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align=center>Three Days to See<o:p></o:p>
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align=center> Helen Keller<o:p></o:p>
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>Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future. When we are in buoyant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless vista. So we go about our petty tasks, hardly aware of our listless attitude toward life.
The same lethargy, I am afraid, characterizes the use of all our faculties and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the manifold blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered impairment of sight or hearing seldom make the fullest use of theses blessed faculties. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sounds hazily, without concentration and with little appreciation. It is the same old story of not being grateful for what we have until we lose it, or not being conscious of health until we are ill.
I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life. Darkness would make him more appreciative of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound.
假如给我三天光明
我们大多数人把生活认为是理所当然的。我们知道，某一天我们一定会死，但通常我们把那天想象在遥远的将来。当我们心宽体健时，死亡几乎是不可想象的，我们很少想到它。时日在无穷的展望中延展着，于是我们干着琐碎的事情，几乎意识不到我们对生活的倦怠态度。<o:p></o:p>
恐怕，同样的懒散也成为利用我们所有的本能和感觉的特点。只有聋子才珍惜听力，唯有瞎子才体会到能看见事物的种种幸福，这种结论特别适合于那些在成年阶段失去视力和听力的人们。而那些从没有遭受视觉或听觉损伤之苦的人却很少充分利用这些天赐的官能。他们模模糊糊地眼观八方，耳听各音，毫无重点，不会鉴赏，还是那相同的话，对我们所有的官能不加珍惜，直至失去它，对我们的健康意识不到，直至生病时。<o:p></o:p>
我常常想，如果每个人在他成年的早期有一段时间致瞎致聋，那会是一种幸事，黑暗会使他珍惜视力，寂静会教导他享受声音。<o:p></o:p>

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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:24:59

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 17.85pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center>your power at work<o:p></o:p>
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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">Every employee has five sources of power to draw from. Assess your potential power sources and use them to your advantage. <o:p></o:p>
Personal power is all about your charisma, your passion to achieve the strength of your convictions, your ability to communicate and inspire, and your leadership skills. Relationship power derives from the network of contacts and friends that you make, develop, and maintain at work; from coworkers who keep you up to date with the goings-on in their part of the organization, to executives who seek you out for special projects--and everyone in between. Position power is directly related to where you reside on your company's organizational chart. Owners, presidents, and CEOs have plenty of position power, while receptionists, clerks, and laborers typically have little or none. Knowledge power is based on the special expertise and knowledge that you have of your job, your departments, or your organization. Task power is inherent in the jobs you are assigned at work. Some work is by nature more important to the health of the organization than others. For example, salespeople, whose job is to bring in money by selling its products or services, usually have high task power. <o:p></o:p>
You can leverage any source of power you have to build your base of power in another source. <o:p></o:p>
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在工作中利用好你的五种资源<o:p></o:p>
 每个雇员都有五种可以利用的权力资源。估量自己潜在的权力资源并善用之。 <o:p></o:p>
 人事权力就是你的魅力、你实现你的信念的激情、你与他人沟通和给人以激励的能力，以及你的领导才能。人际关系权力来自你在工作中所建立、培养和保持的关系网和朋友圈；来自公司内其他部门的同事--使你及时了解他们部门的情况；来自公司主管--将特殊项目交由你负责；来自公司内其他人等。职位权力直接与你在公司组织结构中的地位有关。公司业主、总裁和首席执行官，有很大的职位权力，而接待员、办事员或勤杂人员一般没有什么职位权力。知识权力是你对你的具体工作、你所在部门、机构的某种特殊专长或知识。任务权力存在于分配给你的工作任务中，有些工作其本质上较其他工作对公司的健康发展更为重要。比如说，销售人员，其工作是通过销售产品和服务来为公司赚取利润，他们通常有较高的任务权力。<o:p></o:p>
 你可以利用你拥有的任何一种权力资源来建立、充实你另一权力资源。<o:p></o:p>
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相关谚语：<o:p></o:p>
A woman's work is never done.<o:p></o:p>
妇女的家务永远干不完。<o:p></o:p>
He who will not work shall not eat.
不劳动者不得食。
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作, 不玩耍, 聪明的孩子也变傻。
From each according to his ability, to each according to his work.
各尽所能，按劳分配
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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:26:13

align=center>Dance Like No One's Watching (I)<o:p></o:p>
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>We always convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are. After that we are frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. <o:p></o:p>
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>We always tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, and are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there's no better time than right now. If not now, when? Our life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to ourselves and decide to be happy anyway. <o:p>
One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred Souza. He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin-----real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned onto me that these obstacles were my life. This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So treasure every moment that you have. And remember that time waits for no one. So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school; until you get married, until you get divorced; until you have kids, until your kids leave home; until you start work, until you retire; until you get a new car or home; until spring; until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy....<o:p></o:p>
Happiness is a journey, not a destination. So, Work like you don't need money, Love like you've never been hurt, And dance like no one's watching. <o:p></o:p>
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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:26:53

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">Smile at each other, smile at your wife, smile at your husband, smile at your children, smile at each other------it doesn’t matter who it is------and that will help you to grow up in greater love for each other. <o:p></o:p>
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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">Yes, the smile------the unaffected, unplanned, natural connection between people. I’d like people to consider that underneath all the layers we construct to protect ourselves, our dignity, our titles, our degrees, our status and our need to be seen in certain ways------underneath all that, remains the authentic, essential self. I’m not afraid to call it the soul. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could recognize each other, we wouldn’t be enemies. We couldn’t have hate or envy or fear. I sadly conclude that all those other layers, which we so carefully construct through our lives, distance and insulate us from truly contacting others. <o:p></o:p>
Why do we smile when we see a baby? Perhaps it’s because we see someone without all the defensive layers, someone whose smile for us we know to be fully genuine and without guile. And that baby-soul inside us smiles wistfully in recognition.<o:p></o:p>

redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:27:17

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">经常保持笑容，对你的另一半、你的孩子微笑，甚至对陌生人也不要吝惜你的微笑，因为小小的微笑就能大大增进人与人之间的感情。<o:p></o:p>
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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">是的，微笑是人与人之间最自然真挚的沟通方式，我希望人们能仔细想想以下的事情：人常常为自己建立层层的保护膜，为了维护尊严、头街、身分、形象等，而必须有所隐藏。我相信在这些掩饰下，每个人都有一个真实、不带虚伪的灵魂。如果我们能用心灵去认识彼此，世间不会有结怨成仇的憾事；恨意、妒嫉、恐惧也会不复存在。可惜的是人小心翼翼为自己所建造的保护膜，却阻隔了自己与他人真诚相对的机会。<o:p></o:p>
为什么我们见到婴孩会微笑？也许是因为我们在他们身上见到不设防的灵魂，还有他们纯真无邪的笑容，更引起了我们内心深处的共鸣。<o:p></o:p>

redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:28:18

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan">Many people believe that they will be happy once they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. However, more often than not, once you arrive "there" you will still feel dissatisfied, and move your "there" vision to yet another point in the future. By always chasing after another "there," you are never really appreciating what you already have right "here." It is important for human beings to keep sober-minded about the age-old drive to look beyond the place where you now stand. On one hand, your life is enhanced by your dreams and aspirations. On the other hand, these drives can pull you farther and farther from your enjoyment of your life right now. By learning the lessons of gratitude and abundance, you can bring yourself closer to fulfilling the challenge of living in the present.
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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 16pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan">One of the most common human fears is scarcity. Many people are afraid of not having enough of what they need or want, and so they are always striving to get to a point when they would finally have enough. Actually, true abundance comes not from amassing, but rather from appreciating.<o:p></o:p>
Scarcity consciousness arises as a result of the "hole-in-the-soul syndrome." This is when we attempt to fill the gaps in our inner lives with things from the outside world. But like puzzle pieces, you can't fit something in where it does not naturally belong. No amount of external objects, affection, love, or attention can ever fill an inner void. We already have enough, so we should revel in our own interior abundance.<o:p></o:p>

redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:29:01

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inter-ideograph; MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; TEXT-ALIGN: justify">To be grateful means you are thankful for and appreciative of what you have and where you are on your path right now. Gratitude fills your heart with the joyful feeling and allows you to fully appreciate everything that arises on your path. As you strive to keep your focus on the present moment, you can experience the full wonder of "here."<o:p></o:p>
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1. Imagine what your life would be like if you lost all that you had. This will most surely remind you of how much you do appreciate it.<o:p></o:p>
2. Make a list each day of all that you are grateful for, so that you can stay conscious daily of your blessings. Do this especially when you are feeling as though you have nothing to feel grateful for. Or spend a few minutes before you go to sleep giving thanks for all that you have.<o:p></o:p>
3. Spend time offering assistance to those who are less fortunate than you, so that you may gain perspective.<o:p></o:p>
However you choose to learn gratitude is irrelevant. What really matters is that you create a space in your consciousness for appreciation for all that you have right now, so that you may live more joyously in your present moment.<o:p>
感恩之心<o:p></o:p>
感恩是指你感激、珍惜自己当前所拥有的一切以及所处的人生境遇。心存感恩，你的心灵就充满愉悦，你就能真正领会人生路上的种种体验。如果你努力把眼光锁定在此时此刻，你就能感受它的美妙之处。<o:p></o:p>
　　感恩之心需要经常加强。许多方法可以培育感恩之心，你不妨试试以下几种：<o:p></o:p>
　　1．设想如果你失去了你现在所拥有的一切，你的生活将会怎么样。它肯定会使你回想起原来你是多么喜欢和珍视这一切。<o:p></o:p>
　　2．每天都列出那些值得你感激的事物，那样你就能时时刻刻意识到自己的幸运。每天都要这么做，尤其是当你觉得好像没有什么可感激的时候。另外你也可以每天临睡前花几分钟感恩自己所拥有的一切。 <o:p></o:p>
　　3．花时间帮助那些没有你那么幸运的人，这样你也许会对生活有正确的认识。<o:p></o:p>
　　其实，你选择何种方法去学会感恩，这无关紧要，真正重要的是你应该有意识地努力去欣赏和珍视你现在所拥有的一切，这样你就可以更快乐地享受你目前的生活。<o:p></o:p>
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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:29:47

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt">Everyone knows soy is great for the body，but new research shows it helps the mind too．

harmacologists at King’s College in London found that people who ate a high soy diet for 10 weeks developed better memory than those who consumed the same amounts of protein，fat，and calories，but without the soy．The results were not unexpected：Soy is rich in isoflavone estrogens-----an chemicals that mimic estrogen’s effects on the brain-----and previous studies have shown that estrogen improves memory．But researchers were impressed that “even a three-month change of diet can lead to improved memory, so long as you gulp the equivalent of a quarter pound of tofu，or a pint of soy milk，every day.”
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吃大豆有助于增强记忆<o:p></o:p>
众所周知大豆对身体是非常有益的，而最新研究表明它对记忆力也很有帮助。伦敦王室大学的药物学家发现，那些连续１０个星期的饮食中含大量大豆的人与那些消耗同样数量的蛋白质、脂肪和卡路里但食物中不含大豆的人相比记忆力更好。这一结果并不意外：大豆有着丰富的异黄酮雌激素，它是一种对大脑的作用效果类似于雌激素的化学物质。以前的研究显示正是雌激素提高了记忆力。而让研究者心动的是“即便是３个月的饮食改变也能使记忆力显著提高,只要你能每天食用与１／４磅豆腐或一品脱豆奶营养相当的豆制品”。<o:p></o:p>
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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:30:37

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan">The first snow came．How beautiful it was，falling so silently all day long，all night long，on the mountains，on the meadows，on the roofs of the living，on the graves of the dead。All white save the river，that marked its course by a winding black line across the landscape；and the leafless trees，that against the leaden sky now revealed more fully the wonderful beauty and intricacies of their branches．What silence，too，came with the snow，and what seclusion! Every sound was muffled，every noise changed to some thing soft and musical．No more tramping hoofs，no more rattling wheels. Only the chiming of sleigh-bells，beating as swift and merrily as the hearts of children．<o:p></o:p>
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1. meadow / / n. 草地, 牧场<o:p></o:p>
2. landscape / / n. 风景, 山水画<o:p></o:p>
3. leaden / / adj. .铅制的, 铅灰色的, 沉闷的, 沉重的<o:p></o:p>
4. intricacy / / n. 复杂, 错综<o:p></o:p>
5. seclusion / / .隔离, 隔绝, 隐居<o:p></o:p>
6. muffle / / v. 包, 蒙住, 抑住, 捂住, 压抑(声音)<o:p></o:p>
7. tramp / / v. 重步行走, 践踏<o:p></o:p>
8. rattle / / v. 发出卡嗒卡嗒声, 喋喋不休, 急忙地做<o:p></o:p>
9. chime / / v. (乐器、钟等)奏出和谐的音调
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初雪<o:p></o:p>
初雪飘飘，真美啊！它整日整夜静静地飘着，落在山岭上，落在草地上，落在生者的屋顶上，落在死者的坟墓上！在一片白茫茫之中，只有河流在美丽的画面上勾画出一道弯弯曲曲的黑线；还有那光秃秃的树木，映衬着灰蒙蒙的天空，更显得枝丫交错，姿态万千。初雪飘落时，是多么的静谧，多么的安详！一切的声响都趋沉寂，一切噪音都化作柔和的音乐。没有了嗒嗒的马蹄声，也听不见滚滚的车轮声！只有雪橇的铃铛奏出和谐的乐曲，那明快欢乐的节奏像孩子的心在跳动。<o:p></o:p>
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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:31:28

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² Say what you think/want/feel. Straight up. No hints，no insinuations，no clever allusions. Men don't do subtle. They're just not good at that way. <o:p></o:p>
² When it comes to makeup，less is more. <o:p></o:p>
² Frequent compliments about his talents /abilities /allures coupled with regular disregard of his shortcomings /limitations /faults are to a man what diamonds are to a woman：remarkable，extraordinary，incomparable treasures. <o:p></o:p>
² When in doubt，about what to give him for any special occasion-----birthday，anniversary, “just-because-it's-Tuesday-and-I-want-to-say-I-love-you”. Remember what F. Scott Fitzgerald said："The greatest gift you can give anyone is to see them exactly as they wish to be seen. "<o:p></o:p>
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男人想让女人知道的6件事<o:p></o:p>
² 男人爱听赞美的话，不过必须是发自内心，决不可虚情假意。 <o:p></o:p>
² 星期日意味着体育时间，而且不只是一项或两项，而是全天的体育运动。<o:p></o:p>
² 说出你的想法、你想要的和你自己的感受。直来直去，不要暗示，不要绕弯子，也别打哑谜，男人没那么细腻。他们天生就不擅此道。<o:p></o:p>
² 你要化妆，那越淡越好。<o:p></o:p>
² 经常对他的才气、能力、魅力加以表扬，而对他的缺点、局限和错误却常常忽略不计。这对于男人来讲就好像女人见了钻石：是非凡、卓越、无可比拟的珍宝。 <o:p></o:p>
² 在一些特殊场合拿不准送他什么礼物时，如在生日、纪念日或只是"今天是星期二我就是想说我爱你"的特殊时刻，记住F. 斯科特·菲茨杰拉德说过的话："你送别人最好的礼物就是以别人所期待的方式来对待他。"<o:p></o:p>
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redwheat 发表于 2006-5-28 14:32:07

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0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 18pt; mso-pagination: widow-orphan">If leadership, at its most basic, consists of getting things done through others, then persuasion is one of the leader's essential tools. Many executives have assumed that this tool is beyond their grasp, available only to the charismatic and the eloquent. Over the past several decades, though, experimental psychologists have learned which methods reliably lead people to concede, comply, or change. Their research shows that persuasion is governed by several principles that can be taught and applied.<o:p></o:p>
The first principle is that people are more likely to follow someone who is similar to them than someone who is not. Wise managers, then, enlist peers to help make their cases. Second, people are more willing to cooperate with those who are not only like them but like them as well. So it's worth the time to uncover real similarities and offer genuine praise. Third, experiments confirm the intuitive truth that people tend to treat you the way you treat them. It's sound policy to do a favor before seeking one. Fourth, individuals are more likely to keep promises they make voluntarily and explicitly. The message for managers here is to get commitments in writing. Finally, studies show that people really do defer to experts. So before they attempt to exert influence, executives should take pains to establish their own expertise and not assume that it's self-evident.<o:p></o:p>
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1. executive / / n. 执行者, 经理主管人员<o:p></o:p>
2. charismatic / / adj. 神赐能力的, 超凡魅力的<o:p></o:p>
3. eloquent / / adj. 雄辩的, 有口才的<o:p></o:p>
4. concede / / v. 勉强, 承认, 退让, 让步<o:p></o:p>
5. comply / / v. .顺从, 答应, 遵守<o:p></o:p>
6. intuitive / / adj. .直觉的<o:p></o:p>
7. defer / / v. 推迟, 延期, 听从, 服从<o:p></o:p>
8. commodity / / n. 日用品, 货物, 商品<o:p></o:p>
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说服的技巧<o:p></o:p>
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如果领导说到底就是让别人做事，那么说服就是领导者的主要手段之一。很多经理人都认为自己没有掌握这个手段，只有那些有魅力和口才的人才能驾驭它。然而，通过过去几十年的研究，试验心理学家掌握了能够使他人让步、服从和改变的可靠方法。他们的研究表明，说服是有原则可循的，人们可以学习并应用这些原则。<o:p></o:p>
第一条原则是，人们愿意服从与自己有共同之处的人。因此明智的经理会选择同类人与自己共事。第二，人们更愿意与不仅与自己相类似而且欣赏自己的人合作。所以，下功夫寻找真正的相同点以及给人以真诚的赞扬是值得的。第三，试验证实了"你如何待人，人如何待你"这一直观事实。先助人后求助是良策。第四，每个人一般都会信守自愿而明确做出的承诺。这里经理人得到的提示是要获得书面承诺。最后，研究表明人们的确愿意服从专家的领导。因此，在试图发挥影响力之前，经理人应该努力确立自己的专家信誉，不要认为这是不言而喻的。<o:p></o:p>

海伦 发表于 2006-9-9 14:43:51

thanks..........

jingshu 发表于 2006-9-9 20:39:04

The hare and the tortoise The hare was once boasting of his speed before the other animals. "I have never been beaten," he said, "when I run at full speed, no one is faster than me." The tortoise said quietly, "I will race with you." "That is a good joke," said the hare. "I could dance around you the whole way."The race started. The hare darted almost out of sight at once. He soon stopped and lay down to have a nap. The tortoise plodded on and on. When the hare awoke from his nap, he saw the tortoise was near the finish line, and that he had lost the race. 　　　　　　　　　　　龟兔赛跑
兔子向动物们夸耀他的速度，“我从来没有失败过，”他说，“当我奔跑时，没有人比我更快。” 乌龟平静地说：“我要与你比赛。”“真是笑话，我可以边玩边和你赛跑。”兔子说。 比赛开始了，一眨眼工夫，兔子已经跑得不见了踪影，但是他觉得自己跑得快，对比赛掉以轻心，躺在路边睡着了。 乌龟慢腾腾地却持续不停地走，当兔子一觉醒来，他看到乌龟已经快到终点线了。兔子输了比赛。

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