No stopping this 90-year-old skier

陕西西安高新第一中学 李红娟

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难词探意

1.slope /sləʊp/ n.斜坡

2.hip /hɪp/ 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 wouldn't 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 thehipjoint.

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 degreesand 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 “Don't stop”.That's the scary part： If you stop，it is hard to get going again.

“We'll see how it goes.If you still have that interest and the joy of getting out and doing things,you don't 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。 其中长的动作正在进行，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。