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1、SpiltMilkHaveyouheardofthestoryaboutspiltmilk?Well,weallknowthereisnousecryingoverspiltmilk.Butthisstoryisdifferent.Iwouldhopeallparentswouldrespondinthismanner.Irecentlyheardastoryaboutafamousresearchscientistwhohadmadeseveralveryimportantmedicalbreakthroughs.Hewasintervie
2、wedbyanewsparperreporterwhoaskedhimwhyhewassomuchmorecreativethantheaverageperson;whatsethimsofarapartfromothers?Herespondedthat,inhisopinion,itallcamefromanexperiencewithhismotherthatoccurredwhenhewastwoyearsold.Hehadbeentryingtoremoveabottleofmilkfromtherefrigeratorwhenhe
3、losthisgripontheslipperybottleanditfell,spillingitscontentsalloverthekitchenfloor—averitableseaofmilk!Whenhismothercameintothekitchen,insteadofyellingathim,givinghimalecture,orpunishinghim,shesaid,”Robert,whatagreatandwonderfulmessyouhavemade!Ihaverarelyseensuchahugepuddleo
4、fmilk.Well,thedamagehasalreadybeendone.Wouldyouliketogetdownandplayinthemilkforafewminutesbeforewecleanitup?”Indeed,hedid.Afterafewminutes,hismothersaid,“Youknow,Robert,wheneveryoumakeamesslikethis,eventuallyyouhavetocleanitupandrestoreeverythingtoitsproperorder.So,howwould
5、youliketodothat?Wecoulduseasponge,atowel,oramop.Whichdoyouprefer?”Hechosethespongeandtogethertheycleanedupthespiltmilk.Hismotherthensaid,“Youknow,whatwehavehereisafailedexperimentinhowtoeffectivelycarryabigmilkbottlewithtwotinyhands.Let’sgooutinthebackyardandfillthebottlewi
6、thwaterandseeifyoucandiscoverawaytocarryitwithoutdroppingit.”Thelittleboylearnedthatifhegraspedthebottleatthetopnearthelipwithbothhands,hecouldcarryitwithoutdroppingit.Whatawonderfullesson!Therenownedscientistremarkedthatitwasatthatmomentthatheknewhedidn’tneedtobeafraidtoma
7、kemistake.Instead,helearnedthatmistakeswerejustopportunitiesforlearningsomethingnew,whichis,afterall,whatscientificexperimentsareallabout.Eveniftheexperiment“doesn’twork,”weusuallylearnsomethingvaluablefromit.Wouldn’titbegreatifallparentswouldrespondthewayRobert’smotherresp
8、ondedtohim?译文:洒了的牛奶你听说过洒了的牛奶这个故事吗?我们都知道,为洒了的牛奶哭泣是没有用的。但是这里说的故事不一样。我希望所有的父母应以这种方式作出