There was a woman named Japan Atsuko Saeki living in the city of Fujisawa．When she was a teenager, she
of going to the United States．Most of what she knew about American
was from the textbooks she had read．“I had a
in mind: Daddy watching TV in the living-room, Mummy
cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema with her boyfriend．”
Atsuko
__to attend college in California．When she arrived, however, she found it was not her
world．“People were struggling with problems and often seemed
,” she said．“I felt very alone．”
One of her hardest
was physical education．“We played volleyball,” she said．“The other students were
it, but I wasn’t．”
One afternoon, the instructor asked Atsuko to
the ball to her teammates so they could knock it
the net．No problem for most people, but it terrified Atsuko．She was afraid of losing face
__she failed．
A young man on her team
what she was going through．“He walked up to me and
, ‘Come on．You can do that．’”
“You will never understand how those words of
made me feel…Four words: You can do that．I felt like crying with happiness．”
She made it through the class．Perhaps she thanked the young man; she is not
．
Six years have passed．Atsuko is back in Japan, working as a salesclerk．“I have
forgotten the words,” she said．“When things are not going so well, I think of them．”
She is sure the young man had no idea how much his kindness
to her． “He probably doesn’t even remember it,” she said．That may be the lesson．Whenever you say something to a person cruel or kind—you have no idea how long the words will
．She’s all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four
words: You can do that．
| 小题1: | | A．learned | B．dreamed | C．spoken | D．heard |
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| 小题2: | | A．picture | B．education | C．life | D．spirit |
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| 小题3: | | A．photo | B．painting | C．way | D．drawing |
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| 小题4: | | A．frying | B．baking | C．steaming | D．boiling |
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| 小题5: | | A．hoped | B．attempted | C．liked | D．arranged |
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| 小题6: | | A．described | B．created | C．imagined | D．discovered |
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| 小题7: | | A．tense | B．cheerful | C．relaxed | D．deserted |
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| 小题8: | | A．classes | B．questions | C．times | D．projects |
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| 小题9: | | A．curious about | B．nervous about | C．slow at | D．good at |
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