense of13for my violent behavior, just 14that he was spending the entire day wearing a(n)15vest. At the same time, I was filled with great16for my father, whose gentle kindness taught me a life lesson I would treasure forever.

    On that day, I made a17never to let anger get the better of me. I learn to 18others when I think that they behave in an unfair, cruel, or unacceptable way,  19forgiveness is a tool to turn anger off. And whenever I have difficulty20my strong emotion, I try to remember my father's vest.

    This is the story of two lovers, who finally got married. Both of them were romantic at first, 1 on the walk of life, problems, quarrels, profession came into their life.

    One day, she finally decided "I want to break up". "Why?" he asked.

    "I am 2." she answered.

    He kept silent the whole night, seemingly in deep 3, finally he asked, "What can I do to 4 your mind?"

    Looking into his eyes she said, "Answer my question. If you can 5 my heart, I will change my mind. Let's say, I want a flower 6 on the face of a mountain cliff (悬崖), we both are sure that picking the flower will cause your 7, will you do it for me?"

    He said, "I will give you my 8 tomorrow."

    She woke up the next morning, found him gone, and saw a piece of paper on her bed, which 9 "My dear, I would not pick that flower for you, the 10 are …"

    "When you use the computer you always 11 the software, and you cry in front of the screen. I have to save my fingers so that I can help to restore the 12. You always leave the house keys behind, thus I have to save my 13 to rush home to open the door for you. You love traveling but always lose your way in a(n) 14 city. I have to save my eyes to show you the way. You always 15 at the computer, and that will do nothing good for your eyes. I have to save my eyes 16 when we grow old, I can help to clip your nails and help to remove those 17 white hairs."

    "Thus, my dear, unless I am sure that there is someone who loves you 18 I do … I could not pick that flower yet, and die …"

    That's life, and 19 flowers, and romantic moments are only used and appear on the 20 of the relationship. Under all this, the pillar of true love stands.

    Last July, Angela Peters rolled her wheelchair into a nail salon (美容院) at the Walmart shopping center with the idea of 1 her nails. But Peters, who has cerebral palsy(脑瘫), was 2 because the salon was afraid it would be too difficult to properly paint her nails, given that her 3 shook. What was meant to be a day of beauty 4 for Peters was now a disappointment.

    5 nearby was Ebony Harris, a Walmart cashier about to go on her 6 . Harris recognized Peters as a Walmart 7. "She's just like you, me and anybody else." Harris told ABC News, "She wants to look 8. So why can't she?"

    Harris approached Peters. "Do you want me to do your nails?" she asked. A smile 9 across Peters's face. "Yeah!"

    Harris 10 Peters into the beauty section, where they shopped for nail polish. They 11 on a bright blue—a color that would 12 every eye. They then made their way into a(n)13 McDonald's, found a table for two, and set up shop. Harris 14 took Peters's hand into hers and carefully began painting her nails.

    Watching it all with 15 was McDonald's employee Tasia Smith. What 16 her most was the ease and gentleness displayed by Harris, all the while 17 as if they were old friends. Smith was so taken by the 18 that she wrote about it on Facebook: She was so 19 with her. Thanks to the Walmart worker for making this beautiful girl's 20 ! And Peters wrote, "When people do us wrong, we should learn to forgive!"

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