On 28 of March Richard Byrd stood outside the small house. He shook hands with the men who were leaving. They were heading back to the main camp on the coast of Antarctica (南极洲).

    He would 1 to work at the base camp.

    "I don't like leaving you here alone," Pete Demas said." I'll be 2,"Byrd replied.

    He was looking forward to the challenge of spending the winter at the base camp. He would be recording the weather. There was plenty of food and fuel (燃料) in the tiny house. He felt sure 3would go wrong.

    But something did go wrong. Byrd was burning the fuel for 4. But the fumes (有毒气体) were not leaving the house. Slowly he was being poisoned (中毒). On May 31 he broke down.

    When he came to, he made himself into his sleeping bag. Three days later he 5it was a

    Sunday. The men would be 6 his radio message. Byrd moved hard out of bed and 7 the call. He didn't want the men to know how 8he was. It was too dangerous for them to come to save him.

By will-power alone, Byrd managed to stay alive. He was so 9that he could hardly walk. But he forced himself to do the basics. He 10food and made myself eat. He took 11 of weather and sent radio messages. But by late June, the men 12that something was wrong. Most of the time, Byrd's messages made no sense.

    On August 11 Demas and two others reached the base camp. They 13 recognized (认出) Byrd. He was very thin and looked terrible. Byrd 14 them and then fell to the ground. The men had arrived in time. After two months of care, Byrd's good 15 returned. He and his men worked together again.

    Once upon a time, there was a swan(天鹅). She lived in a lake. A woman with her two daughters lived in a1small house the lake. They lived a difficult life. Sometimes they 2 money to buy food.

    The swan was 3 to see that. She 4 to help them. Every day she came to the woman's house and left a golden feather (羽毛) without 5 anything. The woman sold the feather 6 bought food. She was happy because her life was 7 than before.

    But the woman became greedy (贪婪的) . One day when the swan 8, the woman caught (捉住) her and took all her golden feathers. Suddenly the golden feathers 9 common (普通的) feathers.

    The swan said, "I came to help you, but you wanted to kill 10. I will never come back. Never be greedy." With these words, the swan disappeared (消失).

I looked into the mirror and checked if I was dressed up properly, YES! My hair was clean and my tie was straight. So I confidently(自信地) went to the stage(舞台), imagining how proud my parents would be of their son! That evening, I was the pianist playing in the school concert for the first time. When the concert was over, I couldn't wait to share my joy with my family. However, only my mother was there. She explained, "Son, your dad is called out to work."

I was a little unhappy, though not very surprised. Because it was not the first time that my father was absent. As a manager in a big telecommunications(电信) company, my father was very busy with his work all year around. In fact, I didn't have much time with him. Every time when I complained about it, my father always said, "Everyone has his responsibility, and I have mine."

Later, I had a chance to visit father's company. He pointed to a big iron(铁) tower and said, "Son, that is a base station. Do you know that 25 percent of the calls in our country are through the network(网络) we built?" "Wow! But it's hard work. You know, China started late in many ways. We have to work hard and sometimes even give up time with family."

Now, more and more people are amazed at the Chinese miracle(奇迹). If any foreign friend asks me who makes the Chinese miracle, I want to tell that behind the miracle there are always a lot of people like my father. 

 "BANG!" the door was shut loudly. I was just standing there, with my father standing on one side, and I on the other side. We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" my father said angrily. With tears in my eyes, I rushed out and ran along the street. The street lights were shining. I felt sad and walked aimlessly (漫无目的地) . 

I didn't know whether it was because I had grown up or because my dad was getting old. He always put his opinions on me. We were just like two people in two different worlds. It felt like there was an iron door between us that could never be opened. 

My heart was frozen (冰冷的) on this hot summer night.As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people on the streets. When I finally reached my house, I saw that the light was still on. 

"Perhaps my dad is throwing away some of his old stamps," I thought. "Perhaps he thinks they are useless." I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. All the lights were off except my father's. 

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any moments of regret (懊悔) . This was how he always was. He had been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do had become his second nature. 

The light was still on. With the key in hand, I opened the door nervously. When I opened the door, tears ran down my face. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist (存在) at all. Love- it's second to none. 

要求： 1. 包含所给要点， 可适当发挥；

2. 条理清楚， 语句通顺， 行文连贯；

3. 词数: 60词左右。

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