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Reading comprehension 阅读理解 Once upon a time, there was a wise man living alone, many people came to his house for good advice. So he enjoyed a great reputation around the country. A young man, who felt unlucky and disappointed about his life, decided to visit the wise man. When he arrived there, he found the wise man was reading in the cottage by the river. With a smile, the wise man heard the young man’s words, and said to him , “ Come to help me boil a kettle of water first!” The young man saw a big pitcher standing in the corner, next to a small fire stove, but he found no firewood, so he went out for it. Five minutes later, he came back with some dead wood. And then he filled up the kettle with water and put it on the stove. He put firewood in the stove and burned it up, but because the kettle was too large, when the faggot (柴把，束薪) burned out, the water didn’t boil. Then he ran off to get more firewood. When he went back, the water had turned cold. This time he became smart, so he was not eager to light the fire, but went out to look for more firewood again. Because the wood was well prepared, the water boiled pretty soon. The wise man suddenly asked him, “ If there is not enough firewood, how should you boil the water?” The young man thought for a moment and shook his head. The wise man said, “ If so, pour out some water of the kettle.” The young man nodded thoughtfully. The wise man continued, “You had so many wishes at first and set too many goals, just as the large kettle was filled with too much water but you didn’t have enough firewood, so you couldn’t boil the water. And if you wanted to make the water boil, you could either pour some of the water or prepare more firewood!” Task 1: What’s the main meaning of the passage? 1. The main characters of this passage are __________ and _______________ 2. The event of this passage is Task 2: Details: 1. The young man came to the wise man because he felt ___________ and ___________ abou