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Introduction 1. Americans are known as a generous people. “Love thy neighbor” and “Be your brother’s keeper” used to be their national mottoes. In recent decades, however, things have changed. People seem to have become more and more indifferent to other people’s needs. Crime rates have increased seriously. More and more people are worried about the general moral decay. But the author of this article tries to tell people that based on his personal experience,things are not as bad as people believe. In fact, one can still depend on the kindness of strangers in this country. 2. The text is adapted from the original article by the author which appeared in Reader’s Digest,May 1997. The Reader’s Digest is an 80-year-old popular American magazine, second only to TV guide in circulation. It is published in 18 languages and more than 24 million copies are sold world-wide monthly. The large circulation indicates that it is designed to appeal to average people. Therefore, most articles from this magazine reflect traditional American values and tend to paint a generally positive picture of the land and people of the United States. 3. Today, people generally agree that competition is good for economic growth because it makes people work harder and better. But they also find that it might turn the society into a battlefield or a jungle where everybody is guided by the law of “the survival of the fittest” and that it might do harm to human relationship. This has happened in the United States. It is also happening in our own country. Our students should be aware of these problems and try to understand and learn to deal with them . Detailed study of the text  Word study addict n. a drug addict: a person who cannot stop taking drugs almighty adj. having unlimited power; ~dollar: taking money as the main goal in life or basis of power to come upon : (literary) to meet, find , or discover by chance or by accident the other day, I came upon a very interesting book