I learned all about taking responsibility from my mother’s tough love. My mom had a wonderful way of helping you
up and realize that your life is going to be what you make it.
She had this circular way of
you took responsibility for your decisions and the person you would
. She would say,“ It' s your
.”
“What you want and what you get are sometimes two
different things.” And then, “No one ever said life was fair.” And she would
these comments together in such a way that you could never
an argument, and yet, the
was that you realized your life is going to be what you make it.
So I might go to my mom and say, “I’d like to
football”. And she would say, “Well, it's your life. If you want to go out there and get
and hurt and break your knees and limp around the rest of your life, that' s fine.” That is
I would say, “Well, you know, that won’t
. I' m really fast.” And she would reply, “Well, we don’t really have the money.” And then I would
, “Yes but that' s not fair.” And she would reply, “ Well, life isn’t
.” Then I would say, “But I’ve been itching to." And she would reply, “Yes, but what you want and what you get are usually two entirely different things.”
It was the combination of these
that allowed my mother to lead me down the right path under her
but let me feel as if I was making the decisions
my own. The sum total of that
was, in the end, you’re
for the life you lead. That' s the best advice I’ve ever gotten.
| 小题1: | | A．light | B．open | C．grow | D．keep |
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| 小题2: | | A．promising | B．ensuring | C．ignoring | D．noticing |
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| 小题3: | | A．protect | B．envy | C．refuse | D．become |
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| 小题4: | | A．fault | B．life | C．progress | D．turn |
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| 小题5: | | A．Then | B．But | C．Now | D．However |
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| 小题6: | | A．increasingly | B．approximately | C．completely | D．occasionally |
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| 小题7: | | A．combine | B．remind | C．answer | D．publish |
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| 小题8: | | A．lose | B．doubt | C．win | D．raise |
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| 小题9: | | A．belief | B．reason | C．mistake | D．result |
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| 小题11: | | A．beaten up | B．dressed up | C．divided | D．closed up |
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| 小题13: | | A．fail | B．work | C．last | D．happen |
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| 小题15: | | A．fair | B．cosy | C．hard | D．special |
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| 小题16: | | A．comments | B．descriptions | C．techniques | D．messages |
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| 小题17: | | A．temper | B．influence | C．activity | D．success |
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| 小题19: | | A．mind | B．account | C．deal | D．advice |
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| 小题20: | | A．famous | B．responsible | C．sorry | D．thankful |
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