Unit 3 Inventors and inventions using language课时作业

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　　I felt very depressed the other day. The weather had been dark and rainy, and I just didn't feel so __1__ .

　　As I was sitting at my desk, I __2__ it was the birthday of a dear long­time friend-a single, middle­aged woman who has devoted the past 30 years to nursing and loving her __3__ .

　　Knowing that she didn't have family in town, I __4__ to give her a call. Sure enough, she was on her shift, __5__ to work late into the evening, and wouldn't have __6__ of a birthday this year. As always, though, she __7__ cheerful and was happy that I __8__ .

　　After I hung up, I couldn't __9__ the feeling that she would really appreciate a little attention on her special day. __10__ feeling a little depressed myself, I tried to put it out of my mind, but as the day passed, I couldn't shake the thought. I __11__ gave in, and set off to the hospital with a card, a cheese cake, and some balloons that evening. My friend's grateful smile and joyful surprise __12__ me that I'd done the right thing, and they were a generous __13__ for the little effort it had taken.

　　When I got home, I realized that not only had I cheered up a __14__ friend on her birthday, but my own negative feelings had also disappeared. Making her day had __15__ my own! Isn't that the way it is __16__ we take the time and make the __17__ to do something for someone else? It's just like the saying, "Loving kindness is twice blessed; it blesses him who gives, and him who __18__ ."

　　Cheering up people on their birthdays isn't the only thing we can do to make their day. Life constantly presents us with __19__ to take an extra step or do a kind deed that will make a difference to __20__ . And the wonderful thing is that as we do, it changes things for the better for us too.

篇章导读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者讲述了在自己心情不好的一天给一个从事护士职业的朋友过生日而得到的感悟：生活总是