Oseola McCarty spent more than 75 years washing and ironing other people’s clothes．As a laundrywoman, she was paid only a few dollars each time．Certainly nobody would consider her rich, so they were all amazed when Miss McCarty decided to donate $ 150,000 to the University of Southern Mississippi．

The money was in fact her life savings．She could save such a large amount of money because she lived a very simple life．She never learned to drive, and when she wanted to go somewhere, she just walked．She never flew to anywhere till the donation，and in 50 years she had been out of the South only once．The house in which she lived was also a rather modest one her last uncle left her．Only after she became known in America did she begin to travel all over the country．Since then, she had been the subject of many interviews and articles and was even invited to the White House．

Her donation was for students who clearly needed financial help．She herself left school in the sixth grade and had never married or had children．She said to the reporters that the idea of helping somebody’s child go to college gave her much pleasure．

【寫作內(nèi)容】

用約120個(gè)詞就Miss McCarty的捐助談?wù)勀愕南敕�，�?nèi)容包括：

（1）你如何看待她的捐助行為；

你認(rèn)為她的捐助對受惠學(xué)生有哪些影響；

（3）如果你自己要捐助，你會(huì)選擇哪個(gè)群體并陳述理由。

[寫作要求]

1．作文中可以使用親身經(jīng)歷或虛構(gòu)的故事，也可以參照閱讀材料的內(nèi)容，但不得直接引用原文的句子。

2．作文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

Oseola McCarty was a laundrywoman for more than 75 years．She earned a few dollars each time．But she donated $150,000 which was her life savings to help the students who needed financial help．

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