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
詞匯與短語
Words
determination 決心,果斷
gentleness 親切,柔和
greet 問候,向……致意
strife 麻煩,困難
throughout 遍及,貫穿
unfailing 經久不衰的;可靠的
Phrases
bring down 降低,打倒
care for 照顧,關懷
day and night 夜以繼日
dwindle down 縮小
look down on 看不起,輕視
of one's own 某人自己的