When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931, he had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely. The class1 that day was to show how 2 a container (容器) of water would bring oxygen bubbles (氧气泡) to the surface. The container the teacher gave John to heat, 3 , was not like the containers students had used before, because the laboratory assistant put the wrong label (标签) on the bottle. And4 John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container exploded (爆炸), sending the hot water5 in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely 6 .
Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents went through a 7 time to find ways to deal with the accident that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not8 the accident as a disaster. He knew he had the rest of his life to live. He learned Braille (盲文) quickly and continued his9 at the Worcester College for the disabled. There, he not only10 as a top student but also became an excellent swimmer, actor, public speaker and musician.
Many people, faced with the11 John Wilson met with, would have12 about their experience. Perhaps they would have considered themselves to be disabled and don't have enough13 to do anything meaningful with their lives. Wilson, however, through his14 and life attitude, proved to us finally that it's not what happens to us that15 our lives — it's how we look upon what happens.
