My dad had to leave high school to support his mom and six brothers and sisters at the age of 16. He tells my brothers and me the stories of when he was our age.
One day, when he came home after school, he found a1on the door. It said that his family must move out of the house at once.
Smoking and drinking2all his dad's money, but my dad wasn't angry about it. Instead, when he remembered the happy times he had sat with his father enjoying football matches, he felt a little3. My dad's little sister would cry at birthday parties4she could never have one of her own at home. My brothers and I have had5every year, but we had my dad's first birthday party when he was forty.
He tell us to work hard and stay in school. We've heard it so much that sometimes we don't take it6But now I often think of his words: "There's7you can't do if you stay in school and work hard." I think my father's fate( 命运) would be changed8if he'd had just one person saying those words to him.
He works hard for 16 hours a day, so we can9a good home and do the things he never could. My dad has always told me this, but now it's my turn. I am so10of you, Dad.
