Do you often communicate with your parents? Some parents are always comparing their {#blank#}1{#/blank#}with themselves or other people when they were young.

    "When I was your age," a father said to his sixteen­ year­ old son one day, "I was at the top of my class every year. And I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals(目标). You are always at the bottom(最后)of your class {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you have no goals." The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father many times. "And when your mother was your age," the young man's father went {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, "she had a good job and she {#blank#}5{#/blank#} lots of money. You don't even have a part­ time job. You earn nothing. "The man's son still said nothing. He had heard this before, too. "And when your {#blank#}6{#/blank#} brother was your age," the young man's father said, "he studied hard. But you just waste your time." And the man's son still said nothing.

    Finally, the young man's father said, "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age，he worked all day and studied at night." This time the son {#blank#}7{#/blank#} stay silent.

    "And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father," he said, "He was the President of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} United States.{#blank#}9{#/blank#} are you?" His father had no answer {#blank#}10{#/blank#} this.

    Are your parents always comparing you with others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

    A woman one day said something that deeply hurt her best friend. She felt sorry immediately and would have done anything to take the words back. She went to an older, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（wise） woman in the village, explained her situation, and asked {#blank#}2{#/blank#}help.

    After {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（listen） to her, the older woman felt her pain and knew that she could never help her get out of it, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}she could teach. She said, "Tonight, take your best feather pillows（枕头） and put every feather on the doorstep of each house in the town before the sun {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（rise）."

    The young woman hurried home {#blank#}6{#/blank#}（get） the pillows which were very dear to her. All night long, she went from doorstep {#blank#}7{#/blank#}door step, putting down the feathers carefully. Finally, just as the sun rose, she finished the work and returned to the older woman.

    "Now, "said the wiser woman, "go back and collect all the feathers. Then everything will be as it was before. "The young woman was {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（surprise）. "You know that's impossible! The wind blew away each feather as fast as I placed them on doorsteps!"

    "That's true," said the older woman. "Never forget each of your {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（word） is like a feather in the wind. Once spoken, nobody can ever help you return {#blank#}10{#/blank#}to your mouth."

—Sorry. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(real) don't know how to read this word.