get close to, as if, on strike, be upset about, apply oneself to, keep company with, be anxious about, at dawn, elected to, reveal itself
I was shopping in the supermarket when I heard a loud voice boom from across the aisle."Mom, come here! There's a lady here my size! "
The mother rushed to the boy she called Mickey; then she turned to me to apologize.
I smiled and told her, "It's okay." Then I talked to the boy, "Hi, Mickey, I'm Darryl Kramer.How are you? " He studied me from head to toe, and asked, "Are you a little mommy? "
"Yes, I have a son, " I answered.
"Why are you so little? " he asked.
"It's the way I was born, " I said. "Some people are little. Some are tall. I'm just not going to grow any bigger." After about five more minutes of answering questions, I shook Mickey's hand, and he returned to his mother.
My life as a little person is filled with stories like that. I enjoy talking to children and explaining why I look different from their parents. It has taken many years to develop my confidence to be able to do that.
It takes only one glance to see my uniqueness.I stand three feet, nine inches tall.I was an achondroplasia dwarf (患软骨发育不全症的侏儒).Despite this, my parents encouraged me to do all the things the kids around me did when I was growing up. When my neighbors got two-wheel bikes, I got a two-wheel bike.When they roller-skated, I roller-skated.
I didn't realize how short I was until I started school.There, a few kids picked on me, calling me names.Then I knew.After that, I began to hate the first day of school each year.
As time went on, I just tried to smile and accept the fact that I was going to be noticed my whole life.I was determined to make my uniqueness an advantage rather than a disadvantage. What I lacked in height, I made up for in personality.
I'm 47 now, and the stares have not diminished as I've grown older.People look in disbelief when they see me get out of my car on the driver's side.During those times, I try to keep a good attitude.
And it's the children's questions that make my life special.When I talk with children, they leave content that their questions have been answered.My hope is that in taking time with them, I will encourage them to accept their peers, whatever size and shape they come in, and treat them with respect.
At the age of 14, James Harrison had a major chest operation and he required 13 units (3.4 gallons) of blood afterwards.The blood donations saved his life, and he decided that once he turned 18, he would begin donating blood as regularly as he could.
More than 60 years and almost 1, 200 donations later, Harrison, whose blood contains an antibody (抗体) that has saved the lives of 2.4 million babies from miscarriages (流产), retired as a blood donor on May 11. Harrison's blood is valuable because he naturally produces Rh-negative blood, which contains Rh-positive antibodies.His blood has been used to create anti-D in Australia since 1967.
"Every bottle of Anti-D ever made in Australia has James in it, " Robyn Barlow, the Rh program director told the Sydney Morning Herald."It's an amazing thing.He has saved millions of babies.I cry just thinking about it." Since then, Harrison has donated between 500 and 800 milliliters of blood almost every week.He's made 1, 162 donations from his right arm and 10 from his left.
"I'd keep going if they let me," Harrison told the Herald. His doctors said it was time to stop the donations — and they certainly don't take them lightly.They had already extended the age limit for blood donations for him, and they're cutting him off now to protect his health.He made his final donation surrounded by some of the mothers and babies who his blood helped save.
Harrison's retirement is a blow to the Rh treatment program in Australia. Only 160 donors support the program, and finding new donors has proven to be difficult.But Harrison's retirement from giving blood doesn't mean he's completely out of the game.Scientists are collecting and cataloging his DNA to create a library of antibodies and white blood cells that could be the future of the anti-D program in Australia.
As we know, everyone can make mistakes, but don't worry about it.The following is what we should do when we make mistakes.
★Just admit (承认)it. Don't think that our mistakes are caused by others. Don't blame other people, and don't cheat ourselves, either.
★ In order to stop the problem from getting worse, we should act quickly to solve it.If we don't act and deal with the problem quickly, it'll only make us feel more stressed.Also it is necessary to make a plan of action and correct the mistake according to it.
★ Those who have made the most mistakes can get an A, for they are the ones who have learned the most.The more we learn from our mistakes, the cleverer we are.
★ What caused us to make the mistake? How can we avoid making the same mistake in the future? When we act with a method to get a good result, do it that way next time. If we don't, we should stop, think about it, change it and try again.
A.Think about what we can learn from our mistakes.
B.Be brave and face the fact that we have made the mistakes.
C.So decide quickly and act.
D.Realize that making mistakes is the best way to learn.
E.Solve it at once.
F.Don't be afraid of failure.
G.So be away from stress.
