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The Orphan（孤儿）Trains began 75 years ago. They helped thousands of children without parents or homes. Some children were adopted by Christian families. Those who were not adopted were the official foster children.

Most Orphan Train children found good homes with loving Christian families. But a few ended up with families who used the children as servants. Anyway, if a child were being badly treated, the Orphan Trains usually found him or her a new home. They were not only provided with food and shelter but also kept away from a life of crime.

Clara and her two brothers were lucky to find good homes through the Orphan Trains. When Clara was about seven, her parents and a sister were killed when they tried to cross a river in New York State. She and her two brothers, five-year-old James and three-year-old Howard, were sent to different families in Kansas. Each child ended up with a different loving family. They were able to keep in touch with one another throughout their lives. Clara’s new mother was a school teacher. When she grew up, Clara married, moved to Texas and lived a happy life all through her life.

 In an interview, the grown-up “orphans” said they learned in the process of their life how important it is to be loved. They grew up to become loving, caring parents of their own children.

Tu Youyou，born on 30 December 1930，became the first Chinese citizen to win a Nobel Prize in science on Oct 5．She is best known for discovering artemisinin(also known as qinghaosu)used to treat malaria (疟疾)，which saved millions of lives．

    Tu started her malaria research in China when the Cultural Revolution was in progress．In early l969．Tu was appointed head of the project．named Project 523 research group at her institute She collected 2000 candidate recipes．ancient texts，and folk cure for possible clues to her research．By 1971．her team had made 380 extracts(提取物)from 200 herbs．and discovered the extracts from qinghao． In 1972，she and her colleagues obtained the substance and named it qinghaosu，or artemisinin as it is commonly called in the west．

    For her work，Tu received the 2011 Lasker Award in clinical medicine and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine．Tu is the first Chinese Nobel winner in physiology or medicine and the first citizen of the People's Republic of China to receive the Nobel Prize in natural sciences．as well as the first Chinese person to receive the Lasker Award．

    Her discovery of artemisinin and its treatment of malaria is regarded as a significant surmounting of medicine in the 20th century and health improvement for people of developing countries in South Asia，Africa，and South America． The award she made Chinese scientists gain tremendous confidence．

Danielle Steel, America’s sweetheart, is one of the hardest working women in the book business. Unlike other productive authors who write one book at a time, she can work on up to five. Her research some before writing takes at least three years. Once she has fully studied her subjects, ready to dive into a book, she can spend twenty hours nonstop at her desk.

Danielle Steel comes from New York and was sent to France for her education. After graduation, she worked in the public relations and advertising industries. Later she started a job as a writer which she was best fit for. Her achievements are unbelievable: 390 million copies of books in print, nearly fifty New York Times best-selling novels, and a series of “Max and Martha” picture books for children to help them deal with the real-life problem of death, new babies and new schools. Her l998 book about the death of her was shot to the top of the New York Times best-selling list as soon as it came out. Twenty-eight of her books have been made into film. She is listed in the Guinness Books of World Records for one of her hooks being the Times best-seller for 381 weeks straight.

Not content with a big house, a loving family, and a view of the Golden Gate Bridge, Danielle Steel considers her readers to be the most important resource and has kept in touch with them by e-mail. While she is often compared to the heroines (女主人公) of her own invention, her life is undoubtedly much quieter. But if she does have anything in common with them, it is her strength of will and her inimitable (独特的) style. There is only one Danielle Steel.

We were on our way home from Houston，Texas around the Weston Lakes area one Saturday morning．We decided to stop at a local gas station to get coffee and something to snack on since it was a good hour and a half before we got home．

    When we were done，we got back into our car and before I started it，we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building．He was a homeless man with worn clothes and it looked like he had gone in and got himself some coffee or something warm to drink since it was cold this time of the year．He must have not had enough money to get something to eat．

    Then a dog walked up to the front of the building．I could tell she was a female，because you could see that she had been feeding puppies（baby dogs）．She was terribly in need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her．I knew if she didn't eat soon，she and her puppies would not make it．

    My wife and I sat there and looked at her．We noticed that people walked by and didn't even pet her，like most people do when they walk by an animal in front of a store．We still did not do anything．But the homeless man，who I thought did not buy himself anything to eat，went back into the store．And what he did brought tears to me and my wife．He had gone into the store and with what money he may have had，bought a can of dog food and fed that dog．

    This story plays a great part in our lives．You see，that was Mother's Day weekend．And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents too．