As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring(凝视)1 at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 2一beautiful and dangerous.
The huge mountain is called Matterhorn Mountain climbers had 3 the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared(敢)to try a winter climbing up the 4 side. But now one man was daring to try the 5 route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.
For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦急地). Now they were waiting to see his signal(信号). If he planned to 6 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was turning back.
A tiny green light 7 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people 8.
The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so9! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the 10light.
In the morning, Bonatti 11. He couldn't see the top, but he knew he was 12 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.
Bonatti had spent months 13 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?
He was finally at the top! News about his 14 was radioed to the world.
The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the “15” and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.
Many years ago, when I was working as a volunteer at a hospital, l got to know a little girl named Lisa. The poor little girl had a very serious disease and was dying. The doctor had done his best but no medicine really worked. The only chance to save her seemed to be a blood transfusion(输血) from her five-year-old brother. The little boy had the same disease before and had developed the antibodies(抗体) to fight the illness.
The doctor talked to the little boy about what they planned to do, and asked him if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate(迟疑) for a moment. He took a deep breath and said, "Yes, I'll do it if it can save Lisa."
As the transfusion was going on, the little boy lay quietly in bed next to his sister. He looked at her and smiled all the time. When everything was done and the colour returned to his sister's face, his smile disappeared(消失) and he looked a little afraid. He looked up at the doctor and asked, "Will I start to die now?"
He was too young to understand the doctor. He thought he would have to give all his blood to his sister, but he agreed.
Dear Readers,
Imagine an 11-year-old girl whose days are often spent washing clothes, looking after a baby, working hard in the field.
Imagine a little girl who knows there will not be enough food for dinner, who can't fill her stomach with water because it's polluted, and who has watched life slip away(消失) from her father, little brother and sister because the family is too poor to see a doctor.
Is it hard to believe? For Maria Pastora, these are the real life.
Maria would gladly walk miles to school, but her mother, now alone, needs her badly at home. If Maria grows up without any schooling, what will be her future?
But for just 52 pennies a day, you can sponsor a child like Maria. Through "Save the Children", you can help Maria's mother get the tools she needs to turn their poor food into a good dinner and the money she needs to buy clothes and school things for Maria.
To help Maria most, your money will be put together with that of other sponsors, so hard-working people can help themselves. Build a school, a hospital……bring in clean water. This is what "Save the Children" has been about since 1932.
For you, there are many rewards. Have the chance to write to or hear from your sponsored child. Receive photos or progress reports. Know you are reaching out to another person, not with a handout(施舍物), but a "hand up". That's how "Save the Children" works. But without you, it can't work. Please take a moment now to fill in and post the form to help a child like Maria and her village.
It can make such a difference in her life and yours.
Bill is only fifteen years old, but he's already very rich. Two years ago, Bill began a football website for young people. “I became interested in computers when I was 8 because my father's job is with computers. As a little boy, I also loved football and so I decided to make a website, especially for people of my age.”
Bill started the “Football OK!” website two years ago, and now more than 20,000 people visit it every day.
Bill is a schoolboy and a businessman as well. He usually gets up at six o'clock and looks at his emails. Then he goes to school at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. In the evening, he always works for about four hours on his website.
Bill's next plan is a new website, “At the moment I am thinking about a new website on American football, maybe for next year.”
Is Bill the same person that he was three years ago? “No, I am very different now. I have met a lot of interesting people on the website and I have traveled all over the world.” Bill doesn't know about the future. “Maybe I will sell the websites. I really don't know. I'll just wait and see.”
When he is 21, Bill will be a millionaire(百万富翁). He always says, “Anything is possible.”
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