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It was 4 o'clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1 in with severe(extremely bad or serious)burns on his face, neck and arms.We have called for a(n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.” Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .
The doctor described the 4 , which caused the burns.Our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers in the courtyard(庭院)of their apartment.When they 5 the charcoal(木炭), it burst into flames because they has sprayed too much gasoline(petrol).The flames 6 my son's shirt tail and shot from his waist to well over his head.
7 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and 8 him on the grass.While it saved his life, it was not in 9 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars.
After he 10 from the treatments, the doctors told him they would not do plastic surgery(整容)for 6 months, 11 it takes that long for the skin to stop shrinking(收縮)and wrinkling(起皺).So, he had to return to college with scars typical of severe burns.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 12 scar on her arm, “Nancy, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it.It does not mean they will not 13 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it does not matter to you.”
I 14 this wisdom on to my son.He took my advice to his 15 and returned to school with his head held high ——glad he was alive.
By the end of six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not 16 , so he made the 17 to give up any plastic surgery.
We all have “scars” that 18 people to keep away from us.And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 19 standards.Put your imperfections(缺陷)out of your mind and concentrate on what you value 20 yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
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