People say one man's trash(垃圾) is another man's treasure. That comes to me as I the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house my sister and me when he died a few months ago.
After Dad was , we looked around the house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we felt so all the stuff(东西) left. Like so many of their generation, my parents everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious about what to abandon and what to keep.
As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every my parents ever saw, I also many hidden treasures. Mom's pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵) and a world traveler, everything -- from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the . The letters he wrote during the war his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I our old kitchen table, which brought back of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.
I'm realizing all these things my parents' life journey. Each time I go to , I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I knew. , from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.
A.coincidence B.goal C.principle D.thought
A.looked for B.looked through C.looked into D.looked after
A.to B.for C.with D.by
A.retired B.ill C.gone D.injured
A.clean B.strange C.empty D.modern
A.pleased with B.familiar with C.astonished at D.disappointed at
A.saved B.enjoyed C.purchased D.designed
A.decisions B.bargains C.challenges D.responsibilities
A.person B.doctor C.neighbor D.child
A.bought B.discovered C.buried D.lost
A.just B.even C.only D.yet
A.liked B.bought C.kept D.lost
A.countryside B.school C.college D.army
A.receive B.direct C.sense D.describe
A.repaired B.cleaned C.spotted D.set
A.introductions B.memories C.descriptions D.communications
A.represented B.recognized C.instructed D.confirmed
A.the supermarket B.church C.my office D.the house
A.merely B.always C.really D.never
A.Everything B.Nothing C.Anything D.Something