After suffering years with a failing liver, Brenda learned that she would need a liver transplant (肝脏移植) to survive. She was only 21 years old. She wanted to live. And by all accounts, with a healthy liver, she could survive with a healthy liver. So, the doctors placed her on a liver transplant list hoping a donor (器官捐献者) would eventually appear. Brenda waited for a full year before she received the call from her doctor that a match had been found. Thankful that a donor liver had been found, Brenda planned her transplant surgery with great excitement.
But before the procedure was performed, she received another call from her transplant surgeon at Baylor. He told Brenda about a 23-year-old woman named Susan needed a liver transplant immediately, without which she would die within 24 hours. And most importantly, the liver that was a donor match for Brenda was also a match for Susan.
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The choice was up to Brenda.
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Luckily, Brenda was informed four months later that another liver for her had been found.
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I love to travel around when I am in a new country. On one hand, I can admire different scenes; on the other hand, it is a terrific chance to experience different customs and culture.
I always remember something that happened to me when I was working in an Asian country. I had just arrived in the country for a one-year teaching position. I was curious about the place and took any chance to travel around . One day, I took the subway to visit some ancient palaces and temples in the downtown. The following account of what happened to me has taught me much about culture difference.
The subway was crowded. Since all the seats were taken, I stood. I was carrying a heavy bag on my back, which made it more difficult for me to hold balance on the over-crowded car. But I was used to travelling in any hard situation, therefore I didn’t pay much attention to it. I was absorbed in my own thought, thinking over what I was going to get through the visit. Suddenly, I felt someone pulling on my bag. I was a bit surprised and thought I probably was in someone’s way. So I moved over slightly to make more room. But in one quick motion(动作), I felt my bag was removed from my back, and in a flash it was gone. It came to me that I was robbed! I turned around to see who it was. I looked at the people standing behind me, but didn’t see my bag or any suspect. My heart sank and I began to get worried. I was new to the place and was unable to speak the language. I even did not know whom to turn to or what to do when a rob was happening to me.
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I quickly glanced around the car only to find directly across from me was an elderly lady, and sitting on her lap(大腿部) was my bag.
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Finally ,the subway arrived at the main downtown station.
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Miss Cathy was a young woman who lived in a small town in Los Angeles. She grew up there . When she was a little girl, she was happy with a large family loving her. But now, she was all alone. Her parents died in a car accident eight years ago. Her elder brother was killed in a robbery two years ago. Her younger brother left to work in a faraway city last year.
On a hot summer night, Miss Cathy was watching TV when the program suddenly stopped. The announcer said ,“Sorry to interrupt the program. Now we are requested to broadcast an important notice from the police station. At about nine this evening, a lady named Mrs. Nigel was robbed and killed. Anyone who can supply any clue is requested to report to the police. Thank you.” The terrible news made the girl shake with fear. She got up from the sofa and listened carefully, hearing nothing except the sound of wind outside the window. She couldn’t help looking around, but she didn’t notice that a man was already staying behind the door to the balcony. In the day, she left the door open to let in some air. Now she was so nervous that she even forgot to lock it up. The man hid himself in the darkness, standing motionlessly with a gun in his hand. He looked at the girl in the house through the glass door of the balcony, waiting a chance to break in at any time.
All of a sudden the man appeared before Miss Cathy, pointing the gun at her. The girl really didn’t know what to do. She just shook like a leaf in the wind, staring at the man in terror. The robber said to Miss Cathy, “Go to lock the door. Don’t ask for police, just put your jewellery on the table; then think over whether I shall be safe to stay up here for the night,” That made Miss Cathy even more terrified, but she tried to calm herself. She went to the door and locked it, thinking hard what to do next at the same time.
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Just then came the siren(警笛) of a police car.
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Almost at the same time the glass on the window was broken.
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Mr. White was in the teachers’ office during the break time. He was correcting homework of his class when he heard someone calling him. It was Roy, a naughty boy in his class.
Roy seemed worried and upset. “Mr. White, I have lost 50 dollars! But I don’t know where I lost them,” Roy told Mr. White. Mr. White stopped what he was doing and asked for the whole thing. Roy had begged for 50 dollars from her mother to buy a new pair of basketball shoes. But he lost them and was afraid to tell his mother.
“Could you please tell my mum that my money was lost?” Roy asked Mr. White. Mr. White felt a little strange, so he asked, “Why don’t you tell your mother yourself?” Roy answered that his mother would not believe him. And then Roy asked Mr. White again to phone his mother.
“Don’t you want to find the money back?” Mr. White was curious. “But I don’t know where to find them. I think I have searched everywhere in our school. Forget it, and there is no chance to find them back.” Roy was nervous.
Mr. White looked at Roy carefully, but Roy just kept his head down, avoiding eye contact with Mr. White. Mr. White sensed something. He noticed that today Roy seemed different from before. Loss of money wouldn’t make so big a difference to him. “No, I will surely help you find them back.” Mr. White told Roy confirmedly.
In the afternoon, Mr. White said seriously in front of all his students, “Today Roy lost 50 dollars. The money was for his new shoes.” Hearing this, all students looked at Roy immediately. Roy’s face turned red and it seemed that he wanted to say something but he did not and just buried his head deep.
Observing all these, Mr. White continued to say, “Let’s help Roy find the money back, OK? I’m sure there is strength in numbers!” All students said yes with one voice. The search went on for an hour but there was no good news.
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While other students were still looking for the money, Roy came to Mr. White.
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To Rory’s surprise, Mr. White didn’t scold him.
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When Papa was growing up at the turn of the century in a very small village in rural northern Italy, education was for the rich. Papa was the son of a poor farmer. He dropped out of school when he was in the fifth grade. He went to work in a factory. For Papa, the world became his school. He was interested in everything. He read all the books, magazines and newspapers he could lay his hands on. Papa's great respect for learning and his sense of wonder about the outside world were carried aeross the sea with him and later passed on to his family.
"There is so much to learn," he'd remind us. "Though we're born stupid, only the stupid remain that way."
To ensure that none of his children ever fell into the trap of self-satisfaction, he insisted that we learm at least one new thing each day. He felt that there could be no fact too insignificant, and that each bit of learning made us more of a person and insured us against boredom and stagnation (停滞不前).
So Papa made a rule. Dinner time was the perfect time for sharing new things we had learned that day. It would never have occurred to us to refuse Papa a request. So when my brother and sisters and I gathered in the bathroom to clean up for dinner, the unavoidable question was, "What did you learn today?" If the answer was nothing, we didn't dare sit at the table without first finding a fact in our much-used encyclopedia (百科全书). "The population of Nepal..." etc.
Now, thoroughly clean and armed with our fact for the day, we were ready for dinner. It was also a time to review the activities of the day. The events we stated, no matter how insignificant, were never taken lightly. Mama and Papa always listened carefully and were ready with some comments, often deep and right to the point. One dialogue ended, and immediately another began. Papa's attention would settle upon one of us.
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Para 1: "Felice," he would say to me,"tell me what you have learned today."
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Para 2: Papa was a successful educator and his technique has served me well all my life.
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No More, No Less
Many years ago, in the small Polish town of Pińczów, there lived a trader named Leib. He worked hard, but times were bad. He couldn’t afford to buy any presents for his family. Sometimes he couldn’t even buy food.
One day, Leib made an important decision to leave home for the big city of Kraków. Maybe he could earn more money there. In Kraków, Leib poured all of his energy into his work. After twelve months, he earned six hundred zlotys. But he missed his family so much that he decided to go home.
On his way home, Leib stopped in the town of Rozka. Fearing robbers, he decided to bury his money before going to the hotel to rest. Near a seemingly deserted house, he dug a hole and buried his money. But the house was not deserted. The old man owning it was watching through his window. When Leib left, he dug up the money.
Next morning, when Leib found his money gone, he cried bitterly. Looking around, he noticed the nearby house. “Whoever lives in that house must have seen me bury the money,” Leib thought. “But if I accuse him of stealing it, he will call me a liar.” Thinking for a while, Leib knocked on the door. He said to the old man, “I’m a stranger here and need advice. I heard you’re the wisest man here. Will you help me?” The old man was overjoyed, saying “Tell me what I can do for you”.
“Fearing robbers, I buried my money — six hundred zlotys — in a secret place last night,” Leib said. “Now I have received one thousand zlotys. Should I bury it in the same place or in another for the greatest safety?”
The old man smiled, “Since you are a stranger here, I advise you have all your money in the same place.” “Thank you for your advice,” said Leib. “I will do as you suggest.”
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As soon as Leib was out of sight, the old man took out the money he had stolen.
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When darkness fell, Leib went to the hiding place and found all his stolen money.
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Gen and her 5-year-old daughter found a fox cub (幼崽) trapped between her and her neighbour’s fence. The poor cub looked as though it had fallen down between the fence. It was stuck on its back with its limbs in the air.
Gen put gloves on and carefully freed the cub from the fence, but it was clear that it was shocked and injured. When she put it down, it couldn’t even move. She contacted their local wildlife rescue charity soon, but they said they couldn’t help because they didn’t have enough staff members. “We shouldn’t leave it there to die,” Gen said to her daughter. So they took it back and tried their best to look after it.
They fed the fox cub and kept it warm and clean. The fox cub slowly began to regain its strength and was able to walk, only a few feet at first, though. Once the fox cub had recovered, Gen felt clear that it wanted to look for its family, so they put it in a box outside in the garden for periods of time with some food and water, hoping its family might come to look for it.
At first, there was no sign of the mother fox. But then one night, something had visited Gen and her husband David’s garden. The next morning, the family were shocked to see the garden had been torn apart. They thought the mother fox must have had come looking for her cub.
“The mother fox was angry,” said David. “Trying to think about what she must have been going through to destroy so much of our stuff,” said Gen. They thought they had to create a good chance to get them back together. Then a genius idea came to them.
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David attached a washing basket to a long piece of rope and placed the fox cub underneath it.
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After observing the garden for just 15 minutes, the mother fox appeared.
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内容包括： 1.活动过程；2.个人感受
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A Cycling Tour
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Jenny is a fifth - grader. She is one of the most popular girls in her class because she is among the brightest in her class . She can do the most cartwheels (侧手翻) in a row , but most of all , she has the talent to dance well .
Last year, she entered the school’s dance competition and won first place. Since that day, she has been the class attraction. This year, the school is holding another dance competition, but there has been a change. The competition has to be done in pairs.
Jenny’s class was expecting her to win again this year. But Jenny was unsure. She wanted to enter the competition, but she had never danced with a partner before. She decided to ask some of the boys in her class to enter with her. They all said no because they did not know how to dance .
She finally decided to turn to one of her closest friends, Carl. Carl was unwilling to join at first because he also didn’t know how to dance. But Jenny insisted and he finally agreed. However, she was still worried because she knew it was going to be more of a challenge because Carl was not a good dancer. The competition was in two months , and only time could tell whether they would win or not.
Jenny and Carl spent the first two weeks memorizing the steps of their dance with the help of their teacher. Carl was pretty clumsy at first . Jenny had to devote some time to helping Carl improve his skill. Fortunately, he finally got the hang of it. They spent the rest of the time perfecting their moves. The day of the competition was near. Jenny and Carl were beginning to get nervous.
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The day of the competition arrived.
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They were off to a great start.
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