27. 埃迪因为吃的太多变得更胖了。

Eddie is ___________ because of _____________.

At a day care centre in Texas, Jessica McClure was playing outside. Jessica’s mother, _______ worked at the day care centre, was watching her. Suddenly Jessica _______ and disappeared. Jessica’s mother cried and ran to her.

The well (井) in the yard was only eight inches across, and a rock always _______ it. But children had moved the rock. _______ Jessica fell, she fell right into the well.

Jessica’s mother ran to a phone and called 911 for _______. Men from the fire department arrived. They _______ that Jessica was about 20 feet down in the well. Then they told Jessica’s parents their _______. “We can’t go down into the well.” They said, “It’s too small. So, we’re going to dig a hole _______ the well. We’ll dig down about 20 feet. Then we’ll dig a tunnel (通道) across to Jessica. When we reach her, we’ll bring her through the tunnel. Then we’ll bring her up through our _______.”

The men began to dig the hole on a Wednesday morning. Two days later, on Friday morning, they were ________ digging. And Jessica McClure was still in the well.

All over the world people waited for news of Jessica. They read about her in newspapers and watched her rescue (营救) on TV. Everyone ________ the little girl in the well. 

At 8:00 p.m. on Friday, the men ________ reached Jessica and brought her up from the well. Then doctors rushed her to the hospital. Jessica was badly hurt but she was still ________. A doctor at the hospital said, “Jessica is lucky she is very ________. She’s not going to remember this very well.”

Maybe Jessica will not remember her days in the well. But her parents, her rescuers, and many other people around the world will not forget ________.

After Jessica’s rescue, one of the rescuers made a metal cover for the well. On the cover he wrote, “To Jessica, with love from all of us.”