Dahlia was running around the house screaming and crying.“I hate her! I hate her! I will 1 play with her again!” Finally, her steps slowed. 2 she told her father what had happened.He listened attentively. 3 she stopped, he asked, “Is there 4 else?” Dahlia added more details and began 5 bitterly again.Father listened.When Dahlia 6 talking, he said, “It must 7 to be made fun of like this by your best friend Tina.” Dahlia 8 her father embraced(拥抱)and support as she cried 9 more in his arms.Then as 10 as the storm of tears began, she was finished.She got up and 11 announced, “Daddy, did you know that tomorrow Tina and I are going together to the beach? We are 12 a log house there with Adam and Tom, I will tell Tina before we go that I 13 ruin her work again, and I'm sure she will be 14 to me.”
Why was this encounter(sudden meeting)so successful? How did Dahlia 15 her upset so completely and realize her responsibility in the matter 16 her own?
There were three main parts in her father's reaction that 17 :(A)Attention(B)Respect(C)Trust.He gave his daughter 18 attention and took her seriously as she 19 her feelings.He respected her by not coming with words of wisdom, advice or help.He validated(证实)the feeling she 20 .And he trusted her to do and say what she needed in order to lead herself toward resolution of her emotions.
As my wife greeted me one evening, her voice came through the door,“Guess what?”
I always take a deep 1 on this very leading question.“What?”I asked.
“I just won a sales contest at work and the 2 is dinner for two at the new fancy restaurant down by the river-front!”
She was so 3 .We knew the restaurant was extremely good.“See?I told you there would be a 4 for me to wear my new spring outfit,”she shyly reminded me.
“ 5 can play at that game,”I responded.“I will wear my gray suit, my Borsalino imported straw hat and a new silk tie.We will be well 6 .”
It was early 7 and nearing dusk as the waiter took us to a table by a window, with a(n) 8 of the river.And the table was 9 set, with a smoke-gray tablecloth and bright colored napkins.
A delicious meal 10 in such an atmosphere should be remembered a long time.As it 11 , this will probably never be forgotten.
As the shadows lengthened, the 12 rocking by the riverbank, I murmured,“Why not take a walk?”
Hand in hand, we walked by the stores.People smiled and nodded.“I 13 realized there were so many 14 people as we have seen this evening, dear,”I observed.
“Probably your new straw hat or your 15 ,”she said.
After receiving many smiles, we 16 ourselves back at the restaurant, looking at ourselves in the 17 .It was then that I saw the 18 for all the smiles.
Caught in the fly of my trousers and 19 down for all to see was a bright red 20 from the restaurant!
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church.The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages.
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought. 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 .One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key.”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories.My mom knew the true story, 12 .Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny.
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 .But my mom announced that we were going home 15 .At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church.We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church.There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 :
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night.Happy Easter.