Angel of the Internet （二）

网络天使

Gloria knew all too well about(1) this health problem since her own son was born with a similar heart defect and was treated successfully. “I never forgot what it felt like to have a child with a life and death situation that you had to live with daily,” she said. “It’s a terrible(2) feeling.”

Vocabulary

1. to know all too well about… 对…非常了解 2. terrible(a.) 可怕的﹔恐怖的

葛罗莉亚对这个健康问题再清楚不过了，因为她自己的儿子也是生来便带有类似的先天性心脏缺陷，而且已经成功接受治疗。「我从未忘记那种感觉，拥有一个活生生的孩子，却必须每天和死亡一起生活，」她说，「那是一种可怕的感觉。」

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So Gloria went to work. Through sheer(1) will and corporate(2) contributions she brought the child to New Jersey for surgery three years ago. He was the first boy saved, but it was just the beginning. Soon there were dozens of(3) e-mails from other desperate parents.

Vocabulary

1. sheer (a.) 纯粹的﹔透明的﹔极薄的2.corporate (v.) 团体的﹔公司的 3.dozens of…许多…

因此葛罗莉亚开始工作。凭着纯粹的决心与公司团体的募款，三年前她将这名孩子带来新泽新州接受手术。他是第一个获救的男孩，但这只是开始而已，很快的，其它急切的父母也寄来许多电子邮件。

Now Gloria is on a mission(1). With no training, working with her husband, who’s a teacher, Gloria coordinates(2) regular arrivals(3) in the New York area of terminally(4) ill children, most of them from China. Gloria guides the families on every step(5): She meets them at the airport, sets them up in a hotel and joins them at the hospital.

Vocabulary

1. be on a mission 执行任务2. coordinate (v.) 协调3.arrival (n.) 抵达﹔到达 4.terminally (adv.) 处于末期症状上﹔最后5.on every step 在每个步骤

现在葛罗莉正在进行一项任务，在没有接受训练的情形下，和她当教师的丈夫安排病症末期儿童定期到纽约区接受治疗，多数病童来自中国。葛罗莉亚全程指导这些家庭：她到机场迎接他们，将他们安置在旅馆，也和他们一起到医院参与治疗过程。

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