Don't
Judge a Book by its Cover!
A
lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare
suit, stepped off the train in Boston and walk timidly without an appointment
into the Harvard University President's outer office.
The
secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no
business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge.
"We
want to see the president," the man said softly.
"He'll
be busy all day," the secretary snapped.
"We'll
wait," the lady replied.
For
hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become
discouraged and go away. They didn't and the secretary grew frustrated and
finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always
regretted.
"Maybe
if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave," she said to him.
He
sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't
have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun
suits cluttering up his outer office.
The
president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.
The
lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He loved
Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed.
My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on
campus."
The
president wasn't touched.... He was shocked.
"Madam,"
he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person who attended
Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."
"Oh,
no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want to erect a statue. We
thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The
president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit,
and then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a
building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical
buildings here at Harvard."
For
a moment the lady was silent.
The
president was pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now.
The
lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to
start a university? Why don't we just start our own?"
Her
husband nodded.
The
president's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland
Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they
established the University that bears their name, Stanford University, a
memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
You
can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who they think
can do nothing.
1)They're
going to record the show.
'record'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'record'
is stressed on the second syllable.
2)They
are worried about the imports from China.
'imports'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'imports' is stressed on the
second syllable.
3)He
imports all of his goods.
'imports'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'imports'
is stressed on the second syllable.
4)They
will refuse to do it.
'refuse'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'refuse'
is stressed on the second syllable.
5)The
refuse collectors didn't empty the rubbish bins this week.
'refuse'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'refuse' is stressed on the
second syllable.
6)They
export all over the world.
'export'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'export'
is stressed on the second syllable.
7)They
broke the world record last week.
'record'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'record' is stressed on the
second syllable.
8)It
conflicts with our plan.
'conflicts'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'conflicts'
is stressed on the second syllable.
9)The
conflict between the two nations is getting worse.
'conflict'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'conflict' is stressed on the
second syllable.
10)The
police suspect him of the crime.
'suspect'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'suspect'
is stressed on the second syllable.
11)It
took me ages to digest the news.
'digest'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'digest
' is stressed on the second syllable.
12)She's
a rebel.
'rebel'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'rebel' is stressed on the
second syllable.
13)I
object to that!
'object'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'object'
is stressed on the second syllable.
14)It's
an object.
'object'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'object' is stressed on the second
syllable.
15)I
want a refund.
'refund'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'refund' is stressed on the
second syllable.
16)I
want them to refund me in full.
'refund'
is stressed on the first syllable. 'refund'
is stressed on the second syllable.
1)"Why
are you rushing?" "I
have _____ with my doctor."
►an appointment a pledge
a promise a contract
2)"Let's
_____ a new movie tomorrow." "Yes,
let's."
►take in take into take to taking
3)I
will stay in the Golden Hotel in New York. Why don't you guys _____?
Visits visit
in ►drop in call in
4)We
will serve our guests soon. We had better ____ now.
have table set set table
setting table ►set the table
5)He
hurt his leg _____ in order to miss the
exam."
at purpose for purpose in purpose ►on purpose
6)How
is he _____ these days? I hope he is doing well.
get along get to along ►getting along to getting along
7)Are
you going to _____ with your cousin while in town?
►get in touch getting in touch to getting in touch have
touch
8)We
are going to _____ the Town Games for fun.
part take in ►take part in take part with taking in part
9)Since
the rainstorm came _____, it did a lot of damage in the area.
Surprisingly
rapid in hurry ►suddenly
10)I'll
be home late. Please don't _____ me.
wait up on ►wait up for waiting up for be wait up for
____________________________
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