I grew up in a small town in Italy. One morning my dad told me to drive him to a village, about 18 miles 1 . . Then he asked me to take the car to a nearby garage for a service ( 保养 ). Thinking that I just had my driving license, and I hardly had the 2 . /tʃɑːns/ to use the car, I agreed happily. Then I drove to the garage and 3 . (drop) off the car. Because there were still a few hours left, I decided to watch movies at a theater near the garage. But I was two hours late when the last movie finished.
Dad could never let me drive again 4 . he knew what I did. So when I drove to the place where we had planned to meet and saw Dad waiting patiently on the corner, I told him that I came as 5 . (quick) as I could. I was late because the car needed some special repairs.
“I’m very sorry that you told me 6 . lie, Jason.”
“What do you mean, Dad? I’m telling the 7 . (true). “
“I called the garage to ask if there were any problems. I’m angry not with you but with m 8 . . I’ve failed as a father, so I’ll walk home now and think it over.”
I begged all the way, telling him how sorry I was. But nothing helped. I had to drive behind him for 18 miles.
It was one of the most 9 . (pain) moments in my life. But it was the best lesson.
1 . away
2 . chance
3 . dropped
4 . if
5 . quickly
6 . a
7 . truth
8 . myself
9 . painful
【分析】
本文主要讲述了作者因为看电影耽误了和父亲的约定,作者怕被责怪于是就对父亲说了谎,最后谎言被父亲拆穿,这次经历给了作者一个难忘的教训。
1. 句意:一天早上,爸爸让我开车送他去大约 18 英里外的一个村庄。根据 “about18 miles” 可知,这个村庄大约 18 英里远,故此处应用副词 away 远离。故填 away 。
2. 句意:想到我刚拿到驾照,几乎没有机会用车,我就高兴地同意了。根据音标提示 /tʃɑːns/ 可知,此处应为我没机会用车。 chance 机会,可数名词,此处用其单数形式,在句中作动词 had 的宾语。故填 chance 。
3. 句意:然后我把车开到车库,下了车。根据 “off the car” 可知,此处是指停下车, drop off 停下,固定短语。根据句中 “drove” 可知,本句为一般过去时,故应用所给动词的过去式。故填 dropped 。
4. 句意:如果爸爸知道我做了什么,他就再也不会让我开车了。根据 “Dad could never let me drive again…he knew what I did.” 可知,此处是指如果爸爸知道了我的所作所为,就再也不会让我开车了,表示假设,所以要用 if 引导条状语从句。故填 if 。
5. 句意:我告诉他我尽可能快地来了。 as…as 中间应加形容词或副词原形,故此处应用所给形容词的副词形式 quickly 快速地,修饰动词 came 。故填 quickly 。
6. 句意:我很抱歉你对我说了谎,杰森。 lie 谎言,可数名词; tell a lie 撒谎,固定短语。故填 a 。
7. 句意:我说的是实话。根据上文 “I’m very sorry that you told me a lie.” 可知,此处是作者告诉父亲自己说的是实话, tell the truth 说实话。故填 truth 。
8. 句意:我不是生你的气,而是生我自己的气。根据 “I’m angry not with you but with…” 及结合首字母提示可知,此处是父亲对作者说 “ 我气得不是你,而是气自己 ” ,故此处应为反身代词 myself 我自己。故填 myself 。
9. 句意:那是我一生中最痛苦的时刻之一。此处应用所给单词的形容词形式 painful 痛苦的,作定语修饰名词 moments 。故填 painful 。
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It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome(克服)it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
59. to overcome fear | |||
Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60. than you breathe in. You’ll be 61. that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62. for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63. the thinking brain and make you 64. fearful. | ||
Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65. but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66. to face the coming events. | ||
Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67. It’s worth 68. though it takes efforts. |