The Marches were a happy family. Poverty, hard work, and even the fact that Father March was away with the Union armies could not down the spirits of Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy, and Matinee, as the March girls called their mother. The March sisters tried to be good but had their share of faults, Pretty Meg was often displeased with the schoolchildren .she taught; boyish Jo was easy to become angry; golden-haired schoolgirl Amy liked to show up; but Beth, who kept the house, was loving and gentle always. The happy days passed and darkness came when a telegram arrived for Mrs. March. Your husband is very ill, it said, come at once. The girls tried to be brave when their mother left for the front. They waited and prayed. Little Beth got scarlet fever (猩红热) when she was taking care of a sick neighbor. She became very ill but began to recover by the time Marmee was back. Then Father came home from the front and at that joyful Christmas dinner they were once more all together. Three years later the March girls had grown into young womanhood. Meg became Mrs. Brooke, and after a few family troubles got used to her new state happily. Jo had found pleasure in her literary efforts. Amy had grown into a young lady with a talent for design and an even greater one for society. But Beth had never fully regained her health, arid her family watched her with love and anxiety. Amy was asked to go and stay in Europe with a relative of the Marches'. Jo went to New York and became successful in her writing and had the satisfaction of seeing her work published there. But at home the bitterest blew was yet to fall. Beth had known for some time that she couldn't live much longer to be with her family, and in the springtime she died.
News came from Europe that Amy and Laurie, the grandson of a wealthy neighbor, had planned to be married soon. Now Jo became ever mom successful in her writing and got married to Professor Bhaer, and soon afterwards founded a school for boys. And so the little women had grown up and lived happily with their children, enjoying the harvest of love and goodness that they had devoted all their lives to. Title. The March 1)________ 2) ______ Identifies Qualities Careers Endings looks March father brave soldier / / Marme motehr brave housewife / / Meg 3)______ bad-tempered teacher Married8)_______ Brooke Pretty Jo 4) ______, angry 6)writer Got married to Bhaer, 9)______ / Beth Loving, gentle,5)warm-hearted / Died in the springtime / Amy Out-going 7)________ Married Laurie,a neighbour Golden-haired
1. Girls 2. Characters 3. Sisters 4. boyish 5. warm-hearted 6. writher 7.designer 8. Mr. 9. professor 10. golden-haired U.S. woman to carry Olympic torch in China Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil next year. She and seven other non-Chinese winners were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English-language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch next year, she will not only be representing the United States. She will also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans, ABC news said. Bowen, a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters, is executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was established in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and enhance the prospects for orphaned children in China. Nearly 10 years later, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present in 36 welfare institutions in 28 Chinese cities. Approximately 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and nurturing love to orphans. Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch next year will help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile, 130-day route across five continents. Beijing organizers say it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history. Like Bowen, the seven other non-Chinese winners, who include a German engineer and a Venezuelan graphic designer, live in China. Other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia. According to Olympic organizers, candidates were selected based on an online vote, committee selection, their love of Chinese culture and history and devotion to [communicating] information of a real China to their native countries. Each runner will carry the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil. Title: U.S woman to carry Olympic torch in China 1 Lenovo Group, the official English-language newspaper and China Daily
Lucky 2 Jenny Bowen and seven other non-Chinese 3 were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants from 47 countries who are all loving Chinese culture and history and devoting to information of a real China to their own ___4___. Bowen 1. Bowen is a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters and an executive director of Half the Sky Foundation. 2. She is the only American to carry the torch on China ____5__. 3. She will not only represent U.S but orphans in China. Half the Sky’s ___6___ About 10 years after 1998, they have ___7___ over 1300 children and now have 36 welfare institutions in 28 Chinese cities. Bowen’s___8___ Draw attention to the cause of the orphans in China. The___9___ about the Olympic torch relay 1. There will be 19,400 runners and they will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile, 130-day route and ___10___ five continents. 2. Each of them on Chinese soil will carry the torch for 200 metres. 3. It will be the longest one in the Olympic history.
