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Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an) in medicine. At 18 she married and a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a . Her husband supported her decision.
, Canadian medical schools did not women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte to Montreal and set up a private . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte herself operating on damaged limbs and setting bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
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There was a pet store and the owner had a parrot. One day a walked in and the parrot said to the man ,“Hey you!” The man said, “What!?” The parrot said, “Your is really ugly.” The man got very and went to the store owner and said, “Your bird just my wife. It said she was ugly.”
The owner stormed over, the bird, took it into the “black room,” shook it a bit, out a few feathers, and said, “Don’t ever, ever say anything to my customers again. You got that。。
With that he took the bird and put it back into its cage. The old bird shook out its and relaxed in its cage. A couple of weeks and in walked this guy and his wife again. The parrot said, “Hey you!” The guy said, “What!?” The parrot answered, “You know that.”
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Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.
It was a need that he first back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an , he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldn’t afford the at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities he didn’t have the time or the . He had only one good suit. He tried the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too . During this period Dale was slowly an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could him from achieving his real potential. She that Dale join the debating team, believing that in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.
Dale took his mother’s advice, tried desperately and after several attempts made it. This proved to be a point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in . Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they, , were winning contests.
Out of this early struggle to his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to an idea to an audience builds a person’s confidence. And, it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to do—and so could others.
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Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top _______, but on their way back conditions were very _______. Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon _______ alone, he would probably get back _______. But Simon decided to risk his _______ and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope(繩).
As they _______ down, the weather got worse. Then another _______ occurred. They couldn’t see or hear each other and, _______, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice(峭壁). It was _______ for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe’s _______ was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice. _______, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to _______. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe _______ into a large crevasse(裂縫)in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn’t walk, but he _______ to get out of the crevasse and started to _______ towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers _______.
Simon had _______ the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be _______, but he didn’t want to leave _______. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe’s voice. He couldn’t _______ it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.
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I was never a starter for my high school football team.No matter how____I practiced I was always on the second string.A few of us backups(替補(bǔ)隊(duì)員)even____called ourselves the____boys and gave each other nicknames.Mine was “Splinter(瘦猴).”
During one of the last games of the year, ____there came a point when I finally ____it onto the field with the starters.It was my ____chance and I was determined to ____myself.It wasn't long either before the ball unexpectedly___its way into my hands.I saw the end zone and turned to____down the field for a touchdown(攻方持球觸地得分).It was my shining moment and it ____so good.It lasted for about one second.That was when an ____player crashed into my back.It was Splinter's first and last shining moment before____back to the bench.
Since that time I have had a lot of shining moments in my life,____most of them probably didn't look that ___in the eyes of the world.But I have come to see life from a ___viewpoint.When I open a ____for someone,share a smile with a____,and laugh with my children then I know that I am glowing bright.When I stop to help another,pass on a ____word,and do a loving act then I know that I am____.I have come to learn too that it is these shining moments that___our lives here.
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“Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice.Gifts are easy—they're given after all. Choices can be hard.”
I got the to start Amazon 16 years ago.I the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year.I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew so fast,and the idea of building an bookstore with millions of titles was very to me.I had just turned 30,and I’d been married for a year.I told my wife that I wanted to my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t since most start-ups don’t,and I wasn’t sure what to .She told me I should the idea.I’d always wanted to be an inventor,and she wanted me to follow my .
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a boss that I admired very much.I went to my boss and with him that I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet.He took me on a long walk in Central Park,listened to me,and finally said,“That sounds like a really good idea, it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.”That logic made some to me,and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours making a final decision.Seen in that light,it really was a difficult ,but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot.I didn’t think I’d regret and failing.And I suspected I would always be troubled by the decision not to try at a11.After much ,I took the less path to follow my dream,and I’m of that Choice.For all of us,in the end,we are our choices.
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Of course, she wasn't really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only ____ to her as "My Aunt Fannie" because it always made my father chuckle and my mother look ____ at both of us—at me for being _____ of my elder and at my father for _____ my bad behavior. I ____ both reactions so I grasped every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.
As a young woman, my mother had worked in the _____ of a large Victorian farmhouse owned by Fannie Cratty and her twin brother, Farnsworth. They represented the ____ of the Cratty line. Neither had married ____ had any living heirs(繼承人) and my father once told me in a whisper that it was because they were both too ____ to share their family wealth. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam ever ____ by anyone in Glenfield. She was noted for her jam and for never ____ the recipe with anyone else. ____ my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she ____ made the jam without Ms. Cratty in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.
One year, after I had been particularly helpful with the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a ____ and then made me promise that I would never spend it. " ____ this quarter," she said, "and some day you will be rich. I still have my very first quarter given by my grandfather." It had obviously ____ for her. So I followed her advice.
I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the quarter from Aunt Fannie. In people's eye Aunt Fannie's ____ was attributed to that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a ____ recipe. However, I keep them as ____ to hold firmly the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a ____ that anyone can build.
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| A.seen | B.tasted | C.cooked | D.sold |
| A.sharing | B.telling | C.selling | D.giving |
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In my profession as an educator and health care provider, I have worked with numerous children infected with the virus that 1 AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.
Tyler was born with HIV. From the beginning of his life, he was on medications to enable him to survive. When he was five, he had a surgically inserted in a vein in his chest. This tube was connected to a pump, which he in a small backpack on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his .
Tyler wasn't willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this disease. It was not to find him playing and racing around his backyard. Tyler's mom often teased him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in . That way, when she looked out of the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly him.
This dreaded disease wore down Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, did his HIV-infected mother. When it became apparent that he wasn't going to survive, Tyler's mom talked to him about death. She him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon .
A few days before his death, Tyler asked me to his hospital bed and , "I might die soon. I'm not scared. When I die, please me in red. Mom promised she's coming to heaven, too. I'll be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me."
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When I walked into McCarley’s Bookstore in Ashland, Ore, I began to scan titles on the shelves. The man behind the counter, Mac McCarley, asked if I’d like . I said yes because I needed to for college.
I worked after school and during summers, and the job helped pay for my freshman year of college. I would work many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union college and even made maps for the US Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most
One day a woman asked me for on cancer. She seemed fearful. I showed her everything we had in and found other books we could . She left the store , and I’ve always remembered the I felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a in Los Angeles, I heard about an immigrant (移民)child who was born with his thumb attached, weblike, to the rest of his hands. His family couldn’t a corrective operation, and the boy lived in , hiding his hand in his pocket. I
my boss to let me do the . After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, to perform the operation for free.
I visited the boy in the recovery room after the operation. The first thing he did was hold up his hand and said , “Thank you.” I felt a sense of reward.
At McCarley’s Bookstore I always sensed I was working for the , not the store. Today it’s . NBC News pays my salary, but I feel as if I work for the , through my “Today” show, helping them make of the world.
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a popular French writer, Jules Verne is regarded as the father of science fiction, which is a combination of scientific truth and . His famous science fiction stories, such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Twenty Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World In Eighty Days, are liked by people of all all over the world no matter whether they are old or young.
The book Around the World In Eighty Days centers around a rich English gentleman and his French servant. The gentleman regularly pays a visit to a club made up of men. Once he to get into a heated discussion about whether it is possible to complete the journey the world in eighty days. It’s a bit little challenging at that time. So they bet a lot of money. He accepts the challenge. In the course of his travels, he is held up by many surprising adventures along the way, so he thinks he has lost the bet. , he gains one more day. Because he doesn’t take into consideration the fact that he is travelling westward. Thus he reaches the place a full day earlier. , he wins and finds himself a beautiful wife, too.
This work by Jules Verne is one of his classics. It has been made into several movies, including the 1956 version (版本) by the same . Certainly no writer before Jules Vern has been made widely known in English-speaking countries. It is his early love for scientific knowledge that his success.
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