学进去

There was a famous scientist who made several important discoveries. Once he was 1． how he could be so creative. He replied that it all came from an experience he had with his mother when he was years old. He was trying to take a bottle of milk out of the fridge. But the bottle was too slippery(滑的) and he 2． it. The kitchen floor was covered in milk.

When his mother came into the kitchen, 3． of shouting at him or punishing him, she just said, “Robert, what a great and wonderful mess you have 4．! I have never seen such a huge puddle(水坑) of milk. Would you like to play in the milk for a few minutes 5． we clean it up?

So he did. After a while, 6． cleaned it up together. Then his mother said, “This was not a successful experiment in how to carry a big bottle of milk with two small hands. Let’s go out in the backyard and fill the bottle 7． water and see if you can find a way to carry it without dropping it?” The little boy learned that if he held the 8． at the top near the edge with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it. What 9． wonderful lesson!

The scientist then added that, at that moment, he knew he didn’t need to be 10． to make mistakes. They can help us to learn something new. Even if the experiment doesn’t “work”, we can still learn something valuable from it.