When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her
mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course(课程) so when this show business thing doesn't work out,
you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage
fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about
doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her
career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing
Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a
computer," she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography(自传), After All, her second book is less about life
as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as
international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like
this," she says." I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other
diabetics to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our
part in managing the disease."
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In
her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received
two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was
carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act,
she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to
grow up —again—and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only
then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction
to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight, she
refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?'
about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No
one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments.
Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the
importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and
be as helpful as I can be."
1.Why did Mary feel regretful?
A.She didn't
achieve her ambition. B.She didn't
take care of her mother.
C.She didn't
complete her high school. D.She didn't
follow her mother's advice.
2.We can know that before 1995 Mary
A.had two books
published B.received many
career awards
C.knew how to
use a computer D.supported the
JDRF by writing
3.Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about
her
A.living with
diabetes B.successful
show business
C.service for
an organization D.remembrance
of her mother
4.When Mary received the life-changing news, she
A.lost control
of herself B.began a
balanced diet
C.tried to get
a treatment D.behaved in an
adult way