1 . Body language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It speaks_________ than words. According to specialists, our bodies send out more ________than we realize. In fact, non-verbal communication takes up about 50%of what we really ________. And body language is particularly ________ when we attempt to communicate across cultures. Indeed, what is called body language is so ________ a part of us that it's actually often unnoticed. And misunderstandings happen as a result of it. ________, different societies treat the _______ between people differently. Northern Europeans usually do not like having ________ contact even with friends, certainly not with_________. People from Latin American countries, ________, touch each other quite a lot. Therefore, it's possible that in ________, it may look like a Latino（拉丁美洲人）is ________a Norwegian（挪威人）all over the room. The Latino, trying to express friendship, will keep moving ________. The Norwegian, very probably seeing this as rudeness, will keep ________ which the Latino will in return regard as ________.

Clearly, a great deal is going on when people ________. And only a part of it is in the words themselves. And when partners are from ________ cultures, there's a strong possibility of _____________ But whatever the situation, the best ________ is to obey the Golden Rule: treat others as you would like to be________.

2 . Holding on regret is like dragging (拖) the weight of the past with us everywhere we go. It consumes our _________, leaving less available for life in the present _________ we are constantly feeding an old issue. This attachment can _________illness the same way watering a dead plant creates decay (腐烂).We know that _________ new and beautiful can grow in its place if we only prepare the soil and plant the right seeds. We also know that we create our lives from our _________, so focusing on the past may actually recreate a situation in our lives where we are _________ to make the choice again and again. We can choose to move _________right now by applying what we have learned to the present and perhaps even sharing with others, _________ the energy into something that is constructive and creative for ourselves and others.

Forgiveness can heal _________. In meditation (冥想), we can ____________discussing the issue with the self of our past and ____________our forgiveness for the choice. ____________, we can ask for ourselves' forgiveness for keeping them locked in that space of judgment for so long. We may also want to ask for ____________from anyone else who may have been ____________and perhaps offer our forgiveness. By replaying the event in our ____________, we can choose a new ending using all that we now know. Imagine that you have actually gone back into the ____________ and made this change, and then say goodbye to it. ____________your former self with a hug and bring the forgiveness and love back with you to the present. Since we are usually hard on ourselves, it is amazing how ____________ healing it can be to offer ourselves love.

Keeping our minds and our energy fully in the present allows us to fuel our ____________ and emotional well-being today. This action frees our energy to create the dreams we dream for the future. By ____________responsibility and action in the present, we can let go of the past.

3 . A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a   beautiful_______, and knowing her husband could_______it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the_______husband told her how_______he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He_______her beautiful gift package(盒). She opened it and_______a Bible._______, she raised her voice and said to her husband. "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" She was so_______that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very_______in business. She owned two large companies. She________her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to________him. But before she could, she________a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions(财产) to her. She needed to come back ________take care of things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness________her heart. She saw the still new________, just she had left it years before. With________she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring________from Bible to the floor and a________could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words "LOVE YOU ALWAYS”.

________your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things in the world! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the     ________.

4 . It’s about 250 miles from the hills of west-central Iowa to Ehlers’ home in Minnesota. During the long trip home, following a weekend of hunting. Ehlers _______about the small dog he had seen _______ alongside the road. He had _______ to coax(哄) the dog to him but, frightened, it had _______.

Back home, Ehlers was troubled by that _______ dog. So, four days later, he called his friend Greg, and the two drove _______. After a long and careful _______, Greg saw, across a field, the dog moving _______ away. Ehlers eventually succeeded in coaxing the animal to him. Nervousness and fear were replaced with _______. It just started licking(舔) Ehlers’ face.

A local farmer told them the dog sounded like one ________ as lost in the local paper. The ad had a ________ number for a town in southern Michigan. Ehlers ________ the number of Jeff and Lisa to tell them he had ________ their dog.

Jeff had ________ in Iowa before Thanksgiving with his dog, Rosie, but the gun shots had scared the dog off. Jeff searched ________ for Rosie in the next four days.

Ehlers returned to Minnesota, and then drove 100 miles to Minneapolis to put Rosie on a flight to Michigan. “It’s good to know there’s still someone out there who ________ enough to go to that kind of ________,”says Lisa of Ehlers’ rescue ________.

“I figured whoever lost the dog was probably just as ________ to it as I am to my dogs,” says Ehlers. “If it had been my dog, I’d hope that somebody would be ________ to go that extra mile.”

5 . The only person who can change what you feel is you.

A new relationship, a new house, a new car, a new job, these things can momentarily distract(转移) you from your _______, but no other person, no material possession, no activity can remove, release, or _______how you feel. How often do you _______people say things like "when I have enough _______, I won't be afraid anymore", only to find there never seems to be enough money to _______ being afraid. Or "when I'm in a secure relationship I won't _______ lonely any more", and finding they are still _______ regardless of their relationship. We need to _______that we take our feelings with us _______ we go. A new dress, a new house, a new job, none of these things change how we feel. Our feelings ________ within us until we release them.

You can not change or ________ your emotions. You can learn how to ________ with them, living peacefully with them, transmuting them (which means releasing them), and you can manage them, but you ________ control them.

Think of the people who go along day after day seeming to function normally, and all of a sudden they will ________ in anger at something that seems relatively little and ________.

That is one sign of someone who is trying to control or repress(压抑) their ________but their repressed emotions are ________. The more anyone tries to control their emotions the ________ they resist control, and the more frightened people ________ become at what is seen to be a "________ of emotional control". It is a vicious circle.

6 . I remember when I was young，people often asked me，“What are you going to be when you grow up？”. Well，it ______ being a cowboy or some superhero.Later it was a fireman, a policeman, a lawyer.As I grew older, my dreams for the future ______.When, at last, I was in college, I set my ____ on becoming a teacher like my father.______ I studied and prepared for that.I reached the______ in the end and I was teaching ______ full­time for much of   my adult life.

However, for many people, there is a “thief” that goes around stealing our ______.Sometimes, the thief will come as a parent, a relative(亲戚), or a friend, but the ______ thief is usually ourselves.

We find _____ just about reaching the top, and a“small”   ______ inside says, “You’ll   never make ______.”   “You can’t possibly do this.” On and on the “small” voice predicts(预示) our ______.Failure, ______ is one of the most important tools we have may teach us valuable ______.When we learn these lessons well, we are ready ______ success.

I always tell my children that they are ______ to do anything that their heart desires.Remember the saying, “Nothing is ______ to a willing heart.” There are ______ “overnight” success, but with determination, they will come.Imagine ______ a life you dream of.Then in your heart, believe it will happen to you.Then work, work, work.You’ll get the picture.

So, be true to your dream, and don’t let anyone ______ it from   you—especially yourself.

7 . Mr. Gray travelled a lot on business: He sold machines of different kinds to farmers.

He had a big car, and usually _________ driving it long distances, but he was quite satisfied to go by _______ sometimes too, especially when the _______ was bad. He was a little afraid of driving in rain or snow, and it was _______ tiring to sit comfortably in a train and to look out of the window without being worried about how _______was going to get to the next place.

One of Mr. Gray’s problems was often _______ to stay when he reached some small place in the country. He did not _______ great comfort and wonderful food, but he found it annoying (使恼火) when he was given a cold room, and there was no hot water or food after a long and  _______ day.

Late _______ winter evening, Mr. Gray arrived at a small railway station. The  ________ by train that day had not been at all interesting, and Mr. Gray was cold and tired and ________ . He was looking forward to a simple ________ satisfying meal by a brightly burning fire，and then a hot bath and comfortable bed. __________ he was walking to the taxi rank, he said to a local man who was also ________ there.  “As this is my first visit to this ________of the country and I was in too much of a hurry to ________  about hotels before l left home, I would very much like to know ________ you have here.”

The local man answered, “We have  ________ .”

“And which would you ________ me to go to?”Mr. Gray asked him.

The local man thought for a while and then answered, “Well, it’s like this: Whichever one you go to, you’ll be________ you didn’t go to the other.”

8 . At a gathering, we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank.

Frank began to tell us of his childhood. "I____________in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was____________making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to_____________the family."

He looked at us and said, "I __________you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for the___________. When you got close to him, he____________like the ocean. He would wear his old coat and his overalls. No matter how much my mother___________them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would _____________me to school. He had this old truck that was older than he was. As he would drive toward the school, I would shrink down into the seat hoping to___________. He would_________ right in front of the school gate, and it seemed like everybody would be__________around and watching. Then he would__________over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so__________for me. I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

He__________and then went on, "I remember the day when I said 'No' "

It was the first time I had ever talked to him that________, and he had this surprised look on his face. I said, "Dad, I'm too_________for a goodbye kiss."

My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him_________.

He turned and looked out the windshield(挡风玻璃). "You're right," he said. "You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore. "

Frank got a sad look on his face, and the tears began to__________in his eyes, as he spoke. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back." Tears were running down Frank's cheeks. He spoke again. "Guys, you don't know what I would__________to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek....to feel his rough old face...to smell the ocean on him...to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a__________, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss."

9 . Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, it _______ patience. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to _______ some action. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home   _______.

Joining a club or group, talking to those who like the same things _______ you do is much easier. Or join someone   _______   some activity.

Many people are _______ when talking to new people. _______ meeting strangers means seeing the unknown. And it’s human nature to feel a bit _______ about the unknown．Most of fears about _______ new people come from doubts about ________. We imagine other people are ________ us — finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept yourself ________ you are, and try to put the other at ease. You’ll both feel more comfortable．

Try to act self-confident ________you don’t feel that way when you ________ a room full of strangers. Walk tall and straight, look at other people directly and ________.

If you see someone you’d like to ________, say something. Don’t wait for ________ person to start a talk.

Just meeting someone ________ does not mean that you’ll make friends with that person. ________ is based on mutual (相互的) likings (兴趣) and “give and take”. It takes time to ________ friendship.

10 . It was the Greek shopkeeper in a small corner shop in London that taught me about the power of an act of ______, which has motivated me to give. I was a student, ______ and very poor. I would work early morning and late nights to pay for my ______, and I was tired—really tired—all the time.

On the day I went to that shop for the first time, I was ______ with a very high fever. I had been ______ work for a few days, and run out of ______. Having been working so hard since I moved to town, I had no ______ nearby who could help. Normally, I would have gone to the ______, but on this occasion, I went into the Greek shop because it was ______.

I ______ a few items, from the looks of which revealed the ______ that I lived alone. Then I handed them to the shopkeeper, who told me, “You are unwell.” She pointed at the salami and bread I was buying and ______, “ I can make you a sandwich, so you don’t have to do it yourself.” I nodded, rather timidly. So , she made the ______ and asked me to ______ a moment. She went in the back room and returned with a container of hot soup.

“ I will ______ you up,” she said with a broad, genuine ______.

What really warmed me up, ______, was not the soup. It was her smile and kindness that made me feel ______ when I was particularly lonely. I had been quite ______, but, from that day on, I did not let shyness prevent me from ______ random acts of kindness.