Who do you think came up with the idea for the Paralympics (残奥会)？The man who organized the sporting events which became the Paralympic Games1was a doctor，Ludwig Guttmann.

      In  his  teens，Ludwig  Guttmann  was  interested  in medicine and worked as a2in a hospital.Then he3from medical school and became a doctor when he was 25 years old.

        Ludwig Guttmann4a successful career for the next  few years.5 ， because Ludwig Guttmann and his family  were Jews，life in Germany was becoming very6for them. In 1938 Ludwig Guttmann7to the UK with his  family where he continued his research8the best way to  treat patients.

      The Second World War was going on and there were a lot of soldiers9in the fighting.Often they10the use of their legs and needed11and help.The disabled soldiers were often12and angry for they couldn't really live a normal life.Ludwig Guttmann used his new13to look after their injuries and he also tried to give them emotional strength.

       Ludwig Guttmann14taking part in sports could help a person's body as well as his mind and began to use15 as a treatment to help his patients.He wanted to give them back their self­respect and dignity and16them to take part in sports.

       In 1948 the hospital held a sporting event called “The International Wheelchair Games”．By 1952 the event began to17bigger with disabled athletes from other countries attending.By 1960 the games were called the International Stoke Mandeville  Games  and they  were  held  in  Rome alongside the18Summer Olympics.By 1968 there were 750 athletes from 29 different countries.Ludwig Guttmann himself died in 1980，even19the games were called “Paralympics”，but there is no20that he is the founder and father of the Paralympic Games.It's thanks to his hard work that we are all able to enjoy the Paralympics.

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    I arrived in the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with 75 students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in the US for 17 years, I had no1about my ability to hold their attention and to2on them my admiration for the literature（文学）of my mother tongue.

    I was shocked when the monitor shouted,3!  and the entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat 4about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awkwardness（尴尬）was over, I quickly 5my calmness and began what I thought was a fact –packed lecture, sure to gain their respect – perhaps6their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which comes from a (n)7of accomplishment (成就).

    My students 8 diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradually 9by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said. Our literature teacher didn't teach us anything today.10 her next lecture will be better. Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a 11subject. ―Didn't I teach them anything? I described the entire philosophical framework （哲学体系） of Western thought and laid the historical12for all the works we'll study in class, I complained. How13they say I didn't teach them anything? It was a long term, and it14became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as 15of my students. I thought a teacher's job was to raise 16questions and provide enough background so that students could 17their own conclusions. My students thought a teacher's job was to provide 18information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference!

    19 I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a20American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture.

    Sally jumped up as soon as she saw the doctor come out of the operating room. She 1 towards the doctor and asked, "How is my little boy?"

    The doctor replied2, "I'm sorry. We did all we could. Would you like some time with your son 3 he's transported to the university?"

    Sally nodded yes and asked the doctor to stay with her while she said 4 to her son. She 5 a lock of the boy's hair and put it in a plastic bag. She said, "It was Jimmy's6 to donate (捐献) his body to the 7 for study. He said it might8 somebody else." She went on, "My Jimmy had a heart of gold. He always 9to help others if he could."

    Sally walked out of the hospital and put the bag with Jimmy's stuff (物品) in her car. The drive home was 10. It was even harder to11 the empty house. She carried Jimmy's stuff, and the 12 bag with the lock of his hair to his room. There she 13 a letter, which said:

Dear Mom,

    I know you're going to 14 me; but don t think that I will ever15 you, or stop loving you, just because I'm not 16 to say I LOVE YOU. I will always love you, even more with each day. I don't17 if you want to adopt (收养) a little boy. He can have my room and old stuff to play with. But, if you decide to get a girl 18, she probably wouldn't like the 19 things we boys do. You'll have to buy her dolls and stuff girls 20, you know. Just take care of yourself.

Loving you,

Jimmy

    One day I went to the local store. After I gathered up my goodies, I headed for the checkout counter only to be 1 in the narrow aisle by a young man that appeared to be about sixteen years old. I wasn't in a hurry, so I 2waited for the boy to realize that I was there…

    This was when he3 his hands excitedly in the air and declared in a loud voice, "Mommy, I'm over here." It was 4now, he was, mentally challenged. As he 5 and saw me waiting to squeeze by, his eyes widened and6 exploded on his face as I said, "Hey Buddy, what's your name?" "My name is Denny and I'm 7with my mother." he responded proudly. "How old are you Denny?" "How old am I now Mommy?" he8 his mother as she slowly came over from the next aisle." You're fifteen-year-old Denny; now be a 9 boy and let the man pass by. "I acknowledged her and 10 to talk to Denny for several more minutes about summer, bicycles and school. I watched his brown eyes11with excitement 12he was the center of someone's 13. He then abruptly turned and headed toward the toy section.

    Denny's mom had a puzzled look on her face and 14 me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn't even 15him, much less talk to him. I told her that it was my 16 and then I said something I have no idea where it came from.

    I told her that there are plenty of red, yellow and pink roses in God's garden, 17, "Blue Roses" are very 18 and should be appreciated for their beauty and distinctiveness(独特). You see, Denny is a "Blue Rose" and if someone doesn't19 and smell that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they've missed a 20 from God.

    It happens every day, everywhere I go. At the supermarket and the post office, people keep telling me to enjoy my kids while they are 1. I spend my days taking care of them and answering 2 questions about everything from why we have two eyes but one nose to 3there are toilets in the heaven. They 4 me from eating a full meal or getting a full night's5.

    Yet, the other day, when I took my kids to a children's museum, I began to 6 what people were trying to tell me. It was the7time we had gone there without diaper(纸尿片)bag, baby bottle or stroller. As l watched-my sons paint there, I was suddenly8by a wave of 9. My babies weren't babies any more.

    Now I'm paying more attention to the 10 that won't happen when my kids are 11I'm enjoying the minute when Christ looked up the sky and 12excitedly: "Wow! The moon!" In a few 13, it will take rare Shrek card or something else to get him that excited. I'm treasuring the moment when Nicholas put down his fork at dinner and asked," Mommy, how are you doing?" About ten years from now, he might not 14 me. When they're in primary school, they won't want to hold my 15 any more. In junior high school, they won't hug me and say," I love you, too." In high school, they won't even want to be16 together with me.

    Pretty 17 they'll both be gone. And I'll 18 through the supermarket and the post office alone, 19 young mothers to enjoy their kids while they are little. Hope they'll20.

I suffered my brain injury from a car accident. I was rear-ended(追尾) twice 1 , which caused my head to hit the headrest each time I was hit. I had received news over time from my doctor, which was mentally and emotionally 2 for any 18-year-old to accept. I was 3 , and did not know what this meant for me and my future. Throughout the journey, I tried to 4 why I didn't feel like myself two years after the accident and recognized things I never had 5 with before, such as being unable to remember pretty much anything. My 6 had increased and I did go through days of depression. I wanted to be a 7 but I felt as though that dream would never be reached.

       Sitting in bed feeling 8 , I tried to focus on why I wanted to be a lawyer. I 9 myself that I was the only one holding myself back from making that 10 a reality. Thinking of this, I pulled myself together and have been fighting for my dream ever since. And I am 11 with my bachelor's degree in criminal justice and two pre-law certificates in 3 years at Florida International University.

12 I have to work ten times harder than I would have if I hadn't had this 13 , I wouldn't take it back. I am 14 now due to the things that have happened to me. Nothing is impossible, but it is how you take on a(an) 15 that will get you to where you want to be.