Romain Rolland once said, "There is only one kind of heroism (英雄主义) in the world, and that is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life." Cai Lei, a patient with ALS (渐冻症), perfectly 1 this sentence.
Cai Lei was once the vice president of Jingdong Group, 2 a good job, and a happy family.
But who would have thought that at the 3 of 41, he was diagnosed with ALS and could only watch his body "frozen" 4 he could not breathe.
The illness gave him a fatal (致命) wound, but he didn't 5 to bow to fate. He began to think about 6 he could do for people with ALS in the remaining days.
After much thought, Cai Lei 7 an idea: he wants to produce medicines that are 8 for the treatment of ALS.
When Cai Lei told others about this idea, everyone thought he was 9 . You know, medicine development takes at least 10 years. 10 , the period from diagnosis to death of patients with ALS is no more than 5 years. Allowing patients at the moment to use medicines is 11 !
What's worse, many people in society still 12 him. Everyone's misunderstanding is like a 13 burning Cai Lei's heart.
Although he is heartbroken, he never defends (辩解) 14 . He devotes himself to the research and development of 15 . He believes: "Even if we can't use this medicine, we should let our future generations use it."