“Daddy, can I have a piece of cake?” my oldest son asked me.
We had just been to the gym and stopped to
31 at the restaurant.
“No,” I replied, “you don’t need a piece of cake.”
My son
32 15 in a few days. He
33 over 6 feet tall. He is very slim and athletic in shape. It was not always that way. My wife wrote a book about the challenge and
34 of getting him fit. He now takes it
35 and looks as he’s never been overweight in his life.
He had a full plate of
36 and tofu. He didn’t need a piece of cake. Besides, everything in the restaurant is quite
37 . Our dinners could have
38 a family of seven at a fast food restaurant. That cake probably cost $5.He was
39 as he looked at the delicious cakes. I had forgotten that I had walked over to the cake shelf while he was
40 his food from the buffet (自助餐).
I looked at my
41 . There sitting on the edge was a piece of
42 . I looked at it wondering but also knowing how it got there. “We will divide it,” I said.
A few days later my oldest son was with me again. We stopped at a
43 . He ordered a sandwich. I then
44 two sandwiches. He immediately barked, “Can I have two?” He wanted exactly what Daddy had.
Your kids are very likely to put on their plates, exactly what you have on yours, and I think this applies to more than food. Keep your
45 plate with only what you want your kinds to have.
小题2: | A.gets | B.turns | C.becomes | D.grows |
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小题3: | A.appears | B.stands | C.seems | D.shows |
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小题4: | A.trouble | B.success | C.matter | D.failure |
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小题5: | A.closely | B.happily | C.seriously | D.carefully |
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小题6: | A.vegetables | B.meat | C.desserts | D.cream |
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小题7: | A.different | B.good | C.healthy | D.expensive |
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小题8: | A.supported | B.provided | C.served | D.given |
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小题9: | A.worried | B.thirsty | C.silent | D.surprised |
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小题10: | A.buying | B.choosing | C.making | D.cooking |
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小题11: | A.bowl | B.spoon | C.table | D.plate |
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小题12: | A.glass | B.cake | C.paper | D.wood |
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小题13: | A.restaurant | B.gym | C.shop | D.hotel |
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小题14: | A.sent | B.tasted | C.ordered | D.brought |
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小题15: | A.play | B.rest | C.study | D.life |
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