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ItwasthefirstdayofschoolinDallasandanewstudentnamedSuzuki,thesonofaJapanesebusinessman,enteredthefourthgrade.
Theteachersaid,"Let'sbeginbyreviewingsomeAmericanhistory.
Whosaid,"GivemeLiberty,orgivemeDeath?"
Shesawaseaofblankfaces,exceptforSuzuki,whohadhishandup.
"PatrickHenry,1775."hesaid.
"Verygood!
Whosaid'Governmentofthepeople,b...[
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Therewasamanwhohadworkedallofhislifeandhadsavedallofhismoneyandwasarealmiserwhenitcametohismoney.Helovedmoneymorethanjustaboutanything,andjustbeforehedied,hesaidtohiswife,"Nowlisten.WhenIdie,Iwantyoutotakeallmymoneyandputitinthecasketwithme.Iwanttotakemymoneytotheafterlifewithme."Andsohegothiswifetopromisehimwithallofherheartthatwhenhedied,shewouldputallofthemoneyinthecasketwithhim.We...[
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再過幾天就要回國。已經興奮地不得了了。其實我也知道,期待往往比實際要更讓人激動。總是試圖做到心如止水,可到頭來也不能免俗。妻已在國內,真羨慕她總比我的假期長。
說起來兩三年裏這將是第四次回國了,但每次也隻有短短的十天左右。前兩天,一個十七年沒見的同學發了電子郵件給我。那同學也要在這段時間回上海。恍如隔世。出國將近十年,大學裏同寢室[
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