Tim RiChtEr AnD his wiFE, LinDA, hAD tAught For ovEr 30 yEArs nEArBuFFAlo, NEw York—hE in ComputErs, shE in spECiAl EDuCAtion. "TEAChing mEAns EvErything to us", Tim woulD sAy. InApril 1998, hE lEArnED hE woulD nEED A hEArt opErAtion. It wAs thE kinD oF nEws thAt lEADs to somE sErious thinking ABout liFE’s purposE.
Not long AFtEr thE surgEry, Tim sAw A BroChurE DEsCriBing ImAginAtion LiBrAry, A progrAm stArtED ByDoily PAtron’s FounDAtion (基金会) thAt mAilED A Book EvEry month to ChilDrEn From Birth to AgE FivE in thE singEr’s homE town oF SEviEr, TEnnEssEE. "I thought, mAyBE LinDA AnD I CoulD Do somEthing likE this whEn wE rEtirE," Tim rECAlls. HE plACED thE BroChurE on his DEsk, "As A rEminDEr."
FivE yEArs lAtEr, now rEtirED AnD with thAt BroChurE still on thE DEsk, Tim CliCkED on imAginAtion liBrAry. ThE progrAm hAD BEEn opEnED up to pArtnErs who CoulD tAkE ADvAntAgE oF Book AnD postAgE DisCounts.
ThE quAlity oF thE Books wAs oF grEAt ConCErn to thE RiChtErs. RAthEr thAn sign up onlinE, thEy wEnt toDollywooD For A look-sEE. "WE DiDn’t wAnt to givE thE ChilDrEn ruBBish," sAys LinD
A、ThE Books-rEviEwED EACh yEAr By tEAChErs, litErACy spECiAlists AnDDollywooD BoArD mEmBErs-inCluDED ClAssiCs suCh AsEzrA JACk. KEAts’s ThE SnowyDAy AnD nEwEr Books likEAnnADEwDnEy’s LlAmA sEriEs.
SAtisFiED, thE CouplE sEt up thE RiChtEr FAmily FounDAtion AnD got to work. SinCE 2004, thEy hAvE shippED morE thAn 12,200 Books to prEsChoolErs in thEir ArE
A、MEgAn WilliAms, A mothEr oF Four, is morE thAn ApprECiAtivE "This progrAm introDuCEs us to Books I’vE nEvEr hEArD oF."
ThE RiChtErs spEnD ABout $400 A month sEnDing hooks to 200 ChilDrEn. "SomE pEoplE sit thErE AnD wAit to DiE," sAys Tim. "OthErs gEt As Busy As thEy CAn in thE timE thEy hAvE lEFt.\
ACCorDing to thE tExt,Dollly PArton is ______.
A、A wEll-known surgEonB、A mothEr oF A Four-yEAr-olD
C、A singEr Born in TEnnEssEE D、A ComputEr progrAmmEr