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　　A single mother with a little girl moved into the neighborhood.Soon, people learned that the mother had married when she was only sixteen, and that her husband had died a few years later.But she was a young woman with a singular determination; she went to school while raising her daughter, and became a skillful nurse.

　　The little girl was lovely, except that she couldn't speak.Their next-door neightbor, a man about sixty, became the little girl's best friend.He'd take her to swim in the summer and ski or skate in the winter.He even bought her nice pairs of skis and skates.He was a skilled artist and sometimes when the little girl was playing, he'd make a sketch of her.Soon the little girl learnt to sketch herself, and quite enjoyed it.

　　One day the painter asked the mother what was wrong with the little girl, and the mother sketched out what had happened.She said her husband, who was a miner, was killed in a terrible accident, and the little girl happened to be at the accident site.After that she refused to speak"It's not fair to punish her for the sins we sinned, is it?” she said with tears, and expressed her sincere gratitude for his help.The painter then decided to do something for the little girl.He found reports about that accident and skimmed through them.He planned to take the little girl back to the mine which was sited in a valley, to help her come to terms with the loss of her father.

　　记单词

　　sin 罪，罪孽vi 违犯戒律，犯过失

　　sincere 诚挚的，真诚的，诚恳的

　　singular 1.单数的2.非凡的，突出的，奇特的

　　site 位置，场所，地点vt 使坐落在，设置

　　sixteen 十六，十六个

　　sixty 六十，六十个

　　skate 冰鞋vi 溜冰，滑冰

　　sketch 1.略图，草图2.梗概，大意3.素描，速写vt 1.绘…的略图，画…的素描(或速写)2.概述，简述

　　vi 绘略图，画素描(或速写)

　　sketch out简要地叙述

　　ski 滑雪板vi 滑雪

　　skilful见skillful

　　skilled 1.熟练的，有技能的2.需要技能的

　　skillful 灵巧的，娴熟的

　　skim 1.撇(去)2.掠过，擦过

　　3.浏览，略读vi 浏览，略读

　　一位带着小女儿的单身母亲搬进了社区。不久，人们就打听到她16岁就结了婚，没几年丈夫就死了。不过她是一个非凡的有决心的年轻女子，她一边抚养女儿，一边上学，成了一名业务娴熟的护士。

　　小女孩很可爱，但不会说话。住在她们隔壁的是个60来岁的老头，他成了小女孩的朋友。他夏天带她去游泳，冬天带她去滑雪、溜冰。他还给她买了漂亮的滑雪板和冰鞋。他是个熟练的画家，有时候他会在小女孩玩耍时画她的素描。不久小女孩也开始学画素描，而且还十分喜欢画画。

　　，画家问小女孩的母亲，小女孩到底怎么了。母亲简要地叙述了一下事情的经过。她说她当矿工的丈夫死于一次可怕的事故，当时小女孩正好在事故发生的地点。从此以后，她就拒绝开口说话。“我们犯下的过失却要她来接受惩罚，这公平吗?”她流着眼泪说，然后对他的帮助表达了真诚的感谢。画家决定为小女孩做点什么，他找到有关那次事故的报道浏览起来。他打算带小女孩回到坐落在一个山谷里的那个矿区，帮助她接受失去父亲这个事实。