1. ...or children of undergrads taking advantage of the GI Bill.
take advantage of：利用；欺骗；占……的便宜
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2. ...we walked back to the school， perhaps just a mile or so away， packed up our things...
pack up：打包；收拾；停止工作
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满世界都是微笑
World of Smiles
佚名 / Anonymous
About 10 years ago when I was an undergraduate in college， I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural History. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop， I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.
As I looked closer at this girl， I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair. I then realized she had no arms or legs， just a head， neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.
As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register. I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink. As I took the money from her grandparents， I looked back at the girl， who was giving me the cutest， largest smile I have ever seen. All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl， whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life was all about. She took me from a poor， unhappy college student and brought me into her world： a world of smiles， love and warmth.
That was 10 years ago. I’m a successful business person now. And whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world， I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.
大约十年前，当我还是个在校的大学生时，我在学校的自然历史博物馆做实习生。一天，当我正在礼品店的收银台工作时，看到一对老夫妇推着一位坐在轮椅上的小姑娘走进店里。
近看时，我看到她完全是被放在椅子上的。她没有手臂和双腿，只有头部、颈部和躯干。她穿着一件有红色斑点的白色连衣裙。
当那对夫妇推着她朝我走来时，我正低着头看收银机。我把头转向那位女孩，朝她眨了眨眼。当接过她祖父母的钱时，我回头看了看那位小姑娘，她正朝我微笑，那是我有生以来见到的最可爱、最灿烂的微笑。突然间，她身上的所有缺陷都消失了，我看到的是一个美丽的小女孩。她的微笑感染了我，几乎立即传达给我一种全新的关于生命的感受。她把我这个贫穷、不开心的大学生带到她的世界—— 一个充满微笑、爱和温暖的世界。
那天的事一转眼已过去十年了。如今我已是一位成功的商人。当我变得沮丧，想到世间的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小姑娘，还有她教给我的那一节不同寻常的关于人生的课程。
心灵小语
微笑能够使陌生的人变得熟悉起来，能够融化冷漠。你无须花一分钱，就可以绽开笑脸，给自己带来幸福的同时，也为别人送去快乐。不要做一个吝啬微笑的人，让自己的生活多一些微笑。
记忆填空
1. About 10 years ago____I was an undergraduate in college， I was working as an intern at my University’s Museum of Natural___. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop， I saw an elderly_____ come in with a little girl in a_____.
2. All of a_____her handicap was gone and all I saw was this____girl， whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new_____of what life was all about. She took me from a poor， unhappy college_____and brought me into her world： a world of____ ， love and warmth.
佳句翻译
1. 那是我有生以来见到的最可爱、最灿烂的微笑。
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2. 她的微笑感染了我，几乎立即传达给我一种全新的关于生命的感受。
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3. 当我变得沮丧，想到世间的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小姑娘，还有她教给我的那一节不同寻常的关于人生的课程。
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短语应用
1. One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop， I saw an elderly couple come in...
work at：从事于；致力于；从事；在……用功
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2. I looked back at the girl， who was giving me the cutest...
look back：回顾；回头看；回想
造_______________________________
一切总会好的
A Lesson of Life
佚名 / Anonymous
“Everything happens for the best，” my mother said whenever I faced disappointment.“If you can carry on， one day something good will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.”
Mother was right， as I discovered after graduating from college in 1932， I had decided to try for a job in radio， then work my way up to sports announcer. I hitchhiked to Chicago and knocked on the door of every station—and got turned down every time.
In one studio， a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring inexperienced person—“Go out in the sticks and find a small station that’ll give you a chance. ” She said.
I thumbed home to Dixon， Illinois. While them was no radio-announcing jobs in Dixon， my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football， I applied. The job sounded just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.
My disappointment must have shown. “Everything happens for the best.” Mom reminded me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport， Iowa. The program director， a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur， told me they had already hired an announcer.
As I left his office， my frustration boiled over. I asked aloud， “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station？”
I was waiting for the elevator when I heard MacArthur calling， “What was that you said about sports？ Do you know anything about football？” Then he stood me before a microphone and asked me to broadcast an imaginary game.
The preceding autumn， my team had won a game in the last 20 seconds with a 65-yard run. I did a 15-minute buildup to that play， and Peter told me I would be broadcasting Saturday’s game！
On my way home， as I have many times since， I thought of my mother’s words， “if you carry on， one day something good will happen. Something wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous disappointment.” I often wonder what direction my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.
每当我遇到困难时，母亲就对我说：“如果你坚持下去，一切都会好的。不经历风雨，怎能见彩虹？”
直到1932年大学毕业，我才发现母亲是对的。当时，我已决意在电台谋求发展，努力成为一名体育节目播音员。我搭便车抵达芝加哥后，开始奔波于各个电台之间——但被一一拒绝。
一位在播音室里工作的好心女士告诉我，大型的电台是不会冒险接纳毫无经验的新人的——“到乡下去，找家能给你机会的小电台吧。”她说。