Among the gifts of life, what is the most worthy of the mother of that American young man to be proud of?

That year, when I got my driver’s license in the United States, I was also issued a light red card, which read:

According to the unified human body donation regulations, when I die When , I made the following choices:

A Donate any of my organs and parts

B Donate my pacemaker (the implantation date is a certain day of a certain year and a certain month)

C donates the following parts and organs——

D does not donate any of my organ parts and pacemaker

The following are autographs and dates... …

It’s so new! If my mother saw it, she would be shocked. Americans are simply crazy! Although she doesn’t believe in “reincarnation in the next life”, she talked about death as soon as she got her driver’s license. , she would think it was "unrevitalizing", and she would think it was too cruel to donate organs and leave the body in pieces. However, I made a choice on item A, which means that if I die in an accident, I am willing to donate any of my organs and parts. (I signed my name, stuck the card on the back of the driver's license, and stuck the small red dot with the word "Donor" on the front of the driver's license.) I looked at this driver's license and imagined what if something happened to me. The police and ambulance personnel rushed to the scene. When they opened their driver's license, they could see the three words "donor" in red dots, and they would immediately use my organs to save another dying life...

It is a gift of life, a blessing to give and to be given. Most people in the United States are willing to make this choice, and I very much support this approach. It's just that I didn't tell my mother about it at that time, because I was afraid that she would be worried all day long.

Not long ago, I read an article in a magazine: An American young man died in a car accident. According to his lifetime wish, doctors removed all available organs from his body. , two kidneys were transplanted to two local and European patients with renal failure, hearts, lungs and livers were transplanted to two dying patients respectively, and two eyeballs were transplanted to two blind patients with corneas. The gift of life donated by this young man gave four dying people a new life and two blind people regained their sight. When the reporter interviewed this young mother, she said, I am proud of her son's behavior. At the same time, she was also grateful to those who accepted her son's organs. They allowed part of her son to survive in their bodies, and her son's life was transformed into another kind. The form continues; seeing them is like seeing your own son!

I took the article to read to my 80-year-old mother. She listened for a long time and said nothing. Finally, she said slowly: "This mother is really amazing! But, I...I...still... It will take some time to slowly accept it."

I hugged her excitedly: "You are such a good mother to me!"

1. What does "shocked" mean? ? Why was the mother so frightened?

2. After reading the entire article, what do you think the "gift" in the title of the article refers to?

3. Think about what is the most proud reason for "that young man's mother" in the article?

4. Talk about the meaning of the sentence "This is a gift of life, giving and being given is a kind of happiness" in relation to the context.

5. Think about the function of the ellipsis in "This mother is really amazing! But, I...I...will take some time to slowly accept it"?

Reference answers:

1. Her face turned pale in surprise

; because she would think that she was "uninvited" if she talked about death as soon as she got her driver's license. Besides, she would think it was too cruel to donate organs and break the body into pieces

2. The life, bright future and hope of the beneficiary

3. Part of her son is in their body Survive, her son's life continues in another form; seeing them is like seeing his own son

And

his son has given so many people a chance to live. Hope

4. Life is a gift, and the happiness given is that life can continue in another form

The happiness given is that they have the hope of life

5. He thinks it is a great approach, and he needs time to accept it. The ellipsis indicates silence or thinking