Sudha Chandran, a well-known dancer, had to have her right leg cut after a car accident. She was also ________ on her career (事业) path.

Though the accident brought her bright career to a ________, she didn’t give up. In the ________ months that followed, Sudha met a doctor who developed a man-made rubber leg filled with sponge (海绵). So ________ did she want to go back to dance that she had been fitted with her new leg. Sudha knew that she believed in herself and could realize her dream, so she began her courageous journey back to the world of dancing—________ to walk, turn, jump...

After every recital (个人表演) she would ask her dad about her ________. “You still have a long way to go” was the answer she used to get in return. In January 1984, Sudha made a historic comeback (逆转) by giving a public recital in Bombay. She made such a great success that she moved everyone to tears. This performance ________ her to the highest position again. That evening when she asked her dad the same question, he didn’t say anything. He just touched her feet as ________.

Sudha’s comeback was so ________ that a film producer decided to make the story into a hit film.

When someone asked Sudha how she had ________ to dance again, she said quite simple, “You don’t need feet to dance. Nothing is impossible in this world. If you have the will to win, you can achieve anything.”

I work as a waiter in a cafe. I spend the morning hours with coffee and see the friendly customers every day. But there are always those mornings when a few unwanted customers come in. They often ask for coffee without looking at me directly. Some customers are discourteous and they think that customers are always right.

Just like me, Austin Simms of Cups Coffee and Tea has had enough of this. To help some customers with their manners (礼貌), he put a sign outside showing their new way of setting prices.

His new sign shows the cost of a coffee is $5. If a customer walks up to the waiter and simply says, “Small coffee”, he or she will need to pay $5 for that small coffee. The price of “small coffee, please” goes down to $3. In other words, a nice word “please” with a request for a small coffee will cut the price by $2. The coffee only costs $1.75 if the customer says, “Hello. One small coffee, please.” So you can see that customers who show the best manners get the largest discounts (折扣).

This new way has made some customers rethink their manners. We can be sure that at least some customers have become polite even though they do it just to get discounted coffee. The more you do something, the more you will get used to it. This way can actually help some customers be polite.