Is“sorry”thehardestword?NotfortheBritishEducationSecret...

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Is “sorry” the hardest word? Not for the British Education Secretary Michael Gove,   41    has apologized recently to his former French teacher   42  his bad behavior in class. It took him 30 years to express regret. In a letter   43   (publish) in a magazine. Mr. Gove says: “It may be too late to say I’m sorry . But,  as my mom tole me, it’s never too late to set the record straight.”

Researchers argue that people have too high expectations of the power of saying sorry. Some psychologists say in a study that   44   (receive) an apology isn’t   45   (help) as people think. Nevertheless, apologies might be an important social tool as they reaffirm (再次確定) the   46   (exist) of rules that need to be observed.

The Education Secretary’s apology might have been accepted by his old teacher but he might get   47   (he) into trouble. According to Daily Mail, Mr. Gove’s mother didn’t know her son was causing trouble at school and she   48   (say): “He would have been punished    49    I had known he was being so naughty.” later, Gove said: “ I can never express my apology to him face to face these days—it just goes through to his answering machine. But when I do   50   (eventual) speak to him, I will say sorry.”

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 41 who;    42 for;     43 published; 44 receiving;     45 helpful;

         46 existence; 47 himself;       48 said; 49 if; 50 eventually;

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