世纪英语 拓展阅读教程I 第四版 答案 1tuo1_unit6.ppt

UNIT 6 Precious Health Contents Section 1 健康,带来幸福?健康,传递爱意?有了健康,就会拥有一切。 健康是福,是无尽的财富? In Sickness and in Health By Dorothy C. Randle When Herman and I took our fifteen years ago, we were to our relationship. 主题阅读 Yet little did we know how much we would be tested through those five little words we proclaimed in our vows, “In sickness and in health.” It was January 1990. Herman had just come from a visit to his doctor — a trip he had taken for over two since his kidney in 1967. 主题阅读 Herman was only seventeen when his father gave his son the gift of life: one of his . At that time, Herman was well-known on the Centennial High School campus, where he in sports. Baseball was his life, but the transplant ended his dreams of professional success. One day in 1990, Herman showed , hurt and des despair, mirroring the feelings in my heart. 主题阅读 Without warning, the transplanted kidney had stopped . Herman began treatments two months later. A machine for his kidney by his blood three days a week, three to four hours at a time. His smooth muscular arms soon knotted with bulges from the constant needle pricks. His exhausted veins collapsed. 主题阅读 We for another kidney. Eleven years later, an unexpected phone call from UCLA Medical Center answered those prayers: “We have a .” Together, we . But, would it be a match? We waited to hear. The phone rang again, this time with disappointing news. 主题阅读 One week to the day later, we received another call. It was a perfect match! We anxiously rushed down to UCLA. As we drove, we reflected on all the years of dialysis and how we had prayed for this