mom, you should put some of your things away. baby proof this house, stated our oldest son mark as he lumbered up the stairs followed by his wife, kim, and fifteen-month-old hannah.
visiting for the thanksgiving holiday, he finished unloading the luggage and took it to the guestroom downstairs. after driving all day from salt lake to ft. collins, his temper showed. that one finger rule may work with the twins, but itll never work with hannah, he insisted. when my three granddaughters were born four months apart and the twins moved into our house at eight months, my close friend offered me her secret to entertaining grandchildren with few mishaps. teach them the one finger rule all of her five grandchildren learned it at a young age. the success of the method surprised me. i picked up my granddaughter and said, well, mark, you just watch. i hugged her and walked all around the great room.
hannah, you may touch anything in this room you want. but, you can only use one finger. i demonstrated the technique by touching my forefinger to the african sculpture on the mantle. hannah followed my example. good girl. now what else would you like to touch? she stretched her finger toward another object on the mantle. i allowed her to touch everything in sight, plants, glass objects, tv, vcr, lamps, speakers, candles and artificial flowers. if she started to grab, i gently reminded her to use one finger. she always obeyed. but, hannah, an only child, possessed a more adventur ous personality. her father predicted it would prevent her from accepting theone fingerrule.
during their four-day stay, we aided hannah in rememberingone fingerrule. she learned quickly. i only put away the things that might prove to be a danger to a child. otherwise, we watched her closely and nothing appeared to suffer any damage. besides, thingscan be replaced. a few fingerprints on glass doors, windows and tables remained after hannah and her family returned home. i couldnt bring myself to clean them for days. each one reminded me of some wonderful experience with hannah. months later, my husband and i drove to salt lake; i watched mark and kim continue to practice the one finger rule. but i refrained from saying, i told you so. yet, i smiled inwardly each time they prodded hannah to touch with one finger. mark, a salesman, always gave a packet of gifts to his potential clients. the night before we returned home, mark sat on the floor stuffing gifts into their packets. hannah helped.
then she picked up one gift, held it in her hand as if it were a fragile bird, and walked toward me. at my knee, her beautiful blue eyes looked into mine. she stretched her prize to me and said, one finger, nana!
牛津实用英语语法:291 虚拟现在时的用法
牛津实用英语语法:316 say,tell及其他可替代使用的引导动词
牛津实用英语语法:301 wish(that)+主语+would
牛津实用英语语法:273 位于表示感觉的动词之后
牛津实用英语语法:293 it is time+ 虚拟过去时
牛津实用英语语法:282 其他表示命令的方式
牛津实用英语语法:270 go on,stop,try,used(to)
牛津实用英语语法:327 besides,however,nevertheless,
牛津实用英语语法:296 would like和 want
牛津实用英语语法:277 代替从句的现在分词短语
牛津实用英语语法:294 care和like
牛津实用英语语法:324 混合类句式的间接引语形式
牛津实用英语语法:306 被动态动词后的不定式结构
牛津实用英语语法:304 被动态的各种用法
牛津实用英语语法:302 被动语态形式
牛津实用英语语法:295 care,like,love,hate,prefer
牛津实用英语语法:261 后面可以跟动名词的动词
牛津实用英语语法:290虚拟语气形式
牛津实用英语语法:271 be afraid(of),be sorry(for)
牛津实用英语语法:326 并列连词
牛津实用英语语法:259 介词之后的动名词
牛津实用英语语法:289 建议
牛津实用英语语法:284 could/will/would you?等表示请求
牛津实用英语语法:300 wish+ 主语+ 虚拟过去时
牛津实用英语语法:258 用做主语
牛津实用英语语法:278 分词的完成式(主动语态)
牛津实用英语语法:269 agree/agree to,mean,propose
牛津实用英语语法:280 误连分词
牛津实用英语语法 :319以 will you?/would you?/could you?
牛津实用英语语法:260 to
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