I shared with many of my friends about the story happened to me.
Twenty years ago, I drove a 1 for a living. One night I went to 2 up a passenger at 2:30 AM. When I arrived there, I walked to the door and knocked.
"Just a minute,"3 a weak, elderly voice.
After a long pause, the door opened. An 4 man in his eighties stood before me. By his side was a small suitcase.
When we got into the taxi, he gave me an address, and then asked, "Could you drive through the downtown?"
"It's not the5 way," I answered quickly.
"Oh, I'm in no hurry," he said. "I'm 6 my way to a hospice (晚期病人护理所). I don't have any family left. The doctor says I don't have very long.”
I 7 reached over and shut off the meter (计时器).
For the next two hours, we drove through the city. He showed me the 8 where he had once worked and the building where his friends had worked.
Sometimes he'd ask me 9in front of a special building and would sit staring into the darkness, without saying anything.
In the early morning, he suddenly said, "I'm 10. Let's go now." We drove 11 to the address he had given me.
"How much do I pay you?" he asked.
"12 . It's just like my short tour of downtown." I said. " 13 you have to make a living," he answered.
"Oh, there are other 14 ," I answered.
Almost without thinking, I gave him a hug. He held on to me and said, "You gave an old man a little moment of 15 ."
A: Hi, Bruce. Summer holiday is coming. 1
B: I'm not sure yet. Maybe I'll visit my aunt in Australia with my family.
A: Wow! 2 Do you go to Australia every year?
B: Yes. We go there once or twice a year.
A: 3
B: We fly for about 15 hours and then we take the bus.
A: 4
B: I usually help my aunt feed the animals on her farm.
A: A farm? You're sure to have lots of fun on the farm!
B: Yes, and 5.
A: Sounds like you can enjoy the summer holiday so nice!
B: Yes! And it's winter in Australia now!
This is a story of everyone.
A long time ago, there was a big apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play with it every day. But as time went by, the little boy had grown up and he no longer played around the tree.
One day, the boy came back to the tree.
"Come and play with me," the tree asked the boy.
"I'm no longer a kid. I can't play with you now," the boy replied, "I need toys." "Sorry, I don't have any. But you can pick all my apples and sell them."
The boy picked all the apples on the tree and left happily. He didn't come back. The tree was sad. The other day, the boy returned and the tree was so excited.
"Come and play with me," the tree said.
"I need a house for my family. Can you help me?" "You can cut off my branches to build your house."
So the boy cut all the branches of the tree and left happily.
The tree was glad to see him happy, but the boy didn't come since then. The tree was lonely again. One hot summer day, the boy came back again after he left for so many years.
"Sorry, my boy. But I don't have anything for you anymore."
"I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I'm tired after all these years," the boy replied. "Good! Please sit down with me and have a rest."
The boy sat down and the tree was glad and smiled with tears.
Clara Daly was sitting on a flight from Boston to Los Angeles when she heard a worried voice over the loudspeaker: “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language?”
Clara, 15 at the time, pressed the call button. An air hostess came by and explained the situation. "We have a passenger on the plane who's blind and deaf," she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but he was traveling alone and the air hostesses couldn't understand what he needed.
Clara had been studying ASL for the past year to help blind and deaf people and she knew she'd be able to finger spell into the man's palm (手掌). So she rose from her seat, walked toward the front of the plane, and knelt (跪下) by the seat of Tim Cook, then 64. Gently taking his hand, she signed, "How are you? Are you OK?" Cook asked for some water.
When it arrived, Clara returned to her seat. She came by again a bit later because he wanted to know the time. On her third visit, she stopped and stayed for a while.
"He didn't need anything. He was lonely and wanted to talk," Clara said.
So for the next hour, she talked about her family and her plans for the future. Cook told Clara how he had become blind over time and shared stories of his days as a traveling salesman. Even though he couldn't see her, she "looked attentively at his face with such kindness," a passenger reported.
"Clara was amazing," an air hostess told Alaska Airlines in an interview. "You could tell Cook was very excited to have someone he could speak to, and she was such an angel."
Cook's reply: "Best trip I've ever had."
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Everybody's house smells in some way.
You almost never even notice the way your own place smells. You notice the way everyone else's place smells as soon as you walk in. There are their cats, and the soap, and the new furniture they just got. And those all add up to the way their house smells.
But you can only smell your own house after you've been away for a while—like, a long while. Not just a workday, but like a week.
It has to do with sensory adaptation (感觉适应). That's the scientific way to say that you just get used to it. And it's more pronounced for our sense of smell than for any other sense, like our hearing, for example.
Researcher Pamela Dalton at the Monell Chemical Senses Center has done a lot of work on sensory adaptation. She and her team say that adaptation means you respond (做出反应) less when a stimulus (刺激物) is repeated. So when you're at home, the smell of your house is all around you. It never goes away. It's not just repeated—you're swimming in it. So you become adapted to the way it smells.
The thing with smell, though, is that you adapt to smells really quickly. After "even a few breaths" of a smell, Dalton says, you begin to acclimate to it.
You start to experience that smell as being less strong and finally take no note of it at all. That's why you can smell your friend's house when you walk in, but you don't really notice it all the time you're there.
Being able to detect (探测) smells is important. It might warn you of danger, like an approaching (接近的) tiger or something gone bad in your drinks. Or it might mean something pleasant, like that fresh bread or the blooming flowers.
Your nose can stay on the lookout for new smells that are dangerous or delicious.
It might be a simple housekeeping thing, like a dishwasher in the kitchen or towels in the bathroom that needs to be cleaned.
Then, if you still want to change the way your house smells, many things might do the trick, like a million candles, fresh fruits, or a bottle of perfume.
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Tom loves TV. But for one year, he didn't watch TV at all. What was the ? His parents said they would give him $ 600 if he didn't watch TV for a year. Tom's parents thought he watched TV too much.
At first, the parents were very. Tom read books and newspapers, played games with friends and made some small things. But soon he got bored. Sometimes his mother wished he would watch TV for just one evening, but Tom said No. Finally the year was , and Tom got his money.
What would he do with the $600? "I want to buy a TV set!" said Tom.
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Little Bing Bing is a smart boy. Although he's just 6 years old, he drawing for 2 years and often gives his parents some pictures as gifts. But last Sunday he argued with his mother.
At about 10:30 a.m. that day, Bing Bing something on a piece of paper when his mother saw it and laughed. She said the picture like a cat, but Bing Bing said everyone could out it was a tiger! They argued a lot.
Finally, Bing Bing asked his father for answer. Before his father said anything Bing Bing told him in a low voice, "It's normal for you with your wife, but before you give your answer, I have to remind you who has the same family name with you in this family!"
Do you remember what your dream job was when you were a kid? If you want to be a superhero, your dream may never come true. However, there are a number of other jobs you can do! Kids want these jobs because of the interest, the fame, the money and so on. Here are the top 5 kids' dream jobs in America.
Astronaut
They go to bed dreaming of exploring space, walking on the moon, living in a space station and wearing a spacesuit. So there is no doubt that the astronauts are their future dream jobs. But to be an astronaut needs to have a high level of physical fitness and all kinds of training.
Astronaut salary: $ 66,026~$ 144,566 / year
Teacher
Many kids dream of becoming a teacher because they have a good childhood memory at school.
They used to enjoy school life and help others in school.
Teacher salary: $ 28,790~$ 58,030 / year
Vet
Kids who love pets and animals hope to be a vet from a very young age. Because they know that vets can treat sick animals and help the animals that they love. Vets must complete four years of school to receive a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM or VMD). They also need a state license.
Vet salary: $ 88,770 / year
Doctor
Becoming a doctor is one of the most common childhood dream jobs. Kids see doctors as superheroes. Doctors need not only 4 years of college, but also 4 years of medical school.
Doctor salary: $ 208,000 / year
Police Officer
Kids often dream of becoming police officers, like their favorite superheroes. Police officers always fight against bad people and help the people in trouble. In order to become a policeman, they must graduate from their agency's training program.
Police officer salary: $ 61,600 / year
A. These jobs interest kids greatly.
B. Children admire them because they are very brave.
C. As soon as people see doctors, they feel afraid and nervous.
D. Many kids want to be astronauts when they grow up.
E. If you want to be a teacher, you should get a teacher license first.
F. They save many people's lives and keep people healthy.
G. Some children think Santa Claus is their dream job in the future.
