Humans have hunted colorful and wild creatures since the Stone Age．And Gabby Salazar, an American teenager is 1 different from her ancestors(祖先)in her 2 to track down(追捕)animals． 3 Gabby doesn’t shoot animals with a gun, she uses her camera to 4 beautiful images of wildlife．Now the teenager has found herself in the spotlight after a 5 she took of a green lizard(蜥蜴)won her the award Young Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2004, on October 20．
6 a member of the North American Nature Photographers Association, the 17-year-old, from North Carolina, 7 she can encourage people to 8 wildlife．“We’re trying to educate people about the environment by using photographs 9 by our members,” she said．“I jumped around a little bit－went 10 and screamed for a couple of minutes,” Gabby said of her reaction(反应)to winning the 11 ．Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the world’s most important wildlife photographic competition．It is 12 each year by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Wildlife Magazine．
Gabby began to take 13 at the age of 12, 14 her father gave her a camera as a gift．It is mainly from her father, an amateur(业余的) photographer that she has 15 her skills．
On family vacations they 16 carry big bags of photographic equipment with them．She has traveled to many places within the US 17 Russia, in her short photography career(生涯)．She says she also wants to travel and take pictures in China．
Despite her 18 , Gabby says she will study chemistry in college, not 19 ．
“Photography for me isn’t about trying to shoot the world,” she said．“Taking pictures just makes me 20 , and I’m going to continue to do it as long as I enjoy it．”
Al was a skilled artist．He had a wife and two fine sons．One night, his oldest son 1 severe stomachache．Thinking it was only some common disorder, neither Al nor his wife 2 the condition very seriously．But the disease was actually acute appendicitis(急性阑尾炎),and the boy died suddenly that night．
Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the 3 of the situation, under the enormous burden of his guilt, Al's emotional health 4 ．To make matters worse, his wife left him a short time later, 5 him alone with his six-year-old younger son．The hurt and pain of the two situations were 6 Al could handle, and he turned to alcohol to help him．In time Al became an 7 ．
As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he 8 his home, his land, his art objects, everything． 9 Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room．
When I heard of Al's death, I reacted with the same disdain(轻视)the world shows for one who 10 his life with nothing material to show for it．
“What a complete 11 !”I thought, “What a totally wasted life!”
As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier blind 12 ．You see, I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie．He is one of the 13 , most caring, most loving men I have ever known．I watched Ernie whit his children and saw the free 14 of love between them．I knew that kindness and caring must come from somewhere．
I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father．It is so 15 to defend an alcoholic．One day I worked up my courage to ask him．“I'm really 16 by something．” I said．“I know your father was basically the only one to raise you．What on earth did he do that you became such a special person”?
Ernie reflected for a few moments．Then he said, “From my earliest 17 as a child until I left home at 18,Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son”．
Tears came to my eyes 18 I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure．He hadn't left any 19 possessions behind, But he had been a kind loving father, and he 20 one of the finest, most giving men I have ever known．
Michael O’ lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship．The father believed in encouragement．
Though Michael was the 1 of the class when he entered high school, his 2 continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play 3 if he didn't want to．
However, Michael loved football and was 4 to try his best at every practice．All through high school, he never 5 a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer(替补队员)all four years．His 6 father was always in the stands, with words of 7 for him．
It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly 8 the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram．Michael 9 the telegram and became deathly silent－his father died that morning, and the sad man left for 10 immediately．
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points 11 , a silent young man eagerly 12 onto the sidelines．The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so 13 ．
“Coach, please let me 14 ．I have to play today, ” said Michael．Feeling sorry for him, the coach 15 ．Before long, nobody could believe their eyes．This small bench warmer played like a(n) 16 ．He helped his team win finally．
When the team was cheering for their 17 , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone．The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me 18 you did it? ”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind? ” He 19 a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could 20 me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it! ”
Michael O’her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship．The father believed in encouragement．
Though Michael was the 1 of the class when he entered high school, his 2 continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play 3 if he didn’t want to．
However, Michael loved football and was 4 to try his best at every practice．All through high school, he never 5 a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer(替补队员)all four years．His 6 father was always in the stands, with words of 7 for him．
It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly 8 the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram．Michael 9 the telegram and became deathly silent－his father died that morning, and the sad man left for 10 immediately．
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points 11 , a silent young man eagerly 12 onto the sidelines．The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so 13 ．
“Coach, please let me 14 ．I have to play today,” said Michael．Feeling sorry for him, the coach 15 ．Before long, nobody could believe their eyes．This small bench warmer played like a(n) 16 ．He helped his team win finally．
When the team was cheering for their 17 , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone．The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me 18 you did it?”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind?” He 19 a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could 20 me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”
Someone said that encouragement is simply reminding a person of the “shoulders” he's standing on, the heritage he's been given．That's what happened 1 a young man, the son of a(n) 2 baseball player, was chosen by one of the minor league teams．Hard as he tried, his first season was 3 , and by midseason he expected to be removed 4 day．The coaches were 5 by his failure because he possessed all the characteristics of a superb(杰出的)athlete, but he seemed to have become 6 from his potential．
His 7 seemed darkest one day when he had already struck out his first time at bat．Then he stepped up to the batter's box again and quickly ran up two strikes．The catcher called a 8 and ran for a conference to discuss strategies．While they were busy, the 9 , standing behind him, spoke casually to the boy．
Then play 10 , the next pitch was thrown and the young man knocked it out of the park．That was the turning 11 ．From then on, he played the game with a new confidence and power that quickly 12 the attention of the parent team, and he was called 13 to the majors．
On the day he was leaving for the city, one of his coaches asked him what had caused such a turnaround．The young man replied it was the 14 remark the judge had 15 that day when his baseball career had seemed 16 ．
“He told me I reminded him of all the times he had stood 17 my dad in the batter's box,” the boy explained．“He said I was holding the bat just the way Dad had held it． 18 he told me, ‘I can see his genes in you; you have your father's 19 ．After that, whenever I swung the bat, I just 20 I was using Dad's arms instead of my own．”