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I consider myself something of an expert on apologies. A quick temper has me with plenty of opportunities to make them. In one of my earlier , my mother was telling me“Don’t watch the when you say, ‘I’m sorry’. Hold your head up and look at the person in the , so he’ll know you it. ”
My mother thus made the key point of a(n) apology: It must be direct. You must never to be doing something else. You do not a pile of letters while apologizing to a person in position after blaming him or her for a mistake that turned out to be your . You do not apologize to a hostess, whose guest of honor you treat , by sending flowers the next day without mentioning your bad . One of the important things we should do for an apology is a readiness to the responsibility for our careless mistakes. We are used to making excuses, which leaves no for the other person to us. Since most people are open-hearted, the no-excuse apology leaves both parties feeling about themselves. That, after all, is the of every apology. It little whether the apologizer is wholly or only partly at fault. Answering for one’s encourages others to take their share of the blame. 1.A. providedB. mixed C. comparedD. treated 2.A. dreamsB. courses C. memoriesD. ideas 3.A. sideB. ground C. wallD. bottom 4.A. mindB. soul C. faceD. eye 5.A. imagineB. enjoy C. meanD. regret 6.A. usefulB. successful C. equalD. basic 7.A. pretendB. forget C. refuseD. expect 8.A. hold onB. put away C. look throughD. pick up 9.A. poorerB. weaker C. worseD. lower 10.A. faultB. reasonC. resultD. duty 11. A. cruellyB. freely C. roughlyD. foolishly 12. A. mannersB. excuses C. effortsD. roles 13.A. activeB. effective C. extraD. easy 14.A. raiseB. perform C. admitD. bear 15.A. situationB. need C. signD. room 16.A. adviseB. forgive C. warnD. blame 17.A. wiserB. warmer C. betterD. cleverer 18.A. purposeB. method C. endD. advantage 19.A. caresB. matters C. dependsD. remains 20. A. factsB. states C. rightsD. actions
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Dear son,
The day that you see me old, have patience and try to understand me. If I get when eating, if I can not dress, have patience. Remember the hours I spent it to you. If, I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times, do not me. Listen to me . When you were small, I had to read thousand and one times the story until you get to sleep. When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me scold me. Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I , in order that you wanted to bathe. When you see my on new technologies, give me the necessary time and not me by mocking smiles. I taught you how to do so many things: to eat good, to dress well, to life. . . When at some moment I lose the in conversation with you, do not become annoyed, as the most important thing is not my but surely to be with you and to you listening to me. When my legs do not allow me to walk, give me your hand, the same way I when you gave your first steps. And when someday I say I do not want to live any more and that I want to die, do not get angry. Try to understand that my age is not lived but . Some day you will discover that, my mistakes, I always wanted the thing for you and tried to prepare the way for you. Help me to walk, help me to end my way with love and . I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you. I love you, son! Your father 1. A. angryB. satisfied C. tidyD. dirty 2.A. teachingB. mentioning C. warningD. talking 3.A. beforeB. when C. unlessD. until 4.A. disturbB. interrupt C. upsetD. break 5.A. finallyB. soon C. insteadD. too 6.A. goodB. interesting C. difficultD. same 7.A. orB. nor C. andD. but 8.A. inventedB. realized C. spottedD. imagined 9.A. viewB. prejudice C. favorD. ignorance 10.A. look down onB. look into C. look upD. look through 11.A. overcomeB. confront C. defeatD. challenge 12.A. sightB. theme C. memoryD. touch 13.A. narrationB. conversation C. statementD. thought 14.A. haveB. make C. getD. force 15.A. exhaustedB. broken C. foldedD. injured 16.A. madeB. worked C. didD. tried 17.A. wastedB. spent C. countedD. survived 18.A. in spite ofB. regardless of C. rather thanD. other than 19.A. worstB. leastC. mostD. best 20.A. mercyB. support C. enthusiasmD. patience
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