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1、Unit1AGoodHearttoLeanon1WhenIwasgrowingup,Iwasembarrassedtobeseenwithmyfather.Hewasseverelycrippledandveryshort,andwhenwewouldwalktogether,hishandonmyarmforbalance,peoplewouldstare.Iwouldinwardlysquirmattheunwantedattention.Ifheevernoticedorwasbothered,heneverleton.2Itwasdifficulttocoordinateourst
2、eps——hishalting,mineimpatient——andbecauseofthat,wedidn'tsaymuchaswewentalong.Butaswestartedout,healwayssaid,"Yousetthepace.Iwilltrytoadjusttoyou."3Ourusualwalkwastoorfromthesubway,whichwashowhegottowork.Hewenttoworksick,anddespitenastyweather.Healmostnevermissedaday,andwouldmakeittotheofficeevenif
3、otherscouldnot.Amatterofpride.4Whensnoworicewasontheground,itwasimpossibleforhimtowalk,evenwithhelp.AtsuchtimesmysistersorIwouldpullhimthroughthestreetsofBrooklyn,NY,onachild'ssleightothesubwayentrance.Oncethere,hewouldclingtothehandrailuntilhereachedthelowerstepsthatthewarmertunnelairkeptice-free
4、.InManhattanthesubwaystationwasthebasementofhisofficebuilding,andhewouldnothavetogooutsideagainuntilwemethiminBrooklyn'onhiswayhome.5WhenIthinkofitnow,Imarvelathowmuchcourageitmusthavetakenforagrownmantosubjecthimselftosuchindignityandstress.Andathowhedidit——withoutbitternessorcomplaint.6Heneverta
5、lkedabouthimselfasanobjectofpity,nordidheshowanyenvyofthemorefortunateorable.Whathelookedforinotherswasa"goodheart",andifhefoundone,theownerwasgoodenoughforhim.7NowthatIamolder,Ibelievethatisaproperstandardbywhichtojudgepeople,eventhoughIstilldon'tknowpreciselywhata"goodheart"is.ButIknowthetimesId
6、on’thaveonemyself.8Unabletoengageinmanyactivities,myfatherstilltriedtoparticipateinsomeway.Whenalocalsandlotbaseballteamfounditself
7、withoutamanager,hekeptitgoing.HewasaknowledgeablebaseballfanandoftentookmetoEbbetsFieldtoseetheBrooklynDodgersplay.Helikedtogotodancesandparties,wherehecouldhaveagood
8、timejustsittingandwatching.9Ononememorableoccasionafightbrokeoutatabeachparty,witheveryonepunchingandshoving.Hewasn'tcontenttositandwatch,buthecouldn'tstandunaidedonthesoftsand.Infrustrationhebegantoshout,"I'llfi
