When the two brothers were old enough to marry, their father was not happy. Because their family wasn't so rich that the1often quarreled（争吵） with each other about some small things. And he really didn't know how they would quarrel when they separated from the family and lived2.
One day, their father was sick, 3in bed and looking at nothing, when the elder son came over to wish him good health. His father said, "Ask your brother to come here4to say."
The5brother arrived. Their father sat up and said, "I don't know how the illness hit. I'm feeling terribly unwell." "The brothers told their father not to6about it, but he shook his head, "In fact I don't worry about this disease7I can manage it. But if you are not in peace with each other in the future, it will be our family's8and no one can deal with it. "The brothers felt that they were wrong.
The father got out of the bed, pointed to some chickens in the garden and said, "Look at them siting there in9with each other, isn't it good? " Then their father brought out a bowl of corns, went quietly behind the house and spread 10of them on the ground. Then he went back to the11with only a few corns left and threw at the chickens. As soon as the chickens saw the corns, they jumped up, moved their wings up and down and12for them. The peaceful world was now filled with "smoke of gunpowder（火药）"13some corns.
The brothers smiled and understood14their father meant. Their father added, "Both of you saw more15are behind the house…"
In fact, aren't there many troubles in life because God scattered（撒） some corns before us?
For his honesty, former Mexican President Vicente Fox, was respected by the people. It was the personality that made him a president from an ordinary salesman.
Once, Fox was invited to a university to give a lecture. A student asked him, "Have you lied in your experience in politics?"
Fox said, "No, never."
The students whispered, but Fox wasn't angry. He said, "Perhaps it is hard to prove that I' m honest, honesty is always around us. Let me tell you a story which means a lot to me."
There was a father. One day, he felt the pavilion in the garden was too worn﹣down, so he had it dismantled. His son was so interested in it that he said to his father, I want to see how you have it dismantled, so can you wait until I come back from the boarding school?"
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However, after the boy left, the workers quickly dismantled the pavilion.
After returning from school, the boy saw what happened. He said to his father, "Dad
His father was surprised and said, "Sorry. I should keep my promise."
The father had the workers rebuild a pavilion in the shape of the old one. Then he called in his son and asked the workers to dismantle it.
I know the father, and he was in front of the child to achieve his own commitments.
Hearing this, the students asked, " Who's the father?"
Fox said, "He has died, but his son is still alive."
"Where's his son? He should be an honest man."
Fox said calmly, "His son is now standing here. It's me, I'd like to treat this country and everyone as my father treated me."
Dismantling and building a pavilion twice will not only satisfy a boy's wish, but also the moral requirement of an adult's self﹣improvement.
Studies have shown that memories of good parental relationships can be good for people. William Chopik is an expert from Michigan State University. He together with some other experts did a study and they published an article in Health Psychology recently. According to the study, people who have good childhood memories of their parental relationships have better health and less sadness.
Chopik and his team carefully studied the results of two surveys. The first was the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States, which studied adults in their forties for 18 years. The second, the Health and Retirement Study, general health, and what they think about their lives.
The experts found that those who thought they got much love from their parents in early childhood had better physical health and were more satisfied with their present lives. The experts also found that happy memories about mothers could have a bigger influence on children than that about fathers. The reason for this may be that most children were mainly raised by mothers.
The experts said the question needs to be studied further. In order to better understand the relationship between people's memories about parents and their present lives, greater numbers of people will be studied for longer periods of time.
My 20-year-old daughter, Ann, living in Philadelphia, but I thought she was playing a cell phone game. I decide not to be a helicopter（直升机） mother, I prefer a more hands-off way. From the time Ann turned 16, I don't want to know her work and life schedule any longer.
But that's not what I see at Drexel University where I teach. Most of my students talk to their parents three times a day or more. One student's mother called her son because she didn't hear from him for a few days. The son was in the library so he whispered "hello". The mother doubted that he was drinking, and insisted on asking him to take a picture of himself. Holding a newspaper with that day's date, the son had to take a photo of himself and sent it to his mother in order to prove that he wasn't telling a lie.
I always think that my students should depend on themselves. I tell them that I will not check whether they miss classes and finish homework or not. Because they are independent thinkers and they should take responsibility for their own choices.
But their parents don't treat them like me. I know a mother. She puts her eyes on her son too much. She hopes he will walk by the camera so that she can know what he is doing. Another mother checks her son's credit card daily. However, I never do that. My daughters only come to me with important things when they need my decision. I think that's because I give them space.
Many parents try to find if their kids are hiding from them. But we have to learn to respect boundaries（界限）, even when technology is so powerful now. So I am going to do my best not to be a helicopter parent.
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Not long ago, I made up my mind to read a lot of books to get more（知识）. So I went to the library and read happily with several books. But（在……之后） a few days, I felt impatient. The idea of （结束） reading all of them seemed impossible, because I always found it hard to calm down to read a （整个的） book. I didn't know what to do with it. Then （突然） one day I thought of "Why not（使得） reading fun?" It gave me hope again. Reading is a journey of spirit. Every time we read a book, we are actually talking with the（作者）. I tried to put all my effort into his or her books, so I could feel all of his or her happiness and suffering. Now books have become a part of my life.
See? Attitude （态度） can make a great（不同）. Someone once said, "Even though the situation is bad, people still have one freedom to show their attitude. " So complain（抱怨） about study or work. It helps（没有什么）. Try to see things from a different way. （相信）me； this will change the situation and help you a lot.
One day, Jessica Brown asked her five year old son— Laiq, "If I give you one apple and one apple and one apple （reply） confidently, "Four!"
The confused mother was disappointed（失望的）she was waiting a correct answer—three. "Maybe the child didn't hear（clear）" She thought. So she repeated her question. This time, hesitatingly（犹豫地） he answered
The disappointment stayed on the（mother） face. Suddenly, she remembered that Laiq liked strawberries. She thought maybe he didn't like apple and that washe couldn't answer the question. Withexcitement in her eyes, she asked, "If I give you one strawberry and one strawberry and one strawberry, young Laiqsaid, "Three?" Then（one） again, she asked him about the apple againthe same way! "Four!" Laiq answered in confidence. "How Laiq, how?" The mother questioned in a little（happy ） voice. Young Laiq answered, "Because I already have an apple in my bag".
When someone gives you an answer that is different from what you're（expect）, don't think they are wrong. There shall be something that you may not have thought about yet.
Tom是校英语报小记者，感恩节前夕，他就"如何回报父母"对同学们进行了采访
Wherever we are, whoever we are, we owe it to（归功于）（感激的） we are for everything that they have done for us. Whatever we do to express our thanks, the important thing is to let them know how much we love them. Let's see how people show their thanks to their parents.
Jett: I like making my mum proud of me. She raised me up alone after my father died. I'll always be around her. I won't make her feel lonely.
Rajo: My parents taught me that the best way to reward（回报） them is to help those in need. So I will become a man for others.
Nar: I will thank my parents by doing well in my schoolwork in order not to make them worried.
Yanah: By showering my parents with lots of hugs and kisses. By telling them I love them.
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Jett will be around his mother in order not to make her feel . |
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Yanah will give her parents lots of hugs and kisses. |
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