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第一部分 必修3 Unit 2 Ⅰ.完形填空 (2017辽宁) It was already half past seven and I was running late again for the dinner appointment with my wife, Eleanor.We had __1__ to meet at the restaurant at seven o'clock.I felt a little uneasy, but to my __2__， I had a good excuse: A business meeting had __3__ and I'd wasted no time getting to the dinner. When I arrived at the __4__， I apologized and told Eleanor I didn't mean to be late.She screamed, “You never mean to.” Well, I __5__ tell she was angry.“I'm sorry but it was not __6__，” I said.Then I told her about the business meeting.__7__， my explanation seemed to make things worse, which started to drive __8__mad as well. Several weeks later, when I __9__ the situation to my friend Ken Hardy, he smiled, “You __10__ a classic mistake.You're stuck __11__ your own way of thinking.You didn't __12__ to be late.But that's not the point.What is __13__ in your communication is how your lateness affected Eleanor.” He pointed out that I focused on the intention __14__ Eleanor focused on the result.Thus, __15__ of us felt misunderstood and crazy. Thinking more about Ken's words, I __16__ recognized the root cause of such disagreement.It's the result of the action that really __17__.I should have started the conversation by expressing __18__ my actions affected Eleanor and __19__ the discussions about my intention for later, much later and even never. | 
