I lost my sight when I was four years old in an accident. Now I am thirty-two.I can remember the brightness of sunshine and what red color is.
It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadn't been blind. I believe in life now.I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so deeply, otherwise.I don't mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes.I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.
Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningful his own private world becomes.The adjustment is never easy.I was afraid.But I was lucky.My parents and my teachers made me want to fight it out with blindness.
The hardest lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. That was basic.When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self-confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone.That is part of it.But I mean something bigger than that：an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person that somewhere in the sweeping, complicated pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
-accident [ˈæksɪdənt]n.事故；意外；偶然；造化
典型例句
The other day I came across an interesting accident.
几天前，我碰到一件有趣的意外事情。
最常用法
by accident 偶然地
联想记忆
accidental adj.意外的；偶然的
incident n.事变；事件；插曲
event n.大事；事
-basic [ˈbeɪsɪk]adj.基本的；基础的
典型例句
adj.基本的；基础的
联想记忆
base n.底部；基地 vt.以……作基础
fundamental adj.基本的；根本的；重要的
-fit [fɪt]adj.适宜的；合适的；健康的 v.适合；安装
典型例句
The room was a fit place for study.这个房间适宜读书。
最常用法
be fit for 适合于
keep sb fit 使人健康
联想记忆
unfit adj.不合适的；不健康的 vt.使不合格
suit v.适合；方便；满足
healthy adj.健康的
well adj.健康的
sound adj.健康的
4岁那年我在一次事故中双目失明。现在我已经32岁了。我还记得阳光是多么灿烂，红色是多么鲜艳。
有一天我突然想到，倘若我不是盲人，我或许不会变得像现在这样热爱生活。现在我相信生活，但我不能肯定如果自己是明眼人，会不会像现在这样深深地相信生活。这并不意味着我宁愿成为盲人，而只是意味着失去视力使我更加珍惜自己其他的能力。
我认为，生活要求人不断地自我调整以适应现实。人越能及时地进行调整，他的个人世界便越有意义。调整决非易事。我曾感到害怕，但我很幸运，父母和老师激励我誓与失明拼搏到底。
我必须学会的最艰难的一课就是相信自己，这是基本条件。相信自己并不仅仅指支持我独自走下陌生的楼梯的那种自信，那是一部分。我指的是大事：是坚信自己虽然有缺陷，却是一个真正的有进取心的人；坚信在芸芸众生错综复杂的格局当中，自有我可以安身立命的一席之地。