【推荐1】A daughter graduated from high school. Her father planned to teach her a lesson. He said to her “My dear, you have grown up. Now I’m considering ________ my car and can you help me get a good price for it?” The daughter _______. Then the father guided her to ________   places and then chose the best price.

The daughter knew that her father’s car was a good one. She was ________ that the car was worth a good price although it looked ________. She went to the first place—a used car market, and they offered her SI000. Then in the pawn (典当) shop, she was told that the car was worth just $200, which really ________ the daughter. Finally, she went to a car club. The workers there told the daughter ________ that the car was hard to find in the market because it had been no longer in production and they were ________ to buy the car any time at $50,000 and even more.

The daughter told these results to her father. The father said, “Don’t be surprised. The car has its ________ there. The right place values you the right way. So, if you are not valued by someone, do not be angry. It just means you are in the wrong place. You should ________ and go to a better place where you are known and can certainly go far.”

It was Sunday afternoon. Maggie sat, putting her ________ into the blue water of her family’s new swimming pool. She had been expecting the pool for months.________, she didn’t feel so happy.

As soon as her mom asked what was wrong, Maggie replied, “Amelia is ________ of the water. She doesn’t know how to swim. I thought that ________would be playing with me in the pool all summer. I ________ Amelia. Nothing is as much fun without her.”

“Why don’t you invite her to ________? Maybe we can help her feel ________ in the water. Remember how we taught your little brother to swim? Now, he swims like a dolphin.” Maggie looked a little more ________. “You’re right. I think I’ll call Amelia right now.” Later that afternoon, Amelia came with her dad. “Are you sure you don’t want me to stay?” he asked. Amelia ________. “I think I’m ready to do this.”

“I’m proud of you. I’ll be back in a couple of ________, okay?” said her dad. Amelia nodded again, ________ she sat on the side of the pool.

All afternoon, Maggie and her mom worked with Amelia in the water. When Amelia’s dad came to pick her up, everyone was surprised the time had gone so _________

“Watch this, Dad” shouted Amelia. “I can float on my back.” She proudly showed him her new _________

“This is amazing!” said Amelia’s dad. “You two must be great teachers.”

Maggie and her mom ________ at each other. “I think Amelia was just ready to learn,” said Maggie’s mom. “She made up her ________ to swim and did all the work herself”

“Can we come back tomorrow, Dad?” asked Amelia. Everyone laughed.