knew I had to do something. My husband suggested we give her a computer to play against. I wasn"t
sure my mother was ready for it After all, it had taken 15 years to persuade her to buy an electric cooker.
Even so, we packed up our old computer and delivered it to my parents" home. And so began my mother"s
adventure in the world of computers.
It also marked the beginning of an unusual teaching task for me. I"ve taught people of all ages, but I
never thought I would be teaching my mother how to do anything. She has been the one teaching me all
my life: to cook and sew: to enjoy the good times and put up with the bad. Now it was my turn to give
something back.
It wasn"t easy at the beginning. There was so much to explain and to introduce. Slowly but surely, my
mother caught on, making notes in a little notebook. After a few months of Scrabble and other games, I
decided it was time to introduce her to word processing (文字处理) This proved to be a bigger challenge
(挑战) to her, so I gave her some homework I asked her to write me a letter, using different letter types,
colors and spaces.
"Are you this demanding with your kindergarten pupils?" she asked.
"No, of course not," I said. "They already know how to use a computer."
My mother isn"t the only one experiencing a fast personal growth period. Thanks to the computer, my
father has finally got over his phone allergy (过敏反应). For as long as I can remember, any time I called,
my mother would answer. Dad and I have had more phone conversations in the last two months than we"ve
had in the past 20 years.
B. She is a teacher.
C. She is a housewife.
D. She is a computer engineer.
B. to support her in doing her homework
C. to help her through the bad times
D. to make her life more enjoyable
B. because she wanted to keep in touch with her mother
C. so that her mother could practice what she had learned
D. so that her mother could be free from housework
B. took more phone calls
C. played more games
D. began to use it
playing cards.
That evening, my parents seated my sister Emily 1 I down in the living room because they said that they
2 to talk to us.
My father began slowly, as if he was 3 something back. 4 grew deep in his forehead 5 he told us
that he and my mother were getting a divorce. Tears began to 6 in my mother"s eyes. My father went over
and stared out 7 the view of the backyard.
I always 8 of my parents as being in love, 9 they fought all the time. I saw them as 10 in every way.
I looked up to them 11 anyone else, and now they destroyed their 12 . I think the 13 came from not having
anyone to look up to.
Now I see my father about once a week, and it is 14 . I can talk to him more 15 and I have learned to
appreciate the time I get to spend with my father. 16 my mother it has changed in a different way. I have 17
to respect her more. She works so hard to 18 the family.
It took lots of time for me to know that what they did was for the 19 and to 20 them for it. I now know
that parents are not perfect and also make mistakes.
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One day a professor was crossing a river in a boat. To pass the time he started talking to the boatman. He told him his several 1 in education. The boatman was 2 listening to the professor 3 he didn"t understand what he was saying to him. After having said many things, the professor got 4 of speaking. He asked the boatman,"Now tell me something about you. Have you 5 studied the science of grammar?" "No, I haven"t.""Then you"ve wasted half of your 6 . How much education have you got?""I"m not educated much. I 7 in my 5th grade, and since then I"ve been sailing the boat." 8 this, the professor got silent. The boatman wasn"t happy with the 9 of the professor, but remained cool on his face. Soon the black clouds 10 flying low across the sky, and a storm moved in as they sailed across the water. They were 11 in the storm, and the boat got out of 12 . Fearing that the boat would capsize (倾覆), the boatman 13 at the professor,"Professor, do you know how to swim?" The professor replied with contempt (蔑视), "I never 14 my time with such a hobby." The boatman cried,"The boat is going to 15 in this water. It is you who have wasted your life by not learning to 16 , because you"re going to drown (淹死) in this water." And he 17 into the water to save himself. It"s 18 how we spend our lives and what we value. Only that education is valuable which is useful on the occasion. The professor was proud of his 19 , while swimming was more valuable when crossing the water. 20 had their own fields of specialization(专门领域). Jobs differ by post, not social standing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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