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Unit 8 生命的意义与价值 63

Then on that day, all the possibilities were destroyed by a careless driver. The days I spent in hospital

were dreadful, suffering severe pain and hearing the doctor telling me that I could never walk anymore.

When I was finally permitted to leave the hospital, I had myself in a small apartment and refused any

visit, blaming everyone in the world and drowning myself to despair. After I missed ten calls from my dad,

he just couldn t leave me alone. And when he entered the apartment, it was in a mess, with pizza boxes on

the floor and dirty dishes in the sink. In the corner, there was a garbage can around which were pieces of

garbage and waste paper. He turned around and finally had his eyes on me. A few steps towards me and he

stroke his fingers through my hair, gently asking, “You want to see something?” I felt a little guilty for

making my dad so worried, so I faked a smile and nodded my head.

He opened my fridge, searched for a while and took out some ice and some tea leaves after boiling

some water in a pot. Mysteriously, he put the ice in the boiling water. After a while, he asked, “How is

the ice now?” “What?” I was a little confused about his question, wondering what he was about to do

next. When he repeated the move and asked me the same question, I began to feel bored. “How is the ice

now?” “What ice? There is no ice in the water now! It melted!” I answered with my eyes fixed on the

roof. Suddenly, Dad held my head, looked at me straightly and explained, “The ice was once tough and

hard. ” Dad continued, “But when it was put in the pot, the boiling water melted it and made it disappear

as if it had never existed, just like what the difficulties may do to one s dream. ”
(安徽省铜陵市 2023 届高三 5 月模拟考试)

Paragraph 1:

“Want to see something different?” Dad went on to pour a spoonful of tea leaves in the boiling water,

too.

Paragraph 2:

I knew it was time to change.

该主题高考热点题材包括但不限于:成功的定义,正确的金钱观,幸福的真谛,人生目标的选择,有意义
的生活与幸福生活的区别,苦难与逆境对于人生的意义,极简生活,慢生活,活在当下,乐于给予和奉献,做

自身命运的主宰,追求内心的丰盈等。