高三英语二轮复习学案-名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选：Snowed In.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Snowed In（答案在最后） 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选Snowed In 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 助人（雪天爱心救援） 四星 673 【文章梗概】Barbara的外孙女身患疾病，急需肝脏移植，一天早上她接到电话，位于600英里外的Omaha一家医院找到了和她外孙女肝脏匹配的捐赠者，需要她们12小时之内赶到那里。但是她们所面临的困难是大雪封路，全城交通瘫痪，因此Barbara想方设法集结各方力量，全城人民一起行动，最终及时把她的外孙女送到医院，成功地进行了肝脏移植手术。 Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world, indeed it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead If it takes a village to raise a child, then January 17, 1994, was the day it took a village to save a child. Barbara Schmitt sipped coffee and watched the snow outside her window pile up. The city of Louisville, Kentucky, was paralyzed, with drifts up to two feet deep, but she and the two granddaughters she was helping to raise didn’t mind. They were going to spend the day warm indoors, playing and watching the blizzard. Ashley, age six, chatted excitedly. Her three-year-old sister Michelle was subdued. Michelle was one of the hundreds of American children awaiting a new liver. Waiting and praying were a daily routine for Barbara Schmitt, but today the prayers were more intense. Michelle had been showing danger signs that made an immediate liver transplant critical, but the telephone was as silent as the snowy scene outside. Then at nine in the morning, the phone rang. Here was the news Barbara needed. A hospital in Omaha had located the right liver donor, they were sure it was a match for Michelle, and they needed her there within 12 hours. Barbara couldn’t tell what to do first—rejoice or despair. The greatest gift Michelle would ever receive was awaiting her, and here they were, snowbound, 600 miles away. “We’re snowed in,” Barbara told the medical coordinator on the line. “The airport is 17 miles away, trucks are jackknifing off the roads, and there’s no way we’re going to get there.” “Don’t give up,” the woman told Barbara. “You have 12 hours to reach Omaha, so start thinking!” Fortunately, the phone lines were still working, so