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这是关于一个受人尊敬的著名女士的故事。她曾生活于生活的底层，后来由于某种机遇，她来到了上流社会，过上了人上人的生活。不幸的是她在一次车祸中受了伤，从此与假肢为伴。她又作了一次奋斗，开始关心全世界残疾人的生活，为此作了很大的贡献，并获得了诺贝尔奖提名。这样一个故事《一颗勇敢的心》，是不是很吸引人呢？

                             A brave Heart

Heather Mills McCartney lives an enviable life, attending celebrity parties, meeting regularly with the rice and famous, and doing meaningful work for charity. All who work with Heather admire and respect her. But Heather’s life hasn’t always been so easy. When Heather was only 9 years old, her mother left her and her two brothers. At 13, she ran away from home and ended up living on the streets in London. Eventually, however, her exceptional beauty led to a career in modeling. At that time, Heather also began dealing with the war relief work in former Yugoslavia. Through her modeling and relief work, she soon became famous.

(enviable: 令人羡慕regularly: 定期的charity: 慈善 admire: 钦佩 respect: 尊敬 eventually: 最后 exceptional: 异常的careen: 职业生涯relief work: 救济工作)

But in August 1993, at age 25 her life changed once again. She was crossing the street in London when a motorcycle crashed into her. She was so badly injured that the doctors had to amputate her left leg. After that, she discovered that she frequently needed to change her artificial limbs. It was expensive, and she felt it was waste to just throw away the old one. This made her set up an organization that could deliver used artificial limbs to Yugoslavia and other war-torn countries. It was through her charity work that she met her husband Paul McCartney.

(amputate: 切除artificial limbs: 假肢war-torn countries: 饱受战争蹂躏的)

Throughout her life, Heather has risen above her problems and focused on helping others. He work with artificial limbs even earned her a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1996. Heather’s persistence and determination impress everyone who knows her. Heather believes anyone can make a positive difference in the world.

(focused on helping others: 集中精力帮助别人 nomination: 题名persistence: 坚持positive: 积极的，确有助益的)

句型解析：

1．  She lives an enviable life, attending celebrity parties, meeting regularly with the rich and famous, and doing meaningful work for charity.

该句为典型的主句加上若干现在分词短语的句子，对主句的主语伴随状况的说明。注意动词形态的一致性。

2．  All who work with her admire and respect her.

该定语重句可以分成两句：1）All (the people) admire and respect her. 2）(People) who work with her. 注意修饰人的定语重句用who引导，而修饰物的定语重句用which引导。

3．  Eventually, however, her exceptional beauty led to a career in modeling. 然而，最终她异乎寻常的美丽使她走上了职业模特的道路。

4．  It was through her charity work that she met her husband Paul McCartney.

本句为强调句句形。例如：It was through my hard work that I got the high position.

5．  She believe (that) anyone can make a positive difference in the world. 她相信任何人都可以在世界上积极进取，从而与众不同。这句话对于学习有困难的同学尤为重要。你同意吗？