【“Keepyoureyesontheball.”Thatisgoodadvicewhenyouareontheplayingfieldandgoodadviceforeverydaylife.“Keepyourmindonwhat’simportant”isthewayI’dputit.Butpe】
“Keepyoureyesontheball.”Thatisgoodadvicewhenyouareontheplayingfieldandgoodadviceforeverydaylife.“Keepyourmindonwhat’simportant”isthewayI’dputit.Butpeoplearefunny.Theythinktoomuchaboutthedetails.
Ihadasecretaryonce.Shewasveryhardworking.Iranaschoolandpeopleusedtocalluptoenrollforcourses.Berryusedtogetangryatthephone.“IftheykeeponringingI’llnevergetmytypingdone!”she’dshout.
Peoplejustdon’tseethebigpicture.OneeveningafterleavingworkIwassittingnexttoamanonthetrain.Iwasfeelingtired.Myeyesfellonthepaperspreadoutinfrontofhim.Youknowhowyoufeeltoreadoversomeone’sshoulder?
Ireadthepageandleanedback.IguessedIwaswaitingforhimtoturnit.AfterawhileIrealized-hewasn’tturningthepage.Hejustkeptonreading.
Nowifyouknewtheraghewasreadingyou’dknowthatthereweren’tmanywordsonthepagetoreadanyway.Thelayoutwasmostlypictures.SoIturnedtothemanandsaid”Youknowyoureallyreadveryslowly.”
“Whatdoyoumean?”heasked.“Well”Itoldhim”Ireadthepageinaboutaminuteandyouhavetakenaboutten.Andyouarestillreading.Youknow”Iwenton”Ifyoulearnedtoreadfasteryoucouldgetmorereadingdone.”Heremainedsilentforaminuteortwo.“IfIreadtoofastmypaperwouldn’tlastmetomystation.”
(1)
Whatdidthesecretarythinkofthestudentscallinguptoenroll?
[]A.
Shethoughttheyneededherhelp.
B.
Shethoughtgettingmorestudentsenrolledwasmoreimportant.
C.
Shethoughtherworkwasmoreimportant.
D.
Shethoughtherbossneededhertypingfinishedsoon.
(2)
Thewriterwasn’ts