Christopher Reeve was born on 25 September, 1952 in New York. Reeve (star) in four Superman films from 1978 to 1987. He spent his spare time(visit) sick children in hospitals and doing many other good things, and soon gained a reputation. However, while he was riding a horse, he fell off the horse and broke his neck. His(injury) were so severe that he had no movement or feeling in his body at all. Duethe support of his wife, family and friends, he found the will to live again. In order to recover(quick), he engaged in a range of exercises designed(rebuild) muscle, and made (remark) progress. Shortly after, he managed to return to his film career. He also wrote a biography and returned to his charity work. (he) positive attitude inspired many people were stuck in illness. He will (remember) as a superhero forever.
My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts(烟头)for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it "No Butts About It".
At first, we drew pictures with "The Earth is not your ashtray(烟灰缸)" written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown—in parks, on beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don't think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does, and all rubbish does!
Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays and gave them to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn't have to drop butts.
At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it. Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other "No Butts About It" groups in America.
Now there are even groups in England, Australia, and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people. One day, it will be.
Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer, navigator (航海家), and mapmaker. He explored much of eastern Canada and became known as "The Father of New France".
Born into a family of sailors, Champlain, while still a young man, began exploring North America. In 1603, he sailed up the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence River. From 1604 to 1607 Champlain joined in the exploration and settlement of the first permanent(永久的) European settlement north of Florida. Then, in 1608, he established the French settlement that is now Quebec City. He also made the first accurate(精确的) map of the Canadian coast.
Champlain spent most of the rest of his life going between France and Canada. His goals were to map North America and find a quicker way to get to the Pacific Ocean.
In 1629 Quebec was controlled by the English and Champlain was taken to England as a prisoner. When Canada was returned to France in 1633 Champlain returned to Canada as the governor of Quebec and remained in Quebec until his death on Christmas Day in 1635.
Champlain was the first European to explore and describe the Great Lakes, and published maps of his journeys and reports of what he learned from the natives and the French living among the natives. Champlain was memorialized as "The Father of New France", and many places and streets in North America use his name. The most famous of these is Lake Champlain, which lies between northern New York and Vermont.
a. established the settlement in Canada
b. travelled up the St. Lawrence River
c. returned to Canada as the governor of Quebec
d. was taken to England
After Steve Jobs died, his friend Larry Ellison said something like this, "There will never be another Steve Jobs. " Larry wrote this list of Steve's life lessons to remind us all.
Love what you do.
Surely Steve became a billionaire when he brought Apple back. Apple was his calling—even after he got fired from the company. We all have bad jobs at one point in our lives. But the question is: am I in the right job? Have I found the right company? Life doesn't go on forever.
Don't do it all by yourself.
Steve learned a great leader can't do it all by himself. He needs people. They must be talented. They must be given the opportunity to succeed and fail. In short, you have to learn to be a great leader if you want to see your great ideas and hard work truly have an influence on the world.
Apple is always the best at creating a new product that meets the exact needs of users. It's empathy(同理心) that helps Apple achieve this. Whenever the user has the first touch with a new Apple product, he says, "Wow, it's just what I need. " Remember: you're the king in the business world if you know exactly what consumers desire.
Don't mess around with your health.
That's the most important lesson from Steve's life. It's great to learn from him now, but the fact is that he should still be here if he had treated his cancer properly. Instead, Steve chose a naturopathic(自然疗法的)solution that wasn't effective. When he finally decided to take his doctor's original advice, it was too late.
A. They must be inspired.
B. Be the best in your field.
C. Take your health seriously.
D. Get on your right path now.
E. Will this lead to a successful career?
F. Put yourself in the other person's shoes.
G. What are the key things that we can learn from him?
