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Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with
1 an gang (团
伙) problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often
2 trouble, he decided to do
something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day
3 .
Those fun trips had a(n)
4 impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day,
5 working security
at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys
6 . He sensed trouble between them.
7 one of
them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug. "I
8 you. You took me
9 when I was in fifth grade. That
was one of the
10 days of my life."
Deeply touched by the boy's word, Moody decided to create a foundation (基金会) that
11 teenagers to the
basics of fishing in camping programs. "As a policeman, I saw
12 there was violence, drugs were always behind
it. They have a damaging
13 on the kids," says Moody.
By turning kids on to fishing, he
14 to present an alternative way of life, "When you're sitting there waiting
for a
15 ," he says, "you can't help but talk to each other, and such
16 can be pretty deep."
"Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer (同龄人) pressures in high school," says Michelle, who
17 the first program. "And I was able to help my little brother
18 drugs."
Moody faces
19 in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time. "I'm living a happy life and I
have a responsibility to my
20 to give back," Moody says. "If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother
to fish tomorrow."
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( )8. A. understand
( )9. A. fishing
( )10. A. quietest
( )11. A. connects
( )12. A. where
( )13. A. impression
( )14. A. asked
( )15. A. solution
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( )18. A. misuse
( )19. A. unemployment
( )20. A. team |
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B. got over
B. away
B. damaging
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B. complaining
B. Suddenly
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B. sailing
B. longest
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B. unless
B. burden
B. intended
B. change
B. interests
B. worked out
B. avoid
B. challenge
B. school |
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C. limited
C. since
C. talking
C. Finally
C. see
C. boating
C. best
C. reduces
C. as
C. decision
C. pretended
C. bite
C. conversations
C. approved of
C. tolerate
C. competition
C. family |
D. smoking
D. looked into
D. out
D. lasting
D. until
D. cheering
D. Secretly
D. remember
D. swimming
D. busiest
D. commits
D. whether
D. impact
D. agreed
D. surprise
D. emotions
D. made up
D. test
D. retirement
D. community |