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随堂训练 1 Shortly after the close of World War I, I learned an invaluable lesson one night in London. When the peace was 1 , Sir Ross Smith 2 the world by flying halfway around the globe in thirty days. No such feat had ever been attempted 3 . He was given many honors for this and one night I was 4 a banquet given in Sir Ross’ honor; during the dinner, the man sitting next 5 me told a humorous 6 with the quotation “There’s a divinity(神学)that shapes our ends. ” The storyteller mentioned that the 7 was from the Bible. He was wrong. I knew it certainly. There couldn’t be the 8 doubt about it. And so, to get a feeling of importance and 9 my advantage, I tried to correct him. He stuck to his belief. “What? From Shakespeare? 10 ! Absurd! That quotation was from the Bible. ” I was sitting between the storyteller and Frank Gammond who had 11 years to the study of Shakespeare, so the storyteller and I 12 to ask Mr Gammond the question. He listened, 13 me under the table, and 14 said, “Dale, the gentleman is right. It is from the Bible. ” On our way home that night, I said, “Frank, you knew that quotation was from Shakespeare. ”“Yes, of course, ”he replied. “But we were guests at a happy time. Why 15 you prove to aman he is wrong? Why not let him save his 16 ? Always 17 your sharp angle. ”What he said 18 me a lesson I’ll never forget. I not only had made the storyteller 19 , but had put my friend in an embarrassing 20 . How much better it would have been had I not become argumentative! | 
