When I was a teenager growing up in a town，I felt studying very boring.I wanted to leave school and have my own life.There were only two ways for me to do this- working in the toy factory in my town or getting married.I chose the first one.I was（1）

nervous

nervous

/n??v?s/ when I told my father that I wanted to leave school.I thought he would say，"No!You are going to college."（2）

But

But

he surprised me when he said，"OK.We'll go to the toy factory"
   Two days later，he took me to the factory.I had a very romantic（3）

idea

idea

/a??d??/ of working in a factory.I had imagined everyone to be friendly working together and（4）

having

having

（ have）fun.I even imagined there would be music and singing.I guess I had watched too many（5）

movies

movies

（movie）as a teen.
   When we arrived at the factory gate，my father spoke to the guard and one minute later we went inside.My father said，"Take（6）

your

your

（you）time.Look around."I walked around the factory，looking at the buildings，the workers；and listening to the noise .It was terrible I ran back to my father and said，"I want to go home."He asked me，"（7）

what

what

do you think of the factory？"
   "It's terrible." I replied.
   "You have the other（8）

choice

choice

（choose）if you don't want to go back to school.But I think getting married is even worse!" he said.
   I went back to school the next day.From then on，I studied as hard as I could（9）

Finally

Finally

（final）I got into a good college.I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in languages at college.Thanks to my father and our trip to the factory.jye.ai I work in a big company in a city.And my father is（10）

proud

proud

/pra?d/ of me.I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!