C The young woman went to the end of the porch，where an elderly patient was sitting in her wheelchair，aIone，head bowed.
那个年轻女人走到门廊的尽头，那里有一个上了年纪的病人，她低着头，独自一人坐在轮椅上。
the end of……的尽头。例如：The toilet is at the end of the passage.洗手间在过道的尽头。
Butterfly's Wings 蝴蝶的翅膀
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经历告诉我们：温室里的花朵经不起风吹雨打，一帆风顺的人生也炼就不出强大的心灵和体魄。就像蝴蝶，如果少了破茧而出时的痛苦，就会永远地失去飞翔的机会。你的人生若想起飞，就需要磨难和挫折来锻造你坚实的翅膀。
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One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon.a man sat and watched for the butterfly for the several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole.Then it seemed to stop making any progress.It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no further.[A]So the man decided to help the butter fly，he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.The butter fly then emerged easily.
But it had a swollen body and small，shriveled wings.[B]The man continued to watch the butter fly because he expected that，at any moment，the wings would enlarge，expand and be able to support the body，which would contract in time.Neither happened！In fact，the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawIing around with a swollen body and shriveled wings.It never was able to fly.
[C]What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life.
If God allowed us to go through our life without any obstacles，it would cripple us.We would not be as strong as what we could have been.We could never fly.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A So the man decided to heIp the butterfly，he took a pair of scissors and snipped off the remaining bit of the cocoon.
这时，这位好心人决定帮帮这只蝴蝶。他拿来一把剪刀，把剩下的茧壳给剪掉了。
snip off剪掉，绞掉。例如：But the good news is，you can snip them right off，and immediately your hair will look healthier.但是好消息是，你可以剪掉他们，你的头发立刻就会显得健康些。
B The man continued to watch the butterfIy because he expected that，at any moment，the wings wouId enIarge and expand，be able to support the body，which wouId contract in time.
这个人还一直在旁边观察这只蝴蝶，因为他期望它能在某一刻，张开翅膀，缩小身躯。
at any moment随时。例如：Sometimes I think I will turn into a bird at any moment.有时我想自己随时都会变成鸟了。
C What the man in his kindness and haste did not understand was that the restricting cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were God's way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it wouId be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon.
这位好心和轻率的人，不懂得茧壳的限制和蝴蝶钻出细小的洞口的努力，正是上帝奇妙的安排。来迫使体液从躯干流入翅膀，这时，当破茧成蝶的那一刻，它便会自由自在地翩翩起舞了。
force into迫使进入。例如：With great hardihood he forced into the room of the gangsters.他勇敢地闯进了匪帮的屋子。
A Winter to Remember 难忘的冬天
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当看到晶莹的雪花飘落满地，快乐的孩子们在雪里嬉戏，鸟儿忙着四处觅食。当你在冬天里过着别样的生活，经历着感人的故事，甚至因此而决定了自己的人生方向，你是不是也能感受到冬天的美丽？所以，冬天虽然寒冷，可它又让人如此难忘。
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According to the weather men，last winter was one of the worst in living memory.
We live in the depths of the country，and my whole families agree that it was certainly a winter we shall never forget.Snow began to fall at round about the beginning of the New Year and continued on and off for approximately ten days.
At first we were all thrilled to see it.It fell silently and relentlessIy in large soft flakes until every ugly patch and corner of our rather rambIing garden was smoothed over and had become a spotless white canopy.The children soon spoiIt its beauty by having snowball fights and leaving their footprints all over it.Hungry birds too，in search of scraps of food，made deIicate impressions on its surface.[A]It was now，when the garden was all churned up and of a dirty grey colour，that a severe frost set in，hardening the snow into ugly lumps of grimy concrete.For the next three months the whole countryside lay in a grip of iron.
Every day the birds grew tamer，often waiting hopefully almost on our backdoor step.We fed them with bits of cheese，chopped up meat and any leftovers we had.[B]We also put out bowls of water，which unfortunately within an hour had frozen solid.
Throughout January and February and much of March we sat about in our overcoats and warmed ourselves by tramping to and from the farm，of water.
On one occasion the water actually froze before it reached the house，and our youngest son-not the most intelligent of youth-promptly took it all the way back to the farm.
However，one good thing did happen.One of the children dropped a container with a dozen eggs in it.[C]I stooped down furiously to pick up what I thought would be the messy remains only to discover the eggs had come to no harm-they were as solid as if they had been hard-boiled.
Late in March，it finally thawed.Water squirted from pipes in at least half a dozen places.Instead of carting buckets of water into the kitchen from the farm we now brought them in from different parts of the house.Eventually we found a plumber.The plumber undoubtedly saved us from drowning.I have been devoted to plumbers ever since.
难点重点，一目了然！
长难句解析 Sentence Structures
A It was now，when the garden was all churned up and of a dirty grey coIour，that a severe frost set in，hardening the snow into ugIy Iumps of grimy concrete.
就在这时，当花园的一切变得凌乱不堪又罩上一层灰色时，一场霜降来临，把雪硬化成肮脏丑陋的混凝土。
set in（尤指不愉快的事情）开始，来临，盛行。例如：Winter seems to be setting in early this year.今年的冬天似乎来得早。