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before they are over." I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Lake Arrowhead. "I will go next
Tuesday," I promised, a little unwillingly, on her third call.
The next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy. Still, I had promised, and so I drove there. When I finally walked
into Carolyn's house and hugged and greeted my grandchildren, I said, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn! The
road is invisible (看不见的) in the cloud and fog, and there is nothing in the world except you and these
children that I want to see!"
My daughter smiled calmly and said, "We drive in this weather all the time, Mum. You will never forgive
yourself if you miss this experience."
After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small road and I saw a small church. On the far side of the
church, I saw a hand-lettered sign that read "Daffodil Garden"?
We got out of the car and each took a child's hand,and I followed Carolyn down the path. Then, we turned
a comer of the path, and I looked up and gasped. Before me lay the most beautiful sight? There were five acres
of flowers! "But who has done this?" I asked Carolyn. "It's just one woman," Carolyn answered. That's her
home, "Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house that looked small and modest in the midst of all that
glory. We walked up to the house. On the patio (庭院), we saw a poster." Answers to the Questions I Know
You Are Asking" was the headline.
The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs (鳞茎)" it read. The second answer was,"One at a time,
by one woman." The third answer was, "Began in 1958."
I thought of this woman whom I Had never met, who, more than fifty years before, had begun-one bulb
at a time-to bring the beauty and joy to the mountain top.
B. they were growing on the mountain top
C. the weather was not good enough
D. it was not easy for her to drive there
B. She acted as a gardener there.
C. It took her great determination to grow the daffodils.
D. She was poor and made her living by selling daffodils.
B. We must put the interests of others above our own.
C. We can change the world by growing flowers.
D. It's never too late to learn.
B. Beautiful Daffodils.
C. One Bulb at a Time.
D. I Love Daffodils.
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However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to se ek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self – respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.
However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which values only the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to se ek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually admitted by themselves is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that one’s self – respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to dissolve (缓解) can we discover a new meaning in competition.