Hu Ming, a Guizhou University teacher, whose 85- year- old mother has Alzheimer' s disease （阿尔茨海默病）, has to take his mother to class with him. And he has done this for years.
Maybe you will say he can have some other people take care of his 1 . Indeed, he has sisters. But they 2 do it because his mother only recognizes him. And she 3 him wherever he goes. He also tried a nurse but failed. " My mother' s illness was 4 . She drank dishwater, and she mistook washing powder（洗衣粉） for salt or sugar. " explained 58-year-old Hu. " I couldn' t imagine she stayed at home without me and that always made me 5 , so I began to take her with me to class. " " With my mother sitting 6 in class, I was able to pay more attention to teaching, " Hu added. But still,there are many different voices. Then Hu told a 7 .
A son took his mother,old and 8 , to a restaurant for dinner. While eating, the mother dropped the food 9 , on her shirt and trousers,the table,the chair and the floor. Other people watched her in disgust（厌恶） while the son was 10 .
When the mother 11 eating, the son quietly took her to the washroom, cleaned the food on the clothes,smoothed her hair and fitted her glasses. When they came out, all the people were 12 them. Without saying anything or watching anybody, the son walked 13 to pay the bill and started walking peacefully out with his mother.
At that time, an old woman called out to the son and asked him, " Don't you think you left something behind you？ "
The son thought for a few seconds, " No, madam, I didn' t. " he replied.
The old woman said, " Yes, you did! You gave a lesson to every son and 14 to every mother. "
" To care for those who once 15 for us is our duty. I am a son, and what' s wrong with being the hope for my mother？ " Hu said.
