A businessman had two sons. While he gave the younger son a lot of love and g1., he neglected(忽视) the elder son. It was completely puzzling(令人费解) and no one knew why.
When the boys grew up, they were a2. to manage the father's business. The elder son was serious about the business. From morning till late in the evening, he was busy w3.。 Within a few years, he ran the business very well and e4.expanded(扩大)it.
What about the younger son? He didn't have much to do e5.having a good time. But the father believed that his favorite son would be a success. If the elder son could be a s6.businessman, surely the younger one, with a higher education, would do much better.
A few years later, the results of his decision became clear. Uninterested in business, the younger son continued s7. his time enjoying himself. And he went out of business. But the elder son's far smaller share(份) of business had expanded and he had proved h8.to be a good decision maker.
Ashamed at the turn of events the father met the elder son and was a9.with the younger one. The elder son, who was listening to all this quietly, suddenly said he wanted to s10.up an independent business and live on his own.
“Why?” asked the father: “I blame(责备) one person for the way my brother has turned out, and it's not him. You can't blame children for the faults(过失)of their parents, can you?" asked the elder son.
Building her own app
While other teenagers hang out with friends or play sports after school, Brooke Yoakam goes to business meetings.
Yoakam first began developing a mobile app called Gift Pocket at the age of 12. Now 17, this girl from Ohio, US has finally launched the app.
It allows users to upload gift cards from various businesses and store them all in one place. User can also exchange gift cards. The app is free to download and use.
Yoakam says about 1,000 users have downloaded the app, with 87 percent of them signing up(注册)and 45 percent adding at least one gift card to the service.
Yoakam came up with the idea for the app after attending a leadership academy(领导学院)in sixth grade. She was asked to solve a problem. She realized that she always forgot her gift cards when she went shopping with friends. But since most people have mobile phones, it would be easy to store and use the gift cards from there.
After leaving the academy, Yoakam decided to develop an app that would solve this problem. She won a local business competition and received $2,000(13, 800 yuan) from a company to invest(投资)in her idea. She traveled around after school two or three times a week to work on the app. She even gave up some of her hobbies and activities.
The app has helped her realize her interests. So she hopes to major(主修)in business and technology in college.
1.Yoakam first started _____________ called Gift Pocket when she was 12 years old.
2.Users can_____________ from various businesses and store them all in one place.
3.A company invested $2,000(13, 800 yuan) to her as her reward in _____________.
4.Yoakam had the idea for the app_____________ in sixth grade.
5."I hope to major in business and technology in college in order to_____________," Yoakam said.
下一场比赛你们和谁对抗?
Who are you_________ _________ in the next match?
我感觉好像他们不是在和广大听众说话, 而是在亲自和我说话。
It seemed that they were speaking not to lots of listeners but to me_________ _________.
我的故乡(剑桥)因其大学学府而名满天下。
My home town(Cambridge)is especially_________ _________its university.
我们还会好好游览一番,并且在海滩上野餐。
We're also _________ _________ and going to have a picnic on the beach.