彭向梅

1995年，美国乡村音乐的“常青树”多莉·帕顿在田纳西州塞维尔县发起了一项图书公益活动。如今，这项活动已扩展至全美50个州以及哥伦比亚特区。帕顿为何会组织并执着于这项公益呢？读完下面的文章，你就会知道原因啦！

难词扫障

1.legend n. 传奇人物

2.maneuver v. 用策略

Country music legend Dolly Parton has sold millions of records in her long career. But what you might not know is that shes also responsible for putting millions of books in the hands of children.

Parton is the driving force behind a charity that distributes books—completely free of charge —to children around the nation. The program， which sends free books to children from birth to age five， delivered its 100 millionth book last year. Parton launched the program in Sevier County， Tennessee， in 1995. It now has partners in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. In 2017， North Carolina implemented it statewide. “They get this book once a month in the mailbox with their little name on it， not in the care of daddy or mommy. Its their little name on that book. So thats special to them，” Parton said. She often includes a letter in the books， which also have advice on how to read with your children.

Parton said she started the program because her father and his brother and sisters didnt get the chance to go to school. “You know he didnt like to feel like he was going to try to learn to read as a grown man. It was kind of an embarrassing thing to him I think.” Partons dad， who died in 2000， helped her launch the Imagination Library. “He got to live long enough to hear kids call his daughter ‘book lady’，” Parton said. “And he loved that.”

Parton said， “My daddy was the one I got my work ethic（道德準则） from and his persistence and his intelligence. He knew how to bargain; he knew how to trade; he knew how to maneuver. My daddy， you couldnt fool him on money. He might not have been able to read the words but he had those numbers in his head. He was a genius with that.”

[Reading][Check]

1.When did Parton launch the program？

A.In 2017. B.In 1995.

C.In 2000. D.In 2011.

2.Why did Parton set up the program？

A.Her father ordered her to do so.

B.She wanted to be more famous.

C.She sold many records and made a big fortune.

D.Her father and his brother and sisters didnt get the chance to go to school.

[Language][Study]

Ⅰ.熟词生义

1.driving adj. 强有力的;起推动作用的

Consumer spending was the driving force behind the economic growth in the summer.消费者支出是夏季经济增长背后的推动力。

2.launch v. 发起

You say they will launch an attack against us？ Let them！你说他们要向我们发起进攻？那就来吧！

Ⅱ.情态动词+have done可用于对过去事情的推测

1.might/may have done意为“可能做过某事”，might与may意思相同，但可能性更小。

He might not have been able to read the words but he had those numbers in his head.他可能读不懂这些字，但他脑子里有这些数字。

【仿写】乔治昨晚可能迷路了，所以他没有按时到场。

2.must have done表示对过去事情的肯定推测，意为“一定做过某事”。

It must have rained last night， for the ground is wet.昨晚一定下雨了，因为地面还是湿的。

【仿写】你看上去很疲惫，你昨晚一定熬夜了。

3.cant have done表示对过去事情的否定推测，意为“不可能做过某事”。

Mr Smith cant have gone to America， for I saw him in the library just now.史密斯先生不可能去美国了，因为我刚才还在图书馆见过他。

【仿写】门不可能是玛丽关的，因为玛丽是第一个离开教室的。