A man stopped at a gas station and bought a soft drink. He stood by his car to 1 and he watched a couple of men 2 along the roadside.
One man would dig a hole two or three feet 3 and then move on. 4man came along behind to fill in the hole. While one was digging a new hole, the other was about 25 feet behind 5 in the old hole.
The man with a soft drink was confused. "I can't stand this," said the man walking toward the men. "Stop it," he said to t e men. "Can you tell me what's 6 here?"
"Well, we work for the county government," one of the men said.
"But one of you is digging a hole and the other is filling 7up. You're not accomplishing anything. Aren't you 8 the county's money?"
"You don't understand," one of the men said.
"Normally (通常地) there are 9 of us: I Rodney and Mike. I dig the hole Rodney sticks in the tree and Mike here puts earth 10."
"Yeah," said Mike. "Today Rodney is sick. But that doesn't mean we can't work, does it?"
People from other countries will find many different surprising things in Britain.
Greek: A man from Greece sees a special way of driving in Britain. People drive on the left in the British street, but the British people never feel surprised. The Greek man said, "I've been in Britain for nearly a month now. But at first, I couldn't always remember to drive on the left. Every time, my friend reminded me.”
Japanese: Japanese people can't understand why British people keep their shoes on at home. In Japan, people walk in the room without shoes. If a visitor keeps his shoes on at home in Japan, the Japanese people think he is very impolite.
Spanish: The Spanish people mind the way that the British people greet each other. They themselves seem to be afraid of touching. When they meet, they just smile or nod but never kiss or hug in Spain. But the British people think kissing is a very usual greeting when they meet!
There is ail old saying: “When in Rome, do as Romans do.” When we go to a foreign country, we should follow the etiquette (礼节）of country.
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As we all know, having a powerful memory is important. A powerful memory can help you succeed in school, in your job, and in life. It also helps you learn faster, and fast learners are always in demand. With it, you can succeed more easily.
If you're willing to make a few changes in lifestyle, you should improve your memory first. My goal is to explain every skill that can help you improve your memory.
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Memory improvement can be achieved in two ways: Improving the health of your brain and using memory skills. These are easier to do than you might think, but you have to make the effort(努力).
Memory improvement requires time and effort on your part. Of course, I believe that a more powerful brain is well worth the effort!
Here are a few of the great memory improvement tips. I'll give you the tips in the following part.
EXCEPT_________.
① using memory skills
② using memory notes
③ improving the health of your body
④ improving the health of your brain
A magician (魔术师) was working on a ship. The audience (观众) would be (difference) every week, the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: parrot saw the shows each week and began to (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, "Look, it's not the same hat", "Look, he is (put) the flowers under the table." The magician was (anger) but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot. One day the ship had accident and sank. The magician found (he) on a piece of wood in the ocean the parrot. They stared at each other with hate, but did not say a word. This went on for some (day). After a week the parrot said, "OK, I give up. Where's the boat?"
