A
When Paul Jackson was a boy, he lived near an old copper smelter which polluted the environment seriously. A beautiful forest nearby was made into a wasteland. He vowed that someday he would make the land green again.
While at college, he chose botany. He met a professor who was an expert in ecology. He told Paul it would take about twenty thousand years to make that wasteland green again.
Then Paul got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. He kept thinking about it. One night he took some action. He sneaked out into the wasteland with a backpack full of seedlings and started planting. For seven hours, he planted the seedlings. Every week, he made his secret journey and did the same job, but most of them died. For fifteen years he did this.
Once, when all his young trees burned to the ground because of a careless sheepherder, Paul broke down and cried. Then he got up and kept planting. Freezing winds and terrible heat, landslides and floods and fires destroyed his work time and time again. However, he kept planting.
Very slowly, amazing things began to take place. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees, grass and bushes. Many kinds of wildlife live here. Paul received many environmental awards. His hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.
Just keep working, no matter who criticizes you, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many times you fall. 坚持努力,无惧质疑,不畏时长,不惧跌倒。
理解
1. What was Paul Jackson's vow? How did he realize his vow?
2. What quality is important when we are faced with difficulties?
When Paul Jackson was a boy, he lived near an old copper smelter which polluted the environment seriously. A beautiful forest nearby was made into a wasteland. He vowed that someday he would make the land green again.
While at college, he chose botany. He met a professor who was an expert in ecology. He told Paul it would take about twenty thousand years to make that wasteland green again.
Then Paul got married and had some kids. But his dream would not die. He kept thinking about it. One night he took some action. He sneaked out into the wasteland with a backpack full of seedlings and started planting. For seven hours, he planted the seedlings. Every week, he made his secret journey and did the same job, but most of them died. For fifteen years he did this.
Once, when all his young trees burned to the ground because of a careless sheepherder, Paul broke down and cried. Then he got up and kept planting. Freezing winds and terrible heat, landslides and floods and fires destroyed his work time and time again. However, he kept planting.
Very slowly, amazing things began to take place. Now the place is fourteen thousand acres of trees, grass and bushes. Many kinds of wildlife live here. Paul received many environmental awards. His hair turned white, but he managed to keep that impossible vow he made to himself as a child.
Just keep working, no matter who criticizes you, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many times you fall. 坚持努力,无惧质疑,不畏时长,不惧跌倒。
理解
1. What was Paul Jackson's vow? How did he realize his vow?
His vow was that someday he would make the polluted land green again. He kept planting to realize his vow.
2. What quality is important when we are faced with difficulties?
Never give up and just keep working, no matter who criticizes you, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many times you fall.
答案：1. His vow was that someday he would make the polluted land green again. He kept planting to realize his vow.
2. Never give up and just keep working, no matter who criticizes you, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many times you fall.
2. Never give up and just keep working, no matter who criticizes you, no matter how long it takes, no matter how many times you fall.
解析：
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### A
当保罗·杰克逊还是个孩子的时候，他住在一个旧铜冶炼厂附近，这个冶炼厂严重污染了环境。附近一片美丽的森林变成了荒地。他发誓总有一天他会让这片土地重新变绿。
上大学时，他选择了植物学。他遇到了一位生态学专家教授。教授告诉保罗，要让那片荒地重新变绿大约需要两万年。
后来保罗结婚并有了几个孩子。但他的梦想并没有消逝。他一直想着这件事。一天晚上，他采取了一些行动。他背着一个装满幼苗的背包偷偷溜到荒地里，开始种植。他种了七个小时的幼苗。每周，他都会秘密前往并做同样的工作，但大多数幼苗都死了。他这样做了十五年。
有一次，因为一个粗心的牧羊人，他所有的小树都被烧毁了，保罗崩溃大哭。然后他站起来，继续种植。寒风、酷暑、山体滑坡、洪水和火灾一次又一次地摧毁了他的劳动成果。然而，他仍继续种植。
非常缓慢地，令人惊奇的事情开始发生了。现在这个地方有一万四千英亩的树木、草地和灌木丛。许多种野生动物生活在这里。保罗获得了许多环境方面的奖项。他的头发变白了，但他成功地坚守了小时候对自己许下的那个看似不可能实现的誓言。
坚持努力，无惧质疑，不畏时长，不惧跌倒。
### 理解
1. 保罗·杰克逊的誓言是什么？他是如何实现他的誓言的？
他的誓言是总有一天他会让被污染的土地重新变绿。他通过不断种植来实现他的誓言。
2. 当我们面临困难时，什么品质很重要？
永不放弃，坚持努力，无惧质疑，不畏时长，不惧跌倒。
### A
当保罗·杰克逊还是个孩子的时候，他住在一个旧铜冶炼厂附近，这个冶炼厂严重污染了环境。附近一片美丽的森林变成了荒地。他发誓总有一天他会让这片土地重新变绿。
上大学时，他选择了植物学。他遇到了一位生态学专家教授。教授告诉保罗，要让那片荒地重新变绿大约需要两万年。
后来保罗结婚并有了几个孩子。但他的梦想并没有消逝。他一直想着这件事。一天晚上，他采取了一些行动。他背着一个装满幼苗的背包偷偷溜到荒地里，开始种植。他种了七个小时的幼苗。每周，他都会秘密前往并做同样的工作，但大多数幼苗都死了。他这样做了十五年。
有一次，因为一个粗心的牧羊人，他所有的小树都被烧毁了，保罗崩溃大哭。然后他站起来，继续种植。寒风、酷暑、山体滑坡、洪水和火灾一次又一次地摧毁了他的劳动成果。然而，他仍继续种植。
非常缓慢地，令人惊奇的事情开始发生了。现在这个地方有一万四千英亩的树木、草地和灌木丛。许多种野生动物生活在这里。保罗获得了许多环境方面的奖项。他的头发变白了，但他成功地坚守了小时候对自己许下的那个看似不可能实现的誓言。
坚持努力，无惧质疑，不畏时长，不惧跌倒。
### 理解
1. 保罗·杰克逊的誓言是什么？他是如何实现他的誓言的？
他的誓言是总有一天他会让被污染的土地重新变绿。他通过不断种植来实现他的誓言。
2. 当我们面临困难时，什么品质很重要？
永不放弃，坚持努力，无惧质疑，不畏时长，不惧跌倒。