Discussion on large drilling rig

Main content: 6-year-old Canadian boy ryan hreljac has made unremitting efforts to realize his dream of "drilling a well for African children so that they can have clean water to drink", which embodies ryan's kind, firm and persistent childlike innocence.

Synonym: enough-cool enough-literally thousands-countless.

Antonym: reward-punishment-giving up-keeping clean-there are thousands of dirty things-very few.

Ryan. Healy Jack: Known as "the soul of Canada". 200 1 With the help of the Canadian International Development Association, the "Ryan Well" Foundation was established. On September 30, 2002, he accepted the National Medal of Honor awarded by Canadian Governor Clarkson. /kloc-in June of 0/0, he was selected as the only Canadian in the "Top Ten Young Heroes in North America". All this comes from his little wish when he was 6 years old-to dig a well for African children! At first, the money for digging wells was earned by one person doing housework. Then relatives, friends and neighbors joined in ... As time went on, his wish inspired adults in more than 60 countries around the world, and the team that helped Ryan became bigger and bigger, and people donated money to help each other. By the beginning of 2003, the Shui On Well Foundation had more than 700,000 Canadian dollars and dug more than 70 wells in Africa.

Comprehension of sentences:

1, Ryan suddenly said, "Then I'll save money to buy a drilling machine." His voice is small but firm. "I hope everyone in Africa can drink clean water."

This passage compares Ryan's performance when he first donated money and heard the person in charge of the fundraising project say that it would cost 2,000 yuan to dig a well: At that time, Ryan didn't know what 2,000 yuan was, but he said excitedly, "Then I will do more work and earn more money!" From "excitement" to "firmness", on the one hand, it shows that Ryan has grown rapidly in just two months by raising 2000 yuan for drilling wells, and now he has clearly realized the difficulty of buying a drilling rig; On the other hand, it also shows that Ryan's firm attitude towards realizing his dream of "letting all people in Africa drink clean water" is unshakable.

2. Yes, dreams are so powerful. Who doesn't cry at this time?

"A dream has such great power" refers to the realization of Ryan's dream of "digging a well for children in Africa so that they can have clean water to drink", which has sent care and health to Angkor's children and made Angkor's villagers grateful; The performance of the villagers in Rouen also made Ryan and his parents feel extremely excited and happy. The author points out the topic here, expounds the discussion affectionately, expresses his feelings by asking questions, and causes readers to think-how powerful is the dream?

Understanding of words:

Later period: 2 1 day of each month to one day at the end of the month.

Solicitation: solicit donations or articles extensively.

Water pump: A pump is a machine that sucks and discharges liquid. It can pump or press the liquid into a container or lift the liquid to a high place. A water pump is a pump for pumping or pressing water.

All Raise: All Raise. This lesson means that Ryan has raised funds for drilling.

Concave and convex: up and down.

Shyness: A shy and unnatural attitude.

Crowd: To cause (many people) to crowd closely together.

Can't wait: it's too urgent to wait.

Say nothing: speak, make a sound, speak. "Without saying a word" means being silent all the time and not saying a word.

Author: Tea adds fragrance, pen name: Jiang Fei.

Constellation: Leo

After 80, I graduated from the Chinese Department.

Personality: optimistic and persistent

Present situation: living in Shenzhen, a modern city full of youth and vitality.