首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was
[originaltext] I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was
游客
2023-08-02
85
管理
问题
I was 9 years old when I found out my father was ill. It was 1994, but I can remember my mother’s words as if it were yesterday: "Carol, I don’t want you to take food from your father, because he has AIDS. Be very careful when you are around him."
AIDS wasn’t something we talked about in my country when I was growing up. From then on, I knew that this would be a family secret. My parents were not together anymore, and my dad lived alone. For a while, he could take care of himself. But when I was 12, his condition worsened. My father’s other children lived far away, so it fell to me to look after him.
We couldn’t afford all the necessary medication for him, and because Dad was unable to work, I had no money for school supplies and often couldn’t even buy food for dinner. I would sit in class feeling completely lost, the teacher’s words were drowned as I tried to figure out how I was going to manage.
I did not share my burden with anyone. I had seen how people reacted to AIDS. Kids laughed at classmates who had parents with the disease. And even adults could be cruel. When my father was moved to the hospital, the nurses would leave his food on the bedside table even though he was too weak to feed himself.
I had known that he was going to die, but after so many years of keeping his condition a secret, I was completely unprepared when he reached his final days. Sad and hopeless. I called a woman at the nonprofit National AIDS Support. That day, she kept me on the phone for hours. I was so lucky to find someone who cared. She saved my life.
I was 15 when my father died. He took his secret away with him, having never spoken about AIDS to anyone, even me. He didn’t want to call attention to AIDS. I do.
选项
A、He told no one about his disease.
B、He worked hard to pay for his medication.
C、He depended on the nurses in his final days.
D、He had stayed in the hospital since he fell ill.
答案
A
解析
What does Carol tell us about her father?
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/2890387.html
相关试题推荐
【B1】[br]【B9】[originaltext]ThethirdofMarchisanexcitingdayforlittl
【B1】[br]【B8】[originaltext]ThethirdofMarchisanexcitingdayforlittl
【B1】[br]【B6】[originaltext]ThethirdofMarchisanexcitingdayforlittl
【B1】[br]【B5】[originaltext]ThethirdofMarchisanexcitingdayforlittl
【B1】[br]【B4】[originaltext]ThethirdofMarchisanexcitingdayforlittl
【B1】[br]【B2】[originaltext]ThethirdofMarchisanexcitingdayforlittl
[originaltext]AssettlersmovedtoCaliforniainthemid-nineteenthcentury
[originaltext]AssettlersmovedtoCaliforniainthemid-nineteenthcentury
[originaltext](Woman—AnnaMan—Jim)W:Jim,whathaveyouheardaboutthenew
[originaltext](Woman—AnnaMan—Jim)W:Jim,whathaveyouheardaboutthenew
随机试题
Completethenotesbelowusingwordsfromthebox.ArtGalleryCathedralCastle
(1)Scottishcustomsandtraditionscoveraverywiderangeoftopics.Everyt
[originaltext]AstronomershavefoundatleastsevenEarth-sizedplanetsorb
A—RelevanceofmotivationtheoriesB—SystematicTrainingC—Personnelmanagement
A.注意危险 B.右侧绕行 C.左侧绕行 D.单向通行
企业对材料采用计划成本核算。2010年5月购人钢材100t,增值税专用发票注明每
按照有关规定,房屋的完损等级分为()。A.危险房 B.基本完好房 C.一般
程序性知识也叫{pz_填空},是个体难以清楚陈述、只能借助于某种作业形式间接推测
材料题 根据以下材料,回答题 2015年,某航空公司准备在其商用零售部门安装
为了有效控制施工机械使用费的支出,施工企业可以采取的措施有()A.加强设备租
最新回复
(
0
)