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• 1.Perseverance is a virtue
• Many years after receiving my graduate degree, I returned to the State University of New York at Binghamton as a faculty member. One day in a crowded ...
• 2.Plagiarism 抄袭
• A friend of mine who teachs European history at Washington University in St. Louis tell about the time he spotted a plagiarized（剽窃，抄袭） term pap...
• 3.Charge for Bread and Butter
• Charge for Bread and Butter Some years ago, my dad, an attorney, took me to a fancy restaurant in Now York City. When the bill arrived, there was a $1...
• 4.How Did You Ever Get Here
• How Did You Ever Get Here One winter morning, an employee explained why he had shown up for work 45 minutes late. It was so slippery out that for ever...
• 5.Such a Long Dog 如此长的狗
• Once there was a blind. One day when he was walking, he stepped the head of the dog who was sleeping. The dog barked for a while. The blind man went o...
• 6.Who's better stisfied? 谁更满足？
• A person with six children or a person with $6 million, who is better satisfied? Why? The person with six children of course. Because the one with $6 ...
• 7.Talking clock 会说话的钟
• Talking clock While proudly showing off his new apartment to friends, a college student led the way into the den（私室，贼窝） . What is the big brass...
• 8.Gardening Gloves 园艺手套
• Gardening Glove For months I hinted that I needed a new wedding ring, since I had developed an allergy to gold. On my birthday, while I was gardening,...
• 9.S.O.B. 狗娘养的
• S.O.B. My father, who was 14 years old than my mother, had been working on his will. At a family dinner he told us that he had provided well for mothe...
• 10.Midway Tactics 中间战术
• Midway Tactics Three competing store owners rented adjoining（毗连的） shops in a mall. Observers waited for mayhem（故意的伤害罪，蓄意的破坏） to ens...