耄耋老人，滑雪不止

李红娟

No stopping this 90?year?old skier

自少年时代起，Dot Anderson就热爱滑雪，她希望自己能滑到90岁。虽然一次意外改变了她的命运，但她的滑雪情结却依然不变。

难词探意

1. slope /sl??p/ n. 斜坡__________________________

2. hip /h?p/ n. 臀部;髋部

If Dot Anderson was going to ski at 90， at least she could have done it when she was going down the slope. But Anderson met a different fate. She joined a weekend downhill ski trip. On Jan. 22， she was at the top of the hill at Mount Snow in Dover， Vermont. She was getting off the ski lift when she miscalculated and stepped sideways and had a fall. She felt no 1._____________（sorry/pain）. But  when she went to get up， her left leg was limp and wouldnt do anything.

She was taken to a 2._____________in Brattleboro Memorial where the doctor performed a partial hip replacement， inserting a titanium（钛） ball in the top of the hip joint.

After a four?day stay， her daughters Shirin Anderson and Lynn Tribble drove her home to North Weymouth， where she was recovering and counting the days until she could get out again. While she could walk normally， she had to be 3._____________（careful/nervous） to not raise her leg more than 90 degrees and not cross her legs when sitting. She used pole grippers （钳子） to pick up things and put on her socks.

When she turned 90 on Sept. 14， Anderson believed that she was still as young as she felt. Also，she felt like skiing， hiking， keeping up longtime friendships and making new ones. That remained unchanged although at her daughters request， she might 4._____________（charge/replace） the downhill skiing with cross?country outings from now on at the South Shore Country Club in Hingham. Her

5. _____________for others who enjoy an activity is “Dont stop”. Thats the scary part： If you stop，it is hard to get going again.

“Well see how it goes. If you still have that interest and the joy of getting out and doing things， you dont feel old. You feel like you want to keep doing it，” she added.

Reading Check

Fill in each blank with only one word or select the right items given in the bracket according to the context.

Language Study

Sentence for writing

She was getting off the ski lift when she miscalculated and stepped sideways and had a fall.

【信息提取】“主语+过去进行时+when+一般过去时”句式常用来描述过去发生的两个动作。其中長的动作正在进行，用进行时;短的动作出其不意地发生，用一般过去时，常翻译为“正……突然……”。

【句式仿写】今天早晨，我正在河边散步时，突然听到有人喊救命。

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