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Unit 2
Mistakes to Success
Text A
Pre-reading Questions
1.
Did you make
any mistakes on your way to success? Give some
examples.
2.
Do
you believe that making mistakes is a necessary
ingredient for success? Explain.
Spilt
Milk
Have
you
heard
of
the
story
about
spilt
milk?
Well,
we
all
know
there is
no use crying over spilt milk. But this story is
different. I would
hope all parents
would respond in this manner.
I
recently heard a story about a famous research
scientist who had
made several very
important medical breakthroughs. He was
interviewed
by
a
newspaper
reporter
who
asked
him
why
he
was
so
much
more
creative than the average person; what
set him so fat apart from others?
He
responded
that,
in
his
opinion,
it
all
came
from
an
experience
with his mother
that occurred when he was about two years old. He
had
been trying to remove a bottle of
milk from the refrigerator when he lost
his grip on the slippery bottle and it
fell, spilling its contents all over the
kitchen floor-- a veritable sea of
milk!
When his mother came into the
kitchen, instead of yelling at him,
giving him a lecture, or punishing him,
she said,
“
Robert, what a
great
and
wonderful
mess
you
have
made!
I
have
rarely
seen
such
a
huge
puddle of
milk. Well, the damage has already been done.
Would you like
to get down and play in
the milk for a few minutes before we clean it
up?
”
Indeed,
he
did.
After
a
few
minutes,
his
mother
said,
“
You
know,
Robert,
whenever
you
make
a
mess
like
this,
eventually
you
have
to
clean it
up and restore everything to its proper order. So,
how would you
like to do that? We could
use a sponge, a towel, or a mop. Which do you
prefer?
”
He
chose
the
sponge
and
together
they
cleaned
up
the
spilt
milk.
His
mother
then
sail,
“
You
know,
what
we
have
here
is
a
failed
experiment
in
how
to
effectively
carry
a
big
milk
bottle
with
two
tiny
hands. Let`s go out in
the back yard and fill the bottle with water and
see
if you can discover a way to carry
it without dropping it.
”
The
little boy
learned
that
if
he
grasped
the
bottle
at
the
top
near
the
lip
with
both
hands, he could carry
it without dropping it. What a wonderful lesson!
The renowned scientist remarked that it
was at that moment that
he
knew
he
didn`t
need
to
be
afraid
to
make
mistakes.
Instead,
he
learned
that
mistakes
were
just
opportunities
for
learning
something
new, which is,
after all, what scientific experiments are all
about. Even if
the
experiment
“
doesn`t
work,
”
we
usually
learn
something
valuable
from it.
Wouldn`t it be
great if all parents would respond the way
Robert`s
mother responded to him?
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