As a child, I made the most important decision of my life: My problems with my body would never stop me from (实现) my dreams, and nothing would stop me from being truly happy with my life.
When I was a child, I was seriously ill. It (几乎) killed me. Luckily, I came back to life after the (第四) operation. However, my doctor told my parents that maybe I couldn't walk again and had to stay at home all my life. I felt (无望的). Thanks to my parents, I was first placed in a (特别的) school, together with children that suffered from different diseases. I (学习) hard and later entered a school with healthy kids because my parents wished me to (享受) my life like any other kid of my age.
It wasn't easy, but I (尝试) again and again and finally succeeded. I showed to the whole world that there was nothing that I couldn't get.
Today, I own three big (工厂). I have a lot of true friends. I travel around the world with my friends when I'm free. I'm glad to teach people how to make their dreams come true. In my life I (相信) where there is a will, there is a way.
In 1972, I returned to Miami Beach High School to give a speech to a dance class. the speech I asked the dance teacher if any of my English teachers was still there. He told me that Irene Roberts was in the class just down the hall.
I was no one special in Miss Roberts' class-just another sport fan who didn't do very well in English. Yet I can't forget her respect for ideas and for her students. I realize now, many years later, she is one of the best (teacher) I have ever had. I told the dance teacher that I'd like to say something to her, but I was afraid (trouble) her right now. The dance teacher told me that Miss Roberts would be (please) to see me.
The dance teacher brought Miss Roberts into the hallway where stood this 32 year -old man she last saw at age of 18."I am Mark Med off," I told her." You were my 12th grade English teacher in 1958. "She looked at me (careful) for some time didn't seem to remember who I was. At that moment I got so many things to say to her, but what I (final) said was:" Miss Roberts, I want you to know you were so important to me." (hear) this, Miss Roberts began to weep and held me in her arms.
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Do you want to know how you can succeed in a new school term? Here are several tips for you from some teachers.
Use a calendar or chart. Write down special tasks, activities and important dates on a calendar. This helps you remember things you need to do. You can also make a chart. Then, use colorful pens （1） a line under your homework, reading tasks or other activities. By using a chart, you learn how to plan for your studies.
Buy folders（文件夹）in different （2） .Put your notebooks in different folders according to the subject. This helps you keep papers and notes organized.
Books are great friends. Visit the bookstore or library every few weeks to find a new book to read. The more you get excited about reading, the more confident you will become.
Join all kinds of clubs or sports. It's important（3） with teenagers outside of school. Joining sports clubs or other group activities is also a good way to help you learn how to get on（4） others. During this process (过程) , you can learn how to solve problems and respect others.
Ask for help. You're never too old（5） for help. You can turn to your teachers when there is a question about homework, projects or relationships with your family members. They are there to help solve problems and listen to you.
I remember the green coat in my fifth and sixth grades.
When I needed a new jacket, my mother asked what kind I wanted. I described something like what bikers wear. She listened carefully. I thought she understood for sure the kind I wanted.
The next day when I got home from school, I discovered, on my bed, a jacket which was not what I had expected. I went close to the jacket slowly, as if it were a stranger.
From the kitchen Mother shouted that my jacket was in the closet. I rushed and pulled at the clothes in the closet, hoping the jacket on the bed wasn't for me but my brother. No luck. I wanted to cry because it was so ugly and so big. But I knew I'd have to wear it for a long time before I'd have a new one. I looked at the jacket, like an enemy, thinking bad things before I took off my old and small jacket.
I put the big jacket on. I stood in front of the mirror(镜子)，turning right and left. I looked ugly.
I threw it on my brother's bed and looked at it for a long time before I put it on and went out, smiling a "thank you" to my mom.
The next day I wore it to school. At the morning break, my best friend, Steve, looked at me for a long time. The girls turned away to whisper. The teachers talked about how foolish I looked in my new jacket. When it was time for the whole school to get together on the playground, _______. Although they didn't say out aloud, "Man, that's ugly," I heard their talk and even laughter.
And so I went, in my jacket. So embarrassed，so hurt, I couldn't even do my lessons the rest of the day. I received Cs on tests.
I wore that thing for three years. All in those years no love came to me.
I blamed(指责) that jacket for those bad years. I blamed my mother for her bad taste and her cheap ways. It was a sad time for the heart. Anyway, I spent my sixth-grade year, looking forward to something good to happen to me.
And it was about that time I began to grow, still in that green jacket, which had become my brother who went along wherever I went.
A: How time flies! This weekend we'll graduate from the school.
B: Yeah. We've had three fantastic years here.
A: Yes. I remember hurting my right knee while playing soccer in Grade 7.
B: I remember that!
A: Yes.I'll miss her most after junior high school.
B: Me, too. She always encouraged and supported me so that I could do better in English.
A: She is really a good teacher.
B:Mr. Wang was kind to me and has helped me a lot.
A: Yes. And you have changed greatly.
B: We should be thankful to the teachers.
A: You're right.
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A. Miss Lee took you to the hospital. B. Who impresses you deepliest in all of our teachers? C. What do you remember? D. Do you have any special memories? E. Other teachers are also great. F. It was a little difficult for me to deal with my subjects in Grade 7. G. She is a caring teacher and patient friend. |
