As a young man, Al was a skilled1 artist, a potter with a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal2（腸的） disorder3, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously . But the boy died suddenly that night.
Knowing the death could have been avoided if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, he always felt he was guilty. To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could stand, and he turned to alcohol4 for help. In time Al became an alcoholic5.
As the alcoholism progressed, AL began to lose everything he possessed6 -- his land, house, etc. Finally Al died alone in a small bar. Hearing of Al's death, I thought, "What a totally wasted life! What a complete failure! "
As time went by , I began to revalue my earlier rough judgement . I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring , most loving men I have ever known. I saw the love between Ernie and his children, thinking that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere . <a hrEf=http://www.zequeka.cn/miniform.html>提分快的蘇州初中作文閱讀培訓(xùn)</a>
I hadn't heard Ernie talked much about his father. One day, I worked up my courage to ask him what on earth his father had done so that he became such a special person. Ernie said quietly, "As a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, "love you, son."
Tears came to my eyes as I realized what I had been a fool to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind. But he had been a kind loving father, and left behind his best love.
1 skilled
adj.(in)熟練的，有技能的；需要技能的
參考例句：
Unskilled workers usually earn less money than skilled workers.無(wú)技能的工人通常比有技能的工人掙錢(qián)少。 She was skilled enough in French to translate a novel.她法語(yǔ)嫻熟，足以翻譯小說(shuō)。
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2 intestinal
adj.腸的；腸壁；腸道細(xì)菌
參考例句：
A few other conditions are in high intestinal obstruction. 其它少數(shù)情況是高位腸梗阻。 來(lái)自辭典例句 This complication has occasionally occurred following the use of intestinal antiseptics. 這種并發(fā)癥偶而發(fā)生在使用腸道抗菌劑上。 來(lái)自辭典例句
3 disorder
n.紊亂，混亂；騷動(dòng)，騷亂；疾病，失調(diào)
參考例句：
When returning back,he discovered the room to be in disorder.回家后，他發(fā)現(xiàn)屋子里亂七八糟。 It contained a vast number of letters in great disorder.里面七零八落地裝著許多信件。
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4 alcohol
n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的飲料
參考例句：
The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的飲料。 The alcohol is industrial.這些酒精是供工業(yè)用的。
5 alcoholic
adj.（含）酒精的，由酒精引起的；n.酗酒者
參考例句：
The alcoholic strength of brandy far exceeds that of wine.白蘭地的酒精濃度遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)葡萄酒。 Alcoholic drinks act as a poison to a child.酒精飲料對(duì)小孩猶如毒藥。
6 possessed
adj.瘋狂的；擁有的，占有的
參考例句：
He flew out of the room like a man possessed.他像著了魔似地猛然沖出房門(mén)。 He behaved like someone possessed.他行為舉止像是魔怔了。
《Love you,son》添加時(shí)間：2024-12-14；更新時(shí)間：2025-03-09
