A little boy invited his mother to attend his school"s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy"s
surprise, she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher 1 his
mother and he felt ashamed (羞愧) of her 2 . Although she was a beautiful woman, there was a scar
(疤痕) that covered nearly the right side of her face. The boy never wanted to know about why or how
she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were 3 by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she
had the scar, but the little boy was still 4 and hid himself from everyone, 5 a conversation
between his mother and the teacher.
The teacher asked carefully, "How did you get the scar on your face?"
The mother answered, "When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught fire. Everyone was
too afraid to go in because the fire was so big, so I went in. As I was running to his bed. I saw a piece
of wood 6 down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked down but 7 ,
a fireman came in and saved both of us." She touched the 8 side of her face. "This scar will be
lasting (持久的), but to this day, I have never regretted (后悔) what I did."
At this point, the little boy came out 9 to his mother with tears in his eyes. He held her mother in
his arms and realized a great sense of the sacrifice (牺牲) that his mother had made for him. He held her
hand tightly for the 10 of the day.
Every child has a dream of what they want to be, right? When Renee Butts was little, her dream was
to become a volunteer firefighter because her father was one. Sadly, when she was 14, her father died
and she was never able to volunteer with him. Renee"s story doesn"t end there, however, which is why I
think of her as a true hero. She was strong-minded and never gave up, which makes her a good firefighter.
Some days she must be ready to deal with any emergency, like fighting a fire, dealing with a car
accident or helping someone who"s sick. Other days she is in the driver"s seat. Sometimes Renee works
nine to eleven days a month on 24-hour shifts. She also has a family to take care of. Her husband is a
firefighter, too.
Renee remembers the first time she fought a fire. She was woken up early in the morning by the alarm
(警报). She said she was very nervous but did what she had to do.
When I asked Renee what the best part of her job is, she replied, "Helping people and saving their lives."
I think that shows she is a true hero. She"s always glad to do anything for anyone in need. With 140 people
in her station, Renee is one of the only three women.
I think she"s great. We could never live without people like her who is glad to help others. Renee"s deed
helps me believe that I can do anything. I hope someday to be just like her, to wake up and help people
every day.
One afternoon just before Christmas, an old man was walking 1 the city center.The shop were
all 2 of good things and crowded with 3 shoppers. Sunddenly he saw a dirty boy 4 on the
ground crying sadly. When the kind old man asked him why he was crying, the little boy told him that
he had 5 a ten-penny (便士) piece that his uncle had 6 him. At once the old man pulled out a handful
of coins. He 7 out a shining new ten-penny piece and handed it to the poor child."Thank you very
much," said the little boy, drying his 8 . He cheered up at once.
About an hour 9 , the old man was making his way 10 home by the same road.
To his 11 , he saw the dirty boy in the same place, crying sadly as 12 . He went up to the boy and
asked him 13 he had lost ten-penny piece he had just given him as well. The boy told him that he had not
lost the second coin 14 he still couldn"t find the first one. "If I could find my own piece," he cried, "I would
have 15 pennies now."
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