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¡ªMy goodness! You ____ yourself. You ____ do that next time.
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C£®might have hurt; mustn¡¯t D£®might have hurt; won¡¯t be able to
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My husband is a born shopper(ÌìÉúµÄ¹ºÎïÕß). He loves to look at things and to touch them. He likes to compare prices between the same items(²úÆ·) in different shops. He would never think of buying anything without looking around in several different shops. On the other hand, I¡¯m not a shopper. I think shopping is boring and unpleasant. If I like something and I have enough money to take it, I buy it at once. I never look around for a good price or a better deal. Of course my husband and I never go shopping together. Doing shopping together would be too painful for both of us. When it comes to shopping, we go our different ways.
Sometimes I ask my son Jimmy to buy some food in the shop not far from our home. But he is always absent-minded. This was his story.
One day I said to him, ¡°I hope you won¡¯t forget what I have told you to buy.¡± ¡°No,¡± said Jimmy, ¡°I won¡¯t forget. You want three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.¡±
He went running down the street to the shop. As he ran, he said to himself over and over again. ¡° Three oranges, six eggs and a pound of meat.¡±
In the beginning he remembered everything but he stopped several times. Once he saw two men fighting outside a clothes shop until a policeman stopped them. One of them was badly hurt. Then he stopped to give ten cents to a beggar. Then he met some of his friends and he played with them for a while. When he reached the shop, he had forgotten everything except six eggs.
As he walked home, his face became sadder and sadder. When he saw me he said, ¡° I¡¯ m sorry, mum. I have forgotten to buy oranges and the meat, I only remembered to buy six eggs, but I¡¯ve dropped three of them.¡±
¡¾Ð¡Ìâ1¡¿ The husband loves shopping because _______
| A£®he has much money |
| B£®he likes the shops |
| C£®he likes to compare the prices between the same items |
| D£®he has nothing to do but shopping |
| A£®she has no money |
| B£®she has no time |
| C£®she doesn¡¯t love her husband |
| D£®she feels it boring to go shopping |
| A£®their ways of shopping are quite different |
| B£®they hate each other |
| C£®they needn¡¯t buy anything for the family |
| D£®they don¡¯t have time for it |
| A£®he is young | B£®he is absent-minded |
| C£®he often loses his money | D£®he doesn¡¯t like shopping |
I was successful at my job. I worked very hard, but it 36 me and my family a fabulous (¼«ºÃµÄ) lifestyle. I¡¯d worked for the same company for twenty years and had worked my way up to department director. 37 , one afternoon last May, I was called to the office, and it was 38 explained to me that they were letting me go. I just sat there 39 they talked on and all I could think was, ¡°I¡¯ve 40 .¡± I¡¯d been so well respected, but 41 I was of no value.
For six weeks, I was in a very 42 place. I wandered around my house like a zombie (½©Ê¬). I could 43 things needed doing, but would not do anything. My beliefs in looking forward and seeing the positive (»ý¼«µÄ) in everything 44 me.
Then, in late June, my youngest son¡¯s football team made the city cup final. The year before, he¡¯d been very sad when I 45 the same final, so he was 46 when I told him I¡¯d go. Not only did they win, but the look on his face as he saw me 47 him on was unbelievable, From then on, I spent the summer enjoying my some and their passions (¼¤Çé). I attended match after match and performances of my elder son¡¯s band ¡ª I 48 went to another city to watch him play. These moments were so 49 . My life had been so much devoted to 50 for so long, and I felt 51 that my sons were happy to welcome me into their world.
52 , being unemployed gave me back a sense of purpose --- I was someone¡¯s mum! I felt a sense of being 53 Again. Now I feel more positive about my professional 54 and I¡¯m getting on better with my family than I ever have. Losing my job made me realize just how 55 it is to achieve real balance in life.
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