BÀI LUẬN TIẾNG ANH HAY confined to the house
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BÀI LUẬN TIẾNG ANH HAY
Confined to the house
It all began with a blister on my lower eyelid. I happened to rub it accidentally and it was
painful.
Soon after blisters appeared on my hands and neck. I suspected that I must be coming down with
something. My mother examined me and immediately pronounced "chicken-pox". I had come
down with chicken-pox.
She took me to the doctor's to make sure. The doctor said that what I needed was rest. He gave
me a two- week medical certificate and some pills to keep down the fever.
Two weeks! I had to stay in the house for two weeks.
Very quickly more blisters appeared all over my body. I even had some in the throat, which
made swallowing difficult. To make matters worse, I began to getbouts of fever. At times when
the fever was raging, I seemed to drift into a kind of limbo. Things became hazy and I was not
sure whether I was dreaming or awake.
I had a look in the mirror and saw that my face was grotesque. Red blisters covered the whole
face. I wondered if I would be scarred permanently.
So I stayed in the house and did nothing. It was not too unpleasant except for the fever and the
extra care I had to take not to break the blisters accidentally. Nobody came to visit me. I was
forbidden to visit others. It was customary to remain out of sight when one had chicken- pox. I
had no choice but to comply.
The days passed. Slowly the blisters dried into dark scabs which flaked off after a while, leaving
behind little red scars. The flakes fell on the floor, on the bed and among my clothes.
For two weeks I remained confined to the house. At the end of the period, my appearance had
improved enough for me to go back to school. The little scars remained there for a few more
months but I was glad my enforced stay in the house was over.
blister
a painful red swelling on the skin that contains liquid
bout
a brief period of illness
limbo
an uncertain situation that you cannot control and in which there
is no advancement or improvement
