Everytime70-year-oldAndyMackiedrawsabreath,it'smusictoh...
问题详情:
Every time 70-year-old Andy Mackie draws a breath,it's music to his ears—whether there's a harmonica(口琴)there or not.
Mackie,a Scottish born retired horse trainer,lives in a camper in northwest Washington State-he lives there,even though technically-medically-he should have died long ago.
After his ninth heart surgery,Mackie's doctors had him on 15 different the side effects made life one day he quit taking all 15 and decided to spend his final days doing something he always wanted to do.
He used the money he would have spent on the prescriptions to give away 300 harmonicas,with lessons included."I really thought it was the last thing I could ever do,"he says.
And when he didn't die the next month,he bought a few hundred more.
Harmonicas in hand,he explains,"I just started going from school to school."
It's now 11 years and 13,000 harmonicas later.
To keep the kids interested in music as they get older,Mackie now spends most of his Social Security check making them beginner also buys store-made instruments for kids that show a special interest. He provides free lessons to everyone by getting the older kids to teach the younger kids.
Mackie says,"I tell them music is a gift—you give it away and you get to keep it forever."
The end result is something truly unique to his corner of seems everywhere you look,everyplace you go,every kid you meet has the same passion for music.
"I can't explain the joy,"Mackie says."I don't think Bill Gates feels any richer inside than I do."He believes he's still living today because of the kids and the music.
And he doesn't expect any harmonica openings in heaven any time soon.
"I don't think the lord wants me yet;I still get something to do—lots more kids out there."
can be inferred that Mackie quit taking medicines .
of confidence of excitement
the hope of recovery out any hope of survival
underlined sentence indicates that Mackie .
eves he will continue to live afraid he will not live long
n't think harmonicas are needed in heaven n't think there are harmonicas in heaven
is Mackie going to do in future?
get more kids interested in music. give away other musical instruments.
train kids to play the harmonica better. give music lessons to older kids.
does the text mainly tell us about Mackie?
remains a harmonica player in spite of poor health.
survives heart disease because of music and kids.
becomes a successful musician in spite of poor health.
makes music popular by providing free music lessons.
【回答】
DAAB
知识点:人物传记 故事类阅读
题型:阅读理解
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