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    “Can I take your order?”Night after night.I had to say this as l worked in my family's restaurant.My father was a fantastic cook.He wanted me to cook with him.but I didn't like cooking.Because of the restaurant, my father was always busy.He never had time to play soccer with me.

    During my high school and college years,I worked with my family at night.But I always avoided the kitchen.I couldn't wait to graduate (毕业),so I could move away from the family business(生意).Several days before my graduation day, my father and I started looking at new cars.Finally, we found the right car.I was sure that my father would give it to me as my graduation gift.

    On my graduation day, my father gave me a book as a gift.It was his old cookbook.I was so angry that I gave it back to him and ran out of the house.I soon moved away and started my own business.Although I often saw my father during holidays,we never talked about the graduation gift.Then one day, I got a call that my father was sick.I went to see him because l was very worried.

    That night, I looked through my father's books and saw the cookbook that he had given me years before.I carefully opened the cookbook and went through it.Then I found something that made me cry.It was a check(支票)for$30,000 dated(注有日期)the day of my graduation.And the price of the car my father and I chose all those years ago was $30,000.

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         ①地球有各式各样的衣裳,五颜六色,绚烂多彩,而且会随岁月的更替而改变。
         ②蓝色的衣裳是海洋湖泊,冬天暖和,夏天凉爽。这是因为水所能吸收容纳的热量特别多,使1立方厘米的水升高1所需的热,足以使3000多立方厘米的空气或是5立方厘米的花岗岩也升高1。当阳光强烈时,水把大量的热吸去,起到了降低气温的作用;当天气转冷后,水又把热陆续放出来,使气温不致降得太低。
        ③地球上约有71%的面积遮盖着蓝色的衣裳,而在大陆上又有大约1/5的土地穿着黄色的衣裳。这是沙漠或半沙漠地区,它使那里的气温热时特别热,冷时特别冷。不是雪中送炭而是火上浇油,起着与海洋相反的作用。在沙漠中,昼夜温差常常达到好几十摄氏度。
        ④黄色衣裳之所以产生这种效果,一方面由于它本身吸收容纳热量的能力比水要差许多,同时也因为它不能像海洋那样经常把大量水蒸气输送到空中,使那里的空气保持比较潮湿的状态。
        ⑤                                  。它拦截阻挡着太阳射来的热,同时也阻挡地面的热向宇宙中散失,假使没有大气,被太阳照着的地方就太热,而晒不到的地方又太冷了。空气中还含有水蒸气,其含量越多,吸热能力就越强,所以海洋上潮湿的空气比沙漠上干燥的空气更能吸热保暖,调节温度。
        ⑥在高山上,空气稀薄,水蒸气的含量也少,热量来的虽多,去得也快,到了一定程度,支出更超过了收入。那里常常终年被积雪所掩盖。
        ⑦两极也是终年穿着白色衣裳的地区,那里因为所处地理位置的影响,阳光是斜射的,阳光在大气中旅行的路线长,沿途被拦截阻挡掉的热就多,所以到达地面的热量少,因此两极的气候严寒。地面得到的热量已经少了,白色的衣裳更将这些热大量反射掉。刚落下的白净的雪能把射到地面的90%左右的热反射回去,这就使温度更低了。
        ⑧包括两极和高山地区在内,地球上约有1/10的陆地终年穿着白色的衣裳。冬季“千里冰封,万里雪飘”,穿上白衣裳的地区就更多了。这些白色的衣裳对地球上的气候有重要的影响,我国气象学家吕炯等已发现,北方海洋的结冰量和我国长江流域旱涝现象的形成有一定的关系。至于那种面积广大的终年积雪的地区,更是冷空气的制造厂,广泛地影响着天气的变化。
        ⑨能够使地球上冷暖干湿更加适合人类需要的,是绿色的衣裳。植物掩盖着地面,掩盖得最密的是森林,它对改善气候起着重要的作用。可惜的是,和我国辽阔的领土面积比较起来,森林面积显得太少了。
        ⑩地球的衣裳和气候的关系如此密切,因此我们必须要使它穿得合适。这是有可能做到的,目前也正在做。修水库、扩大水田是为了使陆地上有更多的地区穿上蓝色的衣裳;黑化冰川,使白色衣裳变黑的工作也已开始了。还有更多的为大地剪裁衣裳、描龙绣凤的工作要我们进行。我们一定能使地球上的气候一天天变得更好。