“So teach him to close the door”, my daughter Emma responded after listening to me
36 , again, about the dog coming in from the back door, bringing with him a blast of Buffalo January
37 air．
Teach a dog to close a door behind him? That has got to be a really, really
38 thing to do．But then she took it a step
39 ．“Come on, Kolby”, she said, grabbing some treats（犒勞物） and
40 him in front of the open door．“Touch．” And “touch” he did, which moved the door to a
41 position．She
42 him with a treat, smiled, looked at me, and said “see!” And I saw and became
43 ．Over the last few days I have been with Kolby．Each time he comes in I bring him back to the
44 door and ask him to close．There have been
45 in the beginning, but lately more and more successes．
However, there remains much work to be done．I have to get him to follow my hand signal again and again
46 he will close the door from a distance．But, I now realize, as long as you keep to the focus , the
47 will be completed, and, with the way things are
48 , completed quickly．
What a
49 treat to have a dog that can close the door after himself! Even more wonder can be found in the
50 I learned so clearly from both Emma and Kolby．
A wish is just a wish until you decide to take
51 ．Once you
52 the belief that it is “too hard”, then it remains “too hard ” and out of
53 ．Once you want to accomplish a goal, and
54 that it is “easy”, then it becomes “easy” to do what needs to be done．Just
55 doing it．
| 小題1: | | A．complain | B．scream | C．worry | D．scare |
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| 小題2: | | A．thin | B．fresh | C．dirty | D．cold |
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| 小題3: | | A．interesting | B．funny | C．tough | D．possible |
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| 小題4: | | A．a(chǎn)gain | B．further | C．deeper | D．backward |
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| 小題5: | | A．pushing | B．catching | C．driving | D．positioning |
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| 小題6: | | A．stopped | B．fixed | C．closed | D．checked |
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| 小題7: | | A．rewarded | B．provided | C．offered | D．thanked |
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| 小題8: | | A．moved | B．convinced | C．concerned | D．puzzled |
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| 小題9: | | A．open | B．closed | C．broken | D．perfect |
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| 小題10: | | A．pleasures | B．experiments | C．failures | D．pauses |
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| 小題11: | | A．in case | B．even if | C．a(chǎn)s if | D．so that |
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| 小題12: | | A．interest | B．task | C．profit | D．harmony |
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| 小題13: | | A．changing | B．reacting | C．progressing | D．happening |
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| 小題14: | | A．wonderful | B．small | C．different | D．simple |
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| 小題15: | | A．knowledge | B．skills | C．lessons | D．experience |
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| 小題16: | | A．patience | B．part | C．delight | D．a(chǎn)ction |
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| 小題17: | | A．hold on to | B．pay attention to | C．come up with | D．live up to |
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| 小題18: | | A．date | B．touch | C．reach | D．power |
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| 小題19: | | A．prove | B．decide | C．a(chǎn)pprove | D．realize |
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| 小題20: | | A．imagine | B．start | C．keep | D．enjoy |
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that there would not be a tree for him because we didn’t have enough money. However, it didn’t matter to him. All he talked about was how much he wanted to make other children smile. So he decided that what he wanted to do was earn money to buy Christmas cards and send them to other children from poor families. My son went out daily and raked (耙) leaves and walked some dogs to make money. Not only did he buy car
ds, but he also made enough money to buy all the stamps and lollipops (棒棒糖) to be sent with the cards. He sent out about 100 cards. Doing this brought him that same smile and sparkle in his eyes as did the birthday cards that he received. 