阅读理解
One day, an 11-year-old girl asked her dad, "What are you going to
get me for my 15th birthday?" The father replied, "Don't worry about
that we still have plenty of time."
But on a day after her 14th birthday, she passed out (昏倒)and was rushed to the hospital. The family learned that the girl
had a serious heart disease and that she might die. At night, she asked her
dad, "Daddy, have they told you that I am going to die?" The father
replied, "No, you will live as long as anyone else." She wondered and
asked, "How can you be sure?" He smiled to her and said, "I just
know it."
After the girl turned 15, she had a heart transplant(心脏移植手术). After she came back from the hospital, she found a letter on her
bed. It said, "My dearest daughter, one day you asked me what I would give
you for your 15th birthday. I wasn't sure then. But now you know that my present
to you is my heart." The father had given his heart to his daughter.
Parents are selfless(无私的). They even make great sacrifices
to make their children grow up happily. Keep this in mind when you feel angry
toward your parents. Always, they're just doing what they think best for you.
