摘要
妈妈的视力在逐渐恶化，但是我不知道情况已经有多严重，直到我看见她在挨着我们房子、租来的一室一厅公寓里弯下腰去捡掉在地上的东西。她伸手捻抓，然后用疑惑的表情打量着自己那空空如也的拇指和食指。然后，她再试图去捏起客厅地毯上闪闪发光的物体。什么也没有。她皱着眉头望向我。透过厚厚的眼镜片，她那蓝绿色的眼睛满是担忧。“妈妈，那只是一点光斑。”我说道。她摇摇头，若有所思地承认有些事情不对劲。对这一点我应该心存感激。她的态度一直是积极的，甚至是坚定的。她泰然自若地应对着慢慢变老的挑战。
Mom＇s eyesight was 1）deteriorating, but .I didn＇t know just how bad it had gotten until I saw her stooped in the one-bedroom 2）in- law apartment attached to our house, reaching to pick up something off the floor. She grabbed at it, then studied her empty thumb and forefinger with a puzzled expression. Again she tried to pinch the glimmering spot on her living-room rug. Nothing. Frowning, she turned to me. Behind the thick lens of her glasses her blue-green eyes 3）clouded with concem. ＂Morn,＂ I said, ＂it＇s just a patch of sunlight.＂ She shook her head, 4）wary tO admit something was wrong. That much I could be grateful for. Her attitude was always positive, even determined. She 5）took the challenges of getting old in stride.
