In-Class Reading
Heroes
After-Class Reading
Passage I
Mr Lee's Side of the StreetPassage IⅡi
Rescue at Dotson CreekPassage III In Memory of the Challenger Astronauts (查看原文)
named Derrick.ho waited to pay for his potato chips Derrickr had beeina mission over Hanoi in 1972,and the boy had on his mother ohim.an'get along with the teacher?5"
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“Hate her!5”10
Well,what are you going od fora you get kicked11
"When I getIlwith the pros,Derrick answered nfde2Iquit school."Lee gave him a solem lok"That was the end of my football12
career.If I had stayed in school,one oolge,I'd be playing for the Dolphinstoday--quarterback!”
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Derrick's mouth dropped open.He looked at Lee with wide eyes,believing ev-ery word."Ooooh,Mr Lee!"he said pityingly.Then he walked slowly to the door.From the corner of his eye,Lee watched Derrick head toward school with the otherkids. (查看原文)
14 During thes,new drugcalled crack began to fod the streets.It seemedto take possession of those who smoked it,with a nasty,hungry addiction.
15 Lee's store became a drug-free island in a sea of crack and cocaine,a haven for
the neighborhood kids who came to the store to get their before-and after-school
snacks.
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“Look here,y'al,”Lee would tell them,“Idon't care how big you are45getting.Y'all stay on this side of the street.""Yes,sir,Mr Lee,"they wouldchorus,and when they left they walked on Mr Lee's side of the street-because theyknew he was watching.
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When a family opened a restaurant next door to Lee's store,the drug trademoved in.Lee kept an eye on the dealers frequenting the place.He called the cops
50whenever there was a disturbance.The dealers knew that they had an enem... (查看原文)
21 These attacks only made Lee more determined.He went into the schools andtod the kids about the dangers lurking on the streets.He told them how easy it wasto get into trouble and how hard it was to get out. (查看原文)
2 More than a thousand people tried to crowd into the funeral services at Mt.Sinai Baptist Church,a building that was meant to hold hundreds.Expressions ofsympathy came from all over the nation,from servicemen abroad,from kids who hadgrown up in West Perrine.Miami developer Jeb Bush read a letter from his father,the President."It takes a special man to stand up for what he believes,"Bush read."He will be remembered with great respect.
25 Derrick Thomas,voted the nation's outstanding college linebacker,drove 12straightl3 hours from the University of Alabama through a rain of tears."I know MrLee is up there with my dad,looking down,"he said."If I could say one thing to himnow,I'd say,'Look,Mr Lee,I'm walking on your side of the street.," (查看原文)
why did Lee do it?He did it because West Perrine was his home,his neigh-borhood."As the saying goes,it's better to light one candle than to curse the dark-ness4,”says Sarah.“He wanted to light a candle.” (查看原文)
In Memory of the Challenger Astronauts
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We come together today to mourn the loss of seven brave Americans,to share
the grief that we all feel,and perhaps in that sharing,to find the strength to bear ouritnoo
sorrow and the courage to look for the seeds of hope.2
Our nation's loss is first a profound personal loss to the family and the friends
and the loved ones of our shuttle astronauts.To those they left behind-the mothers,
the fathers,the husbands and wives,brothers and sisters,yes,and especially the
children-all of America stands beside you in your time of sorrow. (查看原文)
