At Priya's wedding party, her mother gave her a newly opened bankbook and said,"Priya,keep it as a   26 of your marriage life．When something   27  happens, put some money in and give a brief   28  to it next to the line．The happier the event is, the more money you can put in．When   29 after years, you will know how much happiness you've   30 "．
Priya and Hitesh both thought it a great idea and soon made the first deposit（儲蓄）． 31 , after years, they started quarrelling and fighting．They both   32 marrying the worst person in the world．
One day Priya talked to her mother,"Mom, we can't   33 it any more．We decided to get adivorce!I can't imagine   34 I decided to marry this Guy!!!" Her mother responded,"Just do whatever you want, but before that do one thing first． 35  the bankbook I gave to you on your wedding party? Take out all the money and   36 it first．You shouldn't keep any record of such a   37 marriage．"Priya thought it was   38 ．So she went to the bank,  39 to draw out all the money．While waiting in the queue,she took out the bankbook and recalled the memories of all the previous   40 ．Her eyes filled with tears,she left in a（an）  41 ．When she returned home, she handed the bankbook to Hitesh, asking him to spend the money．
The next day, Hitesh gave the bankbook back to Priya．  42 , she found a new deposit of $5000, with a line next to the record:" This is the day I  43 how much I've loved you．How much happiness you've brought me．" Much   44 , they hugged and cried, putting the bankbook back to their   45 ．

Once upon a time, there was a large mountainside, where an eagle’s nest rested. The eagle’s nest contained four  36  eagle eggs. One day an earthquake rocked (使震動) the mountain  37  one of the eggs to roll down the mountain,  38  a chicken farm, which was in the valley below. The chickens knew that they must  39  and care for the eagle’s egg, so an old hen   40  to hatch (孵) and raise the large egg.
One day, the egg hatched and a beautiful eagle was born.  41 , however, the eagle was raised to be a(n)  42 . Soon, the eagle believed he was  43 more than a chicken. The eagle loved his home and family, 44  his spirit cried out for more. While playing a game on the farm one day, the eagle looked to the skies above and 45 a group of eagles soaring (高飛) in the skies. “Oh,” the eagle  46 , “I wish I could soar like those birds.” The chickens shouted with  47 , “You cannot soar with those birds. You are a chicken and chickens do not soar.”
The eagle  48  staring at his real family up above, 49  that he could be with them. Each time the eagle would let his  50  be known, he was told it couldn’t be done. That is  51  the eagle learned to believe. Slowly, the eagle  52  dreaming and continued to live his life like a chicken.  53  , after a long life as a chicken, the eagle  54 .
You become what you believe you are; so if you ever dream to become an eagle, 55 your dreams, not the words of a chicken.

We are warned by our teachers not to waste time because time 26 will never return. I think it quite 27. What does time look 28 ? Nobody knows, and we can’t see it or touch it and no 29 of money can buy it. Time is abstract(抽象的), so we have to  30 about it.
Time passes very quickly. Some students say they don’t have 31 time to review their lessons. It is 32 they don’t know how to make use of their time. They waste it in going to theatres or playing, and 33 other useless things. Why do we study everyday? Why do we work? Why do most people 34 take buses instead of walking? The answer is very 35 .We wish to save time because time is36.
Today we are living in the 21^st century. We 37  time as life. When a person dies, his life ends. Since life is short, we must 38 our time and energy to our study so that we 39 be able to work and live well in the future. Laziness is the 40 of time, for it not only brings us 41 , but also does other 42 to us. If it is necessary for us to do our work today, 43 we do it today and not 44 it until tomorrow. Remember that time is much more 45.

It was a busy morning,about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment(約會) at 9:30.
The nurse had him take a   36  in the waiting area,   37  him it would be at least 40 minutes     38 someone would be able to see him. I saw him   39  his watch and decided, since I was   40 busy-my patient didn’t   41  at the appointed hour, I woul examine his would.While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment.
The gentleman said no and told me that he  42 to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his  43 .He told me that she had been  44 for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be  45 if he was a bit late.He replied that she  46 knew who he was,that she had not been able to   47 him for five years now. I was   48   and asked him,“And you  49  go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”
He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me, but I know who she in.” I had to hold back 50  as he left.
Now I    51   that in marriages,true love is    52  of all that.The happiest people don’t  53 have the best of everythng; they just  54 the best of everying they have.  55 is’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

An old friend from abroad（國外）__16__ I wanted to stay with telephoned me from the airport to tell me that he had arrived. I was still in the __17__, but I had done something to get ready for his coming. After explaining where my new room was, I told him __18__ I had left the key under the doormat（門墊）. __19__ I would be home rather __20_, I asked him to go into the kitchen and __21__ himself to some food and drink.
Two hours later, my friend telephoned me from the __22__. At the moment, he said __23__ was __24__ the radio __25__ having a truly wonderful meal. He had cooked two eggs and helped himself __26__ some __27__ chicken from the refrigerator. Now, he said, he was drinking a glass of milk __28__ he hoped I would __29__ him. When I asked him if he had __30__ the room without __31__, he answered that he had __32_ been able to find the key under the doormat. As the living-room window just __33__ the apple tree had been left _34__, he had climbed in. I listened to all this in __35__. There in no apple tree in front of my living-room. There is one in front of my neighbor’s.

When Pat Jones finished college，she decided to travel around the world and see as many foreign places as she could  21  she was young．Pat wanted to visit Latin America  22 ，so she got a job  23  an English teacher in a school in Bolivia．Pat spoke a little Spanish  24  she was able to communicate with her students even when they didn't  25  much English．
A sentence she had read somewhere stuck in her mind：if you dream  26  a foreign language, you have really mastered(掌握)it. Pat repeated this sentence to her students and  27 that some day she would dream in Spanish and they would dream in  28 ．
One day，one of her  29  students came up and explained in Spanish that he had not done his homework. He had  30  early, but had slept   31 .
“What does this have to do with your  32  ?” Pat asked．
“I dreamed all night，Miss Jones. and my dream was in English?”
“In English?” Pat was very  33  ，since he was such a bad student．She was  34  secretly jealous(嫉妒的)．Her  35  was still not in Spanish．But she encouraged(鼓勵)her young student．“Well，36  me about your dream．”
“All the people in my dream  37  English.” the student said．“And all the signs were in English．All the newspapers and magazines and all the TV programs were in English．”
“Great. That's  38  ，”said Pat．“What did all the people say to you?”
“I'm sorry，Miss Jones．That's  39  I slept so badly．1 didn't  40  a word they said．It was a nightmare(噩夢)!”

A few days ago, I was having a meeting in my company. After walking out, I 36  for my car keys in my pocket, only to discover they were not there. 37 , I gave myself a quick personal pat   38  my clothes, but they were not in 39  of my pockets. So, I went back to the meeting room and looked for them in every place _ 40_I had been. Suddenly it occurred to me that I must have left them in the car. Worried and frightened, I quickly 41  for the parking lot.（停車場）
My wife, Diane, has 42  me many times for leaving the keys in the ignition（點(diǎn)火處）. My theory is the ignition is the 43  place so that I won’t lose them. Her theory is that the car will be   44 . As I rushed out of my company, I came to a terrifying 45 . Her theory was right. The parking lot was 46 .
Without hesitation, I called the 47 . I gave them my location（位置）and  48  that I had left my keys in the car, and that it had been stolen. Then I made the most 49  call of all.
“Honey,” I said in a low voice. I always call her “honey” in times like these. “I 50  my keys in the car, and it has been stolen.”
There was a period of 51 . I thought the call had been dropped, but then I heard Diane’s  52 .
“Ken,” she shouted, “I dropped you off!”
Now it was my time to be silent. 53 , I said, “In that case, would you please come and  54  
your dear husband?”
Diane answered, “I will... just as soon as I can have this policeman  55 I didn’t steal your car.”

Robby was 11 years old when his mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I  36  that students begin at an earlier age, which I explained to Robby, but Robby said that it had been his mother’s  37  to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a student.
Hard  38  Robby tried, he lacked the basic sense of music. However, he persisted, and at the end of each weekly  39 , he always said, “My mom’s going to hear me play some day.” But it seemed  40 . He just did not have any gift for music.
I only knew his mother from a distance as she dropped Robby  41  or waited in her old car to  42  him up. She always  43  and smiled but never visited my class. Then one day Robby  44  coming to our lessons. He telephoned me and said his mother was  45 .
Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the upcoming recital(獨(dú)奏會)  46  Robby came and asked me if he could be in the recital. “Miss Hondorf ... I’ve just got to  47 !” he insisted. I agreed.
The night for the recital came. The high school gymnasium was  48  with parents, friends and relatives. The recital went off well. Finally Robby came up on stage. I was  49  when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto(協(xié)奏曲) No. 21 in C Major. I was not  50  what I heard next. His fingers were light on the keys. He played so  51  that everyone  52  to applaud him. In tears I ran up on  53 . “Oh, Robby! How did you do it?”
“Well, Miss Hondorf ... I kept on  54  at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, _55  she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well ... she was born deaf, so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play ...”

Standing on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a police officer saw a car moving slowly at 18 MPH. He  _36_ to himself, “This driver is just as  _37  as a speeder!” So __38 _ he turned on his lights and pulled the driver over.   39  the car, he noticed that   40  were five old ladies — two in the front seat and __41__three in the back, their eyes wide and faces white as ghosts. The driver, obviously   42_ , said to him, “Officer, I don’t understand. I was  _43__ exactly the speed limit!  _44__ seems to be the problem?” “Ma’am,” the officer replied, “You weren’t  _45__, but you should know that driving  _46__ than the speed limit can also be a(n) __47  to other drivers.” “Slower than the speed limit? No, sir, I was doing the speed limit exactly…Eighteen miles per hour!” The old woman said a bit __48_ . The police officer, trying to  _49_ a laugh, explained to her that “18” was the route number, _ 50_  the speed limit. A bit embarrassed, the old woman smiled and thanked the officer for  _51_ out her error. “But before I let you  _52_, Ma’am, I have to ask if everyone in this car is all right? These women seem very  _53_ and they didn’t make a single sound the whole time.”The police officer asked. “Oh, they will be all right  _54  a minute, officer. We just  _55__ Route 128.”

I went to my favorite restaurant one evening to have supper. I knew the owner very well. __36 _ I was waiting for the soup to arrive, I looked around to see if I knew anyone in the restaurant. It was __37_ that I noticed a man sitting at the corner table __38__ watching in my direction, as if he knew me. The man had a newspaper open __39__him, which he was __40__ to read, though all the while I could see that he was keeping an eye on me. When the waiter brought the soup, the man was clearly __41_ by the familiar way in which the waiter and I talked to each other. He became even more puzzled as time went on and it grew more and more obvious that I was well__ 42__ in the restaurant. In the end he got up and went to the kitchen. After a few minutes he came_ 43__ again, paid his bill and left without__ 44__ looking in my direction.
When I finished and was__ 45__ to pay my bill, I called the owner over and __46__him what the man had wanted. The owner at__47_ didn’t want to tell me. I __48__ “Well”, he said “ that man was a detective.” “__49__?” I said, much surprised. “he followed you here because he_ 50__ you were the man he was looking for,” the owner said. “He showed me a photo of the__51__ man. He certainly looked __52__ you! Of course since we know you here. I was able to make him __53 _that he had made a mistake.” “It’s__ 54__ I came to a restaurant where I’m where I’m known,” I said, “otherwise I __55__have been taken to police station!”
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