临终者要告诉你的人生哲理  

What the Dying Want You to Know About Life

出　　处：《阅读与作文（英语初中版）》2019年第12期4-7,共4页

摘　　要：十二月的一个雨天,我第一次敲开了梅丽莎和布拉德利家的门。当时我怀着身孕,身上又冷又湿,没带雨伞,因为这里很少下雨。梅丽莎来应门,默不作声,脸色晦暗,黑着眼圈,大概(肯定)是贫血。她的所有时间都用来照顾布拉德利,但自己也付出了代价。自从布拉德利被诊断患有ALS(肌萎缩性侧索硬化症)后,他的身体逐步衰弱,生活能力越来越差。It was a rainy December day when I knocked on Melissa and Bradley's door for the first time.I was 1)pregnant,cold,wet and without an umbrella;it rarely rains here.Melissa answered the door,quiet,2)sullen,with dark bags under her eyes,and probably(definitely)3)anemic.She devoted all of her time to taking care of Bradley,4)at her expense.Since his 5)ALS 6)diagnosis,Bradley had become steadily weaker,less capable.Refusing a voice-7)assistive device,he had been reduced to 8)grunts and nods,a barely effective means of communication.He had been robbed of the ability to stand,walk or to use his 9)limbs at all.

关 键 词：人生哲理 布拉德利 肌萎缩性侧索硬化症 梅丽莎 

分 类 号：G62[文化科学—教育学]