【OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn'tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.Iusuallywakeupat6:30or7:00inthemorning.Tha】
OneofthethingsIalwaysbelieveisthatnomatterhowbadsomethingis,youcantakesomethingpositiveoutofit.TheonetimeIwasn'tsureofthatwasonSeptember11.
Iusuallywakeupat6:30or7:00inthemorning.Thatday,Lhappenedtowakeupearlier.IturnedontheTVandIsawthataplanehadcrashedintotheNorthToweroftheWorldTradeCenter.Myfirstreactionwasthatitwasaterribleaccident.ThenIsawanotherplaneflyintotheSouthTowerandIrealizedthatIwaswitnessinganactofterrorism.
MywifeandIspentthedaywatchingtheterriblepicturesoverandoveragain.WhenIwatchedfamilymemberslookingfortheirlovedones,thepainintheireyeswassomethingIwouldneverforget.Icouldn'tunderstandhowsomethingthisterriblecouldhavehappened.
Itwasn'tuntilafewweeksafterSeptember11thatIbegantoseethatperhapssomegooddidcomefromthistragedy.Peopleseemdifferentnow,moreunderstanding,moretolerant.Littlethingsthatseemedtobesuchtroublebeforearenolongerbigthings.Personally,IammoretolerantthanIwas.Irealizelifeistooshortandtooprecioustoletmyselfgetworriedoversmallthings.I'velearnedalsothatyoucan'ttakethingsforgranted.Thingschangeintheblindofaneye.Peoplegotoworkanddon'tcomeback.Onemomentthey'relivingandthenextminutethey'renot.And,itdoesn'tmatterwhoyouare,thereisnothingyoucandoaboutit.Weneverknowwhenourtimeherewillbeover,soweallneedtomakethemostofeveryminutewehave.
Youtrytolearnfromwhathappened.Youcan'tbeusedupbyit.Youcan'tlivebyit.Allyoucandoisjustlive.
注:crash撞击reaction反应witness目击tragedy悲剧tolerant宽容的precious珍贵的take…forgranted认为……是当然的
1.Theword“positive”inthepassageprobablymeans________.
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A.terribleB.6adC.goodD.real2.WhatdidthewriterseeafterheturnedontheTVthatmorning?
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A.Afirestarting.B.Aplaneflying.C.Aterribleaccident.D.Anactofterrorism.3.FromSeptember11,thewriterhasrealizedthat________.
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A.peopleshouldmakethemostofeveryminutetheyhave
B.hehasbecomelesstoleranttow