I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from and danger of a big city, and where teenagers like me leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that one summer night. My friend Lisa, Kim and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. As they kept alcohol to me, I was pretty drunk. I asked Tyler to take me home. With some , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. Kim, my friend we were five years old, was killed in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Kim, who was more drunk than me, got into her car and towards the highway to go home. She was driving on the wrong side of the road and never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see her to avoid the car. They hit head on. Kim died immediately, and the driver was thrown the truck windshield (挡风玻璃) and died a week later.
Whenever I back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my to drink so much that night, otherwise things would be different. I know Kim the choice to drink and drive that night , but a part of me will always feel for what happened.
I may not change the with my story, but I do hope that I can make people the responsibility that they have to themselves and others by it. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours . Every choice is like a stone dropped into water—each ripple (波纹) represents someone who your choice . That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
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A.happened B.continued C.changed D.remained
A.sending B.delivering C.taking D.handing
A.pleasure B.difficulty C.hope D.method
A.before B.until C.when D.since
A.constantly B.frequently C.clearly D.equally
A.headed B.walked C.pushed D.fled
A.in trouble B.in time C.in danger D.in place
A.above B.below C.into D.through
A.look B.hold C.keep D.get
A.desire B.fault C.right D.chance
A.faced B.avoided C.regretted D.made
A.responsible B.disappointed C.embarrassed D.sensitive
A.town B.party C.world D.environment
A.explain B.escape C.limit D.realize
A.remembering B.sharing C.declaring D.stopping
A.alone B.finally C.apart D.perhaps
A.clean B.deep C.still D.fresh
A.affects B.inspires C.attracts D.benefits