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Gold in Heaven
There once was a rich man was near death. He was very upset because he had worked so hard for his money and wanted to take it with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take some of his wealth with him.
angel heard his pray and appeared. “Sorry, but you can’t take your wealth with you.” The man begged the angel to speak to God to see
he might break the rules. The angel reappeared and informed the man that God had decided to allow him to take one suitcase with him.
(excite), the man gathered his largest suitcase and filled it
pure gold bars.
Afterward, he died and showed up in heaven to greet St. Peter. (see) the suitcase, St. Peter said, “Hold on, you can’t bring that in here!” The man explained to St. Peter that he had God’s
(permit). St. Peter checked it out, came back and said, “You’re right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but I’m supposed to check its contents
letting it through."
St. Peter opened the suitcase to inspect the things that the man found too precious to leave behind and exclaimed, “You brought pavement? you can see, the great street of the city of heaven is
(make) of pure gold!”
Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and have more respectable jobs. But in the executive(主管的) circle, ________ can become a disadvantage.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is ________(harm) to a woman. Handsome male executives are considered to have more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability usually lead
________ their success. Attractive female executives are considered to have less honesty than unattractive
________ ; people do not connect their success with ability
________ with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives are thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. However, interestingly, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes
________ (connect) more to personal relationships and less to ability.
Attractive women are not thought to be able. This is true even in politics. Anne Bowman, a writer, ________ recently made a study, asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in the order of attractiveness. And then the students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote
________them. The results showed that attractive males
________(complete) defeated unattractive men, but the women
________ (rank) most attractive by the students unchangeably received the fewest votes.
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Isalella: Mathew, do you know much about body language in countries around the world?
Mathew: Sure. I’ve picked up a few things from travelling aroundbusiness. What’s up?
Isalella: Well, I had a meeting today with a woman from Japan and she wouldn’t stop (bow)! I didn’t know what to do.
Mathew: Do you bow back?
Isalella: No, I tried to shake her hands, but her hand was so limp(无力的).
Mathew: Well, Japanese typically(典型地))bow greet) each other. She might
(offend) by your strong hand-shake.
Isalella: But she was in America! Shouldn’t she have known that strong handshakes in America show(confident) and respect?
Mathew: Things are different in Japan. You know, in some countries, making eye contact with others (consider) rude.
Isalella: Is that why she wouldn’t look at me in the meeting?
Mathew: I think it’s(high) possible.
Isalella: The meeting really didn’t go down well at all. I think I need to study intercultural communication(跨文化交流))I have another meeting with someone from
country.
Matthew: That’s a good idea. When you don’t know much about other cultures, even the (simple) thing can offend someone.
Isalella: That’s so true. It’s great that we see eye to eye on this.
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Last year, I was on a trip in Sanxiarenjia in Yichang, Hubei. I waited for the boat(take) me along the Yijiang River. Out of nowhere, a shirtless man ran up to me and asked to take a photo with me
(both smiled as he said I was the first foreigner he had ever seen. He said “thank you” and ran off again.
The experience was funny, and it wasn’t the first time this((happen) to me. In fact, almost all the foreigners I know in China have experienced the
(thing. Girls with blonde hair seem to be the most
((photograph). Most of them were surprised at first, but they now enjoy having their photo taken with happy students.
Of course, many countries in the West are home to different ethnicities. So it is normal to see people(look different. But it’s different in many areas of China.
Personally, I think it’s fine to take photos with strangers. But try to ask first. Once I((wait) for my friend in an art district when a group of girls began giggling (咯咯地笑) at their phones. I noticed one of them was pointing the camera at me,
((secret) taking photos. When I spotted them, they smiled and asked if they
(take a photo with me. Maybe it is shyness, but I prefer when people ask
(they take a photo. Most foreigners will say yes.
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Once a farmer's donkey (驴) fell into a deep well. The animal cried loudly for hours, but the farmer couldn't figure out what to doit. Finally, he decided that the animal was old and that the well needed to be covered anyway, so he
(think) the donkey wasn't worth saving.
Then, he invited some of his neighbors to come over and help . They all took a shovel (铁铲) and began to put dirt into the well.
At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried(pitiful). Then, to everyone's surprise, the donkey became quiet. A few shovel loads later, the fanner looked down into the well and was astonished at
he saw.
Each shovel of dirt hit its back, but the donkey was doing something(amaze). It was shaking the dirt off and taking a step up.
the neighbors continued to put more dirt on top of the animal, it would shake the dirt off and take one more step up.
Pretty soon everyone was surprised as the donkey stepped up over the edge of well and ran off happily!
When life sometimes ( put) dirt on you, the best way of getting out of the well is to shake the dirt off and take a step up. Each of your troubles is a stepping stone. You can get out of the deepest well just
never giving up!
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Two weeks before Christmas，two little girls were walking down the street hey saw old Harry，who was on his knees pulling weeds from around a tree. He wore a pair of worn gloves．His fingers were sticking out
the ends，blue from the cold. They stopped to talk to him.
Harry told them he（get) the yard in shape as a Christmas gift for his mother，who had died several years before.“My mother was all I had. She loved her yard and trees，so I do this for her every Christmas."
His -words touched the girls and soon they （join) him，pulling weeds. When they finished，Harry pressed a coin into each of their hands.“I wish I could pay you more，but that's all rve got right now，”he said.
The girls had often passed his house，and they remembered that it had always been poor condition. No decorations to add cheeriness were anywhere in sight.
As they walked on，the coin in one little girl's hand seemed to burn a hole of（guilty）．The next day she called her friends．
they agreed to put their coins in a jar
marked“Harry's Christmas Gift"．Then they began to seek out small jobs to earn more．Every coin they earned went into the jar.
Finally，they had enough （buy）new gloves. Christmas Eve found them on Harry's doorstep singing carols. They presented him with the gloves. With
tremble）hands，he held the gloves to his face and wept. No doubt he once again felt
love of others as the
girls reached out to him.