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Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It was unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so【小题1】(pollute) that it actually caught fire and burned. Now years later, this river is one of the most outstanding【小题2】(example) of environmental cleanup.
But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 【小题3】 even a few months. It took years of work 【小题4】(reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work 【小题5】(pay) off and now the water in the river is cleaner than ever.
Maybe you are faced 【小题6】 an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit 【小题7】 is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an 【小题8】(likely) situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are 【小题9】(amazing) interesting stories of instant transformation, for most of us the changes are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just have【小题10】(patient).