【正文】 held back for so long. I explained to her the fear I had of going to school. “ Learning English is not impossible, ” my mother said. She cheerfully suggested that the two of us work together to learn the language at home with books. The confidence and determination my mother had were admirable because English was as new to her as it was to me. [4] That afternoon, I saw my mother in a different light as she waited for me by the school fence. Although she was the shortest of all the mothers there, her face with her weling smile and big, black eyes was the most promising. The afternoon sun shone brightly on her long, black hair, creating an aura that distinguished her from others. [5] My mother and I immediately began reading together and memorizing five new words a day. My mother, with her encouraging attitude, made the routine fun and interesting. The fact that she was sacrificing her resting time before going to work so that I could learn English made me see the strength she possessed. It made me admire my mother even more. [6] Very soon, I began to prehend what everyone was saying and people could understand me. The person solely responsible for my acplishment and happiness was my mother. The reading also helped my mother learn English so that she was able to pass the postal entrance exam . [7] It has been seven years since that reading experience with my mother. She is now 43 and in her second year at college. My brother and I have a strong sense of who we are because of the strong values my mother established for herself and her children. My admiration and gratitude for her are endless. That is why my mother is truly the guiding light of my life. ( 510 words) 【2Bb】 Misunderstandings [1] He had unbed hair, dirty clothes, and only 35 cents in his pocket. In Baltimore , Maryland , he got on a bus and headed straight for the restroom. He thought that if he hid in the restroom, he could ride to New York without paying. But a passenger at the back of the bus saw him. She tapped the person in front of her on the shoulder and said, “ There39。s a bomb in the restroom ” . The driver immediately pulled over to the side of the highway and radioed the police. When the police arrived, they told the passengers to get off the bus and move far away from it. Then they closed the highway. That soon caused a 15milelong traffic jam. With the help of a dog, the police searched the bus for two hours. Of course, they found no bomb. [3] Two similarsounding English words also caused trouble for a man who wanted to fly from Los Angeles to Oakland , California . His problem began at the airport in Los Angeles . He thought he heard his flight announced, so he walked to the gate, showed his ticket, and got on the plane. Twenty minutes after takeoff, the man began to worry. Oakland was north of Los Angeles , but the plane seemed to be heading west, and when he looked out his window all he could see was ocean. “ Is this plane going to Oakland? ” he asked the flight attendant. The flight attendant gasped. “ No, ” she said. “ We39。clock, when she was getting ready to go home, her boss said, “ Please be on time tomorrow. You were 15 minutes late this morning. ” “ Sorry, ” she said. “ My car wouldn39。t feel like laughing. But even that misunderstanding turned out all right in the end. The airline paid for the man39。t pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others, evaluates what they say, but es to his own conclusions. [6] A winner is flexible . He does not have to respond in known, rigid ways. He can change his plans when the situation calls for it. A winner has a love for life. He enjoys work, play, food, other people, and the world of nature. Without guilt he enjoys his own acplishments. Without envy he enjoys the acplishments of others. [7] A winner cares about the world and its people. He is not separated from the general problems of society. He tries to improve the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international difficulty, he does not see himself as helpless . He does what he can to make the world a better place. [8] Although people are born to win, they are also born totally dependent on their environment. Winners successfully make the change from dependence to independence . Losers do not. Somewhere along the line losers begin to avoid being independent . This usually begins in childhood. Poor nutrition , cruelty , unhappy relationships, disease, continuing disappointments, and inadequate physical care are among the many experiences that contribute to making people losers. [9] A loser is held back by his low capacity to appropriately express himself through a full range of possible behavior. He may be unaware of other choices for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere. He is afraid to try new things. He repeats not only his own mistakes and often repeats those of his family and culture. [10] A loser has difficulty giving and receiving love. He does not enter into close, honest, direct relationships with others. Instead, he tries to manipulate them into living up to his expectations and channels his energies into living up to their expectations. ( 511 words)Better Late than Never [1] He was lying there in the grass, hiding and thinking. [2] He had studied the little girl39。 there was time to think. [7] Maybe all his life Harlan had been in too much of a hurry . [8] He was five when his Hoosier farmer father had died. [9] At fourteen he dropped out of Greenwood School and hit the road . [10] He tried odd jobs as a farmhand, hated it. [11] Tried being a bus conductor and hated that. 12] At sixteen he lied about his age and joined the Army—and hated that, too. When his oneyear enlistment was up he headed for Alabama [N], tried blacksmithing and failed. [13] He became a railroad lootive fireman with the Southern Railroad. He liked that. Figured maybe he had found himself. [14] At eighteen he got married, and within months, wouldn39。d watched the little girl3