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　　Jean is a bright young woman who comes from a rich and famous family．She goes to a good university and has everything that money can buy．Well, almost everything．The problem is that Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her．In fact, Jean is quite lonely．So Jean spends a lot of time on her QQ．She likes being anonymous(匿名的), talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life．She uses the name Linda on QQ and has made a lot of friends who she keeps in touch with quite often．

　　Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ．His name was David and lived in San Francisco．David was full of stories and jokes．He and Jean had a common interest in rock music and modern dance．So it always took them hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot their time．Of course, they wanted to know more about each other．David sent a picture of himself：He was a tall, good looking young man with big, happy smile．As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other．

　　When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday．She would take him the latest DVD of their favorite rock singer．But when she knocked on David's door in San Francisco, she found that her special friend was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim!

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　　Reuters, February 2, 2010－The stars have joined Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in calling for people to help those left homeless after the disaster, which hit the poor island nation Haiti on Tuesday．

　　Shakira has posted a message on her personal website asking everyone to donate money to Jean’s Yele charity organization, while other stars including Mark Hoppus, Yoko Ono, singer Joey Mcintyre, and Kim Kardashian have all taken to their Twitter．com pages to raise awareness of the disaster．

　　Jean’s campaign was so popular that the website suddenly stopped working because of the money being donated every minute．A spokesperson proved the organization is working on improving the website to allow for more money donated．

　　Meanwhile, Hollywood super couple Pitt and Jolie have also made an effort by donating ￡625,000 to help Doctors Without Borders in the earthquake-hit area．

　　In the statement, Jolie says, “It is extremely horrible to see a disaster of this size hit a people who have been suffering from poverty, violence and unrest for so many years．”

　　Pitt adds, “We understand the first response is important to meet the needs of countless people who are now homeless and most require urgent care．”

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　　I had looked forward to this day for a long time．Finally, I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe．Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps．My companions－Jean Pierre, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent－and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning．

　　As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow．We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop．After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day．We started down the mountain in the thick snow．Jean Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them．As he was returning to us, he started to fall．

　　His fall started an avalanche(雪崩)and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow．Jean Pierre hurried down to me．“Are you OK?” he asked．

　　“I think I broke my leg,” I answered．

　　“I’d better radio for help!” he said．“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere．

　　Jean Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away．It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter．The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher(担架)．One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others．The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow．

　　Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her．Maurice was nearby．The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter．Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes．I went first on the stretcher．

　　Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix．Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain．Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives．