A magical way, a special birthday神奇的方式，特別的生日

孫朝嵐

田納西州布倫特伍德的斯蒂芬妮和安德魯·麥圭爾不知道他們還有多少時間和患病的小女兒艾達琳在一起，因此他們決定提前給他們的女兒慶祝四歲生日。

主題語境：家庭生活 篇幅：344詞 建議用時：6分鐘

1 Stephanie and Andrew McGuire of Brentwood， Tennessee dont know how much timethey have left with their little girl， Adalyn. Adalyn was just 3 years old when she wasdiagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma （DIPG）， an aggressive brain tumor （腫瘤）.

2 For the past year， Adalyn had bravely fought her brain tumor. She spent six weeks in thehospital getting 30 rounds of radiation nearly every day. Even as she lost some of her hair， sheinsisted on wearing her“Princess Elsa”braids（辮子）， modeled by her favorite character inFrozen. Her love of Disney princesses never ended， even as she fought for her life.

3 Her treatment options were done， and the family didntknow what the future held， so they decided to celebrate Adalyns 4th birthday a few months early. They called upontheir community to help， and they couldnt believe the outpouringof support they received.

4 Tanya Sturm is the founder of Dreams & Wishes of Tennessee， a non?profit project that fulfils wishes for kids whorelapsed from cancer and young adults just diagnosed. Their?wishes are funded by donations and cost less than $2，500 each.

5“Adalyns wish is to have a huge princess party，”Tanya wrote on the Internet.“Shewants to build a snowman with Elsa， Anna， and Olaf. She wants to dance with Belle and shewants a princess dress， possibly a yellow one because thats her favorite color right now.”

6 Before long， Tanya and her army of volunteers had put together a surprise fit for aprincess！ People quickly signed up to dress up as characters from Frozen and other Disneyfilms， and the team arranged a kid?friendly menu selected by Adalyn.

7“I put requests on social media and it was amazing how people wanted to help，”Tanya recalled. Adalyn was a little nervous at first， but as soon as she saw Olaf， she rushedto give him“a warm hug”. The party was held at a friend of the familys home. Someonedonated a yellow princess dress for the birthday girl， and princess?themed balloons de?corated the halls. Over 40 people attended the party， and guests feasted on meatballs， hotdogs， cheese and so on.

Reading Check

Vocabulary

1. What do the underlined words“relapsed from”mean in paragraph 4？

A. Recurred. B. Studied.

C. Defeated. D. Treated.

Detail

2. Whats the purpose of the project Dreams & Wishes of Tennessee？

A. To raise funds for treating seriously ill children.

B. To make seriously ill childrens wishes come true.

C. To achieve the dreams of sick children and adults.

D. To donate less than $2，500 to each ill person.

Inference

3. What is Adalyns attitude towards the princess party？

A. Favorable.

B. Intolerant.

C. Doubtful.

D. Unclear.

Inference

4. From which is the text probably taken？

A. A medical paper.

B. A news report.

C. A travel brochure.

D. A life magazine.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Text?centered chunks

be diagnosed with 被診斷出……

insist on 堅持……

fight for 為……而戰(zhàn)

call upon 號召；要求

sign up to do sth 報名參與某事

Ⅱ. Discover the useful structure in the text

Her treatment options were done， and the family didnt know what the future held， sothey decided to celebrate Adalyns 4th birthday a few months early. 她的治療已經(jīng)完成，（她的）家人不知道未來會發(fā)生什么，所以他們決定提前幾個月慶祝艾達琳的4歲生日。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句，what在句中引導的是一個賓語從句，what在句中作賓語。