At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together.They had announced her
54 ’s departure.Standing near the door, he said to his daughter: “I love you, I wish you
55 .”She said: “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough.Your love is all I ever needed.I wish you enough, too, Daddy.” They kissed good-bye and she left.
He walked
56 toward the window where I was seated.I tried not to intrude (侵犯) on his
57 , but he welcomed me in by asking: “Did you ever say good-bye to
58 knowing it would be forever?”“Yes, I have,” I replied.“
59 me for asking, but why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked.“I am old and she lives much too far away.I have
60 ahead and the reality is, her next trip back will be for my funeral,” he said.“When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough.'' May I ask what that means?”
He began to smile.“That is a wish that has been handed down from other
61 .My parents used to say it to everyone.” He paused for a moment, looking up as if trying to remember it in detail, he
62 even more.“When we said ‘I wish you enough'', we wanted the other person to have a life filled with enough good things to sustain them,” he continued and then
63 toward me, he shared the following
64 he were reciting it from memory.
“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude
65 .I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun more.I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.I wish you enough pain so that the
66 joys in life appear much bigger.I wish you enough gain to satisfy your
67 .I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you
68 .I wish enough “Hello”s to get you
69 the final “Good-bye.”He then began to sob (哽咽) and walked away.
It is said that “It takes a/an
70 to find a special person, an hour to
71 them, a day to love them,
72 then an entire life to
73 them.”
小题1: | A.train | B.plane | C.bus | D.ship |
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小题2: | A.good | B.well | C.happy | D.enough |
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小题4: | A.secret | B.priority | C.privacy | D.walk |
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小题5: | A.someone | B.anybody | C.everyone | D.anyone |
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小题6: | A.Allow | B.Forgive | C.Thank | D.Pardon |
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小题7: | A.future | B.challenges | C.illness | D.nothing |
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小题8: | A.parents | B.families | C.generations | D.airlines |
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小题9: | A.said | B.cried | C.laughed | D.smiled |
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小题10: | A.running | B.walking | C.turning | D.going |
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小题11: | A.even if | B.as if | C.even though | D.although |
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小题12: | A.bright | B.right | C.good | D.warm |
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小题13: | A.less | B.least | C.little | D.smallest |
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小题14: | A.expense | B.life | C.wanting | D.loss |
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小题15: | A.like | B.want | C.possess | D.need |
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小题16: | A.over | B.through | C.across | D.back |
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小题17: | A.day | B.life | C.hour | D.minute |
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小题18: | A.appreciate | B.see | C.face | D.understand |
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小题19: | A.or | B.but | C.meanwhile | D.as a result |
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小题20: | A.forget | B.remember | C.wish | D.help |
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