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When I first watched the movie The Lion King, the 1 of Mufasa's death made me—a six-year-old girl at that time—cry, and since then, I have always skipped(跳过) that part. Later on, during my middle-school years, I liked the love story part a lot, and Simba and Nala were really a 2 couple in my heart. Every time I watched the movie, I felt 3.
Recently, I've watched The Lion King again. This time, what impressed me most was the 4 of Pumbaa and Timon—they were ordinary and lived an ordinary life. Before joining Simba to regain his kingdom, all about their life were eating and singing.
To me, the best lesson that Pumbaa and Timon have taught us is that 5 they know they are ordinary and their life is ordinary, they still love and enjoy it.
In fact, in the real world, only quite a few people can achieve great things and become extraordinary, and the rest of us will just live our 6 life. A sentence in an article 7 me: by hard work, ordinary people only fight for the right to 8 their ordinary life in the ordinary world. It is cruel, but it is true (at least in my opinion).
The best solution is to accept and enjoy it. I know it's 9 but this is a part of growing up. I'm not saying that we should not have great dreams. After all, just as Vince Lombardi has said, "Perfection is not attainable(可达到的), but if we chase perfection we can 10 excellence." However, I just think we should get 11 if our great dreams would never come true.
Now, I'm well aware that I'm no more than an ordinary person but I'm 12 with that. I went to an ordinary university and got my BA in English, and then to another ordinary university and received my MA in translation. Doing the editor's job, I now earn myself a life in Shanghai, such an expensive metropolitan city to live in.
I can't 13 expensive clothes, but I have comfortable clothes which fit me well. I usually go out for dinner with a couple of friends on weekends, not fancy of first-class restaurants but sidewalk cafés or common restaurants where we know there are delicious food and nice 14.
I consider this not the passive acceptance, but an optimistic attitude of turning "this is life" to "this is the life". But all in all, I still have 15, just in case they would come true one day. Yes, be ordinary and be happy.
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( ) 2. A. perfect B. noisy C. lonely D. fashionable
( ) 3. A. heavy B. similar C. practical D. different
( ) 4. A. experience B. lifestyle C. wisdom D. humour
( ) 5. A. in case B. now that C. as if D. even though
( ) 6. A. ordinary B. hard C. rough D. rare
( ) 7. A. puzzled B. touched C. scared D. amazed
( ) 8. A. start B. gain C. continue D. stop
( ) 9. A. simple B. difficult C. foolish D. harmful
( )10. A. check B. cause C. change D. catch
( )11. A. angry B. prepared C. lost D. worried
( )12. A. grateful B. proud C. happy D. lucky
( )13. A. attract B. accept C. afford D. affect
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