Learn and Earn

Charlie and Jackie joined a wholesale company together just after graduation. They both worked very hard. After several years, the boss made Jackie sales manager but Charlie _______ a salesman. One day Charlie could not_______ it any more. He handed in his resignation letter (辞职信) to the boss and complained that the boss did not _______ hard-working employees, but only raised those who tried to please him. He thought that it was really _______.

The boss knew that Charlie had spared no_______for the company all these years, but in order to help Charlie to realize the_______ between him and Jackie, the boss asked Charlie to do the following. “Go and_______ if there is anyone selling watermelons in the market.” Charlie went, returned and_______ said, “Yes.” The boss asked, “How much per kilogram?” Charlie went back to the market to ask and returned to_______, “$ 12 per kg.”

The boss told Charlie that he would ask Jackie the ________ question. Jackie went, returned and said, “Boss, only one person selling watermelons. $ 12 per kg, $100 for 10 kg. He has a ________of 340 melons. On the table are 58 melons, and every melon weighs about 15 kg,________ from the South two days ago. They are fresh, red, and of good ________”

Charlie was ________ and he realized the difference between himself and Jackie. He decided not to ________ but to learn from Jackie.

My dear friends, you know, a more________person is more observant, thinks more and understands in ________ For the same matter, he sees several years ahead,________ you see only tomorrow. The difference between a year and a day is 365 times, so how could you ________?

Think: how far have you seen ahead in your life? How________ are you?

【推荐3】Following the daily routine, I felt a little bit tired after the school. I sat at the very ________ of the crowded bus with my mind wandering. Sitting there makes me ________ out like a shiny coin in a pile of dull pennies.

Renee, the ________, tries to break the uncomfortable atmosphere by striking the match of ________.

I tried to mind my manners and ________ listen, but usually can’t resist thinking about my day. On this day, ________, her conversation was worth listening to.

“My mother’s sick,” she said to no one in particular, I could see the ________ and fear in her eyes. “ What’s wrong with her? ” I asked. With great sorrows clouding her eyes and her trembling voice, she answered, “ Heart trouble.” Her eyes ________ as she continued. “ I have already lost my dad, so I don’t think I can stand losing her.”

I had no idea of responding. I was shocked. My heart ached for her. And this reminded me of the great ________ that my own mother was thrown into when her father died. I saw how hard it was, and ________   is, for her. I wouldn’t like anyone to ________ that.

Suddenly I realized Renee wasn’t only a bus driver. That was just her job. She had a whole world of family and concerns, too. I suddenly felt I was very ________. I realized I had only thought of people as far as what their purposes were in my life. I paid no attention to Renee ________ she was a bus driver. I had ________ her by her job and brushed her off as unimportant.

For all I know, I’m just another person in someone else’s world, and may not be that important. I should not have been so selfish and self-centered. Everyone has places to go, to see and appointments to keep. ________ people is an art.

【推荐1】I couldn’t drive myself so I took my husband’s car every day to work.However, his ____ were different from mine.I worked earlier.So he ____ me off and went to a small café to drink coffee until work time.Then, in the afternoons, I walked three miles to his ____ place.

One day while waiting for him, I ____ a beautiful car pull in the car park.I was busily ____ the car when I noticed the driver - a pretty woman.Our eyes made ____ and she smiled at me.She was wearing a light blue shirt that just ____ her car.Minutes later, a nice­looking man came out of the building and entered her car.Then she ____ away.

Sitting there in my jeans and shirt, I wanted to ____.How could some people have it all?

Maybe I’d have ____ about her, but later it became almost a ____ event to see her about once a week.She seemed ____ and always waved, flashing a big smile.My ___ stayed long after she drove away.

Then one day, when waiting in our ____ car park, I saw her get out of her car with her husband’s help.She walked ____.The lady had a prosthesis (假肢) on the left leg.

For weeks I’d envied this woman, ___ I’d been able to walk three miles to our car.I thought the lady had ____， but she didn’t.I thanked God for my legs, arms and sight, and for teaching me a ____ early on in life.

When you meet a person who seems much happier than you, don’t be ____.You still had your parents, and the ____ to walk, run or dance through life - wonderful things money can’t buy.

【推荐2】As I walked onto the soccer field I had a knot (结) in my stomach. I was too shy to ___________ the year before but decided to go for it this year.

When the coaches came, I felt as if I was going to pass out. With no ___________ ability I began to wonder why I was ___________ here. Everyone immediately took a ball and began to ___________. I stood there, not knowing what to do. My friends came over to ___________ me a few quick moves and drills. I had fun and ___________ enjoyed playing. Every other girl on the team was far more skilled than I. The moment I ___________ that to myself, I was fine.

This ___________ has stuck with me all through high school. Without ___________ it, I learned a valuable lesson about myself. ______________ I tried out for the soccer team, I always wanted to be ______________ at everything. Previously (以前), I would do anything to achieve the high ______________ I set for myself. I was so stressed out over schoolwork that I never had fun. I decided it was time for a (n) ______________________.

Like most high school students, my ______________ with more responsibilities and worries, began to change as I got older. Balancing school and sports has not been easy. But through it all, I have become a ________________ person.

【推荐3】After working an inhuman 8-hour shift at a factory unloading parts for cheap furniture, I got on the bus, dirty, tired and hot. I ______ that place every day looking like I worked in a coalmine. ______, I still felt a bit proud of myself as I had held this tiring job for 3 months, which was extremely rare. So when I took my seat on the bus going home, I decided my ______ life would not lower my spirits today.

I was dreaming about a better and new life when I was ______ by our new passenger. She was a middle-aged woman with worn-out clothes and messy hair. She got on, aggressively and ______ pushed her way into a front seat, and then turned her glare and __ on whoever dared to look her way.

All I could feel for this woman was ______.There was no disgust (厌恶). Only pity and the familiar knowledge of being faceless, nameless, and ______ to no one. Suddenly, she turned her threatening eyes towards me and very loudly yelled, “Why you so ______, man?”

With a smile, I said, “I just came from work.” She then loudly asked if I worked in hell (地狱) and ______ laughing, so I laughed too __ her and told her that was funny. Then I asked her her name as I explained why I was so dirty. Her name was Karen.

In front of all of us on the bus that day, the power of ______ showed its beauty. In front of all of us this woman ______. Her language, her posture, and her voice, even the way she tilted her head when I spoke to her as a ______ changed.

As Karen was getting off the bus，she touched me ______ on the arm. With tear-filled eyes, she asked whether I’d be riding the bus the next day. I promised I ______.We waved to each other and then I got what my life had needed all along: affirmation (认可).

Everyone on the bus had been watching us and then an old woman spoke to me, “Sir, you just changed that woman with your heart. She will never forget how you ______ her. You are great.” Other passengers gave me thumbs-up signs showing their ______.

That day was the first day when I realized I am ______. People say I gave Karen something that day but actually she ______ me so much more. I now work in the field of mental health. I often tell the story of the power of kindness, and I talk about Karen and unlimited possibilities.

【推荐3】About six months ago, I joined a gym. Every morning, there was one personal trainer there who practised at the same time that my little group did our________. He worked out with such a quiet________that he made it all look very easy, although I knew all too well how hard he was working. Whenever I tended to complain and________, I watched him push himself to his own limits, and I found myself________to work as hard and without complaint.

A couple of weeks ago, I was watching him do chin-ups (引体向上). He made them look________. I broke away from my group and asked him if I could try a chin-up. I had never tried before, but he just made it look so easy. He eagerly stepped aside and________me to step up to the bar. I pulled myself up without thinking...once...then twice. That was all I had in me. I had no________left. I told him that was all I had, so he stepped up behind me and________me up for a third and fourth “pull”. It felt so good.

The next day when I was done with my workout, I asked him to spot me again. Again, I did two. Again, on Day 3 and so on. I thought it was a________that I could only do two. but when I came lo the gym at the end of the week, he was standing there, nodding his head and said to me he was________with my chin-ups. He told me that when they are training firefighters, the men are required to do five chin-ups, and women are required to do one or two. He________that most people couldn't do them at all, and that he was amazed that I could. He further told me that if l________every day, I would be doing five or six in no time. At this point I should probably________that I am 50 years old... and female.

If he had told me at the very beginning how________it was, I more than likely would not have tried at all. ________I might have tried, but given it only half an effort, because failure would have been the expectation. I applauded him for letting me believe that for me, it was not only a possibility, but that success was a realistic expectation.