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If you’re going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.

Mostly he said that after my halfhearted 14 to weed the vegetable garden. For some reason, he knew that there were white roots still 15 deep in the ground without looking around the garden. So I would be in the 16 again the next day with a spade dig deep and 17 the roots of our garden. As I tried to focus my attention on digging, Dad’s words kept 　18 in my mind: “Do it right.”

I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was 19　　. All of us were sad to see them go. They were good friends and 20 , and we worried about them. And 21 , at such times you always wonder: am I next?

But as we watched them during the week they were given to 22 　, many of us noticed that they weren’t handling this in quite the way we expected them to. 　 23 none of them found another job, there was also no 24 　or sadness in their departure. I didn’t hear a negative word. I didn’t see any tears or 　 25 faces—at least, not from them. Instead, I saw grace.

“It’s 26 　,” one of my colleagues whispered. “I went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they 27 　comforting me.”

Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their 28 . I don’t know if my departing friends 29 　 their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and 30 us.

Lee, a man who has seen and 31 lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, 32 nicely for all of us.

“Now, that’s doing it right, ” he said.

Somewhere, I just know Dad was smiling his 33 . And more profoundly, I understand the philosophy—Life is just a journey, whose quality is mainly determined by your mood not the destination.

14. A. judgements 　 B. efforts 　 C. reqirements D. requests

15. A. stuck B. grown 　 C. buried D. planted

16. A. house 　　B. school C. garden D. company

17. A. look forward to 　B. come up with　　 C. fit in with D. get down to

18. A. echoing 　　B. ringing C. shouting 　 D. yelling

19. A. turned down 　　　B. laid off C. cut down 　 D. given up

20. A. competitors 　　　B. colleagues C. directors 　 D. consultants

21. A. frankly 　　　B. naturally C. equally 　 D. generally

22. A. hurry up B. turn up C. pack up 　 D. come up

23. A. Since 　　　B. When C. Unless 　 D. While

24. A. puzzle 　　　B. bitterness C. anger 　 D. delight

25. A. unfortunate 　　 B. unhappy C. uncertain 　 D. unsatisfied