Week 3:Alzheimer's Brings Daughter, Dad Together

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/08/137681452/alzheimers-brings-daughter-dad-together


Betsy Brooks was brought up strictly by her father , Charles.  He was Marine.  They also had  share of arguments,  but everything changed after her father's disease.  Charles, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease when he was 78.  After that, their relationship deepened.  She got a chance from unfortunately matter, and that brought them pleasure.


I listened about 15 minutes.


I chose this story because it is happy story.  The stories that related to Alzheimer's disease are usually terrible.  It is very fearful for me to be changed my character, and that could happen to everyone.  That case showed us the one of the model of happiness about Alzheimer's disease.  I moved a lot, and it must encourage people who have patient in their relative.


Vocabulary:

diagnose(verb): to recognize a disease
                         "She was diagnosed as having cancer."

butt(verb phrase): to disagree about how something should be done
                           "They butted heads over the issue a number of times"

meticulous(adjective): very careful about doing something in an extremely accurate and exact way
                                  "He did meticulous work"