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There is a woman named Atsuko Saeki. When she wasa teenager, she dreamed of going to the United
States. Most of what she knew about American
1 was from the textbooks she had read. "I had a
2 in mind:
Daddy watching TV in the living room, Mummy baking cakes and their teenage daughter off to the cinema
with her boyfriend."
Atsuko
3 to attend college in California. When she arrived, however, she found it was not her
4 world.
"People had difficulty in doing something and often seemed uneasy," she said. "I felt very lonely."
One of her hardest
5 was physical education."We played volleyball," she said. "The other students were
good at it, but I wasn't." One aftemoon,the instructor asked Atsuko to
6 the ball to her teammates so they
could knock it
7 the net. No problem for most people, but it frightened Atsuko. She was afraid of losing face
8 she failed.
A young man on her team realised what she was going through. "He walked up to me and said, Come on.
You can do that. "
"You will never understand how those words of
9 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
10 .
Six years has passed. Atsuko is back in her country, working as a salesclerk. "I have never 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
11 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 word will
12 . She's all the way over in Japan, but still she hears those four simple
words: You can do that.
( )1. A. way
( )2. A. photo
( )3. A. managed
( )4. A. described
( )5. A. times
( )6. A. kick
( )7. A. through
( )8. A. before
( )9. A. suggestion
( )10. A. interested
( )11. A. meant
( )12. A. continue |
B. life
B. painting
B. agreed
B. imagined
B. questions
B. pass
B. into
B. if
B. excitement
B. doubtful
B. took
B. stay |
C. education
C. picture
C. liked
C. created
C. classes
C. carry
C. over
C. because
C. sadness
C. worried
C. seemed
C. get |
D. spirit
D. drawing
D. accepted
D. discovered
D. projects
D. hit
D. with
D. until
D. encouragement
D. sure
D. happened
D. leave |