名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 My Hero 学案-高三英语二轮复习培优.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选My Hero 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选My Hero 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 困难挫折（乐观面对癌症） 四星 614 【文章梗概】在一个让人厌恶的周四，作者和其他癌症患者一起在等待化疗。这些成人患者们心情忧郁，满脸的疲惫和害怕。突然一个小孩的笑声引起了作者的注意。一个光头的小患者正在妈妈的膝盖上蹦跳。当轮到孩子化疗时，孩子立即停止了蹦跳和笑声。他很镇定，脸上表现出对医生的信任。这个乐观懂事的孩子让作者学会了勇敢地面对疾病，学会了信任医生。他成了作者心目中的抗癌小英雄。 It is Thursday. I hate Thursday. Today, multitudes of parents and children make long trips in order to arrive at this destination... hell. It is a crowded and noisy place. It is a place where people do not smile, a place where pain and fear lurk around every corner. I exit the elevator on the fourth floor, turn the far-too-familiar corner, and sit in an uncomfortable chair. People are all around me, yet I am alone. Although my journey has just begun for today, it is not an unfamiliar one. I have been here many times before. Twenty-one grooves in each tile. I have counted them often. I settle myself in my chair because I know it may be some time before my name is called. Suddenly, I hear a strange sound. It is a laugh. I can hardly believe it, for no one laughs on Thursday. Thursday is chemo day on 4B. I scan the crowded reception area, looking for the source of the laughter. I note child after child, parent after parent. They all look the same—tired and frightened. I am certain each is thinking the same thought: Why is the treatment worse than the disease? My eyes lock on one particular mother who is holding her baby, a boy of about eight months. The laugh is his. He is bouncing on his mother’s knee. It is obvious this is the child’s favorite game. The mother’s face is one big smile. She relishes the brief moments of happiness in her son’s short life. She realizes it may be a while before he has the strength to smile again. He, too, has been chosen to suffer an unfair and uncertain fate. My eyes fill with tears. I shift in my seat to get a better view of the baby. I stare at his small, bald head. Baldness is not unusual in an infant, but I know why he is hairless. Suddenly