开阔的心胸An Open Heartdoc.docx

1、开阔的心胸An Open Heartdoc开阔的心胸(An Open Heart) 开阔的心胸(an open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she began studying medical reports in the library and found

2、an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas. he had saved the life of someone with the same ailment. the article said dr. debakey fees were very high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?s

3、o aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her reasons for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed the le

4、tter, not really expecting an answer.a few days later, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you can come to houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. signedichael debake

5、y.that was seven years ago. since then, aunt edith has been around the world. her three children are happily married. for her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people i know-all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor of his profession, and how to open his own heart. 开阔的心胸(a

6、n open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart

7、 surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas. he had saved the life of someone with the same ailment. the article said dr. debakey fees were very high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?so aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her

8、reasons for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.a few days l

9、ater, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you can come to houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. signedichael debakey.that was seven years ago. since then, aunt edit

10、h has been around the world. her three children are happily married. for her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people i know-all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor of his profession, and how to open his own heart. 开阔的心胸(an open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, wo

11、rking as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas.

12、 he had saved the life of someone with the same ailment. the article said dr. debakey fees were very high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?so aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her reasons for wanting live: her three children, who

13、 would be on their own in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.a few days later, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to c

14、ome in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you can come to houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. signedichael debakey.that was seven years ago. since then, aunt edith has been around the world. her three children a

15、re happily married. for her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people i know-all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor of his profession, and how to open his own heart. 开阔的心胸(an open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered wha

16、t was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas. he had saved the life of someone with the same a

17、ilment. the article said dr. debakey fees were very high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?so aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her reasons for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more year

18、s, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.a few days later, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our

19、 beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you can come to houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. signedichael debakey.that was seven years ago. since then, aunt edith has been around the world. her three children are happily married. for her age, she is one of th

20、e youngest, most alive people i know-all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor of his profession, and how to open his own heart. 开阔的心胸(an open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ail

21、ment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas. he had saved the life of someone with the same ailment. the article said dr. debakey fees were ve

22、ry high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?so aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her reasons for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing

23、the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.a few days later, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you ca

24、n come to houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. signedichael debakey.that was seven years ago. since then, aunt edith has been around the world. her three children are happily married. for her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people i know-all because

25、of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor of his profession, and how to open his own heart. 开阔的心胸(an open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she b

26、egan studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas. he had saved the life of someone with the same ailment. the article said dr. debakey fees were very high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but

27、 could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?so aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her reasons for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only wa

28、rmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed the letter, not really expecting an answer.a few days later, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you can come to houston, there will be no charge for ei

29、ther the hospital or the operation. signedichael debakey.that was seven years ago. since then, aunt edith has been around the world. her three children are happily married. for her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people i know-all because of an open heart surgeon who knew how to honor of

30、 his profession, and how to open his own heart. 开阔的心胸(an open heart) my aunt edith was a widow of 50, working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart ailment.aunt edith doesn accept defeat easily. she began studying medical reports in the library and

31、found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart surgeon, dr. michael debakey, of houston, texas. he had saved the life of someone with the same ailment. the article said dr. debakey fees were very high; aunt edith couldn possibly pay them. but could he tell her of someone whose fee she could

32、 pay?so aunt edith wrote to him. she simply listed her reasons for wanting live: her three children, who would be on their own in three or four more years, her little-girl dream of traveling and seeing the world. there wasn a word of self-pity-only warmth and humor and the joy of living. she mailed

33、the letter, not really expecting an answer.a few days later, my doorbell rang. aunt edith didn wait to come in; she stood in the hall and read aloud: our beautiful letter moved me very deeply. if you can come to houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation. signedichael deb