When I was 17,I read a quote that went something like:“If you live each day as if it were your last,someday you’11 most certainly be right.”It made a deep on me.and since then, for the past 33 years,I have in the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life, I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a ,I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death, only what is truly important
About a year ago I was with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs order,which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die.I with that diagnosis all day. ,at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is with surgery.I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there And yet death is the destination we all .No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because death is very likely the single best invention of .It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to for the new.Right now the new is you, but someday not too from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.
Your time is ,so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife.Don’t be by dogma(教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner .And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart
1.A. impression B. curse C. decision D. joke
2.A. seen B. looked C. found D. 1ost
3.A. would B. should C. might D. could
4.A. hurry B. 1ine C. moment D. row
5.A. successful B. rich C. dead D. frustrated
6.A. apologies B. fortune C. impressions D. choices
7.A. proving B. leaving C. confirming D. telling
8.A. diagnosed B. cured C. treated D. round
9.A. on B. for C. in D. at
10.A. met B. got C. did D. 1ived
11.A. However B. But C. Therefore D. So
12.A. incurable B. curable C. fatal D. changeable
13.A. Anyone B. Someone C. No one D. Everyone
14.A. want B. avoid C. share D. escape
15.A. destination B. 1ife C. science D. disease
16.A. make up B. make for C. make our D. make way
17.A. distant B. short C. long D. away
18.A. 1imited B. rare C. enough D. 1ost
19.A. wasted B. cheated C. excited D. trapped
20.A. voice B. love C. direction D. confusion
-- I’ll be away on a business trip. Would you mind looking after my cat?
-- Not at all. ___________________.
A. I’ve no time B. I’d rather not C. I’d like it D. I’d be happy to
She made a in our plan to play basketball when it started to rain.
A.turn B.switch C.point D.exchange
Now I come here at the of Mr.Smith to assist him finishing the work.
A.requirement B.remark C.demand D.request
We regret to inform you that there are no tickets for Friday’s performance.
A.available B.useful C.convenient D.affordable
Fortunately, someone who happened to be passing by called the fire department
________the fire broke out.
A.hurriedly B.quickly C.instantly D.shortly