It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just
36 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We have called for a(n)
37 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was
38 . The doctor described the
39 , which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard of their apartment. When they
40 the charcoal(木炭),it burst into flames because they had sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames
41 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
42 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and
43 him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in
44 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars(伤疤).
After he
45 from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months
46 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking and wrinkling. So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch very
47 scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It does not mean they will not
48 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I
49 this wisdom on to my son. He took my advice to
50 and returned to school with his head held high--glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not
51 . So he made the
52 to give up any plastic surgery. We all have “scars” that we believe
53 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same
54 standards. Put your imperfections out of your mind and concentrate on what you value
55 yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
| 小题1: | | A．brought | B．given | C．turned | D．showed |
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| 小题2: | | A．doctor | B．hospital | C．aircraft | D．ambulance |
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| 小题3: | | A．serious | B．terrible | C．dangerous | D．important |
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| 小题4: | | A．event | B．process | C．reason | D．accident |
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| 小题5: | | A．got | B．lit | C．burned | D．moved |
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| 小题6: | | A．took | B．held | C．caught | D．attracted |
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| 小题7: | | A．Fortunately | B．Surprisingly | C．Happily | D．Slowly |
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| 小题8: | | A．Pushed | B．threw | C．dropped | D．rolled |
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| 小题9: | | A．shape | B．place | C．fact | D．time |
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| 小题10: | | A．benefited | B．recovered | C．suffered | D．relaxed |
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| 小题11: | | A．if | B．while | C．because | D．although |
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| 小题12: | | A．normal | B．violent | C．obvious | D．popular |
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| 小题13: | | A．mention | B．notice | C．laugh | D．hide |
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| 小题14: | | A．sent | B．kept | C．handed | D．passed |
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| 小题15: | | A．heart | B．life | C．practice | D．considerate |
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| 小题16: | | A．grow | B．matter | C．exist | D．appeal |
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| 小题17: | | A．mistake | B．effort | C．decision | D．request |
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| 小题18: | | A．invite | B．cause | C．allow | D．Remind |
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| 小题19: | | A．false | B．strict | C．moral | D．general |
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| 小题20: | | A．by | B．over | C．beyond | D．within |
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