進入查看：2021-2022學年學英語報九年級第13期答案及試題
I was 11 years old standing outside in just my underwear while I watched the house that I grew up burning to the ground.
A few minutes earlier I was in bed when my grandma’s scream woke me up. A fire had broken out her room and woke her. Hearing her, my older brother jumped into action, running from room to room quickly waking everyone in the house. The house, however, was over 50 years old and made of wood. Before we could do anything, the fire burned it out. Luckily, we all ran outside before the firetook hold of every room.
I stood there shivering (發抖). I watched helplessly while my mom cried and my dad sighed (嘆氣). I wondered what was going to happen to us now that we lost all of our things.
The things that matter aren’t things. I saw my older brother running across the bridge near our house to get help. I saw my oldest brother who was on his walking stick standing unsteadily on one leg. I saw my grandma and dad wrapped in each other’s arms and my mom holding our little dog. I realized at that moment that we were all alive. Everything that was meaningful survived the fire. Our lives would continue. We would all be around to love each other for many years to come. And that was all that mattered.
I still think of that fire in the night. It helped me to become who I am today. It showed me for the very first time what is truly meaningful in this life. It helped me to learn that the love we share is far more important than the things we own.
Live your life for the things that matter, not for the things you own. Love others. Let the fire inside of you make this world a warmer place.