Roland was a carpenter in America.He and Sheila had three 21—two boys and baby Jessica.The baby had been in and out of the hospital for the last year because of infections and 22 problems.She was very weak and sick.The doctors were not 23 that she would live another year。
24 Jessica was expensive.The family was deep in 25.Things werebad.Roland saw no light at the 26 of this tunnel（隧道）.Then he saw an ad in the newspaper：“Security guards 27，$150，000 a year。”
He called the number.The line was busy，but he 28 calling and finally got through.He was worried that the jobs were all taken，29 they told him plenty of jobs were still available.They said they would give him two weeks of 30 in Texas.Then they would 31 him to Iraq for his assignment。
Roland told Sheila he had to take this job.He knew it was 32；he might get injured or killed，but the money was too good.33，the family would have full medical benefits，34 would enable the baby to get the care she needed.Roland said if he survived the firstyear，he would 35 work there for one more year。
Sheila was 36.Sheasked，“What if you get killed？What are we going to do without you？”
“You can’t 37 like that，honey，”he said.“You’ve got to think 38.Think about how well off we’ll be in two or three years after Ibring back all that 39.This is the best thing I could do for this family.”Sheila 40 him and sobbed（呜咽地说）.“I don’t want you to go.”
Roland flew to Houston five days later.w.w
 

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