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An old carpenter(木匠)was ready to retire.His boss was __1__to see the good worker go.He asked the carpenter __2__he could build just one more house.The carpenter said “yes”，__3__his mind was not on his work any more.
He used poor materials and worked on the house __4__．When the carpenter finished his work，the boss__5__the frontdoor key to him，“This is your house，” he said，“A __6__for you.”
What a surprise! What a __7__！ If he had known he was building his __8__house，he would have done it differently.Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built.
__9__it is with us.Sometimes we build our __10__carelessly.At important p oints we do not try our best.Then with a shame we look at the situation we have __11__．We find that we are now living in the house we
