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Johnnie Martin was
born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for
the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that
their son could get a good 1and
live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that
was impossible to go through.
One day when he was in
Grade 11, Johnnie went 2 the school psychologist's (心理学家的) office to ask for help.
"Johnnie, I've
been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a 3study of them," said the
psychologist.
"I've been trying
hard," Johnnie was about to 4
The psychologist put
his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie.
There are painters who are 5 able to learn math, and engineers who can't
sing well. Some day you will find 6you
are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very 7 you."
Johnnie didn't go to
university. He found a job working in the garden around the town. Soon 8
amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they
called a "green thumb". The plants he 9 grew, and the roses blossomed (开花). People started to accept his 10on
gardening, because he had an eye for color and light.
One day while he was
downtown, he happened to 11 an unusual dirty land behind the city hall. He
volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the
permission, started the work, 12 he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants
that were 13 for it. People gave him young trees, rose-
bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful
little 14.
Today Johnnie is the
head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they 15 beauty before the eyes of people.