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We can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money, but most mistakes are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen?” “When I got that great job, did Jim, as a friend, really feel good about it? Or did he envy my luck?” “And was Paul friendly just because I had a car?” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad.?
But when we look back, it is too late.?
Why do we go wrong about our friends, or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meanings. And if we do not really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “You're a lucky dog!”(你真幸运!) Is he really on your side? If he says, “You're a lucky guy(人,家伙)!”,that is being friendly. But “a lucky dog”, there is a bit of envy in those words. What he may be saying is that he does not think you deserve your luck.?
“Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for” is another phrase that says one thing means another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem. But this phrase contains the thought that your problem is not at all important.?
How can you tell the real meaning behind someone's words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Is what he says shown by the tone of voice? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save your another mistake.?
When the writer recalls(回想) some of the things that happened between him and his friends, he _______.?
A. feels happy, thinking how nice his friends were to him?
B. feels he might not have understood his friends' true feelings?
C. think it a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend?
D. is sorry that his friends let him down
When the writer talks about someone saying, “You're a lucky dog!”, he is saying that _______.?
A. the speaker is just friendly?
B. this sentence suggests the same as “You're a lucky guy!”?
C. the word “dog” should not be used to apply to people?
D. sometimes the words show that the speaker is a bit envious
This passage tries to tell you how to _______.?
A. avoid(避免) mistakes about money and friends?
B. get an idea of friendly people?
C. avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you?
D. keep people friendly without trusting them
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Parents should stop blaming themselves because there's not a lot they can do about it．I mean the teenager problem．Whatever you do or 1 you choose to deal with it, at certain times a wonderful, 2 (reason)and helpful child will turn into a terrible animal．
I've seen friends deal with it in all kinds of different ways．One strict mother insisted that her son, right from a child, should stand up whenever anyone entered the room, open doors and shake hands 3 a gentleman．I saw him last week when I called round． 4 (lie)on the sofa in full length, he made 5 attempt to turn off the loud TV he 6 (watch)as I walked in, and his greeting was no more than a quick glance at me．His mother was ashamed．“I don't know 7 to do with him these days,” she said．“He's forgotten all the manners we taught him．”
He hasn't forgotten them．He' s just decided that he' s not going to use them．She confessed(坦白)that she would like to come up behind him and throw him down from the sofa onto 8 floor．
Another good friend of mine let her two daughters climb all over the furniture, reach across the table, stare at me and say, “I don't like your dress; it's ugly．” One of the daughters has been driven out of school recently．The 9 has left home．
“ 10 did we go wrong?” her parents are now very sad．