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In a small village, there lived a potter (陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. the field was quite far off, the potter would under a tree midway, his donkey nearby.
One day, the potter to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the , he thought, “How do I tie this donkey today? He might if I sleep.” The potter decided to lie down holding the donkey’s while sleeping.
But this way, neither the donkey nor the potter was able to take a rest. A saint (圣人), who to be passing by, saw the potter holding on to the donkey’s ears. When the potter told the saint what the was, the saint said: “Take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. to tie him using an imaginary rope. I you he won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.
He left the donkey and went to take a nap. When he woke up, to his and relief, he found the donkey standing in the place.
Soon the potter prepared to leave for . But the donkey did not . “What is wrong with this donkey?!” the potter in frustration.
, the potter saw the wise saint again. He ran up to the saint and told him about the donkey’s behavior. The saint said: “You tied up the donkey, but did you untie him? Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter the saint’s advice.
Now the donkey was ready to leave for home. The potter understood that his donkey was a bonded (被束缚的) donkey. The potter thanked the wise saint and went home with his donkey.
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A．stone B．tree C．bridge D．house
A．walk around B．lie down C．run away D．make noises
A．ears B．nose C．legs D．tail
A．failed B．tried C．happened D．managed
A．animal B．problem C．place D．result
A．Learn B．Consider C．Wish D．Pretend
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Mrs Evens was home from work. She had just gone into the kitchen to make the afternoon tea she saw a mouse running around on the kitchen floor. She and jumped up on the table. As soon as the mouse had disappeared, she jumped off from the , rushed out of the kitchen, her coat, ran out of the house and got on a bus was going into the town.
There she hurried into a shop and a large mouse-trap(捕鼠器). She wanted to put to this mouse as quickly as .
When she got home the trap, she realized that she had forgotten0 any cheese to put in it. She searched everywhere there was in the house. It was too late to buy any because now all the shops were . She wondered what to do. In the end , she a clever idea. She took a pair of scissors(剪刀) and cut a picture of a piece of cheese a magazine. Then she put the picture in the trap a piece of cheese.
The next Mrs Evans came down to the and went straight away to the place she had put the trap. She wanted to see if her plan had . The picture of the cheese had gone and in its place was a picture of a mouse.
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Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember a mere acquaintance(相识). I have forgotten the of an old lady who was on my paper route when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it seems like just yesterday that she taught me a lesson in .
One afternoon, a friend and I were rocks onto the roof of the old lady’s house to observe how the rocks to missiles(导弹；发射物) as they rolled to the roof’s edge and shot out into the yard like comets(彗星)falling from the sky. I found myself a perfectly smooth and threw it out. The stone was too smooth, however, it from my hand as I let it go and headed straight for a small on the old lady’s back porch(门廊). We knew we were in and ran away as fast as we could.
I was too of getting caught that first night. However, a few days later. I was sure that I hadn’t been discovered, I started to feel for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile but I was no longer to feel in her presence.
I made up my mind that I would my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the money in an envelope with a note that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would the cost for repairing it.
I waited until it was dark, then put the envelope through the letter slot in her door.
The next day, I the old lady her paper and was able to the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and said, “Here, I have something for you.” It was a bag of cookies. I thanked her and ate the cookies as I continued my way.
After several cookies, I an envelope and pulled it out. When I opened the envelope, I was very . Inside was the seven dollars and a short note that said, “I’m of you.”
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A．explaining B．instructing C．persuading D．declaring
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Less is more. This is why we say: reduce things by half instead of doubling them, get rid of junk instead of piling it up, slow down instead of . Apply these in your everyday life, and you will find yourself being on your journey to simplification.
When you concentrate on one task, you find you have that you didn’t even know you had. Just imagine: you are at a fair and you have to carry two heavy pigs over 100 yards. If you keep one and then the other, it will take a long time, because one of them will keep slipping out of your hand and . But if you tie one pig in a place, pick up the other, gather all your , make a dash for the finish line, pause for a moment, run back, get the other one, and with great determination, carry the second pig to the finish line, and then you can be sure of success.
The stress of work is now great almost in all occupations. In the modern nuclear family, the stress that would have been shared among all the relatives is now on the individual partner.
If you have the feeling that 24 hours per day is not , then it’s not because the day has too few hours, but because you have too many activities. A simple fact is that people tend to forget. The is equally simple: refuse to accept so many assignments.
“I can handle stress” is regarded as a positive statement. People who can handle stress are given more --- until one day they . Pay careful attention to the that tell you that you are under more stress than you can deal with. These signs come from various of life. You become ill, or your work efficiency .
If you have any of these symptoms, change your life goals and decrease your tolerance of stress. Say openly, “I can’t manage that.”
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A boy and a girl were a couple of lovers. The girl liked feeling rain, so the boy was always holding the _________ when it rained and most part of it was _________ the girl.
One day they were walking hand in hand passing a building which was under _________. The girl jumped with excitement and said something. The boy _________ talked only feeling excited ________ she felt looking at her silently. Suddenly, a stone fell down from the building________ the girl's head! At that moment the boy took the girl in his arms so suddenly that the girl ________ a scream. He meant to protect the girl with his body. _______ the boy turned over to make his own body downward________ they dropped on the ground. ________, only the girl's hand was hurt by the stone.
The girl struggled and stood up from the boy's body and slowly ran away _______ glancing at the boy.
At the time, the boy was calling the girl's name in a _______ voice, his lips were already white. He took out his mobile phone and________ the girl's number, but the girl didn't answer. He dialed for several times, at last he ________. But his fingers pressed ________ on the mobile. At that time, beside the boy, the blood spread slowly, his hand hung and the mobile phone lay in the blood, he had no________ to press the “SENT” key yet.
The next day, when the girl heard of the news that the boy was being rescued, she ran to the hospital. When she hurried to the hospital, the doctor had already _________ his death; the ________ of his death was that his lung had ________ too much blood.
It was because, when the boy meant to _________ the girl with his body he found that there was a steel stick under them, so he turned over to make it insert his own body.
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