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When I was in middle school, I had a classmate named Alice. She liked to tell me my shortcomings (缺点).
One day, Alice said to me, "You are too short and too proud!" Hearing this, I felt very sad and 1 . I ran home to tell my father 2 it, with tears in my eyes. My father said nothing. He just 3 me carefully. Then he said to me, "Are all the shortcomings Alice has told you true? You can write them down and check 4 they are true or not." After 5 them down, I was 6 to find that about half of the things were true. For some of the things, I couldn't change them. But for many of the things, I could 7 them. For the first time, I knew about 8 better than before.
9 , I showed my father what I had written down, 10 he didn't read it. "That's just for you, " my 11 said. "You know about yourself 12 than any other person. If something that is said about you is true, you'll find it 13 . Lister to others patiently, but hear the truth only."
My father's advice came to my mind at many important moments. It is the best 14 that I have ever had in 15 life.