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| It all started a year before when my daughter Suzanne and I were shopping in Sydney. In the window of a sports shop I noticed a photo of a group of young people climbing the rock 1 in a canyon (峡谷). "That's what I'm going to do next 2 ," I said. Suzanne laughed. "Sure, Mum! Don't forget you're 65 years old!" I didn't feel I was that age! I 3 a club and trained weekly. Each day I felt my physical energy 4 and, along with it, my confidence (信心). Then Suzanne pointed out, "Ws good, but how can you clear away the 5 of height?" "I've got it all worked out," I replied bravely. "We're going to the indoor climbing centre." While I was going up the high wall, I was afraid to look down as if a terrible animal was after me. Some time later, as I reached the ground, I sat down 6 on the floor. Later that night, as I lay in bed, I encouraged myself, "You had climbed the wall! You will certainly make it!" We set off with our packages to the Grand Canyon. When we reached it, I found the canyon was a huge black hole-far 7 than I had imagined. As the guide clipped (夹住) me onto the rope, my heart 8 double-time and I wondered why I had got myself into this. Time lost all meaning 9 I pushed my body forward. Only the strong rope kept me from 10 hope. I began to think it would never end when everyone had stopped. "This is as far as we go, and we can climb out after a few steps," the guide said finally. Two and a half hours later, we returned to the car park at last. I began to shake, one hard step after another. Getting onto the bus, I 11 into the seat I had left so confidently a lifetime before. Then, while I was in the seat catching my breath, a feeling of great happiness spread 12 me. I had done it, at 66 years of age. | ||||
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| When I was 18, one morning, my father told me to drive him into a town, about 18 miles away. I had just learned to drive, so I 1 with pleasure. First we came to the town. Then I took the car to a nearby garage (汽车修理厂) to have it 2 and promised (答应) to pick Dad up at 4 P.m.. Because I had a few 3 to spend, I decided to go to the 4 . However.I became so interested in the films that I forgot the 5 . When the last film finished, it was 6 o'clock. I was afraid Dad would be 6 and never let me drive again, so I drove back 7 to meet Dad and made an excuse for my being late. I'll never forget the 8 he gave me "I'm disappointed (失望的) that you feel you 9 lie (说谎) to me, Jack. I'm angry, not with you but with myself. I have failed 10 I've brought up (抚养) a son who can not even 11 the truth to his own father. I'm going to 12 home now and think seriously about where I have gone wrong all these years." Dad began walking along the road. I begged 13 , telling him how drove 14 him for 18 miles, at a speed of 5 miles an hour. It was the most 15 lesson. I have never lied to him ever since. | ||||
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| "What's the matter, mum?" As soon as I enter the door, I find that my mother is 1 . It's unusual -she usually 2 the door and welcomes me with a smile! "She's dying,"mum says sadly. I 3 what she says. The tulip (郁金香),mother's 4 is dying. A month ago, we moved 5 our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 6 she was free, she would sit 7 her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful colour 8 inviting smell. She treated it like a baby and looked after it 9 . She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to 10 to give the tulip enough sunshine. The first thing she did when she 11 every morning was 12 the tulip, Mum also fertilized(施肥)it many times. She hoped that with great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 13 . But the tulip was dying 14 too much sunshine, water and fertilizer. It's true that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love 15 be harmful. Love can sometimes kill what you love. | ||||
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