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Ever since I was a child, my 1 has caused me trouble. I’m not a bad person but I have a hard
time learning when to stop saying bad things to others.
My mom has told me again and again, “Robert, your constant (不断的) bad words are hurting
me. You hurt me so often. Don’t you know that? If you 2 to be this rude, you will get into big
trouble.”
It’s been a problem at school several times too when teachers told me something I didn’t want to
hear. I used to feel it was my 3 to stand up for myself. Nobody could take it away from me.
One day, in an English class I was working on my homework when I heard a classmate talking
behind me. It was Nathaniel, who liked doing that as usual.
I thought of what mother had said to me and I said ever so 4 , “Nathaniel, would you please
be quiet?” But Nathaniel kept saying something to the boy next to him loud. I quickly shouted,
“Nathaniel, shut up!”
5 the next five minutes, we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other.
“At least I don’t have an ugly lazy eye like you!” I cried out. I knew this would make him crazy
and it would hurt his feelings and shut him up. What I said filled him with 6 . He tried to reach
over my seat and catch me as he screamed, “That’s it! That’s it!”
7 at his reaction (反应), I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this
before. Later on, we were taken to the teachers’ office. There, Mr. Black, our English teacher, told us
to 8 the problem between us. Only then I finally found that when I hurt someone physically, the
wounds finally heal (愈合). But when I hurt someone with my 9 , the pain never goes away.
At the end of the discussion, I said sorry to Nathaniel.
When I went back to my room, I spent some time thinking about this matter. I couldn’t remember
how many times my mom had reminded me about this. I began to consider 10 what I said hurt
others. “Did I hurt my mom e