I still remember Father spent plenty of time teaching me how to pronounce a word, how to understand
something that I saw for the first time and how to be polite to others. And I will never 1 one sentence my
father used to say to me, "I love you, son. Say you love me, son." Naturally, I would scream, "I love you,
Dad."
When I was growing up, I found that I had little in 2 with my father gradually. Sometimes we often
argued about something sharply and then the argument changed into a quarrel (争吵). I knew there was a gap
between us. I didn't 3 hearing the words "I love you" from my father the last time. To tell you the truth, I
couldn't honestly remember when I had last said those words to him, either.
Now Father was in hospital. The doctor said it was 4 and he needed an operation at once, 5 he wasn't
sure whether my father was able to survive (幸免于, 经受得住) if. Everything in my childhood 6 in my
mind. Then I called and said," Dad, I love you!"
There was a 7 at the other end and then he replied coldly, "Well, I love you, too!"
I cried and said, "Dad, I know you love me, and when you are 8 , I know you will say what you want to
say."
Fifteen minuets later, my mother called and nervously asked, "Paul, is every thing OK?"
A few weeks later, I was working when I received my father's call, "Paul, I love you." I was so 9 that
my tears rolled down my cheeks. Perhaps both of us 10 that this special moment had taken our relationship
to a new level.
A short while after this special moment, my father finally narrowly escaped death following the heart
operation. I can't 11 that ifI did not take the first 12 and Dad did not survive the surgery, what kind of life I
would lead now. |