Accept life as it is. I learned how to do it from my father. 1, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 2 and ill.

    My father was 3a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4 all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is 5 . One night, I went to visit him with my sisters. We started6about life, and I told them about one of my 7. I said that we must very often give things up 8 we grow — our youth, our beauty, our friends — but it always 9 that after we give something up, we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10 up. He said, “But, Peter, I gave up11 ! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I couldn't think of anything to say. 12 , he answered his own question: “I  13 the love of my family,” I looked at my sisters and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.

    I was also 14 by his words. After that, when I began to feel irritated (愤怒的) at someone, I 15 remember his words and become 16 . If he could replace his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 17 to give up my small irritations. In this 18, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.

    Sometimes I 19 what other things I could have learned from him if I had listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am 20 for this one word.

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    Time talks. It speaks more plainly than words. Time 1  in many ways.

    Consider the different parts of the day, for example. The time of the day when something is done can give a 2 meaning to the event. It is not a 3 to telephone someone very early in the morning. If you telephone him early in the day, 4 he is shaving or having breakfast, the time of the call shows that something is urgent and 5 immediate attention.

    The same meaning is 6 telephone calls made after 11:00 pm. If someone receives a call during sleeping hours, he may think it is a 7 of life or death. The time chosen for the call 8 its importance.

    In social life, time plays a very 9 part. In the United States, guests tend to feel they are not highly regarded if the 10 to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date. But this is not 11 in all countries. In other areas of the world, it may be considered foolish to make an appointment too far 12because plans which are made for a date more than a week away tend to be 13.

    The meaning of time 14 from place to place in the world.15, misunderstandings often arise between people from different cultures that 16 time differently. For example, promptness (准时) is 17greatly in American life. If people are not prompt, they may be regarded as 18 or not fully responsible. In the US, no one would think of keeping a business partner 19 for an hour; it would be too rude. A person who is five minutes late is 20 to make a short apology.

    People in the US thought Ebola was only a disease, accompanied with fever and found in Africa at the beginning. 1 then a man from west Africa died from Ebola at a hospital in Dallas, Texas. And two nurses 2 for him became infected(感染) with the virus, which made the US government publish new guidelines to3 health workers．

    Top American 4 have repeatedly said that most people have little chance of being infected．Experts have 5that Ebola can only be spread through infected person's body fluids — like blood．But it 6 many Americans are 7 what they have heard．

    A recent survey found more than 80 percent of Americans believe that Ebola can be spread in many 8, including air forced through the nose or mouth. The Harvard School of Public Health 9 the findings. The study also showed that most adults fear there will be a(n) 10 of Ebola in the United States soon.

   11 survey found that more than 70 percent of Americans would support calls to 12  travel to and from Ebola-affected parts of Africa.

    Thomas Frieden heads the U.S．Centers for Disease Control and Prevention．When asked whether 13 officials had considered a travel ban, Mr．Frieden had 14 to say：“We won't be able to check travelers for 15 when they leave or when they arrive. We won't be able, as we do 16, to take a detailed history to see if they were17 when they arrive. When they 18 , we wouldn't be able to impose quarantine（强加隔离）as we now can if they have high-risk touch.”

    Last week, President Barack Obama urged Americans not to 19 what he called “ panic or fear ”.

    This week，the administration announced that all travelers reaching the United States from some African nations are 20 to pass through one of five airports.

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    Before I turned 29, my parents moved to Queensland, where I arrived for a visit six months later. I 1 upon my mother with hugs, and for the first time in my life I said, “I love you, mom!” Then I gently 2, expecting some kind of reciprocation. But it never came. Instead, she appeared 3 in horror.

    When I was back at work, I overheard a workmate on a call to her mother and she concluded it with “I love you, Mum.” As 4 as that. Why wasn't it like that in mine? Something had to be done about this 5situation once and for all.

    My 6 came the next Sunday during my weekly phone call to my mother. After we had shared our usual pleasantries and7, I took a deep breath and asked, “Do you love me, Mum?” After a short 8, she replied, “I love you. Don't be silly. You know we never said things like that in my family.”

    “Well, I want it to be said in ours. From now on I want to 9 our conversations with 'I love you.'”

    In May 2000 my mother was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She was 10 to hospital, and I phoned every day to 11 her. One evening when I rang, a nurse answered the phone and regretfully informed me that my mother's condition had rapidly worsened. She wasn't expected to 12 it through the night.

    Knowing I couldn't get a flight in time, I asked the nurse to put the phone next to my mother's ear so I could talk to her. “She's 13 conscious,” the nurse replied. “It's unlikely she'll hear you.” But I didn't care. I wanted to do it 14.

    15 she'd placed the phone by my mother's ear, I started 16 and telling Mum over and over again that I loved her. At first, all I could hear was “Hmmmm”—but then, like a miracle, with a deep 17she said, “Love you … love you, darling.” It was the last thing she said before drifting into 18.

    Although I was overwhelmed by her death, the surprising part was how well I 19. Of course, losing a parent is extremely painful and I shed many tears, but receiving those lovely last words made it much more 20. I had closure in the best possible way.

How to Find Yourself

    Do you often feel lost？Do you think you are living somebody else's life? If yes, discover ways to find yourself by going through the following article.

    If you are thinking, “how to find yourself when you are lost?”, then the first thing to do is to have a rest from everything—work, personal life and all worldly things. Give time to yourself to think why you seem lost. Is it because of over work? Is it because you are not leading a life that you want to? Or is it because you are not satisfied with the people or things around you? Try to find answers to these questions to determine the cause behind your restlessness.

    For once, instead of being the way others want you to be, be yourself. Look within and find yourself in you. Think about the things that you would want to do if you didn't have any family obligations or any money issues. Think about the kind of relationship you would want to be in, the place that you would like to stay in, the kind of lifestyle you would like to lead, if you didn't have the society or people around you, judging all the time. If you really want to know how to find inner peace, then think, what you would want others to describe you as—an honest person? Or adventurous? Or loving, or realistic? Once you look within, you will know the answer and then try to be exactly that.

      Thinking deeply about the past, the time or situations when you were the happiest, is another way to find yourself .Think what you were doing or with whom you were, when you were the happiest. This will help you to identify things that you want to do in life that make you happy and also certain people whose company you enjoy.

    Knowing yourself and determining what you to do with your life will not come to you in a day or two. Discovering oneself is an ongoing process and it can take months or sometimes even years to truly find yourself. So, it's important that you maintain a written record of all your feelings and thoughts, which you can go through at a later stage. Pour all your emotions and feelings about life in it and who knows may be one day going through it, you will find yourself.

      Once you have discovered what you want to do with your life, make a move for change and self improvement. Even if it means taking up small things such as dancing or painting, go ahead and do it. If you want a career change, plan and take steps so that it can take place smoothly. If you are stuck in a bad relationship and find yourself unable to mend it, break away. At the beginning, you may find yourself slightly unbalanced, but with time everything will be fine.

    It is very important for you to truly find yourself, before it is too late. If you do not find yourself now, you will spend your life with somebody you do not even know, i.e. yourself.