One day a young man Jeff asked a wise man why he wasn't able to reach all of his goals.

    1a smile，the wise man listened to Gary's story and told him，"First come to help me boil a kettle（水壶）of water!"

    Gary saw a big kettle2next to small stove（火炉），but he didn't find any wood.He3 up the kettle with water and started a fire. Because the kettle was too4 when the wood burned up, the water did not boil. He ran out of 5 when he returned, the water had 6 turned cold.“How can I boil the water?”he asked himself. Then he learned his 7 and prepared more wood in advance (提前). This time the water boiled quickly.

    “if there is not enough wood8would you boil the water?” the wise man asked. Jeff thought for a moment but shook his head.

    “Well, just pour out some water!” the wise man said. Jeff nodded9 .

    “At first, you set too many goals,”said the wise man, “it's like the large kettle full of water. You didn't have enough wood10 you couldn't boil the water. If you want to make the water boil, you will have to either pour some out or prepare more wood!”