“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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