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In 1995, Oseola McCarty gave $150, 000 to the University of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help poor students. It was a very g 1 thing to do. But her friends and neighbors were surprised. McCarty was a good woman. She went to church. She was always friendly and helpful. But everyone in her town knew that McCarty was not rich. In fact, she was poor.
How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so much money? Oseola McCarty was born in 1908 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. She had to leave school when she was eight years old to help her family. She took a job washing clothes. She e 2 only a few dollars a day. Oseola washed the clothes by hand. Then she hung the clothes to d 3 . She did this for nearly 80 years. In the 1960s, she bought an automatic washer and dryer. But she gave them away. She thought they did not get the clothes clean enough! At that time, many people started to buy their own washers and dryers. McCarty did not have much work, so she started to iron clothes instead.
McCarty never married or had children. Her life was very simple. She went to work and to church. She read her Bible (《圣经》). She had a black-and-white television. But she did not watch it very much. It had only one channel.
McCarty s 4 money all her life and eventually had about $250, 000. When she was 86, a lawyer helped her make a will. She l 5 money to the church, her relatives and the university. McCarty just wanted to help others. She thought she was not a special person. But then people found out about her gift to the university. She r 6 many honors ( 荣 誉 ). She even flew on an airplane for the first time!
Oseola McCarty died in 1999. She was a shy and ordinary woman who became f 7 . keys: 1. great 2. earned 3. dry 4. saved 5. left 6. rewarded 7. famous
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I will always remember my mother’s last few days in this world. On February 14, 2000, my class went on a field trip to the beach. I had so much fun. When we r 1 to school, my teacher told me to go to the headmaster’s office. When I got into the office, I saw a police officer. Suddenly I realized something was w 2 . The police officer told me what had happened and we went to pick up my sister. After that, we went to the hospital and waited. Time went slowly. Finally, we got to see our mother. It was terrible.
On the next day, the headmaster came and told my two teachers what had h 3 . I was taking a rest that day. I knew it had something to do with my mother. I kept thinking that she either died or had gotten better. How I w 4 that she had gotten better! When my teacher took me outside, my sister ran up to me.
She started c 5 , “She’s gone. Teresa, Mommy’s gone. She’s dead.” I couldn’t believe it. We jumped into the car and drove straight to the hospital. Most of my family were there. The
silence was terrible. I knew I had to say goodbye.
Today when I look back, I still m 6 my mother very much, but I know that I will live. My mother was a strong woman, who had the biggest heart. My mother was an angel walking on the Earth. I will always r 7 her as living.
When someone is asked who their hero is, they usually say someone famous, like Michael Jordan or Britney Spears. When someone asks me who my hero is, I tell them, “It’s my mother.” My mother lives every day. That is what makes her a true hero.
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Moshe Kai Cavalin is a half Chinese American boy. As one of the youngest students to graduate from a two-year college at the age of 11, Moshe Kai Cavalin has every reason to be proud of h 92 .
But Cavalin said, “I feel proud, but not too proud, because it is the enemy of learning.”
Cavalin graduated from the East Los Angeles Community College. What surprised m 93 is not only his young age, but his excellent performance: he is one of the three graduates from the college who had a high score.
When he first went to the college at the age of 8, professors treated him like a child. But later, he became one of the c 94 and got along pretty well with the other students who were 18 years and older.
The 11-year-old college graduate is going to write a book about his secrets on how he graduated from college at 11 w 95 going to primary school and high school.
“I want to be a scientist like Albert Einstein,” said Cavalin.
Cavalin’s mother Sandy Chien comes from Taiwan, and his father is from Brazil. Chien said her son s 96 his talent ( 天 赋 ) at the age of two. He learned very fast and liked to watch TV and read children’s books.
“I tried to send my son to the elementary school, but I found that he learned too fast and very often he had n 97 to do during the lessons. So I decided to teach him at home.” said Chien.
Like many Chinese parents, Chien sent her son to a private school to learn the piano at 4, and later sent him to learn Chinese Kung Fu. At age 7, Cavalin had c 98 high school at home.
Being born in America, English is his mother language. He can also speak French. He likes to play games with friends of the same age. However, he has a good relationship with the students who are 10 years older than him at college.
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Many years ago milk was sold on the streets out of milk cans. The milk seller was often a f . He kept the cows. Each of the women ran out of her house with a pan. The man took out the milk with a smaller can and p it into the pans. One day a doctor watched a farmer selling his milk. The farmer put his large milk can on the ground. People stood around the can with their pans to buy the milk. They were waiting to buy the milk.
The big can stood o . A little girl holding a dirty doll ran up to the can. She wanted to see what was in the can. She looked in. Suddenly she c , "My doll! I dropped it into the milk!"
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I was in New York and rode with a friend in a taxi. When we got out, my friend said to the driver, “Thank you. You did a good job of driving.”
The driver was surprised for a second.
“I admire the way you keep cool in h 92 traffic,” my friend said. “Thank you,” the driver said and drove off.
“What was that all about?” I asked.
“I am trying to bring l 93 back to New York,” he said. “I believe it can save the city.” “How can one man save New York?”
“It’s not one man. S 94 the driver has 20 passengers. He’s going to be nice to those 20 people because someone was nice to him. Those people in turn will be kinder to their employees (雇员), or shopkeepers, or waiters, or their own families. At last the goodwill could s 95 to at least 1,000 people. If I can make three people happy, then finally I can change the attitudes (态度) of 3,000 people.”
“It sounds good,” I said, “but I’m not sure whether it would work in practice.”
“Nothing is lost if it doesn’t. It didn’t take a 96 of my time or money to tell that man he was doing a good job. I have made a study of this. The thing that seems to be lacking (缺乏) for the postal employees is that no one tells the people who work for the post office what a good job they’re doing,” he said.
“B 97 they’re not doing a good job,” I said.
“They’re not doing a good job because they feel nobody cares whether they do a good job or not. Why not say a kind word to them? When those people hear my words, they will feel better. The city will benefit from their h 98 . If more people join me, the city will become a better place,” he said.
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Master Architect Dies at 102
华裔建筑大师贝聿铭去世,为世界留下多座经典地标性建筑。
IEOH MING PEI, the world-famous Chinese-American architect, passed away on May 16 at the age of 102, in New York City. His works are seen all over the world, i 1 the Louvre Pyramid (卢浮宫金字塔), the National Gallery of Art and the Suzhou Museum.
Pei was born in Guangzhou in 1917. He s 2 his childhood mostly in Hong Kong
and Shanghai. Pei moved to the United States to study architecture in 1935. Shortly after receiving a master’s degree (硕士学位), he worked for a New York developer (房地产开发商) for seven
years. In 1955, Pei started his o 3 company.
One of his most famous works is the glass pyramid outside the Louvre. Compared to the traditional French style of the Louvre, the architecture of glass and steel seemed too modern for some. However, with the support of the then (当时的) French President Fran ois Mitterrand, Pei completed the pyramid. And it has now become a l 4 of Paris. As Pei said, the most important thing in architecture is that it “stands the test of time.”
The architect was once asked why his works were so successful. “Maybe because I’m more patient,” Pei said, “because I’m Chinese.”
The Suzhou Museum is one of the most famous buildings Pei designed in China. His ancestors (祖先) were a rich clan (宗族) in the ancient city of Suzhou. The ink-painting style of the Suzhou gardens clearly inspired the architect to the designing of the Suzhou Museum. Pei put great e 5 into the museum, and called it “my little girl.”
During his life, Pei r 6 at least half of all the American awards for architecture. His
works have stood the test of time. They will c 7 after the creator is gone.
to exist, to be loved and admired, even
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