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Unit 2
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Martin________(过去) to be a “problem child”. But he didn’t usually give his mother much trouble. However, after his father’s _______(死), Martin’s life became much more difficult. His mother couldn’t _____(负担) his education. To do this, she had to work hard, and so she was often not at home.
His mother looked after him as ____ (好)as she could. ________(不幸地) ,Martin still ______(造成) problems for himself and his family. He was not _________(感兴趣) in studying and he often got into trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very_________(耐心), and didn’t give up ________(帮助)him. In the end, she made a difficult__________ (决定): to send him to a boys’ boarding school. But Martin hated it very much. One day, he told his ________teacher(班主任) he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that he was________(浪费) his time.
The head teacher said it was ________(必须的)for Martin to talk with his mother. So Martin called his mother. To his ________(惊讶), this phone call ________(改变) his life.
“It was really what I needed, ”he said..“My mother helped me to understand how much she had given me. She also told me that even though my father was no longer with us, he was watching me, and he would always take ________(骄傲) in everything good I do. That’s when I decided to change. I realize that since my father ________(死), I’ve been afraid of being ______