【正文】
er and Jimmy were inseparable and did everything together. Problem Response Evaluation Part 1 Love Without Limitations Para. 1 My brother, Jimmy, did not get enough oxygen during a difficult delivery, leaving him with brain damage, and two years later I was born. Since then, my life revolved around my brother’s. Acpanying my growing up was always “go out and play and take your brother with you”. I couldn’t go anywhere without him, so I urged the neighborhood kids to e to my house for some outofcontrol kidcentered fun. How did Jimmy get his brain damaged? Para. 2 My mother taught Jimmy practical things like how to brush his teeth or put on a belt. My father, a saint, simply held the house together with his patience and understanding. I was in charge outside where I administered justice by tracking down the parents of the kids who picked on my brother, and telling on them. How did the author describe her father? Para. 3 My father and Jimmy were inseparable. They ate breakfast together and on weekdays drove off to the navy shipping center every morning where they both worked—Jimmy unloaded colorcoded boxes. At night after dinner, they would talk and play games late into the evening. They even whistled the same tunes. … so I eagerly asked the kids in the neighborhood to e to my house to do the kind of fun things that kids like freely. 1. … so I urged the neighborhood kids to e to my house for some outofcontrol kidcentered fun. Paraphrase A. Language points I was responsible for protecting my brother in the neighborhood, where I would find the parents of the kids who treated my brother unkindly and tell them what their children had been doing 2. I was in charge outside where I administered justice by tracking down the parents of the kids who picked on my brother, and telling on them. Paraphrase A. Language points Are the doctor able to track down the cause of the infection? 醫(yī)生能找到感染的原因嗎? 3. track down: find someone or something after a long search Example A. Language points Make a sentence with track down by yourself. 4. colorcoded: Word’s Structure A. Language points One way that pound adjectives are formed is n.+v. (past participle). Example Kidcentered ironadded heartbroken homemade The writer was determined to help Jimmy. The writer had to take care of Jimmy. Jimmy finally blossomed on his own. It was possible to have a home with room for Jimmy’s limitations and my ambitions. Problem Response Evaluation Part 2 Their father’s death made Jimmy a wreck and their mother’s death leaves the author alone to look after Jimmy. Para. 4 So when my father died of a heart attack in 1991, Jimmy was a wre