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Duringmycondyearatthecitycollege，Iwastoldthattheeducationdepartmentwasoffering

a"free"cour,calledThinkingChess,forthreecredits.I41theideaoftakingtheclassbecau，

afterall,whodoesn'twantto42afewdollars?Morethanthat,I'dalwayswantedtolearnchess.

And,evenifIweren’t43enoughaboutfreecredits,newsaboutour44wasappealingenough

ninternationalgrandmaster,which45Iwouldbelearningfromoneofthegame's

hardlywaitto47him.

MauriceAshleywaskindandsmart,aformergraduatereturningtoteach,andthis48wasno

gameforhim:ntroduction,hemadeit49thatourcreditswouldbe

rto50theclass,amongothercriteria,wehadtowriteapaperonhowwe

planto51whatwewouldlearninclasstoourfutureprofessionsand,52,ed

togetanAinthat53andlearnedlifelessonsthathavervedmewellbeyondthe54.

TenyearsaftermychessclasswithAshley,I'mstillputtingtouwhathe55me:“Theabsolute

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singlemoveyouhaveto58asituation,processwhatyouropponent(对手）isdoingand59the

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Whenmostofusgetatextmessageonourcellphonefromanunknownperson,weusually

say"sorry,41number!"andmoveonButwhenDennisWilliams42atextthatclearly

wasn'tintendedforhim,hedidsomething43.

OnMarch19,Dennisgotagrouptext44himthatacouplehedidn'tknowwereatthe

hospital,waitingforthe45ofababy.

"Congratulations!ButIthinksomeonewasmistaken,"ywasborn

andupdatetextswere47quicklyfromtheoverjoyedgrandmother,48,

shedidn'temtorealizedthatshewas49thebaby'sphotoswithacomplete

stranger.“Well,Idon't50youallbutIwillgettheretotakepictureswiththebaby”,

repliedDennisbeforeaskingwhichroomthenew51werein.

Muchtothefamily'ssurpri,Dennisstucktohis52!Heturnedupatthe

y'shusbandwas

totally54bytheunexpectedvisit.“Idon'tthinkwewouldhaverandomlyinvitedhim

overbutwe55itandthegifts.”

Teresa56aphotoofthechancemeetingonasocialnetworkingwebsite57by

thetouchingwords:“Whata58thisyoungmanwastoourfamily!Hewas

so59andkindtodothis.“Theposthassincegainedthe60ofsocialmediaurs

allovertheworld,receivingmorethan184,000sharesand61,500likesinjustthreedays.

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Whilehighschooldoesnotgenerallyencouragestudentstoexplorenewaspectsoflife,collegets

fwentthroughthis41processandfoundsomethingthathas

changedmy42atcollegeforthebetter:IdiscoveredASL-AmericanSignLanguage(美式手语).

refamilyishearing,andsoareall

44languagewereenoughinallmyinteractions(交往).LittledidIknowthatI

woulddiscovermy45forASL.

edastheASLClub47their

ehandmovementsandthevery48ofcommunicatingwithout

awwascompletelyunlikeanythingIhadexperiencedinthe

wnessjustleftme51more.

Afterthat,feelingtheneedto52further,IdecidedtodropinononeofASLclub`s

teadofbeingdiscouragedby

my54progress,adeitapointto55thomeetingsandlearnallI

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Thefollowingterm,fessorwasdeafandanytalkingwas

ealizedthatthesilencewasnotunpleasant.58,iftherehadbeenanytalking,it

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In1973,y,27kids41“TheThinking

Laboratory.”Thatwasthe42studentsvotedforafterdecidingthat“Room104”wastoo

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Freddywasanaverage44,herarebalanceoffunand

compassion（同情）.Hewould45theloudestoverfunandbethesaddestoveranyone’s

46.

Beforetheschoolyear47,Igavethekidsaspecial48,T-shirtswiththewords“Verbs

AreYour49”vidthekidsthatwhileverbs（动词）mayemdull,mostof

the50thingstheydothroughouttheirliveswillbeverbs.

Throughtheyears,I’drunintoformerstudentswhowouldprovide51onoldclassmates.

IlearnedthatFreddydidveraljobsafterhis52fromhighschoolandremainedthesame53

,whileworkingovernightatastore,heletahomelessman54

rtime,he55afriendmoneytobuyahou.

Justlastyear,Iwas56aworkshopwhensomeoneknockedattheclassroomdoor.A

edteachingand58it

werethe“Verbs”shirtanda59fromFreddy’smother.“Freddypasdawayon

edyoutohavethis.”

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AT41apply.

YoumustbenamedElizabethGallahgherandhaveaCanadian42.

JordanAxani,28,saidheandhisthengirlfriend,ElizabethGallagher,bookedheavilydiscounted

round-the-worldairticketsinMay,buttheir43endedandhedidnotwantherticketto44.

Thetickethadastrictno-transfer（不可转让）45,butsincepassportinformationwasnotrequired

when46,anyCanadianElizabethGallaghercan47it.

“Ijustwanttoetheticketgotogooduandforsomeoneto48alotofjoy,”saidAxani.

Hepostedhis49onasocialnetworkingwebsite,andreceivedthousandsofe-mails,including

thirtyfromactualElizabethGallagberswiththe50passports,“More51,thereare

hundredsofCanadianswhoareinterestedin52theirnametoElizabethGallagher,”Axanisaid.

“Itwasabsolutelyoutof53,thousandsofe-mails,peoplearoundtheworld54theirstories

oftravel.”

Axaniwroteinhispostthatheisnot55anythinginreturnandthatthewomanwhous

the56ticketcanchootoeithertravelwithhimor57theticketandtravelonherown.

The58isscheduledtostartonDecember21inNewYorkCityandcontinueontoMilan,

Prague,Paris,the60

womanwillbeannouncedonthewebsiteandthetripwillbesharedonline.

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LarryworkswithTransportDrivers,ningin2009,Larrywas41along165

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ulledover,tthebrakeand47thefire

extinguisher(灭火器).Twogoodburstsfromtheextinguisherandthefirewasputout.

Themanwhohadhisbrightlightson48andtoldLarryhehad49anemergency

50heardawoman'svoicecomingfromthewrecked(毁坏的)vehicle.51the

vehicle,ldhertostay52

untiltheemergencypersonnelarrived,

toldherthathehadalreadyputoutthefireandsheshouldnotmove55sheinjuredherneck.

Oncefireandemergencypeoplearrived,Larryandtheotherman56andletthemgoto

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Onethingis59—Larrywentaboveandbeyondthecallofdutybygettingsoclotothe

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Hundredsofpeoplehaveformedimpressionsofyouthroughthatlittledevice(装置)onyour

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Rani,myfacelessagentwhomI’dnevermet47,gotmerock-bottompricesonairfares,cars,

imeswishedto49anotheragent.

Onemorning,to

Rani’ansittingatthedesk,52mymadness,sympatheticallyjumped

emea53smile,noddedwhilelisteningpatiently,andthenprintedoutthe54

immediately.“Whatawonderfullady!”Ithought.

Rushingout55Icalledoutovermyshoulder,“Bytheway,what’syourname?”“I’m

Rani,”daroundandsawa56womanwithabigsmileonherfacewavingto

57!WhyhadIthoughtshewascold?Raniwas,well,so58.

Sittingbackinthecaronthewaytotheairport,’s59---her

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Thatason,I46allofMiller’srecordswhilehe47thehomegamesfromthebench.

Wewent10-1andIwasnamedmostvaluableplayer,48IoftenhadcrazydreamsinwhichI

wastoblameforMiller’s49.

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fence—whichwasn’t51toclimbifyouhadbotharms.I’msureIwasthelastpersoninthe

nthatchallengeheaccepted.I53himmove

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