My flrst recollection of the magic my father could bring to VaIentine's Day came when I was six.That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair.The card was signed"Love，Dad，"and the gift was a ring with a smallpiece of red glass to represent my birthstone，a ruby.There is little difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six，and I remember wearing that ring with a pride that allthe cards in the world could not surpass.
As I grew older，the gifts gave way to heart-shaped boxes fllled with my favorite chocolates and always included a specialcard signed"Love，Dad."The cards seemed less important，[A]and I took it for granted that the valentine would always be there.Long past the days of having a"mailbox"on my desk，I had placed my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from'significant others"，and"Love，Dad"just didn't seem quite enough.If my father knew then that he had been replaced，he never let it show.If he sensed any disappointment over valentines，that didn't arrive for me.
My mailbox eventually had a ruraladdress，and the job of hand-deIivering candy and cards was given to the U.S.PostalService.Never in ten years was my father's package late-nor was it on the Valentine's Day eight years ago when I reached into the mailbox to flnd a card addressed to me in my mother's handwriting.
The card had a photograph of tuIips on the outside，and on the inside my mother had printed"Happy Valentine's Day."Beneath it was barely legible hand-writing"Love，Dad."
His flnalcard remains on my bulletin board today.[B]It's a reminder of how specialfathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a tradition of love with a generosity of spirit，simple acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
[C]Those things never die，nor does the memory of a man who never stopped being my valentine.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A and I took it for granted that the vaIentine would always be there.我总认为情人节总是会有。
take it for granted视为当然；把……当成理所当然。例如：She took it for granted that they would approve of the idea.她想当然地认为他们一定会同意这个想法。
B It's a reminder of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me over the years to know that I had a father who continued a tradition of Iove with a generosity of spirit，simpIe acts of understanding and an ability to express happiness over the people in his life.
这让我了解到了，父亲对我有多重要，这么多年来，他总是那么包容我，那么了解我，并且最重要的是他永远都是那么爱我，爱着我们所有人。
本句的骨干结构为：It's a reminder of how……and how……
C Those things never die，nor does the memory of a man who never stopped being my valentine.
这些事情永远不会消失，他是我永远的爱人的记忆也不会停止。
Nor放分句句首，要求部分倒装。
The True Ways to Love 真爱的方式
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不经时间考验的爱情会变化得很快，它能将两个陌生的人变得熟悉，也能将熟悉转瞬间变为陌生。想象的爱情要比现实美丽，但通往真爱的道路不是那么简单，爱情应该是和时日一起成长，才能与想象一样美丽。
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In the beginning，love is always sweet.As time is sIipping away，boredom，be used to，abandonment，loneliness，despair and cold smile willcome gradually.Once being eager to stay with someone forever，later，we would feIicitate ourselves on leaving him/her.During those transient days，we thought we loved him/her deeply.Then，we got to know it is not love but a lie by which we comfort ourselves.
[A]It is turned out that those who you thought you could not lose，actually，it is not very hard to forget them.You drained up your tears，there willbe another one pleasing you.[B]You had pIunged yourself into a depression，finally，you found those who do not love you are not worthy of your sadness.Recalling those unhappy things，is it a comedy？When your wrong love stops its steps，a brand-new world willbe shown to you.Allsadness willbecome history.
For love，imagination is often more beautifulthan reality.The same with meeting，also with separation.We thought we would have a deep love toward somebody.Incoming days willlet you know in fact it just is very shallow，very shallow.The most deep and heaviest love must grow up with days.
With love，two strangers can suddenly be familiar with each other that they sleep on the same bed.However，this two similar people，while breaking up，say，"I think you are more and more strange to me".Love is such kind of game which makes two strangers become lovers，then return them into the originalsituation.
I believe，love can change you，which is the advantage of youth as wellas its sorrow.What has men changed perhaps comes from God's love or the mercy of Budda，but they are never changed by women.The prodigal are the most unsuitable person for getting married，meanwhile，the most suitable one for marriage as well.[C]It is not women who change the prodigal，she just appear in the very time when the prodigalwant to be changed.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A It is turned out that those who you thought you could not lose，actually，it is not very hard to forget them.
结果是你认为不能失去的人原来并非不可失去。
It is turned out that……结果证明。例如：it's turned out that he is a shallow man.他被证明是一个浅薄的人。
B You had plunged yourself into a depression，finally，you found those who do not love you are not worthy of your sadness.
你伤心欲绝，然后发现不爱你的人，根本不值得你为之伤心。
be worthy of……值得……。例如：His behavior is worthy of praise.他的行为值得称道。
C It is not women who change the prodigaI，she just appear in the very time when the prodigal want to be changed.
往往不是女人改变一个浪子，而是女人在浪子想改变的时候刚好出现。
who引导定语从句，women是先行词。
Friendship 友谊
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友谊是一种很神奇的东西，它不同于爱情和亲情。它既会在同性中生根，也会在异性中发芽，悄无声息，却能在你悲伤时轻轻拥抱你，快乐时守护你。纵使记忆沉淀，季节搁浅，友谊也会泊成永恒的港湾。
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