Sally was fourteen. She studied in a middle school. She liked dancing and singing and s _____ a lot of time on them. But she hated math and even decided to give it up. Her father was w __ about it.
It was Sunday. Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who t ___ math in another school. He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math. The woman came and said, “ You are a clever girl, Sally. I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your b __.’’
“ I’m afraid I can’t , Aunt,” said Sally. “ G ____ can’t be good at math .”
“ I don’t think so,” said the woman. “ I was good at it when was a girl. You must do more e _____ and try different ways to practice d __ math problems until you work them out or at least understand them better. Here is a math problem. Please think it o ____ and see if you can work it out.”
“ Ok,” said the girl. “ Let me try.”
About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “ I’ve t _____ several times and worked out the problem at last!”
“ Well done !” her aunt looked at her answer and said h___, “ Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought.”