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One of the most famous nursery rhymes(摇篮曲) in the English language is Mary Had a Little Lamb(羔羊). It has touched many children who have read it. It is about the deep love between a young girl and her pet lamb. The poem is from a true story that happened in the early part of the 19th century in the town of Sterling, Massachusetts, in the USA.
Mary Sawyer (1806—1889) lived on a farm with her family. One day, when she was about nine years old, she saw a little lamb that had just been born and left behind by its mother. It was very weak and looked as if it would die at any moment. Mary took pity on the lamb and spent the whole night looking after it. Eventually, it grew strong and became a very close friend with Mary, following her everywhere she went.
One day, the lamb even followed Mary to school. At first she wanted to turn it back but her brother suggested that it would be fun to take the lamb to school. During the class, she hid the lamb under her desk. But when she was called to go to the front of the class, to her surprise, the lamb followed her. Though the students and the teacher thought it was funny to see a lamb at school, the teacher had to ask Mary to keep the lamb out of the school.
That very day, a young man called John Roulstone was visiting Mary's school. He was so moved by the love between the child and her little pet lamb that he wrote a poem which he handed to Mary the next day. His poem contained twelve lines.
Later, Sara Josepha Hale added another twelve lines to the poem and published it in 1930 under the title "Mary Had a Little Lamb". The poem has become a classic, loved by children all over the world. The appeal (吸引力) of the poem lies not only in the funny idea of a sheep going to school but also in the true love between the little girl and her pet. The town of Sterling has honoured Mary's lamb by building a statue of the lamb with Mr Roulstone's poem below the statue.
a. Mary found a little lamb.
b. People built a statue to honor the lamb.
c. The poem "Mary Had a Little Lamb" became popular.
d. A young man was moved by the story and wrote a poem.
e. Mary's brother suggested that she take the lamb to school.
Colour is fundamental in home design—something you'll always have in every room. A grasp of how to manage colour in your spaces is one of the first steps to creating rooms you'll love to live in. Do you want a room that's full of life? Professional? Or are you just looking for a place to relax after a long day? , colour is the key to making a room feel the way you want it to feel.
Over the years, there have been a number of different techniques to help designers approach this important point. , they can get a little complex. But good news is that there're really only three kinds of decisions you need to make about colour in your home: the small ones, the medium ones, and the large ones.
. They're the little spots of colour like throw pillows, mirrors and baskets that most of us use to add visual interest to our rooms. Less tiring than painting your walls and less expensive than buying a colourful sofa, small colour choices bring with them the significant benefit of being easily changeable.
Medium colour choices are generally furniture pieces such as sofas, dinner tables or bookshelves. . They require a bigger commitment than smaller ones, and they have a more powerful effect on the feeling of a space.
The large colour decisions in your rooms concern the walls, ceilings, and floors. Whether you're looking at wallpaper or paint, the time, effort and relative expense put into it are significant. .
A. While all of them are useful
B. Whatever you're looking for
C. If you're experimenting with a colour
D. Small colour choices are the ones we're most familiar with
E. It's not really a good idea to use too many small colour pieces
F. So it pays to be sure, because you want to get it right the first time
G. Colour choices in this range are a step up from the small ones in two major ways
Yesterday, a salesman called me to sell his phone plans. I was at work and while I usually don't like spending time on those things, I 1 myself that I couldn't talk yet and 2 that he call me back at 6 pm.
That's what he did. So we talked about 20 minutes. He 3 to me his different phone plans. While listening to him, sometimes I was 4 in my thoughts. I gave several "hmm hmm", as a sign of agreement and to 5 that I was still there. Sometimes, I felt a bit 6. But I stayed calm and 7 until the end of the discussion.
Finally, he said the following to me:" Thank you, Olivia. You are the first person in a long time with whom I had an enjoyable conversation. 8, people shout at us and slam down the phone. Today, since 10 am, I hadn't had a phone 9 without an offense (触怒). I know you had a long day at work and you could have 10 in front of your TV. But you listened so carefully to me. I am 11 and I sincerely thank you."
It set me thinking. He had been the12 of verbal violence (语言暴力) all through his working day. Physical 13 do not exist in this situation but dehumanization (非人性) seems to happen. 14, he was only doing his job. I felt a sense of 15 that I hadn't treated him so rudely.
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Eric was working in a selling business. He had been on the road visiting people for more than a month without going home. He couldn't wait to get back to see his wife and children. It was coming up on Mother's Day, and he usually tried to make it "back home", but this year he was just too busy and too tired. The day when he was driving in a small town, he saw a flower shop. He said to himself, "I know what I will do. I'll send my mother some roses. "
He stopped and went into the flower shop and saw a young man talking to the girl in it. "How many roses can I get for fifty dollars?" the boy asked. The girl was trying to explain that roses were expensive. Maybe the young man would be happy with something else.
"No. I have to have roses," he said. "My mom was badly sick last year and I didn't spend much time with her. I want to get something special. It has to be red roses, because that is her favorite," He was stubborn.
The girl in the shop looked up at Eric and was just shaking her head. Something inside of Eric was touched by the boy's voice. He wanted to get those roses so badly. Eric had been blessed (幸运的)in his business, and he looked at the girl and silently said that he would pay for the boy's roses.
The girl looked at the young man and said, "OK, I will give you a dozen red roses for your dollars." The young man almost jumped into the air. He took the flowers and ran out of the store. It was worth more than fifty dollars just to see that kind of excitement.
Eric ordered his own flowers and asked the girl to have it delivered to his mother. After that, with a relief he drove down the road. Not long after his driving, he saw the boy walking to a graveyard (墓地).
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Eric stopped his car and followed the young man.
……
Eric went into the car in tears.
