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精品文档 1欢迎下载 TheThe GiftGift ofof LifeLife 1 The1 The bombsbombs landedlanded inin thethe smallsmall village village NobodyNobody knowsknows whatwhat thesethese bombsbombs werewere supposedsupposed toto hithit duringduring thethe terribleterrible VietnamVietnam War War butbut theythey landedlanded inin a a smallsmall orphanageorphanage runrun byby a a missionarymissionary group group 2 The 2 The missionariesmissionaries andand oneone oror twotwo childrenchildren werewere killed killed andand severalseveral childrenchildren werewere wounded wounded includingincluding oneone youngyoung girl girl aboutabout 8 8 yearsyears old old whowho sufferedsuffered woundswounds toto herher legs legs 3 A 3 A couplecouple ofof hourshours later later medicalmedical helphelp arrived arrived TheThe medicalmedical helphelp waswas a a youngyoung AmericanAmerican NavyNavy doctordoctor andand anan equallyequally youngyoung NavyNavy nurse nurse TheyThey quicklyquickly foundfound oneone youngyoung girlgirl toto bebe veryvery badlybadly injured injured andand itit waswas clearclear thatthat withoutwithout immediateimmediate action action sheshe wouldwould diedie fromfrom lossloss ofof bloodblood andand shock shock 4 They 4 They sawsaw thatthat sheshe hadhad toto havehave blood blood butbut theirtheir limitedlimited suppliessupplies diddid notnot includeinclude plasma plasma soso a a matchingmatching bloodblood typetype waswas required required A A quickquick bloodblood typingtyping showedshowed thatthat neitherneither AmericanAmerican hadhad thethe correctcorrect bloodblood type type SeveralSeveral ofof thethe uninjureduninjured orphansorphans did did 5 5 TheThe doctordoctor spokespoke a a littlelittle Vietnamese Vietnamese andand thethe nursenurse spokespoke a a littlelittle high high schoolschool French French TheThe childrenchildren spokespoke nono EnglishEnglish butbut somesome French French UsingUsing whatwhat littlelittle commoncommon languagelanguage theythey couldcould find find togethertogether withwith a a lotlot ofof signsign language language theythey triedtried toto explainexplain toto thesethese frightenedfrightened childrenchildren thatthat unlessunless theythey couldcould givegive somesome bloodblood toto theirtheir littlelittle friendfriend sheshe wouldwould certainlycertainly die die ThenThen theythey askedasked ifif anyoneanyone wouldwould bebe willingwilling toto givegive bloodblood toto help help 6 6 TheirTheir requestrequest waswas metmet withwith wide eyedwide eyed silence silence TheirTheir littlelittle patient spatient s lifelife hunghung inin thethe balance balance YetYet theythey couldcould onlyonly getget thethe bloodblood ifif oneone ofof thesethese frightenedfrightened childrenchildren wouldwould agreeagree toto givegive it it AfterAfter severalseveral longlong moments moments a a littlelittle handhand slowlyslowly wentwent up up droppeddropped backback down down andand a a momentmoment laterlater wentwent upup again again 7 7 Oh Oh thankthank you you thethe nursenurse saidsaid inin French French What What isis youryour name name 8 8 Heng Heng camecame thethe reply reply 9 9 HengHeng waswas quicklyquickly laidlaid onon a a bed bed hishis armarm cleanedcleaned withwith alcohol alcohol andand thethe needleneedle insertedinserted intointo hishis arm arm ThroughThrough allall ofof thisthis HengHeng laylay stiffstiff andand silent silent 10 10 AfterAfter a a moment moment hehe letlet outout a a longlong sob sob quicklyquickly coveringcovering hishis faceface withwith hishis freefree hand hand 11 11 Is Is itit hurting hurting Heng Heng thethe doctordoctor asked asked 精品文档 2欢迎下载 12 12 HengHeng shookshook hishis headhead silently silently butbut afterafter a a fewfew momentsmoments anotheranother sobsob escaped escaped andand againagain hehe triedtried toto covercover upup hishis crying crying AgainAgain thethe doctordoctor askedasked himhim ifif thethe needleneedle inin hishis armarm waswas hurting hurting andand againagain HengHeng shookshook hishis head head 13 13 ButBut nownow hishis occasionaloccasional sobsob turnedturned toto a a steady steady silentsilent crying crying hishis eyeseyes heldheld tightlytightly shut shut hishis fistfist inin hishis mouthmouth tryingtrying toto stopstop hishis sobs sobs 14 14 TheThe medicalmedical teamteam nownow waswas veryvery worriedworried becausebecause thethe needleneedle shouldshould notnot havehave beenbeen hurtinghurting theirtheir tinytiny patient patient SomethingSomething waswas obviouslyobviously veryvery wrong wrong AtAt thisthis point point a a VietnameseVietnamese nursenurse arrivedarrived toto help help andand seeingseeing thethe littlelittle one sone s tears tears spokespoke rapidlyrapidly inin Vietnamese Vietnamese listenedlistened toto hishis reply reply andand quicklyquickly answeredanswered himhim again again MovingMoving overover toto patpat hishis headhead asas sheshe talked talked herher voicevoice waswas gentlegentle andand kind kind 15 15 AfterAfter a a moment moment thethe littlelittle boyboy stoppedstopped crying crying openedopened hishis eyes eyes andand lookedlooked questioninglyquestioningly atat thethe VietnameseVietnamese nurse nurse WhenWhen sheshe nodded nodded a a looklook ofof greatgreat reliefrelief spreadspread overover hishis face face 16 16 LookingLooking up up thethe VietnameseVietnamese nursenurse saidsaid quietlyquietly toto thethe Americans Americans He He thoughtthought hehe waswas dying dying HeHe misunderstoodmisunderstood you you HeHe thoughtthought youyou hadhad askedasked himhim toto givegive allall hishis bloodblood soso thethe littlelittle girlgirl couldcould live live 17 17 But But whywhy wouldwould hehe bebe willingwilling toto dodo that that askedasked thethe NavyNavy nurse nurse 18 18 TheThe VietnameseVietnamese nursenurse repeatedrepeated thethe questionquestion toto thethe littlelittle boy boy whowho answeredanswered simply simply She s She s mymy friend friend 19 19 GreaterGreater lovelove hashas nono manman thanthan this this thatthat hehe laylay downdown hishis lifelife forfor a a friend friend 595 595 words words LoveLove ThyThy NeighborNeighbor byby AndyAndy RooneyRooney 1 1 ItIt seemsseems toto meme thatthat neighborsneighbors areare goinggoing outout ofof stylestyle inin America America TheThe friendfriend nextnext doordoor fromfrom whomwhom youyou borrowedborrowed fourfour eggseggs oror a a ladderladder hashas moved moved andand thethe peoplepeople inin therethere nownow areare strangers strangers 2 2 SomeSome ofof thethe oldold ideasideas aboutabout neighborsneighbors areare probablyprobably silly silly andand itit maymay bebe justjust asas wellthatwellthat ourour relationsrelations withwith ourour neighborsneighbors areare changing changing TheThe religiousreligious teachingteaching toto Love Love ThyThy Neighbor Neighbor waswas probablyprobably a a poorpoor translationtranslation ofof whatwhat mustmust havehave originallyoriginally beenbeen Respect Respect ThyThy Neighbor LoveNeighbor Love doesn tdoesn t existexist justjust becausebecause wewe 精品文档 3欢迎下载 wantwant itit to to 3 3 FewerFewer thanthan halfhalf thethe peoplepeople inin thethe UnitedUnited StatesStates livelive inin thethe samesame househouse theythey livedlived inin fivefive yearsyears ago ago soso there sthere s nono reasonreason toto lovelove thethe peoplepeople whowho livelive nextnext doordoor toto youyou justjust becausebecause theythey happenedhappened toto buybuy a a househouse nextnext doordoor toto yours yours TheThe onlyonly thingthing neighborsneighbors havehave inin commoncommon toto beginbegin withwith isis beingbeing close close andand unlessunless somethingsomething moremore develops develops thatisnthatisn t t reasonreason enoughtoenoughto bebe bestbest friends friends ItIt sometimessometimes happens happens butbut thethe chancesarechancesare veryvery smallsmall thatthat youryour neighborsneighbors willwill bebe youryour choicechoice asas friends friends OrOr thatthat youyou willwill bebe theirs theirs either either 4 4 TheThe bestbest relationshiprelationship withwith neighborsneighbors isis oneone ofof friendlyfriendly distance distance YouYou saysay hello hello youyou sometimessometimes talktalk ifif youyou seesee themthem inin thethe yard yard youyou discussdiscuss problemsproblems andand youyou helphelp eacheach otherother whenwhen helphelp isis needed needed TheThe bushesbushes oror thethe fencefence betweenbetween youyou isis notnot a a coldcold shoulder shoulder butbut a a clearclear boundary boundary WeWe allall likelike clearlyclearly defineddefined boundariesboundaries forfor ourselves ourselves 5 5 IfIf neighborsneighbors havehave changed changed neighborhoodsneighborhoods havehave not not TheyThey stillstill havehave thethe samesame parts parts IfIf youyou livelive inin a a realreal neighborhoodneighborhood youyou cancan bebe suresure mostmost ofof thethe followingfollowing peoplepeople willwill bebe foundfound there there OneOne familyfamily withwith moremore childrenchildren thanthan theythey cancan taketake carecare of of A A dogthatdogthat getsgets intointo garbagegarbage cans cans OneOne big big beautifulbeautiful homehome withwith a a familyfamily soso richrich thatthat theythey reallyreally aren taren t partpart ofof thethe neighborhood neighborhood A A badbad childchild whowho stealssteals oror setssets firefire toto things things althoughalthough nono oneone hashas everever beenbeen ableable toto proveprove it it PeoplePeople whowho leaveleave theirtheir ChristmasChristmas lightslights upup untiluntil March March SomeoneSomeone whowho doesn tdoesn t cutcut theirtheir grassgrass moremore thanthan twicetwice a a summer summer SomeoneSomeone whowho cutscuts theirtheir grassgrass twicetwice a a weekweek andand oneone ofof thethe timestimes alwaysalways seemsseems toto bebe SundaySunday morningmorning atat 7 30 7 30 A A familyfamily thatthat nevernever seemsseems toto turnturn offoff anyany lightslights inin thethe house house A A teenagerteenager whowho playsplays thethe radioradio tootoo loudloud inin thethe summersummer withwith thethe windowswindows open open SomeoneSomeone whowho leavesleaves theirtheir barkingbarking dogdog outout untiluntil 11 3011 30 mostmost nights nights OneOne mysterymystery couple couple TheyThey comecome andand gogo butbut hardlyhardly anyoneanyone everever seessees themthem andand nono 精品文档 4欢迎下载 oneone knowsknows whatwhat theythey do do A A couplecouple thatthat hashas loudloud partiesparties allall thethe timetime withwith guestsguests thatthat taketake anan hourhour toto leaveleave onceonce theythey getget outsideoutside andand startstart shoutingshouting good byegood bye toto eacheach other other SomeoneSomeone whowho doesn tdoesn t pullpull thethe shades shades 6 6 ItIt isis easiereasier toto havehave a a longinglonging aboutabout a a pastpast neighborhoodneighborhood thanthan aboutabout a a pastpast community community butbut a a communitycommunity isis probablyprobably a a betterbetter unit unit A A neighborhoodneighborhood isis justjust a a groupgroup ofof peoplepeople whowho livelive closeclose together together butbut a a communitycommunity isis a a groupgroup ofof peoplepeople whowho putput asideaside theirtheir ownown concernsconcerns toto getget somesome importantimportant thingsthings donedone forfor a a largerlarger group group 529 529 words words WeWe AllAll NeedNeed FriendsFriends byby MelindaMelinda MarshallMarshall 1 1 HavingHaving goodgood oldold friendsfriends isis a a goodgood thing thing butbut makingmaking newnew onesones cancan bebe eveneven better better NoNo mattermatter whatwhat ageage wewe are are allall ofof usus appreciateappreciate thethe supportsupport andand helphelp whichwhich friendsfriends givegive us us TheThe helphelp maymay bebe forfor onlyonly a a smallsmall thing thing oror itit maymay bebe forfor somethingsomething thatthat couldcould savesave ourour life life TheThe sizesize ofof thethe helphelp oror supportsupport isis notnot reallyreally thethe mostmost importantimportant thing thing butbut thethe factfact ofof havinghaving friendsfriends isis veryvery important important 2 2 I veI ve justjust mademade a a newnew friend friend Joan Joan She sShe s notnot justjust anotheranother personperson I I cancan talktalk withwith oror wavewave toto asas wewe passpass oneone anotheranother onon thethe street street butbut a a goodgood friend friend SheShe isis someonesomeone whowho willwill gogo outout withwith meme forfor lunch lunch oror dropdrop byby mymy homehome forfor a a cupcup ofof tea tea SheShe isis someonesomeone whowho willwill listenlisten andand makemake meme feelfeel understoodunderstood thethe nextnext timetime I I maymay feelfeel sadsad oror worriedworried forfor nono apparentapparent reason reason 3 3 ThisThis isis nono smallsmall mattermatter forfor me me I I barelybarely havehave enoughenough timetime oror energyenergy toto keepkeep upup withwith mymy oldold friends friends letlet alonemakealonemake newnew ones ones But But asas I I growgrow olderolder andand I I amam nownow 3535 yearsyears oldold itit isis importantimportant toto meme toto havehave a a safetysafety netnet ofof friends friends HolesHoles keepkeep openingopening upup inin thethe netnet asas oldold friendsfriends movemove away away I veI ve gotgot toto spendspend thethe energyenergy nownow toto includeinclude newnew friends friends 4 4 MakingMaking friendsfriends isis a a lotlot likelike datingdating afterafter a a terribleterrible breakup breakup YouYou hesitatehesitate andand dragdrag youryour feetfeet becausebecause youyou can tcan t believebelieve youyou havehave toto startstart overover again again ButBut whenwhen youyou do do it sit s notnot halfhalf asas hardhard asas youyou thoughtthought itit wouldwould be be andand it sit s twicetwice 精品文档 5欢迎下载 asas rewardingrewarding asas youyou mightmight havehave hoped hoped 5 5 ForFor example example I I almostalmost didn tdidn t meetmeet JoanJoan whowho isis nownow oneone ofof mymy bestbest friends friends WeWe werewere atat thethe citycity swimmingswimming pool pool waitingwaiting forfor ourour 5 year old5 year old sonssons toto finishfinish theirtheir swimmingswimming lessons lessons JoanJoan waswas readingreading a a bookbook thatthat I I hadhad readread forfor mymy bookbook club club andand I I wantedwanted toto saysay something something butbut didn t didn t ItIt waswas almostalmost asas ifif I dI d lostlost thethe abilityability toto saysay hello hello 6 6 InIn thethe lockerlocker roomroom wewe werewere togethertogether againagain asas ourour sonssons gotgot dresseddressed andand readyready toto gogo home home I I said said mostlymostly toto herher back back What What dodo youyou thinkthink ofof AmyAmy Tan sTan s writing writing SheShe turnedturned around around andand likelike a a teenager teenager I I blushed blushed Oh Oh sheshe said said I m I m reallyreally enjoyingenjoying TheThe Bonesetter sBonesetter s Daughter Daughter I I readread JoyJoy LuckLuck Club Club andand she sshe s beenbeen mymy favoritewriterfavoritewriter sincesince then then 7 7 WeWe talkedtalked afterafter thethe nextnext twotwo lessons lessons comparedcompared ourour readingreading lists lists andand chasedchased ourour sonssons outout ofof thethe dressingdressing roomroom again again ByBy thethe fifthfifth swimmingswimming lesson lesson wewe arrangedarranged toto spendspend a a dayday togethertogether shoppingshopping inin thethe city city That sThat s prettypretty wild wild don tdon t youyou thinkthink forfor a a personperson ofof mymy age age 8 8 I I didn tdidn t alwaysalways choosechoose mymy friends friends ForFor years years I I letlet fatefate choosechoose themthem forfor me me A A newnew job job a a newnew city city anan expensiveexpensive apartmentapartment mademade meme bebe friendsfriends withwith peoplepeople I dI d nevernever havehave saidsaid hellohello toto otherwise otherwise But But asas I I grewgrew olderolder I I grewgrew impatientimpatient withwith somesome ofof mymy friends friends andand I I decideddecided thatthat accidentalaccidental relationshipsrelationships don tdon t alwaysalways survivesurvive changeschanges inin life life ThoseThose typestypes ofof friendsfriends don tdon t oftenoften helphelp youyou duringduring life slife s difficultdifficult timestimes whenwhen youyou reallyreally needneed help help 9 9 WeWe cancan bebe ourselvesourselves withwith ourour friends friends andand thatthat isis a a wonderfulwonderful thing thing tootoo preciousprecious a a giftgift toto denydeny otherother friends friends ItIt reallyreally doesn tdoesn t taketake thatthat muchmuch time time oror thatthat muchmuch efforteffort toto shareshare thethe giftgift ofof makingmaking friends friends 573 573 words words 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 SpecialSpecial DeliveryDelivery 1 1 ArrivingArriving atat thethe airport airport I I discovereddiscovered thatthat mymy brother sbrother s flightflight hadhad beenbeen delayeddelayed forfor anan hour hour UsuallyUsually whenwhen I I waitwait aroundaround thethe airportairport toto meetmeet a a flight flight I I passpass thethe timetime byby watchingwatching planesplanes landland andand taketake off off butbut thatthat eveningevening I I hadhad a a badbad headache headache I I thoughtthought thethe noisenoise ofof jetjet enginesengines mightmight makemake itit worse worse soso I I decideddecided toto walkwalk aroundaround insideinside thethe airportairport forfor a a while while 2 2 AsAs I I waswas walkingwalking byby thethe shops shops I I happenedhappened toto seesee a a displaydisplay ofof flightflight bags bags 精品文档 6欢迎下载 whichwhich remindedreminded meme ofof mymy briefcase briefcase I I realizedrealized thatthat I I waswas notnot carryingcarrying itit now now QuicklyQuickly I I triedtried toto rememberremember wherewhe