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精彩三年 中考 英语 (浙江版)
高效作业9 八年级(上) Units 5-6
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In the corner of my desk is a note, slowly yellowing with age. It is a card from my mother with only four sentences, but with enough influence to __1__ my life forever.In it, she praises my abilities as a writer.Each sentence is full of __2__.The word “but” never appears on the card;__3__, the word “and” is there many times.
Every time I read it, I am __4__ to ask myself how many times I've said “but” to my own daughters.Although our eldest daughter __5__ got all A's on her report card, teachers would
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always say that she __6__ too much in class.I always forgot to ask them if she was making improvements.Instead, I would greet her, “Congratulations! Your dad and I are very proud, but could you try to talk less in class?”
The same was __7__ of our younger daughter.Like her sister, she is a lovely and bright child.She also treats the floor of her room as a closet, which has often caused me to say, “Yes, that project is great, but __8__ your room!”
I've noticed that other parents do the same thing.“The hockey (曲棍球) team won, but Mike should have made that last
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goal.”“Amy's the homecoming (同学会) queen, but now she wants $200 to buy a new dress and shoes.” But, but, but.
What I __9__ from my mother is to start thinking “and, and, and” instead.__10__: “The hockey team won, and Mike did his best in the whole game.” “Amy's the homecoming queen, and she's going to look perfect!”
The __11__ is that “but” feels bad,while “and” feels good.When our children feel __12__ about what they are doing, they do more of it.This is not to say that children don't need or won't respond to (响应) their parents'__13__.They do and they
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will.When those expectations are __14__, amazing things happen.
It's not __15__ just to say we love our children.We're also going to have to start guiding and taking part in what is righ