Mymotherwasright,ofcourse:Itwaspossibletohaveahomewithroomforbothhislimitationsandmyambitions.Infact,caringforsomeonewholovesasdeeplyandappreciatesmyeffortsasmuchasJimmydoeshasenrichedmylifemorethananythingelseevercouldhave.當(dāng)然,母親的話沒錯(cuò):可以有一個(gè)家,既能容納他的缺陷又能裝下我的雄心。事實(shí)上,關(guān)照像吉米這樣ー個(gè)深愛又感激我的人,更加豐富了我的生活,其他任何東西都不能與之相比。Justasmyfather'sdeathhadchangedJimmy'sworldovernight,September11thchangedourlives;theworldwe'dknownwasgone.But,aswesangforJimmyandheldeachothertightafterwardprayingforpeacearoundtheworld,wewereremindedthattheconstantloveandsupportofourfriendsandfamilywouldgetusthroughwhateverlifemightpresent.ThesimplicitywithwhichJimmyhadreconciledeverythingforusshouldnothavebeensurprising.TherehadneverbeenanylimitationstowhatJimmy'slovecouldaccomplish.有如父親的去世一夜之間改變了吉米的世界,9.11也改變了我們的生活;我們熟悉的世界不復(fù)存在了。但是，當(dāng)我們?yōu)榧壮?相互緊擁,祈禱全球和平時(shí)，我們也意識到,朋友、家人間永恒的愛和支持可以讓我們克服生活中的任何困難。吉米以樸素的方式為我們協(xié)調(diào)了眼前的一切，他做到這一點(diǎn)并不令人吃驚。吉米的愛可以征服一切,這是任何東西都限制不了的。Exerciseisimportantforboththebodyandthemind.Itsbenefitsareevidentinahostofways:betterhealth,increasedintelligence,betterlooks,andsoon.However,manypeopledonotrealizethatexercisecanalsohavenegativeeffectifonefailstopayattentiontotheirdietwhentheyexercise,suchasadecreaseinironlevelsinone'sblood.Sobecarefultocombineexercisewiththecorrectdietandpayattentiontothebody'sneedsasyougoaboutyourexerciseprogram,andyou'lldogreat.鍛煉對于身體和心靈兩者都很很重要。它給身體帶來的明顯好處是:更健康,提高智力,更好的相貌,等等。然而,許多人并沒有意識到,運(yùn)動也有負(fù)面影響,如果在鍛煉時(shí)沒有注意飲食,如鐵元素在血液中得含量的降低。所以在制定鍛煉計(jì)劃的時(shí)候要小心結(jié)合鍛煉和正確的飲食,而且要注意身體的需求,這樣你會表現(xiàn)得很好。Irondeficiencyisverycommonamongwomeningeneral,affectingoneinfourfemaleteenagersandoneinfivewomenaged18to45,respectively.Buttheratioisevengreateramongactivewomen,affectingupto80percentoffemaleenduranceathletes.Thismeans,Lylesays,that"toomanywomenignoretheamountofirontheytakein".Womenofchildbearingageareatgreatestrisk,sincetheirmonthlybleedingismajorsourceofironloss.Plus,manyhealth-consciouswomenincreasetheirriskbyrejectingredmeat,whichcontainsthemosteasilyabsorbedformofiron.Andbecausewomenoftenrestricttheirdietinanefforttocontrolweight,theymaynotconsumeenoughiron-richfood,andareliabletoexperienceadeficiency.缺鐵在女性中是很常見的,每四個(gè)十幾歲的少女中有一人缺鐵,每五個(gè)18至45歲的女性中有一人缺鐵。而在積極鍛煉的婦女中這ー比例更高,女耐力運(yùn)動員中,缺鐵者比例則高達(dá)80%〇萊爾說,這意味著“太多女性忽視了自己攝入的鐵含量”。育齡女性危險(xiǎn)最大,因?yàn)樵陆?jīng)是鐵流失的重要原因之一。此外,許多保健意識太強(qiáng)的女性也很危險(xiǎn),因?yàn)樗齻兙芙^食用牛肉或羊肉,而這些肉中含有的鐵最易被吸收。而且,由于女性常常為了控制體重而節(jié)食,從而未能攝取足夠的含鐵豐富的食物,結(jié)果可能導(dǎo)致缺鐵。Explaininghisapproachtoeducation,JoeGauldsaystheconventionaleducationsystemcannotbereformed.Henotes"noamountofchange"withthehorseandcarriage"willproduceanautomobile".TheHydeSchoolassumes"everyhumanbeinghasauniquepotential"thatisbasedoncharacter,notintelligenceorwealth.Conscienceandhardworkarevalued.Successismeasuredbygrowth,notacademicachievement.Studentsarerequiredtotakeresponsibilityforeachother.ToavoidthecontroversyofothercharacterprogramsusedinUSschools,Gauldsaystheconceptofdoingyourbesthasnothingtodowithforcingthestudentstoacceptaparticularsetofmoralsorreligiousvalues.在解釋自己的教育方法時(shí),喬?高爾德指出,對傳統(tǒng)的教育體制不能只是改革。他說“無論怎樣改革”,用馬和馬車“是改革不出汽車的”。海德中學(xué)認(rèn)為“每ー個(gè)人都有自己的獨(dú)特潛能”,這種潛能的基礎(chǔ)是品格而不是智力或財(cái)富。良知和苦干受到推崇。成功由不斷進(jìn)步來衡量,而不是由學(xué)習(xí)成績來評定。學(xué)生必須相互負(fù)責(zé)。為了避免美國中學(xué)使用的其他品格培養(yǎng)方案所引發(fā)的爭議,高爾德解釋說，“全力以赴”這一概念并不是要強(qiáng)迫學(xué)生接受某一套道德原則或宗教觀念。Someunknownintervaloftimepassesbeforehereyesopenagain,onlythistimethereisnoresponseinthem,justablankstare.Withoutwarning,hershallowbreathingstops,andwithinafewmoments,thefaintpulseisalsogone.Onesingletearflowsfromherlefteye,acrossthecheekanddownontothepillow.Ibegintocryquietly.Thereisaswellofemotionwithinmeforthisstrangerwhosoquicklycameintoandwentfrommylife.Hersufferingisdone,yetsoisthelife.Slowly,stillholdingherhand,IbecomeawarethatIdonotmindthisemotionalbattle,thatinfact,itwasaprivilegeshehasallowedme,andIwoulddoitagain,gladly.Mrs.Clarksparedherfamilyanepisodethatperhapstheywerenotequippedtohandleandinsteadshareditwithme.Shehadnotwantedtohaveherfamilyseeherdie,yetshedidnotwanttodiealone.Nooneshoulddiealone,andIamgladIwasthereforher.不知過了多長時(shí)間,她又睜開了雙眼,只是這一次目光里沒有任何反應(yīng),只有空洞的凝視。沒有一點(diǎn)先兆,她那細(xì)弱的呼吸停止了。很快,微弱的脈搏也消失了。一顆淚珠從她的左眼中流出,滑過臉頰,落在枕上。我開始輕聲哭泣。對這位迅速走進(jìn)又走出我生活的陌生人,我心間涌起了一股感情。她的痛苦結(jié)束了,可她的生命也結(jié)束了。我依然握著她的手,漸漸地,我意識到我并不害怕這種感情之戰(zhàn),意識到這實(shí)際是她賜予我的特殊榮幸,而且我還樂意再來一次?？死朔蛉藳]有讓她的家人目睹這一幕他們或許無力面對的人生插曲,卻與我分享了它。她不想讓家人看著她死去,然而她也不愿孤獨(dú)地離去。不應(yīng)當(dāng)有人孤獨(dú)離去的,我很高興能守候在她身邊。Peoplewouldalsoliketobeabletopreventthegreatdestructionofpropertycausedbyearthquakes.Afterall,mostofthepeoplewhodieinearthquakesarekilledbyfallingbuildings.Therefore,buildingstructuresthatcanwithstandthepowerofearthquakesisamajorconcern.Steelseemstobethebestmaterial,butnotifitisweldedtoformarigidstructure.Manynewstructuresarebuiltwithanewtypeofsteeljoint,anl-joint,whichappearstobethemostdurabletypeofjoint.Thesejointsofsteelcanmovewithoutbreaking.Also,topreventpropertydamage,architectsnowdes