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Leave it to writer Buchwald to bring humor to hospice. Last February, the famed satirist was diagnosed with terminal kidney fail
Leave it to writer Buchwald to bring humor to hospice. Last February, the famed satirist was diagnosed with terminal kidney fail
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2013-06-10
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Leave it to writer Buchwald to bring humor to hospice. Last February, the famed satirist was diagnosed with terminal kidney failure, given three weeks to live, and transferred to a hospice for a quiet goodbye. Then the unexpected happened. His kidneys almost miraculously started working again. The poisons in his blood that were supposed to carry him out in peaceful slumber(死亡) washed out of his system, leaving instead a funny bone stunned and amused by the absurdity of the situation. It’s not every day that someone flunks hospice. Seasoned author that he is, Buchwald turned the irony into a book.
Only 10 months ago, he was a sad, 80-year-old man with a newly amputated(切除) leg and kidneys on the fritz(发生故障). Despite his family’s pleas, he entered a hospice facility, at ease with his Choice to die naturally.
Most people don’t know much about hospice, the place. It doesn’t cure; it cares, relieving physical pain and mental anguish. Most often, cancer or cardiovascular(心血管病) disease carries hospice patients to their end, usually in weeks. But some are put on hold like Buchwald. Buchwald left after five months. In one large study, 6 percent of hospice patients improved enough to be taken off the terminal list and sent home.
Buchwald was shocked when the big sleep didn’t come. Before Buchwald became the hospice’s superstar, he had been the poster boy for depression. But with the help of physicians and medication, he didn’t drown.
Laugh or cry. Facing natural death, he now offers a message many of his contemporaries need to hear. Older men, particularly those in their 80s, have the highest rate of suicide. Risk factors for them notably include health issues. In fact, suicide often comes soon after they’ve seen a doctor. On that point, Buchwald notes the medical dearth of smiles and laughter". Look at how often doctors and nurses walk into a patient’s room all serious", he says. His prescription? They" need to go to Disney World to be trained".
Laughter, of course, is the best medicine, and some studies even show humor is a biological stress reliever. As Buchwald sees it, many humorists use it as therapy to block out periods of hurt or anger.
You would not know there were hurts or anger judging by his hospice time. Friends and family smothered Buchwald with love. VIPs beat a path to the hospice door. And they all came bearing food, lots of cheesecake. He thrived. After he planned his funeral, he started up writing again and found he could write wonderfully.
Buchwald is now teaching all of us how to live—and to die. Yet he’s quick to add", I have had such a good time at the hospice. I am going to miss it".
选项
A、seasonal.
B、professional.
C、experienced.
D、sarcastic.
答案
C
解析
为语义理解题。文章第一句话就讲到Buchwald是作家,并且是讽刺作家,这就没有必要再进行强调,因此排除B和D。A项只是词形与seasoned相似,但是意思相差很多,并且从文章意思中也可以排除B。因此,本题选C。
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考研英语一
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