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Amie Carton was only 18 months old when she had the accident that scarred (留下创伤) her for life.
The curious child reached up to get the wire of a hot kettle in the kitchen and poured boiling water over
her body.
Her mother Ruby called an ambulance which rushed her to a nearby hospital. Twenty percent of Amie' s body had been burned and all of her bums were third-degree. There, using tissue taken from unburned
areas of Amie' s body, doctors performed complex skin grafts (移植) to close her wounds and control
her injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Amie had 12 more operations to repair her body.
When she started school at age 4 , other pupils made cruel comments or simply wouldn't play with
her." I was the only burned child in the street," she recalled, " some children refused to become friends
because of that."
Today, age 17, Amie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a permanent
part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts. Yet she is a confident, outgoing teenager
who offers inspiration and hope to other young bums victims. She is a member of the Scottish Burned
Children's Club, a charity set up last year. This month, Amie will be joining the younger children at the
Graff ham Water Center for the charity' s first summer camp. "I'll show them how to treat others' unkind
stares as unimportant and not worry about them," she says. Amie loves wearing fashionable sleeveless
tops, and she plans to show the younger children at the summer camp that they can too." I do not go to
great lengths to hide my burns scars," she says, "I gave up wondering how other people would react
years ago."
1.When Amie first went to school, other children ______.
A. took interest in her injuries
B. hoped to be her friends
C. were cruel to her
D. were afraid of her
2.Why does Amie join younger children at the Graffham Water Center?
A. To face others' unkindness bravely.
B. To live a normal life.
C. To show her fashionable sleeveless tops.
D. To recover from injuries.
3. What does the writer think of Amie?
A. Generous.
B. Powerful.
C. Optimistic.
D. Fashionable.
