It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. Being human, we all need to know the art of31. Look back with honesty and think how often you’ve judged32, said unkind things, pushed yourself ahead at the33of a friend. Then count the occasions34you indicated clearly and truly that you were35. A bit frightening, isn’t it? Frightening because some deep36in us knows that when even a small wrong has been37, some mysterious moral feeling is disturbed; and it stays out of balance until fault is acknowledged and38is expressed.
I remember a doctor friend, the late Clarence Lieb, telling me about a man who came to him with a variety of39: headaches, insomnia and stomach trouble. No40cause could be found. Finally my friend said to the man, “ 41you tell me what’s worrying you, I can’t help you.” After some42, the man confessed that, as executor of his father’s will, he had been43his brother, who lived abroad, of his inheritance (继承权). Then and there the wise old doctor made the man write to his brother44forgiveness and enclosing a cheque as the first step in restoring their good45. He then went with him to mail box in the corridor. As the letter disappeared, the man46crying. “Thank you,” He said, “I think I’m47.” And he was. A heartfelt apology can not only heal a damaged relationship but also make it48. If you can think of someone who49an apology from you, someone you have wronged, or just neglected, do something about it50.
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A．communicatingB．expressingC．apologizingD．explaining小题2:
A．roughlyB．toughlyC．gentlyD．honestly小题3:
A．riskB．expenseC．lossD．mercy小题4:
A．thatB．howC．whichD．when小题5:
A．sorryB．regretfulC．tolerantD．amazed小题6: