Chris's parents were proud of him when he graduated from college. But it's been six months and he hasn't gotten a(n) 1 yet. In fact, he hasn't looked for it 2. He has no idea what he wants to do and he's always thinking of his old grad school(校友).

    He's 3 at home with his parents and their relationship are getting tense, especially with his father, who 4 Chris for being lazy and afraid to 5 the real world.

    Chris thinks his dad is being totally 6, after all, he's only young once and he needs some "space". During a recent 7, Chris said, "I'm not you, Dad. I have my own way of doing things. I want a job I 8." His dad replied, "That's a nice  9, but in the end they call it "work" because it's about making a productive living—not having fun."

    There are many youngsters like Chris who are having trouble getting 10 with a serious job and becoming self-reliant. Some, like Peter Pan, just don't want to grow up. Some are afraid of 11 a wrong decision or of being rejected. Others are  12 of what psychologists call "magical thinking." They believe that when the time is right, everything will fall into place, so they 13 good chance to come knocking or until they feel encouraged to take their next step.

    Unfortunately, it doesn't 14 that way. What's important is to begin. Things happen and opportunities 15 most often when we're moving, not standing 16. The ability to keep developing or being more 17 is very important. Basic physics says it's easier to 18 the course of a moving object than to start movement at the beginning. In the end, it's not really about finding yourself, 19  it's about making yourself.

    The first steps are the 20, but the key to success in anything is getting started.

    Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets1him, especially those who are2

    For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that3? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's4 His briefcase always has some gloves。

    In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not5like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and6the street. He looks around at7. He stops when he8 someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he9, looking for more people with cold10.

    On winter days, Mr. Greenberg11gloves. During the rest of the year, he12gloves. People who have heard about him also 13him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.

    Mr. Greenberg 14doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and15his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes16him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them17.

    It runs in the18. Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the19. A pair of gloves may be a20thing, but it can bring warmth in cold winter days.

    For my grandpa, Tatay's 90th birthday, our family threw him a big party.

    We 1 the backyard with colorful flags so it would look like the neighborhood parties with which Tatay 2 in his home country of the Philippines. We 3 a big lechon, a roasted pig. And the guests were 4 to wear traditional Filipino clothes.

    5 I was excited to wear an orange patadyong — a Philippine skirt and wrap — my white husband Darren, from Nashville, Tenn., felt 6 in his barong, a shirt woven from pineapple leaf fibers. My aunt had told all the guests to dress in 7 clothes.

    "I feel like this is cultural appropriation," he said，pulling the collar and looking around 8. "I honestly feel uncomfortable."

    I could understand Darren's 9. But wearing a barong to Tatay's birthday party this, I felt, was not appropriation but 10. It filled me with great 11 to see my white husband in the clothing of my family's tradition. I knew my family was 12, too. My uncle lent his clean shirt to Darren. My cousins wanted to 13 photos with him.

    I 14 him by saying he was expressing 15 and a sense of unity with my Filipino family. And we were wearing these clothes as an act of 16 to Tatay. He is losing his 17 —but barong and patadyong and lechon, these are some of the things that 18 in his mind.

    In that barong, Darren's standing next to Tatay 19 that he was making an 20 to understand and connect with my family. And that, to me, was a beautiful thing.

    After all, appreciating different cultures helps understand the world.

    I still remember the first day of school our professor introduced a little old lady named Rose to us. I was curious about what might have 1  her to be taking on this challenge at her age. "I always 2 having a college education and now I'm getting one!" she told me. I like listening to this "time machine" as she 3 her wisdom and experience with me.

    At the end of the term, we 4 Rose to make a speech to our football team. As she began to deliver her 5 speech, she dropped her note card on the 6 . A little embarrassed, she simply said, "I'm sorry. This whiskey is 7 me! I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know." As we laughed, she 8 her throat and began, "We do not stop 9 because we are old; we grow old because we stop playing. There are some secrets to staying  10 , being happy, and achieving success. You have to laugh and find 11 every day. Have a dream. When you 12your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are 13 and don't even know it! There is a huge 14  between growing older and growing up.  15 you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one 16 thing, you will turn twenty years old. That doesn't 17 any talent or ability. The elderly usually don't have18 for what they did, but rather for things they did not do."

    One week after graduation, Rose 19 peacefully in her sleep. We will remember the wonderful woman who taught us by example that it's never too late to be all we can20 be.

    I was touched so much. A while back, my three-year-old son and I settled back for his goodnight1. We lay down in his little bed and he said, "Daddy, when I get big can I live with you?" I assured him he could live with me2he wanted to.

    A moment later he said, "When you die you're going to feel3on your face and it will be me touching you." Then he4,"I will kiss you." He moved over, kissed me. I was aware of tears suddenly welling up in my eyes. I didn't want to explain5I was crying; as I opened my eyes to look at him, he was already6.

    I spent some time looking at him,7the minute and wondering about the depth of the8I'd had. It occurred to me that I didn't remember having much of this kind of9time with my father, and that this was a time that would be10short-lived. This time of11that forms a three-year-old's life, would soon be12. What will remain, however, will be the13of this short while reoccurring in my mind non-stop. It made all of the difficult14of being a father worthwhile.

    Sometimes, being a committed (承担义务的) father can feel like you're15the doorkeeper, driver, and16in the house. Then you will have "a17", one like this in which your child expresses18, pure, and unconditional love for you.

    When your kids have19home and you look back at these years, all of these will be strung (绑) together to20the memories of their lives with you.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born on February 27, 1807 in Portland, Maine. His father, Stephen, was a lawyer, so Henry was born into a rich family. Henry began 1 at age three. By the time he was six he was the smartest boy in the school. He was very good at spelling and arithmetic. But Henry loved to write and 2 became very skilled in it. Henry's father wanted him to become a lawyer, but after Henry 3 from Bowdoin College in Maine at the age of 19, he dreamed of becoming a(n) 4 . Henry wanted to travel to Europe to study. He followed that 5 , and later returned to Bowdoin to become a professor at age 22.  

In 1831, Henry 6 Mary Storer Potter, a former schoolmate. He 7 and started The New England. He and his wife travelled to Europe, where he studied Swedish, Danish, Finnish and the Dutch language and literature.  

In 1836, Henry began 8 in Harvard. He moved into a room of the famous Craigie House in Cambridge. In the Craigie House, Henry 9 to write poems and books.  

In 1847, Longfellow's poem Evangeline was 10 . Many people said Evangeline was his best poem. In 1854 he resigned from Harvard to 11 his time to his writing. The Song of Hiawatha, written in 1855, was also very popular, as it was one of the first poems to 12 the Native American Indian culture. When The Courtship of Miles Standish 13 in 1858, it sold 25,000 copies on the first day of publication.  

The next few years were 14 with honours and rewards. He was invited to the House of Windsor by Queen Victoria by 15 of the Prince of Wales. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow died on March 24, 1882.