¡¡¡¡That night, Joe came back home very late, pulling his ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ legs, obviously tired£®He then sat down by the window, ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ his head£®
¡¡¡¡Hearing her husband back, Kay ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡ out of the kitchen, but to her ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡£®Joe£®sat still, without ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡£®Usually, when he came back, he would greet her with a ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ or a hug£®Immediately Kay ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ something unusual£®She went over to Joe and asked,¡°Tell me, my dear, any ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡ news?¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°Well, I have to say that things are not in our ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡£®It seems that I have no ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ to defeat my opponent(¶ÔÊÖ)£®He's much more ¡¡¡¡11¡¡¡¡, for he's been holding the position for nearly four years, and people think he's done a ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡ job£®Many signs(¼£Ïó)show that he's in the ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡£®¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°Oh, really?But I still believe you have your own ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡£®You're in your forties at the ¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡ age for a man£®You're new, so people have reasons to ¡¡¡¡16¡¡¡¡ you to do better£®So let's go to the voters(Ñ¡Ãñ)and tell them,¡®Give Joe Hart a chance, and he'll show you who's your better ¡¡¡¡17¡¡¡¡¡¯£®¡±
¡¡¡¡Their next three weeks were spent visiting different neighborhods, going to all kinds of parties, making speeches at universities and gatherings£®¡¡¡¡18¡¡¡¡ Jody and Julie, their small children, went from door to door, ¡¡¡¡19¡¡¡¡¡°Please vote for our daddy, Joe Hart!¡±
¡¡¡¡The night before the final vote, the whole Hart family were too anxious to fall asleep£®The moment before the final result was declared, their hearts were brought to their mouths, but at last they all ¡¡¡¡20¡¡¡¡ and burst into tears£®
¡¡¡¡Joe Hart became head judge of the state of Texas, USA£®
¡¡¡¡News analysts(·ÖÎö¼Ò)£¬reporters, and correspondents(ͨѶ¼ÇÕß)play a ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ role in our society£®They gather information, prepare stories, and make broadcasts that inform us about local, state, national, and international ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡ ; present points of view on current issues; and report on the actions of public officials£®
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¡¡¡¡Journalists must be able to write clearly and concisely(¼òÃ÷µÄ)£®They need to ¡¡¡¡13 a story interesting£and getting it the right ¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡ is quite a skill!You need to be ¡¡¡¡15 in people and have a(an)¡° ¡¡¡¡16¡¡¡¡ ¡±for a good story£®
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¡¡¡¡I have been interested in animals since before I could remember£®When I was four years old, I stayed on a farm where I helped to ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ hens' eggs£®I became ¡¡¡¡2¡¡¡¡, and asked those around me,¡°Where is the hole big enough for the eggs to come out?¡±When no one answered to my ¡¡¡¡3¡¡¡¡, I hid in a henhouse for some four hours to ¡¡¡¡4¡¡¡¡£®When my mother saw me rushing toward the house, she noticed my ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡£®Instead of scolding me for disappearing for so long(the family had even ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ the police!), she sat down and listened to me tell the wonderful story of how a hen ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡ an egg£®Then my childhood dream was as strong as ever£ºI wanted to learn things that no one else knew, uncover secrets through patient ¡¡¡¡8¡¡¡¡£®
¡¡¡¡I was ¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ enough to meet the late(ÒѹʵÄ)Louis Leakey, who gave me this ¡¡¡¡10¡¡¡¡ chance to find out about the wild chimpanzees, our closest living relatives in the animal world£®When I go back there, I see some ¡¡¡¡11¡¡¡¡ that I knew in the sixties, and one individual(¸öÌå)£¬her name is Fifi£®She was a little baby when I arrived in ¡¡¡¡12¡¡¡¡ and she's about 43 years old now, she's the matriarch(Å®¼Ò³¤)of her community£®When I look into her eyes, I think¡°this is my oldest chimpanzee friend, and she and I ¡¡¡¡13¡¡¡¡ memories that no other being in the world shares because they're not there any more£®¡±And when I look into those eyes, I know I'm looking into the eyes of a thinking, feeling being£®¡¡¡¡14¡¡¡¡ I'll never know what she thinks about me£®It's always a ¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡, there's always something to learn£®