Exercise
1. How many people were there in the author's family?
2. What did the author's father die?
3. When did the author's father die?
4. In my eyes he could do anything, we all knew he was . He was a man of great strength both and in mind, but in him there was , he found ways to be outgoing and kind.
5. Strength and were the qualities of this man. As the years of his life dwindled down, that strength kept him alive. the unfailing determination to help my ailing mother have the care she needed to .
6. Day and night he for years with her disease. A man would have been brought down to his knees. With of his own, he still stood by her side her and loving her until the day she died.
Words & Phrases
词汇与短语
Words
determination 决心,果断
gentleness 亲切,柔和
greet 问候,向……致意
strife 麻烦,困难
throughout 遍及,贯穿
unfailing 经久不衰的;可靠的
Phrases
bring down 降低,打倒
care for 照顾,关怀
day and night 夜以继日
dwindle down 缩小
look down on 看不起,轻视
of one's own 某人自己的