In a primary school, a teacher asked her students what they wished to become when they grew up. There were several a—a doctor, a teacher, a film—star and so on.

   One of the students gave a s answer. This child said, "I want to be a television!" The teacher asked the child w he had such a wish. He said, with his eyes full o tears, "There is no one at home to watch me or care for me. Everyone sits around the television. If there is a wrong with the TV, they give great attention to it and fix it at once."

    The loving teacher met the child's mother and t about this with her. The mother said.

    My husband is a very busy businessman. He n has time to look after the child." "But what about you?" the teacher asked the mother. "What do you know about me? I'm the president of the women's club. I have s many meetings and activities." The teacher now understood why the child f lonely at home.

    "I think children want their parents to spend m time with them." said the teacher.

①列清单  

②为……付款

③最好做某事  

④顺便说一下

⑤what else   

⑥ask for help

⑦more expensive   

⑧something important

—Yes, of course．

I want to   this afternoon.