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．”