— ________. I'm going to visit my parents in the countryside.

— Really?        Tom is eager to do so.

    Zhao Wei is the vice dean of the school of political science and law of Shenyang University. “People choose the Internet mainly for       efficiency,” he told China Daily yesterday. “The Internet will play       more important role in helping officials handle public grievances(委屈)better in the face of Internet users in China,” he said.

    The number of Chinese netizens (网民) increased       16.2 million in the first quarter of this year,       (reach) 316 million, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

    “Some government staff shouldn't take a hard line against people who complain in various ways.       , they need to realize the positive side of complaints. That is to say, online complaints should be viewed       a cushion (缓冲) against some social problems rather than a nuisance (讨厌的东西),” Zhao said.

    He also noted some mass incidents can        (avoid) if people get timely responses.

    Zhao's department       (begin) a course earlier this year,       was designed to train        (profession) who work for the government departments that receive public grievances via calls, letters, and Internet messages or face to face complaints.

    Is your mind completely filled with thoughts of something? That's called obsession (痴迷). When we think of obsession, we tend to think of the 1 aspects of extreme behavior. It can be unhealthy or dangerous. However, actually, “productive obsessing” can be not only a 2  for boredom and passivity, but also the recipe for a 3 life. Having a productive obsession appears to 4 people to do this, even if things get tough. In contrast, those without passion (激情)may end up letting challenges and difficulties 5 them.  

    But there is a fine but important  6 between obsession and passion. So how do you 7 a passion, and avoid the negative aspects of obsession?

    Whatever the project is, it should 8 love and interest. People, who have an unexplored interest in something, but always put it off, should begin by 9 themselves to it for a month. When people do commit themselves on something, even for a month, their brains become retrained. It 10 hesitating and worrying and explores its own potential.

    Having a productive obsession leads to various mental 11: pleasure when things are going very well; 12 when you are offended. The key is being prepared for these states and knowing how to handle them. Being obsessed with a(n) 13 plan for years without putting it into practice is not productive.

    Going after something with 14 may not make you outstanding, but you don't know where it will lead until you give it a try. At the very least, it could be the 15 to a satisfying and meaningful life。

Teens don't want to be seen with their parents, much less talk to them or do anything with them. That's what we hear all the time. I don't believe it. Oh, sure, when my daughter and my son were in their teens, they wanted to spend most of their free time with their friends. But there were always those special times planned when we enjoyed being alone with each other, when we connected deeply, and when we were reminded again how much we loved one another.

I recall how delighted my 14-year-old daughter, Alisa, felt when I asked her for a date to see a movie. It was a bittersweet Italian movie, Cinema Paradiso, and I wanted this story to give her a sense of how I grew up as an Italian boy in a small town, where life was simple and where everyone knew one another. I wanted her to know how her father had been brought up and shaped.

We both laughed and cried during the same scenes in the movie. She was attached to the movie. I decided we should complete our evening with some lively conversation at a nearby bakery. I told her the movie was now so much more special for me because I had shared it with her. She smiled. She understood. We made a memory that night.

    From our living room window, I saw my 13-year-old son, Jason, tearfully searching our vegetable garden for a place to bury his pet boa constrictor (蟒蛇). Because my son had suffered from asthma (哮喘) and allergies, he could never have a dog, a faithful friend that he wanted so much. Every pet he owned—lizards, fish, or snakes—had died.

    I was at his side as we searched for the best gravesite (墓地). We dug the grave, said our goodbyes and then he cried. He cried hard and he asked me why every pet he had owned died so soon. I could feel his heart break against my chest. I just held him close. He let me hold his aching soul. He needed me while he was confused. Share your heart with your teens. Show them repeatedly that you know and love who they really are. There are tender memories waiting to be made.

    Legend has it that President George Washington never told a lie. Still, he was not perfect. A library in New York has a document to prove it. According to a written record of the library, Washington checked out two books on October 5, 1789, and never brought the m back.

More than 220 years have gone by since Washington borrowed the books, and a lot has changed since then. Back in 1789, there was no Washington, D. C. The U.S. capital was New York City, and that was where the President lived. There was only one place in the city to borrow books, the New York Society Library. It was there that Washington checked out the two books that were never returned. Washington had been President for just five months when he borrowed the books. One book was about international relations, and the other focused on lawmaking, which helped with his new job.

    The librarian wrote down the titles, the dates and the name of the borrower. Washington was listed simply as “President”.

    Under the rules of the library, the books should have been handed back by 2 November that same year, and their borrower would have been faced with fines of a few cents a day ever since. Over time, Washington's fine grew and grew. Today, the library is owed about 200,000 dollars for the two missing books. “We're not actively concerned about the overdue fines,” the head librarian Mark Bartlett said. “But we would be very happy if we were able to get the books back.”

    As for Washington's reason for failing to return the books he borrowed, we may never have an answer. Perhaps he was too busy and just forgot about them. Maybe they were lost. Even though he were alive today, Washington might prefer to keep the truth a mystery. After all, it was he who famously said, “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”

1.吴健雄，美籍华裔物理学家，1912年5月31日生于江苏省太仓县；

2.1936年赴美国留学，1940年获美国加利福尼亚大学博士学位，之后又获得许多美国著名高等学府的博士学位；

3.她长期从事物理学研究并在美国及国际上多次荣获大奖；

4.吴健雄生前关心中国科技事业的发展, 从1973年起多次来中国讲学，1992年在东南大学建立了吴健雄实验室；

5.1997年2月16日，吴健雄女士因心脏病逝世。