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| The young woman entered the pool where an injured dolphin (海豚) was swimming.Despite her fear, she felt strong wearing her new leg. In her second grade, Maja __1__ her cousin, Jasmina.After Jasmina's death, Maja swore she would honor the little girl by__2__ with a dolphin, an animal that both girls __3__."Jasmina never got the chance to do it," says Maja, now 32,"so I __4__ that someday I'd do it for her." In high school, Maja was __5__ about sports.She even planned to become an athlete.__6__, in 1993, during the civil war in her home country, a bomb __7__ her left leg. After two years' __8__ in the U. S., Maja received her first artificial (人造的) leg, but __9__ it didn't fit well,walking for Maja was very painful.__10__, she managed to grad  uate from a local high school.Then after receiving a __11__from Saint Francis University, she got a job at an insurance,firm and __12__ started her own company. To relax, Maja __13__often watch the dolphins play at an aquarium (水族馆) near her home.A young dolphin, Winter, who had lost its tail, caught her __14__ .One day, Maja happened to see trainers __15__ Winter with a hightech tail.When they were done, Winter swam freely in the water. Maja was __16__.She managed to find the inventors of Winter's tail.Within ten days, she had a new leg which freed her of the __17__ that had troubled her for almost 16 years. Now Maja was ready to keep her __18__  .She went to the aquarium, lowered herself into the pool and held out a hand to Winter, who approached __19__, then swam away.After a few minutes, the dolphin let Maja __20__ its back.Finally,the two began to swim around the pool together. | ||||
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