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　　The other day I heard an American say to a Chinese student in English“You speak very good English”．But the student answered,“No, no．My English is very poor．”The foreigner was quite surprised at the answer．Thinking he had not made himself understand or the student had not heard him clearly, he said,“Yes, indeed, you speak very well．”But the Chinese student still kept saying“No”．In the end the foreigner gave up and didn't know what to say．

　　What is wrong with the student's answer?It is because he didn't accept a compliment as the English people do．He should have said“Thank you”instead of“No”He actually understood what the American had said．But he thought he should be modest．If he said“Thank you”, that would mean he was too proud．According to the Western culture, if someone says the dishes, you have cooked are very delicious, you should say“Thank you”．If someone says to a woman“You look so beautiful with the new clothes on”, she should be very happy and answer“Thank you”．In our country we think being modest is a virtue and showing off is a bad thing．But in the West, if you are modest and say“No, I'm afraid I can't do it well”, then the others will take it for granted that you really can-not do it．If you often say“No”, you will certainly be looked down upon by others．If asking for a job, one says something like“Yes, I can certainly do it”instead of“Let me have a try on the job”, he or she will expect to get it．So in the West, one should always be confident．Without self-confidence, he cannot go anywhere．Confidence is of great importance to one in a country where competitions is quite keen．

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　　Mr.Jenkins lives in a town. He works in a museum．There are a lot of old wonderful things in it．He likes his work and often goes to work on time．

　　One day he left his office at twelve．He went to eat 1ndline�。� As soon as he went out of the gate，he met an old friend of 2ndline�。甌hey hadn't seen each other for about five years．Of course they were very 3ndline　．His friend asked him 4ndline　 ．He agreed 5 ndline　 him，and they went into a restaurant．There they drank a lot．Then his friend said，“Perhaps you've drunk now．Let me help you to your 6ndline�。�

　　“No，no，”said Mr．Jenkins．“My office is only 7ndline　 walk．I can go there 8ndline．”

　　When his friend left，it was 9ndline　 for him to stand．He was afraid to be late and stopped a taxi．When he got on,the driver asked，“Where are you going， sir?”

　　“To the Park Street．”

　　“Oh! 10ndline　， sir.”the driver said in a hurry．“It's just the Park Street．”

　　“OK!”Mr.Jenkins said and got off．He brought out some money and threw it to the driver．He shouted，“But don't drive so fast next time!”

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　　Poor Martin lost his work and was trying to find a job．One day he read in the newspaper that a man was 　　1　　 to work in a zoo．He was very 　　2　　 and went to the boss of the zoo to ask for the job．The boss told him that their monkey had just died and it would be two months 　　3　　 they could get another one, so they wanted him to take the monkey’s place．

　　As soon as he heard this, Martin got angry and shouted, “You want me to take the place of a monkey!Take this place yourself．You look more like a monkey than I do．” “Don’t expect it like that,” said the boss, “I know you don’t look like a monkey, but we’ll 　　4　　 you up．” Martin thought about it for a while．Though he didn’t like the idea, he had to make a living after all．So he 　　5　　 the job in the end．

　　The next day Martin started to work．It wasn’t 　　6　　．The only thing he didn’t like was the tiger in the cage next to him．But, as there were strong bars(鐵欄桿)　　7　　 them, he soon got used to his neighbour．

　　One afternoon he climbed up to the top of the bars．Suddenly he missed his footing and fell not on his own side of the bars, but into the tiger’s cage．That great animal was asleep at the time, but the noise of Martin’s fall woke his up．Martin had to 　　8　　 the bars again quickly to get back into his won cage．He tried to get up, but he had hurt his feet so badly that he couldn’t move．He hid his face in his hands so as not to see the tiger coming．The next few seconds seemed like hours．Then he 　　9　　 the tiger whispered in his ear, “Don’t be 　　10　　, old man, I’m in the same boat as you．”

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A Frenchman went to a small Italian town and was staying with his wife at the best hotel there．One night he went out for a walk alone．It was late and the small street was dark and quiet．Suddenly he heard footsteps(腳步聲)behind him．He turned his head and saw a young Italian man who quickly walked past him．The man was nearly out of sight(看不見) when the Frenchman suddenly found that his watch was gone．He thought that it must be the Italian who took his watch．He decided to follow him and get it back．Soon the Frenchman caught up with the Italian．Neither of them understood each other’s language．The Frenchman threatened(威脅)the Italian with his fist(拳頭)and pointed to the Italian’s watch．In the end the Italian gave his watch to the Frenchman．When he returned to the hotel, the Frenchman t01d his wife about it．He was greatly surprised when his wife pointed to the watch on the table．Now he knew that by mistake he had robbed(搶劫)the Italian of his watch．

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