finger of his left hand mashed between two pieces of steel. He didn't lose enough of the finger where it would stop him

　　picking up anything, but it did impact his ability to play the mandolin.

　　After the accident,

　　Dad was reluctant (不愿意的)

　　to play the mandolin.

　　When I came home on leave and asked him

　　to play he would make excuses for why he couldn't play.

　　Eventually, we would wear_him_down and he would say, “Okay,

　　but remember, I can't hold down on the strings the way I used to.” For the family it didn't make any difference that Dad

　　couldn't play as well.

　　In 1993, my father was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he

　　would play the mandolin for us.

　　He made excuses but said “okay”.

　　He knew it would probably be the last time he could

　　play for us.

　　Dad was doing something he had done all his life, giving. Sick as he was, he was still pleasing others.

　　Dad

　　sure could play that Mandolin!

　　作者通过回忆父亲和他的曼陀林的故事表达了对一生只想着奉献和如何让亲人快乐的父亲的思念。

　　1．What can we learn from the passage about the father?

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