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The House Fairy
As young parents, my husband and I felt that at age 6 and 8, our children were old enough to be cleaning
their rooms and making their beds. But they thought
1 . My complaints, repeating myself, even self-justified
shouting were landing on
2 ears. I felt frustrated (沮丧的), and very often a whole afternoon's scolding
would end with their
3 into tears, I realized I needed to
4 my methods of "mothering".
One day while they were at school, I had great fun
5 their rooms. On their desks, in plain
6 , I left
the cards: "Dear Bill (the other card was
7 to Sarah), your room was messy this morning and I'm sure you
like it clean. Love, the House Fairy."
8 arriving back, the children were
9 excited to receive the little note
from the House Fairy. The next day, their rooms were fairly tidy. Sure enough, there was another note from
the House Fairy
10 for them, thanking them for their nice "gift" of a clean room and
11 asking them to play a certain violin
12 . Each day, thank--you notes would be worded differently to keep the ideas
13 .
Sometimes the House Fairy would propose a little
14 : "If you can finish your homework today and
15 it before dinner, I' d like to watch a particular television program with you tonight." Sometimes some colored
markers or other little items would be left in
16 of jobs especially well done the day
17 .
18 I can't remember how long "the House Fairy" continued leaving her love notes. When they were no
longer age appropriate (合适的), we used various versions of Post-Its. The bathroom mirror became the
19
centre of our home. Appointments, notices about visiting relatives, lesson schedules, and changes in plans
could be posted.
We all benefited from and
20 the idea of sharing reminders and daily details of life through notes. I
believe the true legacy of the House Fairy notes survives in our frequent and enjoyable communication.
( )1. A. different ( )2. A. side ( )3. A. crying ( )4. A. adjust ( )5. A. to tidy ( )6. A. distance ( )7. A. sent ( )8. A. As ( )9. A. more than ( )10. A. asking ( )11. A. politely ( )12. A. music ( )13. A. respectable ( )14. A. challenge ( )15. A. go with ( )16. A. response ( )17. A. ahead ( )18. A. Actually ( )19. A. reminder ( )20. A. learned |
B. no B. deaf B. breaking B. adopt B. tidying B. words B. read B. At B. rather than B. waiting B. friendly B. song B. uninteresting B. question B. go through B. answer B. before B. Even so B. main B. appreciated |
C. otherwise C. neither C. bursting C. access C. tidied C. speech C. delivered C. Of C. no more than C. praying C. gently C. piece C. incredible C. suggestion C. look up C. praise C. over C. Even if C. memory C. shared |
D. doubtful D. either D. bumping D. addict D. tidy D. sight D. addressed D. Upon D. other than D. expecting D. toughly D. tone D. fresh D. advice D. look into D. honor D. ago D. Though D. life D. thanked |