When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings（缺点）, Week by week her list grew：I was very thin; I wasn't a（n）1 student; I talked too much; I was too 2, and so on. I tried to bear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with3 in my eyes.
He listened to me 4and then he asked. "Are the things she said true or not? Janet, didn't you ever wonder what you're really like? Well, you now have that girl's 5. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are 6. Pay no attention to the other things she said. "
I did as he told me. To my great 7, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change（like being very thin）, but a good number I could-and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I went to fairly clear picture of myself. I brought the list back to Daddy. He 8 to take it. "That's just for you." he said "You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to 9, not just close your ears in anger, feeling hurt. When something said about you is true, you'll find it will be helpful to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your affairs（事情）. Don't 10 your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do. "
Daddy's advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I've never had a better piece of advice.
