Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good 1 and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.
One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went 2school psychologist(心理学家)'s office to ask for help.
“Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a 3study of them,” said the psychologist.
I've been trying hard.” Johnnie was about to 4. The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, “People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were5able to learn maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find 6 you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very7you.”
Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon 8 amazing happened. His customers(顾客) began to notice that Johnnie had what they called “green thumb(手指)”. The plants he 9 grew well and the roses blossomed(盛开). People started to accept his 10for gardening, because he had an eye for color and light.
One day while he was downtown, he happened to11 an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission(许可), he started the work,12he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were 13for it. People gave him young trees,rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little 14 .
Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they 15beauty before the eyes of people.
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