Emma

Dear Emma,

You're making it too easy for him to stay where he is. Tell him he has two months to find a job and get his own place. He's old enough to take care of himself-but you have to be willing to let him go.

Alice

1. What did Anny do wrong?

A. She broke up with her brother. B. She failed to keep her promise.

C. She passed the wrong message on. D. She argued with her brother's girlfriend.

2. According to Alice, Anny should .

A. study hard B. do nothing C. make an apology D. forget the argument

3. When Monica broke her friend's bottle, she .

A. tried to pay for it B. left her house quietly

C. gave her a different gift D. bought a new one for her

4. Alice advised Emma to .

A. find a new job B. take care of herself

C. let her son be independent D. make life easier for her son

One day, two old friends were walking through the desert. During the journey they had a quarrel, and one friend couldn't control himself and hit the other one in the face.

The one who was hit was hurt, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he wrote in the sand, "Today my best friend hit me in the face."

They kept on walking until they found an oasis(绿洲). They decided to get some water. The one who was hit fell into the mire(泥潭) and was in danger, but the friend saved him.

When he felt all right, he wrote on a stone, "Today my best friend saved my life."

The one who had hit and saved his best friend felt surprised and asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand but now you write on a stone. Why?"

The other friend replied," When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can blow it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must write it in stone where no wind can ever blow it away!"