名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选ADifferentPath学案-2023届高三英语二轮复习培优.pdf
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1、高三英语培优 名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 A Different Path 心灵鸡汤精选 A Different Path 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 母爱;梦想 三星 715【文章梗概】我的梦想是有一个孩子,得知再也不能怀孕,想嚎啕大哭。妈妈安慰我说她的梦想是做老师,结果放弃梦想成为六个孩子的母亲。我想通后走上另一条路,开始了热心公益的充实生活。The mothers heart is the child s schoolroom.H.W.Beecher My hand trembled as I answered the phone call that would change my life
2、forever.“Jill,this is the doctors office.Im sorry to tell you that your procedure was not a success.You are not pregnant.”I could feel the blood drain from my face.All my dreams of becoming a mother came crashing down around me.Fred and I had tried to get pregnant for three years,with no success.In-
3、vitro was our last hope,and now all the surgery and treatments were for naught.All I ever wanted was to be a mother,and now that wasnt going to happen.I felt like a failure.I wanted to cry my eyes out,but I was in the middle of a big box store,shopping with my mom.As soon as I ended the call,my mom
4、looked over at me questioningly.“Oh,Mom,”I cried.“The in-vitro didnt work.Im not pregnant.”She hurried over to me and gave me a hug.“Its okay,”she said.“You can try again.”I leaned into her.“No,Mom,we cant try again.”My voice broke.“Weve spent all the savings we had.Ill never be a mom.The dream is d
5、ead.”We stood there for a few seconds,letting my words sink in.When the teacher would ask the class what they wanted to be when they grew up,I was the one kid in the class who wanted to be a mom.I wanted to be the type of mom who played with her kids outside.A mom who would spend one-on-one time wit
6、h them,asking about their day.A mom who would teach them to read.A mom who would love them and give them all the skills they needed to be the best they could be.I wanted to be like my mom.Then Mom said the words that still stay with me today.She said,“Its not the end of the world.”I looked at her in
7、 shock.She had six kids!My friends all wanted to have a mom like her.Standing before me was the epitome of motherhood,and she was telling me it wasnt the end of the world?It was her world!“I always wanted to be a schoolteacher,ever since I was a little girl,”she explained patiently.“I didnt want to
8、get married and have kids.I wanted to teach kids.That was my dream.Then,when I met your dad and got married,the dream of teaching school was gone.My life is very different than I imagined it would be.”Mom grabbed my hand.“Your life will be different than you imagined it.Not better or worse,but diffe
9、rent.You still have a purpose and a path to travel.So travel it.”I thought about Moms words of wisdom for the next few weeks.If my dream of having children was over,what purpose did my life have?What was in my future?Thats when I started to volunteer,and my purpose became clearer.Perhaps I didnt hav
10、e children to love and nurture,but I had seniors in the seniors residence who needed a friendly visitor.I had cats and kittens in my neighbourhood shelter who needed me to love them,care for them and find them homes.I also had childrens groups that would come into a museum where I volunteered so I c
11、ould teach them about history.Was it the same as having my own children?No,but in the process of healing and moving forward in my life,I was making a difference in other peoples lives.In turn,I was growing and learning and creating a different path on which to travel.My life has been very different
12、and,thankfully,very fulfilling.I often wonder if I would have come to this epiphany about life without Moms wisdom.Would I have continually mourned the loss of a dream,and by doing so,hurt my marriage and the people around me?Ill never know because I was blessed with having a wise,loving person in m
13、y life who put aside her dream of becoming a schoolteacher to be my mom.Jill Berni 【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.drain drein v.排_ 2.in-vitro invi:tr n._ 3.surgery s:dri n._ 4.naught n:t n._ 5.pregnant pregnnt adj._ 6.lean li:n vi._ 7.epitome ipitmi n._ 8.grab rb vt._ 9.nurture n:t vt._ 10.residence rezi
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