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Passage 6

学霸导读 奥茜奥拉·麦卡蒂是位伟大的女性,我们一起来看看她的光辉事迹吧!

In 1995, Oseola McCarty gave $150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi. She wanted to help p 1 students. Her friends and neighbors were surprised when they heard the news. McCarty was a good woman and was always friendly and helpful. Everyone in her town knew that she was not r 2 . In fact, she was poor.

How did a poor 86-year-old woman have so much money? Oseola McCarty was born in 1908.She had to l 3 school when she was eight years old to help her family. Her job was washing clothes. She got only a few dollars a day. She washed the clothes by hand. Then she h 4 the clothes to dry. She did this for nearly 80 years. McCarty never m 5 and she had no children.Her life was very simple. She went to work and to church. She had a black-and-white television,but she did not watch it very often.

Oseola McCarty s 6 money all her life and had about $250,000. At the age of 86, she left money to the church, the university and her r 7 . She just wanted to help others. She was a shy woman, but she became famous.

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高频词汇

in fact 事实上

dry v. (使)变干,(使)干燥

nearly adv. 几乎,差不多

simple adj. 简单的,容易的

at the age of 在……岁时 4dM2wf7yWb40gzpabAU3Hl7pWCByqjE+P15oURRtw5RrOLcxmQeoF5gjUZEDzG+N

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