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My husband and I were cleaning windows together yesterday. We have the double-hung
1 that you
can pull forward and flip (翻转), allowing us to
2 the inside and the outside surfaces.
My husband was
3 one window-and it popped out of its frame! Well, our
4 is for sale and the last
thing we needed was for something to
5 .
He was so
6 and tried with all his strength to get it
7 together, using a few less than pleasant words
(I am sorry to say). After twenty minutes he still could not get it
8 . That's when my 23-year- old
9
told his dad to
10 for a minute and he would try to fix it with me.
It's amazing how you can see things more clearly and do things more
11 when you are
12 . He and
I fixed the window in three minutes! I called my husband in to see! He couldn't
13 it!
I know this isn't really a gift
14 , in a way, it was. My son
15 my husband, to leave to cool down,
and
16 him from the worry for a moment. And my son fixing it with me was a
17 to me, because I saw him as a man
18 the kid he always seems to be in my
19 .
Calm is good. Breathe through difficult times and maybe even take a break from stressful times. Return
with a clear mind and things will usually
20 much better!
( )1. A. windows ( )2. A. dry ( )3. A. painting ( )4. A. car ( )5. A. fly ( )6. A. interested ( )7. A. back ( )8. A. added ( )9. A. son ( )10. A. put away ( )11. A. easily ( )12. A. frightened ( )13. A. satisfy ( )14. A. but ( )15. A. promised ( )16. A. kept ( )17. A. surprise ( )18. A. near to ( )19. A. eyes ( )20. A. turn out |
B. tables B. clean B. repairing B. home B. lose B. delighted B. away B. fixed B. nephew B. take away B. slowly B. nervous B. believe B. and B. ordered B. freed B. wonder B. as well as B. hand B. break out |
C. chairs C. smooth C. washing C. house C. dirty C. excited C. out C. delivered C. student C. walk away C. difficultly C. equal C. doubt C. so C. forced C. saved C. gift C. except for C. turn C. pull out |
D. doors D. destroy D. changing D. frame D. break D. worried D. up D. separated D. daughter D. give away D. fortunately D. calm D. hate D. or D. asked D. protected D. hurt D. instead of D. power D. make out |