In 1867, an engineer named John Roebling was given the job of building a bridge to connect(连接)New York with Long Island．

　　Roebling thought about the idea all the time．He couldn’t get the bridge off his 　　1　　．But many people thought it was 　　2　　 to do the job．

　　The project started well, but only a few months later Roebling was killed in a terrible accident．The following month his son, Washington, was asked to 　　3　　 his work．

　　Building the bridge was a long and tough job．Not only did John Roebling die, but also up to thirty other men lost their 　　4　　．

　　Washington himself had the same bad luck 　　5　　 his father．In early summer 1872, he became very ill．He couldn’t walk, talk or 　　6　　 move．

　　“We told them so．”

　　Crazy men and their crazy dreams．”

　　“It’s foolish to follow wild ideas．”

　　Everyone criticized(批评)the bridge project．People said it would never 　　7　　．

　　But Washington was not discouraged．He kept his mind on the job．

　　One day as he lay in bed in his hospital room, an idea hit him．He could still move one 　　8　　．He decided to make the best use of it．

　　He touched(触摸)his wife’s arm with that finger．He wanted her to call the engineers．Then in the same way, he told the engineers 　　9　　 to do．The project started again．

　　For 11 years Washington tapped out his words with his finger, until the bridge was completed．Today the spectacular(壮观的)Brooklyn Bridge stands in all its glory (荣耀)．It tells the world a 　　10　　 story, but also a story of determination．

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　　Chess must be one of the oldest games in the world．An Arab traveler in the year 900 wrote that it was played“long long ago”．Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan to Europe since 1400．The name“chess”is interesting．When one player is attacking the other's king, he says, in English,“chess”．When the king has been caught and cannot move anywhere, he says“check mate(将死)”．These words come from Persian(波斯语)．It means“the king is dead”．That is when the game is over, and one player has won．

　　Such an old game changes very slowly．The rules have not always been the same as they are now．For example, at one time the queen could only move one square(方块) at a time．Now she is the strongest piece on the board．It would be interesting to know why this has happened!Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people．You don't have to be a winner in order to enjoy it．It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table．The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio．Some people are able to play many people at the same time．One man played 400 games!It is said that some people play chess by post．This must make chess the slowest game in the world．

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　　Eleven-year-old Angela was suffering from illness which was bad to her nerve(神经)system．She was unable to walk and her movement was restricted(限制)in other ways as well．The doctors did not hold out much hope of her ever becoming better from this illness．They thought she'd spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair(轮椅)．They said that few, if any, were able to come back to normal after having this disease．The little girl was undaunted(不泄气)．There, lying in her hospital bed, she would tell anyone who'd listen that she was surely going to be walking again some day．

　　She was taken to a better hospital in the San Francisco Bay area．Every treatment was used in her case．The doctors were pleased and encouraged by her undefeatable spirit．They taught her about imagining(想象)－about seeing herself walking．If it would do nothing else, it would at least give her hope and something helpful to do in the long waking hours in her bed．Angela would work as hard as possible in any proposed treatment．But she worked just as hard lying there carefully doing her imagining, imagining herself moving, moving, moving!

　　One day, as she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as if a miracle(奇迹)happened：The bed moved!It began to move around the room!She screamed out,“Look what I'm doing!Look!Look!I can do it!I moved, I moved!”

　　Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was screaming, too, and running for cover．People were screaming, equipment was falling and glass was breaking．You see, it was the San Francisco earthquake．But don't tell that to Angela．She thought firmly that she did it．And now only a few years later, she's back in school．You see, anyone who can shake the earth between San Francisco and Oakland can conquer(征服)such a little disease, can't they?

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