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　　Roberta appeared on the stage．She took a deep breath and began to 　　1　　．Now she was Portia, a strong–willed 　　2　　 in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice．The theater was filled with people．She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 　　3　　 from her．

　　　　4　　, Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition(選拔試演)．She 　　5　　 being in front of other people．She was very 　　6　　 at school．She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 　　7　　 much attention．She stayed mostly to herself, making 　　8　　 friends．She had excellent grades, 　　9　　 she always thought that something was missing．

　　Two weeks before the audition, Robertsa’s mother had heard about it and 　　10　　 her to join in．

　　“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to 　　11　　 the part．Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”

　　Her mother wouldn’t let the 　　12　　 drop．“You’re just a little scared(害怕)．Everyone gets scared．You know you 　　13　　 do it．The trick is to look past the 　　14　　 to find the love of what you’re doing．’’

　　So Roberta had made an appointment(預(yù)約)with the head of the Drama Club．She had read the play and found herself excited by the 　　15　　 of speaking such rich words．In secret she practiced Portia’s part, memorizing the lines by repeating them over and over．It wasn’t hard; she loved every minute of it．Every time she spoke the words, she had a new understanding of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels．

　　On the day of the audition, she performed two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors．When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the part was hers．

　　Michelle Obama is the first lady of American fashion, appearing on the cover of the March issue of Vogue．

　　Every first lady since Lou Hoover－except Bess Truman－has been appeared in the high-fashion magazine, but Mrs．Obama is only the second to appear on the cover．She appears wearing a silk dress by Jason Wu．

　　Vogue's editor Andre Leon Tally recalled his interviews with Mrs．Obama ahead of US president Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony(就職典禮)．“One of the best experiences of my life．”“She is so easily reached, natural and normal．”he said．

　　Mrs．Obama described her role as“Mom in chief”to 10-year-old Malia and 7-year-old Sasha．“I'm going to try to take them to school every morning, as much as I can,”she said．“But there's also a measure of freedom．And clearly there will be time I won't be able to drop them off at all．I like to appear in my kids' school．I want to know the teachers; I want to know the other parents．”

　　Being in Vogue, though, the chat finally turns to clothes．“I'm not going to pretend that I don't care about it,”she said．“But I also have to be very practical．Someone will always not like what you wear－people just have different tastes．”

　　Most cover models have their clothes chosen for them by Vogue, or at least editors work as advisers．Not this time．“She doesn't need any help．She loves fashion and knows what works for her,”Talley said．“She has never had a talk with me about,‘What do you think?'or‘How does this like?'And I'm glad for that．”

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　　Last weekend, my kids along with few other kids from the neighborhood volunteered to help me wash my car．My 10-year-old daughter came up with the idea of 　　　1　 other people’s cars as well．It was pretty 　　2　　 outside and I had no plans to 　　3　　 being in the bright sun．She 　　4　　 wanted to give lemonade(檸檬汽水)to passers-by for free．I had seen little kids 　　5　　 and sell fresh lemonade for a small cost but not free．Although I felt 　　6　　, I decided to help her．

　　　　7　　 she asked me, “What if we 　　8　　 this a smile car wash?” I couldn’t hold back my tears and 　　9　　 her and the other kids to go outside the house and come up with 　　10　　 ideas．While I kept myself busy in drying the car, the gang walked up to me with a(n)　　11　　 with beautiful images of smiles．They had “Free Car Wash” written on it and the 　　12　　 of their exercise was “smile”．It was pretty neat to see a team of kids ranging 5-11 years with the 　　13　　 to do something for others．

　　All that seemed 　　14　　 and came right from their heart．Nothing seemed to 　　15　　 to them：their playtime, the heat outside－they just wanted to 　　16　　 others and do something nice in the community!

　　I helped them make some fresh lemonade and brought out some additional 　　17　　 to help clean cars．Passers-by were 　　18　　 and one even shouted back to them saying “God Bless You, my kids…” One of them even tried giving them 5 dollars, which they refused．A pretty heartwarming 　　19　　!

　　I feel blessed by being 　　20　　 by such wonderful and loving souls．