Unit 3 Computers using language课时作业

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It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor. We had___1___to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock. I felt a little uneasy, but to my___2___，I had a good excuse: A business meeting had___3___and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner.

　　When I arrived at the___4___，1 apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late. She screamed, "You never mean to." Well, I___5___tell she was angry. "I'm sorry but it was not___6___," I said. Then I told her about the business meeting___7___, my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive___8___mad as well.

　　Several weeks later, when I___9___the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, "You___10___a classic mistake. You're stuck___11___your own way of thinking. You didn't___12___to be late. But that's not the point. What is___13___in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor." He pointed out that I focused on the intention___14___Eleanor focused on the result. Thus,___15___of us felt misunderstood and crazy.

Thinking more about Ken's words, I___16___recognized the root cause of such disagreement. It's the result of the action that really___17___I should have started the conversation by