I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a town of Italy.

  As we enjoyed our coffee, a man entered and sat beside us. He called the waiter over, saying, ”Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the1”

    We heard his order with2 and noticed that he was served one cup of coffee 3he paid for two.

    When he left, the waiter put a piece of paper on the wall saying "A Cup of Coffee".

    While we were still there, two other men entered and 4three cups of coffee , two on the table and one on the wall. They had two but paid for 5 .  This time also, the waiter did the same thing.  It was  6  unusual for us.

    After a few days, we had a chance to enter this coffee shop again. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man  7  appeared homeless entered. He looked at the wall and said, "One cup of coffee from the wall."

    The waiter served a cup of coffee to this man with 8 The man had his coffee and left without    9  . We were amazed to watch all of this as the waiter   10 a piece of paper off the wall and threw it into the bin.

    Now it was no surprise for us---the matter was very 11  . The people of this town showed great respect for those people who needed help.

    Just think about   12this man wanted. He didn't have to lose his face to ask for a(n) 13  cup of coffee.   14 asking or knowing who was giving him this cup of coffee, he only looked at the wall, placed an order,  15 his coffee and left.

    It's a truly beautiful thing---probably the most beautiful wall anywhere in the world.

                                                                                                                           孙权劝学
       初，权谓吕蒙曰：“卿今当涂掌事，不可不学！”蒙辞以军中多务。权  孙权曰：“孤岂欲卿治经为博士邪!但当涉猎，见往事耳。 卿言多务，孰若孤？孤常读书，自以为大有所益。”蒙乃始就学。 
       及鲁肃过寻阳，与蒙论议，大惊曰：“卿今者才略，非复吴下阿蒙！”蒙曰：“士别三日，即更刮目相待，长兄何见事之晚乎！”肃遂拜蒙母，结友而别。
不记人过
       吕蒙正相公，不喜计人过。初参知政事入朝堂，有朝士于帘内指之曰：“是小子亦参政耶！” 蒙正佯为不闻而过之。其同列怒，令诘其官位姓名，蒙正遂止之。罢朝，同列犹不能平，悔不穷问，蒙正曰：“一知其姓名，则终身不能复忘，固不如无知也，不问之何损？” 时人皆服其量。
【注释】①吕蒙正（944-1011）：宋代政治家。②参知政事：官名，副宰相。③朝士：朝中官员。