I am sure that all of us have had an unforgettable experience which is regretful (后悔的) in our life. We said or did ______ without thinking twice, which we will regret later. Sometimes we did it only because we were ______ at that time and then we realized that we made a big mistake.

One day a boy in my class left his math ______ at home. I spoke something loud to the 8-year-old boy very angrily. Of course, I just wanted to take the child as a(n) ______ so that other students would learn a lesson from it— ______ come to school with their homework left at home in the future. The poor boy sat there, head ______ and tears falling from his face.

After class, a little girl sitting next to him went to my office and told me something about him. The little boy’s ______ was badly ill last night and an ambulance sent her to the hospital. He had to spend the whole ______ in the hospital looking after his mother. She was still at the hospital and he didn’t know what was wrong with her.

I can’t ______ how I felt at that moment. After knowing the truth, I was so ______ for what I said that day. From that moment on, I have ______ the way I treat my students.

As a young teacher, I was not patient enough with my students. ______ I had patience to ask the boy why he forgot his work book at that time, I would understand why his homework was the ______ thing on his mind. We all get angry sometimes, but life will be more beautiful if we take time to fully ______ what’s happening around us before we act out. So remember, when you want to criticize someone, take a deep breath and try to ______ first. Try to know about the real reasons before you take action.

A group of swans flew down to a beach. There was a crow (乌鸦) jumping around. The crow watched them and looked down on them.

“You have no flying skills at all!” he said to the swans. “All you can do is to move your wings. Can you turn over in the air? No, that’s not for you. Let’s have a flying competition. I’ll show you what real flying is!”

One of the swans took up the challenge. The crow flew up and began to show his skills. He flew in circles, did other flying tricks, and then came down and looked at the swan proudly.

Now it was the swan’s turn. He flew up, and began flying over the sea. The crow flew after him, making all kinds of comments (评价) about his flying. They flew on and on till they couldn’t see the land and there was nothing but water on all sides. The crow was making fewer and fewer comments. He was now so tired that he found it hard to stay in the air, and had to try to keep himself from falling into the water.

The swan said, “Why do you keep touching the water, brother? Is that another trick? “

“No,” said the crow. He knew he had lost the competition. “I’m in trouble because of my pride (骄傲) ! If you don’ t help me, I’ll lose my life…”

The swan took pity on him, and took him on his shoulders and flew back to the beach.