晨读训练57-60.doc

晨读训练57 I used to live in San Paulo, Brazil. It is a huge city with more people ____1____ (live) in it than in my own country. I rented a flat in a wealthy community, but there was a favela (贫民窟) quite near. For several months I didn’t have a car, so I used public transportation to go to the city center. Once, ____2____ my way back, I had to wait for a long time at a bus stop. I was alone, except for a woman ____3____ was apparently very poor. She carried a small paper bag of popcorn. While ____4____ were waiting, she walked over and offered me some popcorn. I thanked her, ____5____ I didn’t want to help myself to it. She repeatedly ____6____ (insist) that I take some from the paper bag. I was so moved by that woman’s ____7____ (kind) that day. I clearly had more than she did, but she naturally and joyfully shared ____8____ she had with me. I think about how poor people are sometimes able to share the little they have more easily ____9____ those who own a lot. I wonder if it’s true that the more you have, ____10____ more difficult it is for you to share anything with others. 1.______________ 2.______________ 3.______________ 4.______________ 5.______________ 6.______________ 7.______________ 8.______________ 9.______________ 10._____________ 晨读训练58 Lao Tzu (老子) was without doubt one of the wisest men ever in China. One day, the emperor of China asked him very ____1____ (modest) to become the chief of the court. He tried to persuade the emperor, “I am not the right man,” ____2____ the emperor was insistent. Lao Tzu said, “If you don’t listen to me, one day you will be convinced ____3____ I am not the right man, because your law system is wrong. Because ____4____ humbleness (卑微), I will not tell the truth to you.” One day, a thief who ____5____ (steal) almost half the treasures of the richest man was brought into the court. Lao Tzu listened to the case and then he said that both the thief and the richest man should go to jail for six months. The