One day, a well-known speaker was invited to give a lecture to an audience of 200. He started his lecture by       a $ 20 bill. He looked around the room, and asked, “Who would like this $20 bill?”      started going up.
He said, “I am going to       this $20 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He crumpled up (揉皺) the 20-dollar bill. He then asked, “Who       wants it?” Still the hands were       in the air.
“Well”, he replied,“    I do this ?” And he dropped it on the       and started to step on it with his shoes. He picked it up. Now it was crumpled and       .
“Now, who wants it?” Still the hands went into the air.
“My friends, we have all learned a very       lesson. No matter what I did to the       , you still want it because it doesn’t decrease in     . It is still worth $20, with       we can buy what we need.
Many times in our lives, we are     , and trampled underfoot by the decision we      and the circumstances that come our way. We feel     we were worthless. But no matter what has happened or what may happen to us, you will never       your value. Dirty or clean, you are still priceless to those who do love you. The worth of our lives is determined not by       we do or who we know, but by who we are. You are      . Don’t ever forget it.”
If you       this lesson in mind, it will help you to       again when you fall. Each time it makes you grow much stronger.

A man found the cocoon(繭) of a butterfly, One day a small          appeared , He sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it        to force its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any         . It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could, and it could go         further.
So the man decided to        the butterfly. He took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
The butterfly came out      .  But it then had a swollen（腫脹的）body and small, shriveled (褶皺的)         .
The man          to watch the butterfly because he’d expected that , at any moment, the wings would enlarge to be able to          the body , which would contract (縮小) in time . So he waited patiently.
        happened! In fact, the butterfly         _the rest of its life crawling (爬行)around with a swollen body and shriveled wings , It was never able to         .What a shame!
The man, in his kindness and fast action, made a         . He did not understand that the suffering and the struggle         for the butterfly to get through the tiny hole were nature’s way of          fluid (體液) from the body of the butterfly into its wings          it would be ready for flight once it achieved its          from the cocoon.
　 Sometimes struggles are         what we need in our lives. If nature allowed us to go through our lives          any difficulties , it would weaken or even disable us. We would not be as          as what we could have been . We could never fly !

I have a cousin who’s a farmer. If you saw him on market day with his old boots and worn hat, you might think he was a tramp (流浪漢). But he’s either buying or selling       for thousands of pounds. He doesn’t have a luxurious lifestyle, but the farmhouse, dozens of acres of land, machinery, cattle, chicken and crops must be worth a fortune. You might describe him as a       man, but he doesn’t look like that.
My father owned a shop selling newspapers, cigarettes, birthday cards, toys, books and magazines. The shop       a comfortable life for us, but we weren’t rich. The only luxury was that my father owned a car when most people in our town couldn’t afford one,      professionals such as doctors and lawyers.
My point is that       can be misleading. You often can’t       the rich from the way they look.
I once met Richard Branson, the Virgin Airlines tycoon (巨頭).He’d       a hot balloon across the Atlantic and landed in the Irish sea. When he was rescued, he was wearing jeans, a T-shirt and a sneaker. You’d       have guessed he was a multimillionaire.
Andrew Bruce, the 11th Earl (伯爵) of Elgin,       a group of press people to his luxurious home in Fife, Scotland. His      , the 7th Earl of Elgin was famous for removing and transporting to Britain priceless sculptures from the Parthenon, a very famous temple in Greece. The so-called Elgin Marbles can be seen in the British Museum. The Earl’s castle was       cold, despite a fire burning in the hearth (壁爐). He explained to us,“I’m sorry it’s so cold, but you should know that a gentleman’s house is always cold.”
There you have it:     doesn’t always bring comfort.

Whatever misfortune you face, just hold up your head and face it with a smile! I got to know this from a musical soul.
The other day I was feeling quite      , having just been laid off from my job. With so many       to pay, I was wondering what was going to happen to my family.
I got off the bus when I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the      . I walked a bit slower, trying to find out where it was coming from. Through the       I saw a young lady sitting at a piano with a box next to her.
She was singing songs about love and her sweet voice       me a bit. Then I stood there watching her playing, thinking that it must take       to perform on her own in front of hundreds of people she didn’t know. 
She might have felt my       for she occasionally looked in my direction.
By now I was telling myself that I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked       and put some money in her box and she expressed her thanks with a smile on her face.
I asked her      , “Why are you playing the piano in the middle of this crowded place?”
She explained to me that she sees so many       people in the world that she is trying to relieve the pain by       motivational(激勵的)music.
Instead of continuing my way home, I said to her, “I have been going through a        time lately, but you’ve made me       again.”
“I’m happy that I could be       to you,” she replied. “Why are you so sad?”
I told her my story and said, “I’m not so       about what to do….”
“You see, here’s the      ,” she responded. “When you were walking, your head was down.” She looked me in the eyes and went on, “Don’t look defeated, because       comes in different ways and if your head is down you might never see it. You should       more … lift your head up.”
I was really       by what she said! I did hold my head up and soon got through the difficult time.
So       in trouble, just face it bravely and you are sure to overcome your difficulty sooner or later.

In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had      and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road,       a kite spindle(風箏線錠) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I       my neck to see how successful he had been in       the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost      0f the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the        tree in the park.  Obviously,  that was his grandson's kite!  The kite was a replica (復制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread       0pen. Grandpa had only one      to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa,        wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I     how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the       . There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys       my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.

When it comes to friends, people always know this old saying——A friend in need is a friend indeed. The best friend a man has in the world may    him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has       with loving care may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness and our good reputation, may         our faith. A man may        the money he has. It flies away from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man’s reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-considered action. The people who are ready to fall on their knees to do us        when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of hatred when        settles its cloud upon our heads. The one        unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never        him, the one that never proves         or distrusted, is his dog.
A man’s dog stands by him in richness and in        , in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the cold wind blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his        side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to         ; he will lick the wounds and sores that come from encounter with the roughness of the world. He will guard the sleep of his master        he were a prince. When all other friends desert, he        . When wealth and reputation fall to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journeys through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth, a deserted person in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of         him, to guard him against danger, to fight against his         . And when the last         of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace, and his body is         in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends         their ways, there by the grave will the          dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even in death.

Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly that you would rather die than go? Well that’s how I      about joining Madcaps, a mothers and daughters club assisting philanthropies（慈善事業(yè)）.But now I believe that you    open up your mind to things because eventually you might    end up enjoying it.
“It’s a waste of time”, I said when my mom told I had to join Madcaps, and then when she said I had to      at a homeless shelter I thought this just could not be      .
We got there late, of course, and the security guard led us to the kitchen   we ran into 48 other fellow Madcaps members. Since I’m    so socially awkward（糟糕的） I had met only one person at a pool party, earlier this year. I looked around for her but she was not there. Damn, I was    ! When the man in charge came out and asked for 3 mothers to work outside the      to clean up the plates, my mom just happened to volunteer leaving me to      food with others.
Soon the    families started to walk in and a little girl walked up and pointed to the food I was    I gave her the cold sandwich, she nodded in a form of saying      , and then walked to join her family at the large table.
As she walked away I thought of how much I       I get to go the top schools. I have a great house and I have a warm meal every night. It    that little girl to make me realize how lucky I am. After that moment I had a change of    . Now, I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting, I have       being socially awkward and now have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do      the required 20 hours of philanthropies.
I believe that if you have an    mind about things you can accomplish more and become a better rounded person. I believe sometimes you can make a difference just    doing one thing you don’t want to do .

Last year, for a nationwide teacher conference, I was asked to make a presentation about my classroom. I immediately        to offer to the conference photo collections and mementos （紀念物）that would prove how meaningful teachers’ work was in the world of classroom.
So, for weeks, I looked        the drawers, boxes, and cupboard, hoping to find just the right prints that would tell of the spirit of my school and my community. All through September, I sought photos of lessons activties and accounts I had put away        in my house. I asked my colleagues to help me find images or objects that would        our most famous community members. By mid-October, I had made a list of them. But, I had also found something       , something much more dear, and very rare.
I found photos of Craig, a high school senior, who gave up two weeks one summer to help little kids draw pictures at a camp. I found notes from Calvin whom I had taught for almost six years, and remembered how he always made sure every classmate felt accepted. I found a resume written by Carrie who        herself without the help of parents, and who took night class, and never        one. I found a copy of Macbeth in Portuguese, which belonged to an exchange student who read it first in her own       , before reading it in ours. Thus she could be sure she wasn’t missing anything important in the       . I found all my students, the students who had made me laugh, the students who had        me with their courage and kindness, the students who had        me to question what I knew of the world outside my own world, the students who had inspired me to expect more from them and from myself.
There I was, standing at my filing cupboard reviewing        —not those I had taught, but the many I had learned.
I came to teaching,        most teachers do, hoping to touch the hearts and minds of my students. What I never expected was how        they would touch mine.
Today I walk through the door of my classroom ready to teach, but also        to learn from the young people who are excited to teach me about them —their insights and interests, problems and anxieties, hopes and expectations.
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What is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? Perhaps you don't even try any more because you think what you do is not        enough.
Discouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time,        whatever it is that we work so hard doing, it seems that there is        someone else who can do it much better.
I have always enjoyed music and it is        to me that every musician has a       of their own. My father         several instruments and when he played with others, it was not difficult to          his sound in a group. Whether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own        sound.
I       read of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, "       else can make the sound that you make." The sound that you make may not be the same as someone else's but who is to say which is     . It is said that, "       is in the eye of the beholder, perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the         ".
Every person has a different tone of voice that        only to them,        we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of        that is unique to them. It might not be the sound of your music or your voice at all. It        be the way you whistle or the sound of your footsteps.
Each person has a（an）       on the world in some way. Someone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it        the same way that you do it. The next time you feel       , remember "Nobody else can make the sound that you make. "
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Tears went out of my eyes when I talked to my parents on the phone. What were they doing when I       them? This is what I want to know most. I had supper at five in the dining room. There is no need for me to cook and wash the dishes.       , now it is the        time for my parents. Dad works from seven in the morning to nine in the evening.       , all of the housework is        to my mum alone. She also has to work in the vineyard(葡萄園)        her own job.
Every day she        at 4 o’clock in the morning, and then works till dark. One day I called her at 7:30 in the evening. She told me she was        in the vineyard and hadn’t had supper yet. Tears ran down my cheeks. 
Dear mum, I’ll study hard in the university because I am your       . I’ll look after myself because I am        to you. I promise you so much but I        want you to promise me you will tend yourself and Dad because you are like my blood. I cannot        without you.
Mum has ever said that the happiest time for Dad and her is when my sister and I come home. We play cards in the room, watch TV or do        else we like, with Dad and Mum        delicious food in the kitchen. It is        the happiest time for me. I could        all the difficulties and unhappiness. The        thing to do is to enjoy the time with my parents.
　　     , sometimes, doesnt need many words. Love your parents as they love you. Give them a        and tell them you        them.