Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age of five with her family. While 1 her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an) 2in medicine. At 18 she married and3 a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a 4. Her husband supported her decision.5 , Canadian medical schools did not 6women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study 7 at the Women's Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to8 her medical degree.
Upon graduation, Charlotte 9 to Montreal and set up a private 10. Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a 11 doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte12 herself operating on damaged limbs and setting 13 bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had 14 a doctor's license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was15. The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to16 her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to 17 her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appealed to the Manitoba Legislature to 18a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte19 to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her 20, a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a1in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often 2to work because of poor health. The family couldn't 3to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went4. After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was 5what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him ￡100 to start his own6.
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a7in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and8plenty of money.
Jack9working hard. After one year he succeeded in10 the ￡100.
By the time Jack was 30 years old he had11 his first million, and he wanted to12this achievement by doing something “13”. With all his money it was14to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the 15of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for ￡500 million,16Jack still can't get used to 17the good life. He can 18be found drinking with the locals at the local pub(酒吧).
“I remember being very19as a child, but never 20as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”
In the middle of a beautiful day, I was feeling lost, as if the world was crashing on me. didn't know which way to go, except to head out to the countryside. I went to the spot where I used to take my kids-when I still had kids. Now they had 1and were leaving.
I was sitting alone in my car when I saw a man in his seventies, whose problem appeared bigger than mine. He stood near the edge of the road,2a kite spindle(风筝线锭) in his hands. Apparently, lost in thought, he stared skyward. I 3my neck to see how successful he had been in 4 the clouds. Following his string with my eyes, I almost lost5 of the other end. Finally, the kite rested on what seemed to be the highest branch of the 6tree in the park. Obviously, that was his grandson's kite! The kite was a replica (复制品) of a beautiful bald eagle, and its wings spread 70pen. Grandpa had only one 8to his problem: cut the string.
"You wanted it to fly as high as it could. Bill. didn't you?" "Yes, Grandpa,9 wanted to keep it forever. " "There just comes a time when the only thing you can do is to cut the string and let it go. Perhaps by doing that, when it flies very high like real eagles do, it will come back to us. " Grandpa said.
I 10 how the old man cut the string to let fly the kite. As the two walked away, looked to the 11. There I saw my answer, too. Today I have to cut the final strings that kept my two boys 12my reach. Though I want to keep them forever, I have taught them to fly like an eagle. Maybe by doing this, when it's time to soar like real eagles do. one day they would come back to me.
For me personally, I could write for days about many different situations where adversity (逆境)1my life. Now let me tell you one experience where I almost let adversity2.
We had a glass studio, which was located 50 feet from our home. A couple of years ago we experienced an 3winter; we had a lot of snow and ice. The4of the ice and snow5the roof on our studio, taking with it one of our sources of income.6it did fall down, we got on the roof and tried to 7the snow and ice, but when you have 5 feet of ice and temperatures of minus 20 Celsius, it was pretty8to do.
We had a partner come in to help us try to9the roof by supporting. In the end, there was 10that could be done. The roof came down. We had moved a lot of our goods and tools from the studio11 we lost a lot also: glass, kilns, work benches, to name only a few of the items. It was a 12experience.
Here we were in the middle of winter with our studio collapsed. We couldn't work as we had almost 13all the material in a building we were not using. We could have done one of two things: we could simply say that we can no longer 14 our glass business. Let me tell you that this was certainly a thought that15our mind. Or we could find a way to get our studio back up and running.
We picked the16option. We had a large barn that we were not using. So we renovated (翻新) the barn17our working area and today we have a nicer studio than we 18 had. If the adversity we were19had not happened, we probably would20be working in the old studio—a studio that was less efficient.
From the first week of high school,my best friend,Trisha,was always going out with the popular girls.1I thought,“It's okay;she's just making new friends.”But soon I realized that Trisha wasn't interested in me anymore.I'd 2my best friend.It really hurt.
One day,I told Trisha that we should3pretending（假装）to be friends when we really weren't anymore.I wasn't trying to make her mad,4she was.After that,Trisha started talking about me behind my back,telling people that I was5.Some of our friends6with her.I felt like she was taking them away from me.
The more I thought about it,the7I got.Finally,I8a picture of Trisha and drew lines on her face.I wrote,“I 9this person”across the bottom.And then I did something I'll always10: I put it on a website I thought was11. I thought people would see it,and it felt good to vent（发泄）.
A week later,Trisha's mom saw the12.She called my mom,who made me take it off the website right away. However,it was already too13.Lots of people had seen it,and I was in a lot of14.
That whole day,I felt15.I had to say sorry to Trisha face to face.She said she accepted my apology（道歉）,but I felt she was16angry with me.
Posting that picture was one of the worst17I've ever made.I realize now I could have found a much better way to deal with my18.If I'd just told Trisha how much I19her,maybe things would have turned out20.It's too late for me to change things,but I hope you'll learn from my mistake.
I spent last summer volunteering at a hospital. One morning, I was called to a room in which an 1 woman was staying.2she wanted to go to a nearby gift shop, I got a(n)3 and helped her into it, heading for the shop.
When we got there, the shop wasn't 4yet. It was merely a 30-minute wait so we went over to the 5 area and I read her bits and pieces of the newspaper aloud. After 30 minutes, we went into the gift shop. Pushing her around, I could see the 6 on her face as she looked at everything. She happily chose some window decorations and then 7chocolates. She asked me to push her8 that direction. I helped her9all the different chocolate arrangements. She 10 decided on three different boxes.
As she was checking out, she asked the cashier for a 11 and asked me to write the numbers l, 2, and 3 on the boxes. She 12 that the nurses were taking such good care of her, so she 13 chocolates for each of the three shifts of nurses. The moment I wheeled her back up to her room, she gave the 14shift of nurses their box of chocolate, who 15offered some to me before taking some themselves. There were 16 all around.
17her generosity and getting the opportunity to spend time with someone who got so much pleasure from life was a 18 in itself. Gratitude has an amazing way of bringing people 19 especially in a place where health is so highly20.
When Dave was eighteen, he bought a secondhand car for 200 so that he could travel to and from work more1 than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but then it got so old, and it was costing him 2much in repairs that he decided that he had better3it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly4 to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so5of them had any desire to buy it. Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 6 when they met one evening, and said, "What's 7, Dave?"
Dave told him, and Sam answered, "Well, what about advertising it in the paper? You may8more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!" Thinking that Sam's9was sensible(合理的),he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read "For sale: small car, 10 very little petrol, only two owners. Bargain at 50."
For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no 11.But then on Saturday evening he had an enquiry(询问).A man rang up and said he would like to12 him about the car. "All right," Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be13or not. "Fine," the man said, "and I'll 14my wife. We intend to go for a ride in it to 15it."
The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 16to wait there for the people who had17 his advertisement. Even Dave had to18that the car really looked like a wreck(残骸).Then, soon after he had got the car as clean19 it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave's car and then said, "Have you reported this 20 to us yet, sir?"
I was once on the swim team. I swam the fastest on my team. The only thing that stopped me from achieving a higher goal was my 1 of diving. I'm afraid to dive into the swimming pool from the diving 2. I hated going to swim practice because of those few minutes at the end when we would have to dive. I was 3 because I was allowed to 4 the swim team.
When we moved to America, I was told to 5 a sport from basketball, volleyball, and track. I had been known as a fast 6 when I was younger, so I 7 track. I was fast enough to be encouraged to join the 100-metre race. 8, because I had piano lessons every Monday and had to miss practice once a week, I was unable to 9 practice and a girl has taken my place. Track has gone away from me 10 I continued to miss practice to attend my 11 lessons.
Gradually, I lost all 12 in sport. I began to dislike gym class, even though it had been one of my 13 classes. I also hated 14 sports, such as basketball, volleyball. When I stopped playing sports, I began to get 15. And I had stopped growing taller as well. I was very upset that my body became so 16 and fat. So I 17 to start running again. That summer, I felt very happy that I lost about twenty pounds.
Keep on doing something is just a lesson of endurance(耐力) 18 you don't think you're very good at it. I did a bad job, I let small things, like diving boards, get in my 19 of achieving high goals.
Play a sport and keep on doing it. Persevere(坚持) and you'll 20 in your life.
On Christmas Eve despite the fun and laughter from relative reunions, 13-year-old Frank Wilson did not cheer up. It was true that he had 1 all the presents he wanted. And he also 2 the big Christmas dinner with family members. 3, Frank was not happy because this was his first Christmas without his brother, Steve, who was killed in a car accident. Frank 4 his brother and the close companionship they had together.
Frank said goodbye to his parents and relatives, saying he was leaving early to see a friend. Since it was cold outside, Frank 5 his new jacket, his favourite gift from Grandma. He placed the other 6 on his new sled (雪橇)and then headed out.
As Frank went down the street towards home, through one front window, he saw a room with old 7 hanging over an empty fireplace. A woman was seated nearby, crying. The stockings 8 him of the way he and his brother always 9 theirs side by side. The next morning they would find presents.
A sudden 10 struck Frank. He knocked on the door. "Yes?" the 11voice of the woman answered. "May I come in?" asked Frank. "You are very welcome," she said, seeing his 12 full of gifts and thinking he was making a 13 of gifts. "But I have no food or gifts for you. I have 14 for my own children." "That's why I am here." Frank said. "Please 15 whatever presents you would like for your children from the sled." "Why? God bless you!" the 16 woman answered. She took some candies, a toy plane and a doll. Finally, the stockings were 17. The woman thanked Frank and he left.
Frank's 18 was full of happiness. Later he gave his jacket to a poor boy. At last, he 19 all his presents. Now Frank was wondering how he could 20 to his parents where his presents had gone.
Paen Long has had a dream ever since he saw a plane for the first time at the age of six. His dream was to 1 a plane. Last year, the 30-year-old man started building his plane 2. "I was afraid that people would 3 me, so sometimes I worked at night," he said. It was a long time 4 he put his dream into practice. Paen Long tried to build his own plane, using the money he had 5 from running his own garage (汽车修理厂). He has spent three years 6 YouTube videos in order to 7 how to make a plane.
It took him a year to build his plane, using mostly recycled materials. The plane's first 8 came at 3 pm on 8th, March. Local villagers gathered excitedly to watch the plane fly. 9, the plane only got 50 m in the air before crashing (撞击) to the 10. "When all people were looking at me, I felt very 11," he said.
Although the first try 12. Paen Long remains 13. His next project is to build a seaplane. Paen Long thinks the plane will cost over $10,000. "I never feel 14 for spending all my money building a plane," he said.
His wife, Hing Muoyheng, 15 about her husband, especially as they have two young sons. However, she has no 16. "I don't know how planes work and he doesn't have any 17 to help him. He can only search for information himself," she said, "I tried to ask him to 18 a few times because I was afraid, but he said he wouldn't 19, so I have to support his 20."
Mrs. Hudson walked into the classroom with girl limping (瘸着走) behind her. She introduced, "This is Margaret. She just moved here from Florida. Let's 1 her." The teacher guided her 2 to a front seat, then bent over and 3 something in her ear. Finishing explaining the math problems. Mrs. Hudson 4, "Break time. Sec you in ten minutes."
Boys 5 first. "Today, let's meet at the far end of the sidewalk. And make sure the new girl doesn't follow us!" I said. After a while, I came back to the 6. I wanted to find out if Mrs. Hudson liked my book report. With her usual big smile, she began, "Jack, you are a good 7." Shifting my weight from one foot to the other, I was a little 8 that Mrs. Hudson liked me so much. Her 9 let me know how much she appreciated having me around. My teacher 10 in her quiet voice. "That's 11 I am sure you will invite Margaret to play with you today." Her 12 words sounded like frozen knives aiming at my heart. Could she 13 suspect what we had been saying about Margaret? Could she know how 14 I was?
Then I managed to 15 Margaret in our group. While many school memories have 16 over the years, the 17 Mrs. Hudson taught me has stayed with me. Mrs. Hudson gently guided me, 18 me to do the right thing. She believed in me, and 19what she did, I rose to the level of her 20, both for Margaret long ago and even later in my choice of career.
The first time I saw Suzy Khan, I knew I had to help her. She was really small for her age of 12. The boys in my class often 1 about her and laughed their heads off. She would open a book, 2 to read, with tears dropping on the open page.
One day, when I went into the classroom, I saw that Suzy had 3 her geography book to a picture of a train, and in her notebook, she had made a(n) 4 copy.
I was surprised and thought that she could do something in the coming 5 show. So, I took her to see the art teacher, Miss Parker, and showed her what Suzy had 6. "Why, it's wonderful," said Miss Parker, who then showed us a poster she had painted for the talent show. "I need more of these. Could you help me, Suzy?"
On the day of the talent show, Suzy's 7 were everywhere — all over the hall and all over the school, each one different.
"And finally," said Mr. Brown, the school-master, at the end of the show, "We have a (n) 8 award. I'm sure you've all noticed the wonderful posters." Everyone nodded. "One of our own students 9 them. "
I could hear everyone whispering. "Who in our school could draw 10 well?"
Mr. Brown waited a while before saying. 11 this student worked so hard on the posters, she deserves a 12, too. Our mystery(神秘) artist is our new student — Suzy Khan!"
Mr. Brown thanked her for all the wonderful posters and gave her a professional artist's set (装置). "Thank you," she cried.
I 13, at that time when I was looking at her excited face, she'd probably never 14 anything in her whole life.
Everyone started to 15 their hands. Suzy Khan gave them a shy smile and the applause was deafening. I knew then Suzy was going to be all right."
Even though it was only October, my students were already whispering about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more 1waiting for the final school bell. Upon its 2everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David
David was a small boy in ragged破旧的 clothes. I had often 3what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so4for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David 5I can still remember he was always 6a smile and willing to help. He always 7after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much He8just smile and ask what else he could do , then thank me for letting him stay and slowly9home
Weeks passed and the 10over the coming Christmas grew into restlessness until the last day of11before the holiday break. I smiled in 12as the last of them hurried out the door. Turning around I saw David 13standing by my desk.
"I have something for you" he said 14from behind his back a small box. 15it to me, he said anxiously. "Open it "I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped（打开） it. I lift the lid 盖子and to my 16 I saw nothing I looked at David's smiling face and back into the box and said. "The box is nice, David, but it's17"
"Oh no it isn't" said David "It's full of love, my mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn't see or touch unless you know it's there"
Tears filled my eyes 18I Iooked at the proud dirty face that I had rarely given19to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning20the little empty box set on my desk.
Sometimes in life, a small event can make us realize that kindness still rules the world— and I had an opportunity to 1 the kindness of people from a strong and total stranger: a 2named Afolabi.
In October 2007, I was working as a sales manager in Lagos. One night when Afolabi was returning me to my house, the car broke down. Afolabi 3 to pull over the taxi and went off to find a mechanic (机械工). As soon as he left, at least 7 to 8 local boys 4suddenly from the deep dark of the night and surrounded our car, 5me to hand over whatever money I had.
To my relief, Afolabi returned in time. For start, he tried to quietly 6with them. When that didn't 7 , he raised his voice and showed that he was 8 for a fist fight. His 9actions and muscular frame finally forced the boys to abandon their 10and they ran away into the same darkness from where they came.
Afolabi needn't have done that. In the darkness of the night. people will not 11take risks to save their own possessions. The boys could have been carrying weapons with them, but this loyal driver did not 12any "it's" or "buts". His main 13was to save me from getting robbed.
Though it has passed many years, those few moments are enough to register the driver's
14into the deepest corner of my heart.
15off to Afolabi? The loyal driver who helped me.
Jake lived in a run-down orphanage with nine other boys. At Christmas, the building always seemed a little warmer, and the food a little more plentiful. But1 than this, Christmas meant an orange. Every year, each boy 2 an orange as a Christmas gift. It was the only time such a rare treat(待遇)was 3 and it was coveted(垂涎)by each boy like no 4 thing they ever had.
Each boy5 save his orange for several days, 6 it, feeling it, loving it, and waiting for the 7 he would eat it. Some would even save it 8 New Year's Day to stretch the 9 of Christmas.
This10 Christmas day, Jake had 11 the orphanage rules by starting a fight. As the punishment for breaking the rules, Jake's orange was taken away. Jake spent Christmas day alone. Night time came and Jake could not sleep. Silently, he sobbed because of the 12 of his precious gift.
In the night, without13 ，a soft hand placed on Jake's shoulder surprised him. An object was quickly placed in his hand. The child then disappeared into the dark to14 Jake alone to discover an orange. Not an ordinary orange, 15 a special orange, made from the segments(瓣)of nine other oranges. Nine highly prized oranges that had to be eaten that Christmas night, instead of saved, admired, and cherished(珍爱)until a later date. This Christmas would be cherished forever.
There was a king who loved art very much. One day a(n) 1 came and said, "Please let me 2 a picture on a wall." The king 3 have a big new hall built. So he 4the artist to work on one of the walls.
At the same time, another artist came and asked to work on the 5 wall. He promised he would make the same picture as the first artist's 6 looking at the first artist's work. The7 artist asked to have a thick curtain put up between the two walls
8 neither of them could see each other.
The following day they began to work. The first artist brought in a(n) 9 supply of paint, oil, water and so on. The second one came with a10 and a bucket(桶).
A month later, the first artist's work was completed, and the second artist said, "My wall is11 too!"
The king went to12the first artist's painting. He was13it and gave the artist a large amount of money. He then asked people to open the curtain.
14! Each line was15the same as that on the opposite wall.
The king was quite satisfied and gave him double money. However, he16how the second man had made it.
"I just wiped the wall with the cloth," the man17briefly.
The wall18white marble(大理石). He made it shine like a mirror. The reflection(倒影) of the first painting 19up on it!
The20is a reflection of you too. If you are sad, the world will be sad. If you are happy, the world will be happy.
I was born with a heart disease. As I grew up, parts of my heart started to 1 and I was often out of breath. So when I was eight, the doctors opened my chest to 2 it. When they saw the state of my heart, they told my parents, "We don't expect him to 3 the night." I was in and out of a coma (昏迷) for three months. Every day the fact that I wasn't 4 was a good thing.
Finally, the doctors 5 I'd be better off at home — saying that I wasn't going to live long. But I 6 and had something close to a 7 childhood. As a teenager, I began to 8 heart failure again. But I was 9 to go to college, become a manager and get married to Jo.
I started my own 10 so I could work flexible (灵活的) hours, 11 Jo and I had two children: Josh and Liam. I 12 to keep a good standard of life for everyone, even when I was waking up feeling sick every morning. By January last year, my heart failure was so 13 I often couldn't walk more than a few yards.
I was worried about not being around for my 14 . I had to explain to Josh that the 15 telling me an organ (器官) had been found could come any time and I'd be rushed to hospital, perhaps 16 I could say goodbye. A few days later, the phone rang and Josh said, "Is that the doctor with your new 17 ?" However it was 18 a salesman.
May 4 was the day a transplant (移植) match was found. I was out of hospital within five weeks and, within a few 19 , feeling much better. By October, I was taking part in a 30-mile bike ride.
These days I spend a lot of time talking to kids with heart 20 . I want to support others who've had a hard time.
The day I was brought home from the hospital, my sister started a rivalry(对抗). Pointing at my baby 1, she cried, "It's mine!"
The 2 began at that moment and continued for many years. I weighed just under six pounds at birth and remained 3 than my sister For most of our growing up years. Bigger,
4and far more aggressive than I, she artfully 5 my actions like an officer. I dutifully obeyed her 6 from fear, but as I grew, I developed my own methods of 7.
I got out of school before my sister. I walked home, usually to an 8 place. Sometimes I would hide in the kitchen because she would find something to eat after school. I patiently
9her the whole afternoon. Just before she 10, I hid beside the refrigerator and out of
11 from anyone coming down the hall, Holding my 12 and keeping still and quiet, I paused until a split second after she 13 and then jumped out behind her. She would be frightened to jump.
We repeated this 14 many more times until one day the fighting 15. We began a friendship. The baby bottle incident became a family joke.
Sixteen-year-old Brennon had recovered from so many trips to the hospital that his mother, Megan, thought this would be just one more trip. Since birth, Brennon had been1from hydrocephalus(脑积水). Whenever there was a2of a headache, the family would head to the hospital, have the fluid released, and go home.3this time, that didn't happen.
On arrival at the hospital, Brennon's pain was extreme. A CT scan4that his brain had turned black. In the next week, Brennon's5continued to worsen. 6, his brain activity stopped.
Then, a miracle happened7a process that saves organs for transplant(移植) after the heart stops beating. Brennon saved four8with his liver, kidneys and heart.
Brennon wanted to9a career as a doctor. Instead, he was able to save lives as an organ donor. He also improved many more lives through the10of his tissues. "Brennon was a giving kid," Megan said. "I knew the donations were what he would have11."
While the12of Brennon is still upsetting for his family, Megan has been13 by how many friends have reached out to tell her what a14person he was.
Shortly after Brennon's death and donations, his high school English teacher15Megan. She'd been16papers and found something Brennon wrote when he was 14 on the subject "your favorite human quality". Brennon completed the assignment with some simple and beautiful17: "Selflessness. Caring about others is18. Caring for other people is what helps us survive."
Today, many people are surviving and thriving—thanks to Brennon's19and his family's generosity. His legacy(遗产) of20lives on.
Les Brown is one of the world's greatest speakers. He is also a thought leader on self-improvement and 1.
However, Les found it difficult to learn knowledge when he was a 2. During his school days, he was thought as "3to learn well" by the teachers and placed 4from 6th grade to 5th grade. To make things worse, he had a twin brother who was rather bright and 5, so Les was 6by his classmates.
One day a teacher asked him to 7a problem on the blackboard, but Les 8and said that he couldn't. "Of course you can," the teacher replied 9. "Young man, come here and solve this problem for me."
"But I can't," 10 Les. "I'm a silly boy". The rest of the class burst (爆发) into 11. At that point, the teacher stepped out from behind his desk and looked Les straight in the eye. "Don't ever say that again," he told him firmly. "Someone else's opinion of you does not have to become your 12."
Les never 13those words, and spent the rest of his life facing 14, setting and following his goals. Time and time again, thanks to the teacher's powerful words, Les has been famous all over the world. Do remember: you have 15within you.
