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1、新视野大学英语泛读教程课文填空Unit7HeroesforTodayTheGiftofReadingFor40yearsBrotherAugustusdeRozariohasbeenblindpeopleinMalaysiaandSingaporewithaservice—alibraryofBraillebooks.The71-year-oldCatholic（天主教的）laybrotherunderstandstheoflivingwithoutsight:Hewasblindedbyanillnessatt

2、heageof24HelearnedhowtoreadandwriteinBrailleandwasfromPenangtothePrincessElizabethSchoolfortheBlindinJohorBaharu.Realizingthathisyoungstudents’educationwasrestrictedbythelackofBraillebooksinEnglish,Augustusbeganbuyingsomewithhisownmoney.Later，heaBrailletyping

3、machineand,withthehelpofanassistant,begantranscribingbooks.AugustuswasalsooneofthefirstteachersinMalaysiatoencourageblindstudentstoasecondaryeducation.“Withouthis，Iwouldn’tbewhereIamtoday，”saysMatHassan,aformerstudentwhowentontobecomeMalaysia’sfirstblindlawye

4、r.In1960AugustustheBrotherAugustusofMaryLibraryfortheVisuallyHandicapped（有生理缺陷的），whichnowhas2,000titles.Itmailsbooks,freeofcharge（免费地），to100blindpeoplearoundMalaysiaandSingapore.Italsodictionariesandotherreferencematerialstostudents.Sinceretiringin1988,August

5、ushasdevotedmostofhistimetothelibrary.Hewithafull-timelibrarian（图书馆皆理员）andapart-timesecretaryinhistinyofficeatSt.Xavier’ssecondaryschoolinPakistan，BangladeshandChina.ThankstotheofacomputerandBrailleprinterfromtheOldCaveriansClubofKualaLumpur,Augustusrecentlye

6、nteredthedigitalage.Heisnowbuildingadigitallibrarythatwillsavespaceandallowtolistentobooksontheircomputersathome.“AslongasIhavebreathleftinme,”hesays，“Iwilltodothiswork•”TarsierManWhenCarlitoLitoPizarraswasgrowingupinCorellaonthePhilippineIslandofBohol,hetars

7、iers（眼镜猴）forhisfather.Thetinyanimalswerefromtreesaroundthevillageatnight.Hisfatherandsoldthemtotourists.WhenPizarraswas12,hedecidedtokeepapettarsier,andtolearnmoreabouttheireatinghabits.Hebegantheminthewild.Soonhehadagroupoftarsiersincagesbehindhishouse.Overt

8、henextdecadePizarrasnoticedthattarsierswere，duetohuntingandslash（砍伐）-and-burnfarmingoftheirhabitat.Sohemadeadecision.“Idon’twanttotarsiersanymore，”hetoldhisfather.Pizarrasworkedhisfarmall