My father is a practical man. He can’t explain calculus (微积分) , but he can tell you how much pressure boiler needs. He put himself through night school to become an engineer, but that was only after he worked as an electrician and a mechanic.
One day we walked by a toy store window. Sitting in the corner was the most unusual dollhouse (玩具屋) I’d ever seen. It was shaped like an upturned log.
“Oh, Daddy,” I said, “isn’t it beautiful? Do you think Santa Claus will bring it to me?”
Dad looked at the $100 price tag—an exorbitant (过高的) figure in those days. “I think even Santa couldn’t afford this house,” he joked, hiking up his belt as he often does when he’s nervous. “Maybe one day, sweetheart.”
On Christmas morning, I awoke early and raced downstairs. In the dim (昏暗的) light, I made out some wrapped boxes under the tree—but none large enough to contain my dollhouse. Dad could see my disappointment. He pulled me onto his lap and gently told me how, as a boy, he had wanted a red wagon, but his father couldn’t afford one. He said he made his own from wood and old wheels he found. “I’ll make one for you,” Dad promised me.
And right after Christmas, despite all the unfinished projects at home, he started it. I had thought it was an easy toy to make, but every step of the long process was more complex (复杂的) than I had expected. Night after night, Dad would come home from his job dead tired, yet he’d always find time to work on the log house. In the dim light, dad was always busy creating my dollhouse.
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I hesitated (犹豫) , wondering if I should help mу father.
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In all, it took one month of hard work by us.
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All through school, I had only one close friend. We spent years together, essentially joined at the hip. But then Greg moved away, and I never thought it would take more than 40 years to bring us together again.
As children, Greg and I dove into everything with passion. At that time, we were pure and kind, full of curiosity and expectation for life. We raced our bikes and illustrated our own comic books. We even became attracted to the same blonde girl from around the corner, a sixth-grader named Joanne who barely knew we existed.
The last time I saw Greg was sometime in 1966. It was so short a meeting that I couldn't recall saying goodbye before he moved. Since then, we lost touch.
But then, a few summers ago, I saw a familiar woman. "Excuse me. Would your name happen to be Joanne?”
“Uh, yes…” She didn't recognize me until I explained who I was. We hadn't exchanged more than a few dozen words in our entire lifetime. “Have you stayed in touch with Greg?” she asked. I was surprised she even knew of our friendship.
“No. I haven't,” I admitted. “I wish I had.”
Back at the cabin I checked my messages. I glanced at one email, and then read it from start to finish. The email was from Greg.
Greg had tracked me down through social media. He was now married, had two children and had become a musician and entrepreneur（企业家）. We exchanged several emails before connecting by phone. A month later, my wife and I drove to meet Greg and his family in person.
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Standing at his front door, I felt unsure of what to say or do.
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As he gazed at the photo, Greg handed me a small, old card.
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Once there was a little girl Lily who was very friendly and popular in her class. She was friends with everyone in her class. She felt very happy that she had so many friends at school.
On Friendship Day, her class had an event, in which everyone had to give gifts to their best friends. Lily was really looking forward to the Friendship Day because she wanted gifts from her friends. However, she was the only one who hadn’t received any gifts. She felt sad and cried a lot.
Everyone came and tried to comfort (安慰) her but each one only stayed for a short time. This was what Lily had done so many times to others.
When she got home, her mother saw her sad face and asked her why she was sad. “Where can I find true friends?” Lily asked. Her mother was surprised. Then she asked Lily what had happened in school. Her mother comforted her and said, “You cannot buy friends with a smile or a few good words. If you really want true friends, you will have to give them real time and love. For a true friend you must always get along with them, in good times and bad.”
Lily replied (回答), “But I want to be friends with everyone!”
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Her mother shook (摇动) her head.
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Lily decided to change her ways and thought how she could make true friends.
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It’s Sunday in Montreal, Canada. There were three kids talking and laughing happily as they took turns riding a scooter(滑板车)on the quiet street. 11-year-old Dale had just jumped off the scooter as his neighbors Zoe, age 7, claimed her turn, and Julie, 9, looked on. Ten minutes later, Zoe sat down on the scooter to catch her breath. That was when a bearded man with a head of messy hair appeared. Without saying a word, the man picked Zoe up off the scooter and calmly stepped away.
The guy held Zoe gently like a baby and just walked down the street. In fact, the calm way the man behaved led Dale to believe that he must be a relative of Zoe’s. But something wasn’t right. “I could see Zoe’s face,” Dale said. “She was afraid.”
As the man walked on, Zoe’s fear transformed into weeps, and then she cried for help. She began kicking and moving, trying to get free of the man’s control. “What are you doing?” Julie shouted But the man，undisturbed, just walked on until he reached an alley(小巷)and disappeared.
Dale was frightened, yet he never thought about the danger to himself. The only thing he wanted to do was to get Zoe back. But what was a 4-foot-tall kid going to do to stop a grown man? “I wanted to help but I couldn’t do it myself,” he thought to himself. “Tell Zoe’s parents, Julie!” He shouted as he started running towards the alley.
Zoe’s parents were relaxing on the sofa in their living room when their front door burst open.
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“A bad grown man just took Zoe away!” yelled Julie.
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At that very moment, Zoe’s parents arrived.
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Jenny is a pretty six-year-old girl. Born in a small town in Scotland, she is the apple of her parents’ eye. One day when Jenny and her mother were checking out at the supermarket, Jenny saw a plastic pearl necklace priced at $2.50. Obviously, Jenny liked it very much. She stared at it for a moment and looked up at her mother. When the mother and daughter’s eyes met, they both couldn’t help laughing knowingly.
Her mother bought the necklace for her on condition that she had to do some housework to pay it off. Jenny agreed. She worked very hard every day, and soon Jenny paid off the necklace. Jenny loved it so much that she wore it everywhere except when she was in the shower. Her mother had told her it would turn her neck green!
Jenny had a very loving daddy. He ran a cake shop in town. Business was slowing down, and the whole family only made ends meet. No matter what trouble she had, the strong man always smiled in front of his wife and children. Every evening, when Jenny went to bed, he would read Jenny her favorite story.
One night when the father finished reading an interesting story, he said, “Jenny, could you give me your necklace?”
“Oh! Daddy, not my necklace!” Jenny said. “But you can have Rosy, my favorite doll. Remember her? You gave her to me last year for my birthday. Okay?”
“Oh, no, darling, that’s okay.” Her father brushed her cheek with a kiss. “Goodnight, little one.” Jenny held her beloved necklace tightly for fear that it would be taken away.
A week later, her father once again asked Jenny for the necklace after her favorite story.
“Oh, Daddy, not my necklace! But you can have Ribbons, my toy horse. Do you remember her? She’s my favorite.”
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“Oh, no, darling, that’s okay,” her father said and kissed her again on the cheek.
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Inside the box was a real, beautiful pearl necklace.
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Ali and his younger sister, Zahra, lived with their parents in a poor neighborhood. Their mother was very sick and their father was struggling to find a job, and they had only a little money with which to buy food.
One day, Ali took Zahra's shoes to a shoe repairman to be fixed（修理）, but he lost them on the way home. He was afraid that his parents would be angry and disappointed, so he begged his sister to keep it secret. Zahra agreed and the two decided to share Ali's running shoes. Zahra's school hours were in the morning, so she would wear them first. After school, she would rush back and give them to Ali.
Ali heard about a long distance race that was held for the boys in the city. When he learned that the third prize was a new pair of shoes, he decided to take part. He ran home excitedly and promised his sister that he would win her the new shoes.
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The day of race arrived. Ali had a strong start, but halfway through the race he began to get tired and his legs began to ache.(痛)
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It was eight o'clock on a cold spring night. I was so tired. I had depended on a walking stick to go anywhere for seven weeks, recovering from surgery, and I couldn’t find a way to cheer myself up.
The phone rang for the sixth time in less than an hour. We knew who it was. My mother had been suffering from dementia and mental distress. There was little we could do to help her.
As her eldest daughter, I tried my best to help her. Though we visited every few days, she believed that her daughters had not visited in months. She thought that her friend Jimmy never wanted to see her again, even though he called her and visited weekly. She had no idea that she had repeated the things she was about to say a hundred times today and a hundred times the day before. She had no idea that I had undergone surgery, nor could she remember her own granddaughter’s name. She forgot most of her own past.
This time, I got angry with my mother. “Mom!” I shouted. “We care about you. We visited two days ago! Mom, you have to believe me, and if you don’t, I cannot talk to you anymore!”
Silence. Then she said, “I am only calling to say hello. Why are you shouting?”
“I’m shouting because you keep calling me a hundred times every single day! I’m shouting because you are asking me the same question a thousand times every time you call me! I’m shouting because I have repeated the answer ten thousand times! I’m shouting because I don’t know what to say!”
I sat on the sofa, realizing that my daughter was watching me. She heard me blame my mother, heard me lose my patience and say that someone I loved was a burden. I curled up on the sofa, upset.
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My five-year-old daughter asked to speak to her grandmother on the phone.
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I watched my daughter care about her weak grandmother with such deftness.
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1.简述该人物的主要经历和成就；
2.说明你敬佩的理由。
注意：1.词数：100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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I grew up in a big city. But as a child,I often spent my summer holidays in the countryside of Mississippi where my grandparents lived. And I can still clearly remember one of my great summer experiences there.
During the summer when I was five years old, my parents decided to pay a visit to my grandparents. So I would spend my holiday in my grandparents house again, and I was glad about it. On a cool Saturday morning, my parents and I set out. About one hour later, we left the big city crowded with buildings. people and noises and entered a world with farmlands. Seated in my dad's car, with fresh wind blowing across my face, I was happy and excited the whole way.
After a long time of driving, we finally arrived at the area where my grandparents’ house was. Their house lied in a quiet village. The scenery (风景) alongside the road was really great. When my father pulled up in front of my grandparents’ house, I rushed into their room to see them. After a warm conversation, I left and walked outside into the backyard of their house to enjoy myself.Oh!There was an orchard (果园).
I was drawn by a group of chicks there. They were walking around and chirping(哪唧地叫),happily searching for food on the ground. They were so lovely and lively. Suddenly, the thought of catching one and keeping it as a pet came to me. Wondering whether my grandparents would allow it, I entered the living room to ask them. “You can own one as long as you're able to catch it. But there's a big chance that you won't make it. If you need any help, tell us," said my grandpa with a big smile.“Trust me, Grandpa. I don't think it'll be difficult to catch one,” I replied in a confident voice. “Don't get any chick injured. Remember it,” my mother said.
Then I returned to the orchard happily, setting out for my project.
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I quietly approached (靠近) the chicks.
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I had no choice but to go back to the room,turning to my grandparents for help.
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When I was a kid, I came across a basic series of questions every time I was introduced to a person. Most were easy: “How old are you?” “What grade are you in?” “What do you want to be when you grow up?” But there was one question that troubled me: “What do your parents do?”
Dad was a computer programmer, so that one was easy enough. “My dad works on computers,” I would say. But mom’s job was hard to explain. She called herself a “nurse practitioner”. Mom explained it easier to make me understand. “You can say I teach nursing,” she said. “My mom teaches nurses,” I would repeat what she had said to me.
When that answer led to even more questions, my response became simpler, “My mom is nurse,” though I was finally left wondering what it was she actually did. It definitely demanded a lot of time and energy and was important to the injured. I got my first clue about what mom actually did when having a late-night trip with her to the hospital in Central Phoenix.
Mom was called in to make rounds unexpectedly that night. It was dark outside and almost time for me to go to bed, so I was shocked when she asked if I wanted to come along with her. I loved the way the light from the streetlamps passed through the car. Being amazed at the view from the front seat, I didn’t say much. Some soft music was played on the radio in the car, which made me feel relaxed. When we arrived at the hospital, mom guided me through the parking garage and led me to a small emergency waiting room. There was only a row of white chairs along each wall and a TV which weighed roughly three hundred pounds.
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My mom handed me a bag of chocolate and left the emergency room to make her rounds.
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On the drive home, I asked mom if she had seen a man whose arms were injured badly.
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