英语优秀教案（人教版）：选修十优秀资料 共同成长（Unit 4 Learning efficiently） .docVIP

共同成长 见仁见智 My grandmother became a widow in 1970.Shortly after that,we went to the animal shelter to pick out a puppy to keep her company.Grandma and Penny,the dog,quickly became very fond of each other,and that fondness grew much stronger about three years later when Grandma had a stroke.Grandma could no longer work,so when she came home from the hospital,she and Penny were constant companions.As the years passed,Grandma and Penny became inseparable.If Grandma went to take her nap,Penny walked along beside her and stayed by her side until she awoke.As Penny aged,she could no longer jump up on the bed to lie next to Grandma,so she lay on the rug beside the bed. The time came when both my grandmother and Penny’s health were failing fast.Penny couldn’t get around very well,and Grandma had been hospitalized several times.During these times,Penny sat at the window looking out for the car bringing Grandma home and would excitedly wait at the door when grandma came through it.Each homecoming was a grand reunion between the two. On Christmas Day in 1985,Grandma was again taken to the hospital.Penny,as usual,sat watching out the window for the car bringing Grandma home.Two mornings later when the dog woke up,she couldn’t seem to work out the stiffness in her hips as she usually did.The same morning,she began having seizures(抽搐).At age fifteen,we knew it was time.My mother and aunt tool her to the vet and stayed with her until the end. We had to tell her about it while she was in the hospital because when we pulled up at the house,the first thing Grandma would look for was her beloved Penny watching out the window and then happily greeting her at the door.Grandma shed some tears but said she knew that it had to be done so Penny wouldn’t suffer. That night while still in the hospital,Grandma had a massive heart attack.After fifteen years of living companionship,Grandma and Penny passed away within a few hours of each other.God had it al worked out—Penny was waiting at door