Not everyone around is easy to get on well with in your life. I've always tried to keep my1 from people who are rude, aggressive and mean. But sometimes we can't 2 having contact with people who might not have our best interests at heart.
Last summer, I became involved with a(n)3co-worker who was at a bad spot in his life. I had a lot of4 for him and decided to help him5 this tough time, so I tried my best to6 his rudeness when he lost his temper. However, just like a swimmer drowning in a pool, he grabbed on and ended up drowning me when I7 and tried to rescue him. His rudeness gradually was out of8. One night, when I got up to get a glass of water, he started yelling at me to get back into my bedroom. I did as I was told but I was not happy about it. He9 my change in mood and asked what was wrong. But when I told him his behavior toward me was10 and that I was very hurt by the way he had11 me, he was surprised. He could not understand his actions had a bad12 on me. He told me he didn't have anything13 me and that there was no need for me to14 it. I used examples from his life of things that had hurt him and then tried to make the15 that the same things also made me16. I said, “I always treat you with patience, understanding and kindness, but you haven't treated me with17 respect. ” He was silent after listening to my words. What I had said might18 him.
People only change19 they want to change. I didn't know whether he would change his opinion or not in the future, but I would continue to 20 him through my patience, understanding and kindness.
One of the best-loved American writers was William Sydney Porter, or O. Henry. From 1893 he lived with his family in a house in Austin, Texas, which is now a museum. Visitors to Austin can see the house. It was saved from destruction (破坏) and turned into a museum in1934. The museum is a good way to learn about the interesting life of the American writer.
William Porter rented this house in Austin and lived there with his wife Athol and daughter Margaret for about two years. Many objects in the museum belonged to the Porters. Others did not. An important piece in the room is the original photograph over here. It was taken there in the house about 1895. The piano there goes back to the 1860s. His wife took lessons on it when she first moved to Austin.
Porter did not start his career as a successful writer. He worked at a farm, land office and bank. He also loved words and writing. The museumm has a special proof of Porter's love of language—his dictionary. It is said that he had read every word in that dictionary.
Later William Porter was forced to leave Austin because he was charged with financial wrongdoing at the bank and lost his job. Because he was afraid of a trail (审判), he left the country secretly. But he returned because his wife was dying. After her death, he faced the trial and became a criminal. He served three and a half years in a prison in Ohio.
William Porter would keep his time in prison a secret. But there was one good thing about it. It provided him with time to write. By the time he was freed, he had published 14 stories and became well known as O. Henry.
Porter later moved to New York City and found great success there. He published over 180 stories in the last eight years of his life.
Michael Greenberg is a very popular New Yorker. He is not famous in sports or the arts, But people in the streets 1 him, especially those who are 2.
For those people, he is "Gloves" Greenberg. How did he get that 3? He looks like any other businessman, wearing a suit and carrying a briefcase (公文箱). But he's 4. His briefcase always has some gloves.
In winter, Mr. Greenberg does not 5 like other New Yorkers, who look at the sidewalk and 6 the street. He looks around at 7. He stops when he 8 someone with no gloves. He gives them a pair and then he 9, looking for more people with cold 10.
On winter days, Mr. Greenberg 11 gloves. During the rest of the year, he 12 gloves. People who have heard about him 13 him gloves, and he has many in his apartment.
Mr. Greenberg 14 doing this 21 years ago. Now, many poor New Yorkers know him and 15 his behavior. But people who don't know him are sometimes 16 him. They don't realize that he just wants to make them 17.
It runs in the 18. Michael's father always helped the poor as he believed it made everyone happier. Michael Greenberg feels the 19. A pair of gloves may be a 20 thing, but it can make a big difference in winter.
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