A cancerstricken British teenager said Thursday she had been moved by messages of support from around the world after writing an online “Bucket List” of things she wanted to do before dying.
Alice Pyne, 15, created an Internet blog in which she described her fight against a cancer of the white blood cells. “I’ve been fighting cancer for almost four years, and now I know that the cancer is gaining on me and it doesn’t look like I’m going to win this one,” she wrote.
For her list, at the site: www.alicepyne.blogspot.com, she has included making everyone sign up to be a bone marrow donor (骨髓捐赠者), swimming with sharks, meeting boy band Take That and getting a purple iPad computer.
Messages of support and offers of help quickly flooded her webpage and it became one of the most talked about subjects on Twitter.
“Oh, dear and I thought that I was just doing a little blog for a few friends!” she wrote after her site attracted huge attention. “Thank you so much for all your lovely messages to me.”
Pyne, who lives with her family in the northwest English town of Ulverston, revealed (透露) the management of Take That had arranged for her to see the band after reading her blog. A group of local lawmakers have also joined forces with the Anthony blood cancer charity to encourage people to join its stem cell register.
【小题1】What happened after Alice Pyne wrote her “Bucket List”?| A．People around the world sent messages to support her |
| B．People sent gifts to her from all over the world. |
| C．A lot of people offered to donate bone marrow to her. |
| D．The media called on people to help her. |
| A．catch people’s attention | B．say goodbye to a few friends |
| C．give comfort to two terminally ill men | D．express her last few wishes |
| A．is unaware of her own conditions | B．is very sad to know that she will die |
| C．is calm to know that death is approaching | D．is still quite confident in fighting against cancer |
| A．meet Pyne in person | B．help Pyne in any possible way |
| C．donate money to Pyne | D．invite Pyne to join the band |
