Bounty of love

precarious adj. 不稳定的
unalterable adj. 不能变更的
consolation n. 安慰 , 起安慰作用的人或事物
Lesson2 Parent-children relationship
The value of parental affection to children lies largely in the fact that it is more reliable than any other affection. One's friends like one for one's merits, one's lovers for one's charms; if the merits or the charms diminish, friends and lovers may vanish. But it is in times of misfortune that parents are most to be relied upon, in illness, and even in disgrace if the parents are of the right sort.
When I _______ and went home, I was giv of my letters, all neatly bound with a green tape, more than six hundred of them altogether, _____from 1925 to 1945, each one in its original envelope with the old stamps still on them. ______________________________________________________.
bounty 慷慨 spine 脊柱
Lesson22 Bounty of Love
My mother had a habit of keeping my letters, binding them carefully in neat bundles with green tape, but this was her own secret. She never told me she was doing it. In 1957, when she knew she was dying, I was in hospital in Oxford having a serious operation on my spine and I was unable to write to her. So she had a telephone specially installed beside her bed in order that she might have one last conversation with me.
We all feel pleasure when we are admired for our merits, but most of us are _______ modest at heart to feel that such________ is precarious. Our parents love us because we are their children and this is an ________ fact, so that we feel safer with them than with anyone else. In times of success this may seem _________, but in times of failure it affords _________________ not to be found elsewhere.
Lesson2 Parent-children relationship
The value of ____________ to children lies largely in the fact that it is more ________ than any other affection. One's friends like one for one's _______, one's lovers for one's _______; if __________________, friends and lovers may _______. But it is in times of ________ that parents are most to be relied upon, in illness, and even in ________ if the parents are of the right sort.
When I recovered and went home, I was given this vast collection of my letters, all neatly bound with a green tape, more than six hundred of them altogether, dating from 1925 to 1945, each one in its original envelope with the old stamps still on them. I am very lucky to have something like this to refer to in my old age.
precarious adj. 不稳定的
unalterable adj. 不能变更的
consolation n. 安慰 , 起安慰作用的人或事物
Lesson22 Bounty of Love
My mother had a habit of keeping my letters, ______ them carefully in neat _______ with green tape, but this was her own secret. She never told me she was doing it. In 1957, when she knew she was dying, I was in hospital in Oxford having a serious operation on my ______ and I was unable to write to her. So she had a telephone specially _______ beside her bed in order that she might have one last ________ with me.
We all feel pleasure when we are admired for our merits, but most of us are sufficiently modest at heart to feel that such admiration is precarious. Our parents love us because we are their children and this is an unalterable fact, so that we feel safer with them than with anyone else. In times of success this may seem unimportant, but in times of failure it affords a consolation and a security not to be found elsewhere.
She didn't tell me she was dying, nor did anyone else for that matter, because I was in a fairly serious condition myself at the time. She simply asked me how I was and hoped I would get better soon and sent me her love. I had no idea that she would die the next day. She knew _____________________________________, but she still wanted to reach out and speak to me for the last time.
She didn't tell me she was dying, nor did anyone else for that matter, because I was in a fairly serious condition myself at the time. She simply asked me how I was and hoped I would get better soon and sent me her love. I had no idea that she would die the next day. She knew perfectly that her life was numbered in hours, but she still wanted to reach out and speak to me for the last time.