世纪英语 拓展阅读教程I 第四版 答案 1tuo1_unit4.ppt

UNIT 4 Beautiful Mind Contents Section 1 打开心灵之窗,试图理解令人感到窘迫的人与事,让美丽 心灵架起沟通的桥梁…… A Good Heart to Lean on When I was growing up, I was to be seen with my father. He was and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for Balance, people would stare. 主题阅读 I would at the shy and unwanted attention. If he ever noticed or was bothered, he never let on. It was difficult to our steps, and because of that we didn’t say much as we went along. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace. I will try to adjust to you.” Our usual walk was to or from the subway which was how he got to work. 主题阅读 He went to work sick despite weather. He almost never missed a day, and would make it to the office even If others could not. A matter of pride. When snow or ice was on the ground, it was impossible for him to walk, even with help. At such times my sisters or I would pull him through the streets of Brooklyn, NY, on a child’s to the entrance of the subway. 主题阅读 Once there, he would to the until he reached the lower steps where the warmer tunnel air kept ice free. In Manhattan the subway station was the of his office building, and he would not have to go outside until we met him in Brooklyn on his way home. When I think of it now, I at how much courage it must have taken for a grown man to himself such and stress, 主题阅读 and at how he did it without or complaint. He neither talked about himself as an object of pity, nor did he show any of the more fortunate or able. What he looked for in others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people,