Heroes of Our Time

A good heart

Dikembe Mutombo grew up in Africa among great poverty and disease. He came to Georgetown University on a scholarship to study medicine-but coach John Thompson got a look at Dikem be and had a different idea. Dikembe became a star in the NBA, and a citizen（公民）of the United States. But he never forgot the land of his birth, or the duty to share his fortune with others. He built a new hospital in his old hometown in the Congo.

Success and kindness

After her daughter was born, Julie Aigner-Clark searched for ways to share her love of music and art with her child. So she borrowed some equipment, and began filming children's videos in her own house. The Baby Einstein Company was born, and in just five years her business grew to more than $ 20 million in sales. And she is using her success to help others—producing child safety videos with John Walsh of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Julie says of her new program, "I believe it's the most important thing that I have ever done. I believe that children have the right to live in a world that is safe. "

Bravery and courage

A few weeks ago, Wesley Autrey was waiting at a Harlem subway station with his two little girls when he saw a man fall into the path of a train. With seconds to act, Wesley jumped onto the tracks, pulled the man into the space between the rails, and held him as the train passed right above their heads. He insists he's not a hero. He says, "We have got to show each other some love. "

   On a cold winter afternoon, the first-graders were trained in football. It was the day of our first _____.

These children were asked to sit on a long bench on the grass. When I was training a _____ team, I spent a few minutes _____ them to know one another, each kid saying his name and the names of all the kids siting to the left.

A few minutes later, I _____ to put the kids to a test. Alex was chosen to _____ at the far left end of the bench, _____ to each kid, say that kid's name and then shake his right hand.

Alex did well and he went down the row—Dylan, Micah, David, and Beau—_____ he reached Ben. He said Ben's name and _____ out his right hand, but Ben just sat there, his right hand _____ in his jacket.

"Ben, why don't you let Alex shake your right hand？"I asked. Ben stood up, and said, "But I don't have the ______. "He pulled his jacket ______ from his right shoulder.

Ben's arm ran from his right shoulder but his arm ______ at the elbow（肘）. No forearm（前臂）, no hand and no fingers！

I got ______ and couldn't think of anything to say, but the little kids were unwilling to hide their ______.

"Look at that, "said Alex. " Hey, what ______ to your arm?" another kid asked. "Does it hurt?" Ben took off his jacket to ______ the kids what they all wanted to see. He explained to them that he had always been that ______ and that there was nothing ______. What he meant was that he wanted to be treated like ______ else.

From that day on, he was ______ Ben, one of the players on the team.

China's first manned spaceship lifted off at 9 a. m. on Wednesday, October 15th, 2003 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province. It carried China's first astronaut, Yang Liwei, 【小题1】 was a pilot in the army. The launch was 【小题2】（success）. "When the spaceship separated 【小题3】 the rocket, I suddenly got 【小题4】 feeling of soaring into the sky because of the zero gravity, "said Yang Liwei. The Shenzhou V circled the earth 14 times. When the spaceship 【小题5】（do）its seventh circle, Yang showed the flags of China and the United Nations, 【小题6】（express）the wishes of the Chinese people 【小题7】（explore）and use space 【小题8】（peaceful）. Yang landed in Inner Mongolia safely at 6：23 a. m. on October 16th. He told 【小题9】（report）that when Shenzhou V let out its parachute, he felt the ship was shaking. Millions of people all over China were watching TV when the spaceship landed safely. Yang was happy to return home 【小题10】 he thought 21 hours was too short to stay in space.