question: Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics of his father _ . It made him a person who studied and explored the secrets in the food business. Walter's learning never stops. He says " The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind." So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work. Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says "Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I'm a happy man."
1. what kind of restaurants does walter own?
2. how many customers does he want to make happy?
3. where does he get new ideas?
4. what did he study for?5. where are his restaurants located?
6. are they running well?
7. when does learning stop?
8. who should be trained?
9. who wants to be remembered as a creative?
10. what does he believe in?
11. what does food connect to?
12. what else?
13. what happens if you don't study?
14. what did he study and explore?
15. where do you need to stay in that business?
16. where does he bring his new ideas?
17. what does he welcome crowds of everyday?
18. where?
19. what does he have a clear understanding about?
20. how many restaurants does he have?
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answer: 1. Italian
2. 15 or 20
3. from the book
4. to be a cook
5. Rhode Island in America.
6. Yes
7. Never
8. Cooks
9. Walter
10. the Italian cooking culture in America
11. the past
12. The family
13. You will be left behind
14. The secrets in the food business
15. on top
16. Into his work.
17. customers
18. All over the world.
19. success.
20. Three

I was the typical"I can't"child-whatever my mother told or asked me to do was immediately followed by my cry,"I can't."As a result,very few tasks or goals that I set out to achieve were ever completed. One evening,my mother called me into the family room."I want you to read this article,"Mother began."It's about Marlo Thomas.She tells how a simple poem that she was forced to learn by her father changed her life*She went from saying'I can't'to'I can'*According to this article,she was able to reorganize her life and her career by learning the principles in the poem." I took the small magazine from Mother and looked down at the pages.There was Marlo-my idol. Beside her photo was the poem my mother had spoken of,a simple poem entitled,"I Can"."I want you to memorize that poem,"Mother said firmly."Mama," _ ."I can't learn that poem.It's too long." "It's not too long and you can learn it.1 want you to know it perfectly by this time tomorrow,"said my mother. Unwillingly,I went back to my bedroom with the magazine.With a heavy heart,I threw myself into the bed and began my task. "Can't is a word that is the enemy to ambition,"I began.I repeated the line.I repeated it again and again."An enemy ambush to shatter your will..."I continued the process until I proudly recited the poem the following evening. It has now become my principle.Marlo 1 homas did not know me,but her story forever changed my life. Saying "I can" helped me to get through the worst moments of my life: Saying "I can" encouraged me to complete things I would have otherwise seen as out of my reach. A simple poem learned at seven is a poem that will support me to seventy-seven,maybe even longer. What are the answers to this following set of questions: 1. Was I always confident that I could do things?
2. Did my mom ask me to read something?
3. What was it?
4. who was the author?
5. How made Marlo learn the poem?
6. What was the name of the poem?
7. Did I think I could learn it?
8. Why not?
9. What hinders ambition?
10. What was my response when my mom asked me to do something?
11. How old was I when I learned the poem?
Answer: 1. no
2. yes
3. an article
4. Marlo Thomas
5. her fathe
6. I Can
7. no
8. too long
9. the word can't
10. I can't
11. seven

input: Make use of the article to answer the questions. Chapter XXV

The Baby's Sponsors

'Is there anything wrong between you and Robert?' Hester asked this question of her husband, one morning in January, as he was sitting by the side of her sofa in their bedroom. The baby was in her arms, and at that moment there was a question as to the godfathers and godmother for the baby.

The letter from Mrs. Smith had arrived on the last day of October, nearly two months before the birth of the baby, and the telegrams refusing to send the money demanded had been despatched on the 1st November,--so that, at this time, Caldigate's mind was accustomed to the burden of the idea. From that day to this he had not often spoken of the matter to Robert Bolton,--nor indeed had there been much conversation between them on other matters. Robert had asked him two or three times whether he had received any reply by the wires. No such message had come; and of course he answered his brother-in-law's questions accordingly;--but he had answered them almost with a look of offence. The attorney's manner and tone seemed to him to convey reproach; and he was determined that none of the Boltons should have the liberty to find fault with him. It had been suggested, some weeks since, before the baby was born, that an effort should be made to induce Mrs. Bolton to act as godmother. And, since that, among the names of many other relatives and friends, those of uncle Babington and Robert Bolton had been proposed. Hester had been particularly anxious that her brother should be asked, because,--as she so often said to her husband,--he had always been her firm friend in the matter of her marriage. But now, when the question was to be settled, John Caldigate shook his head. 1. Is Hester married?
2. What month is it?
3. What time is it?
4. Where were they sitting?
5. Seated on what?
6. Who was the letter from?
7. When did it show up?
8. How many months after was the baby born?
9. Had Caldigate recently talked to Robert?
10. What's the relationship between Caldigate and Robert?
11. When were the telegrams sent?
12. Did anyone respond to them?
13. Did Caldigate answer the questions?
14. What was his job?
15. Who was suggested to be the godmother?
16. When?
17. And for godfather?
18. What's the relationship between Hester and Robert?
19. What's her husband's first name?
20. Did he nod?
numbered_answers:
1. yes
2. January
3. morning
4. in their bedroom
5. by the side of her sofa
6. Mrs. Smith
7. the last day of October
8. nearly two months before
9. yes
10. brothers-in-law
11. 1st November
12. no
13. yes
14. attorney
15. Mrs. Bolton
16. some weeks before
17. uncle Babington and Robert Bolton
18. Robert is her brother
19. John
20. no