内容正文:
挖掘文本
深度学习
2019外研版高中英语
基于词、法、句 挖掘文本深度学习
必修三
Deep Learning
Unit 2 Making a difference
Understanding Ideas:
The well that change the World
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The Well that Changed the World
As a six-year-old Canadian schoolboy, Ryan had trouble believing the words spoken by his teacher that many people in developing African countries couldn’t get enough clean water. He ___1___(眺望) the classroom at the drinking fountain. It was very close—only ten steps away. So, Ryan asked himself, “Why do some African children have to walk ten kilometers to get water every day? And why is the water so ___2___(脏的) that it makes them sick?” Young Ryan thought, “Life is easy for me, but hard for those people. Why don’t I help?”
At first, his plan was to ___3___ (赚钱)to build a single well somewhere in Africa. He cleaned windows and did ___4___ (园艺) for his family and neighbors. He soon reached his first target of $70, but when he gave the money to a charity, he was told that it actually cost $2,000 to build a ___5___. (井) Seventy dollars was only enough for a hand pump. Ryan understood that a hand pump wouldn’t help the children. What they needed was a well dug near their homes.
Two thousand dollars was a lot of money, but Ryan didn’t ___6___(放弃). He ___7___(下定决心)help other children have clean water. He started to ask for help from his classmates and neighbors and persuaded them to ___8___ (捐款). At the same time, a friend of Ryan’s mother helped make his story go public. After several months, Ryan had ___9___ (筹集) the $2,000, with which a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The children at the school___10___ (不再) needed to walk for hours to get water. They were grateful to him and ___11___ (邀请) him to visit.
In Uganda, Ryan at last saw the finished well with his own eyes. But that was not all. He also saw hundreds of ___12___(快乐的)students who had turned out to welcome him. They sang and danced happily. Some even ___13___(提供)him food and gifts. At first Ryan was nervous, but