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       A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase(短语), “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret(秘密)”. And there is an old interesting story about it.
  Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat.      When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man's secret was out and everyone knew it.
  Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.

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    阔里吉思,性勇毅,习武事,尤笃于儒术,筑万卷堂于私第,日与诸儒讨论经史,性理、阴阳、术数,靡不该贯。尚忽答的迷失公主,继尚爱牙失里公主。宗王也不干叛,率精骑千余,昼夜兼行,旬日追及之。时方暑,将战,北风大起,左右请待之,阔里吉思曰:“当署得风,天赞我也。”策马赴战,骑士随之,大杀其众,也不干以数骑遁去。阔里吉思身中三矢,断其发。凯还,诏赐黄金三斤、白金千五百斤。

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    二年秋,诸王将帅共议防边,咸曰:“敌往岁不冬出,且可休兵于境。”阔里吉思曰:“不然,今秋候骑来者甚少,所谓鸷鸟将击,必匿其形,备不可缓也。”众不以为然,阔里吉思独严兵以待之。是冬,敌兵果大至三战三克阔里吉思乘胜逐北深入险地后骑不继马踬陷敌遂为所执敌诱使降,惟正言不屈,又欲以女妻之,阔里吉思毅然田:“我帝婿也,非帝后面命,而再娶可乎!”敌不敢逼。帝尝遣其家臣阿昔思特使敌境,见于人众中,阔里吉思一见辄问两宫安否,次问嗣子何如,言未毕,左右即引其去。明日,遣使者还,不复再见,竞不屈死焉。

(节选自《元史·阔里吉思传》)

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    A student's life is never easy.____A lot of preparations are needed so you can be sure to go back home with a diploma and a bright future waiting for you. The following are some basic things you need to do before seizing your passport and boarding the plane.

    Knowing the country.

    You shouldn't bother researching the country's hottest tourist spots or historical places. You won't go there as a tourist, but as a student. I'll be helpful to read the most important points in their history and to read up on their culture.____You surely don't want to face legal problems, especially if you're away from home.

    Studying their language.

    Don't expect that you can graduate abroad without knowing even the basics of the language. Before leaving your home country, take online lessons to at least master some of their words and sentences.____ Doing this will also prepare you in communicating with those who can't speak English.

    ____

    Check the conversion(兑换) of your money to their local currency, set up your bank account so you can use it there, get an insurance, and find an apartment. The Internet or your intended school will be very helpful in finding an apartment and helping you understand local currency.

    Remember, you're not only carrying your own reputation but your country's reputation as well. If you act foolishly, people there might think that all of your country men are foolish as well.____

A. Packing your clothes.

B. And it is even more difficult if you have to complete your study in a foreign land.

C. That would surely be a very bad start for your study abroad program.

D. This will be useful in living and studying there.

E. Most importantly, read about their laws.

F. Going with their trends will keep it from being too obvious that you're a foreigner.

G. Preparing for other needs.