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On Christmas Eve a few days ago, an English
couple, the Hardens, got a very special call. It was only a 20-second call but
it was very 1. The Hardens' 15-year-old
daughter has gone 2 six months before. On Christmas Eve she rang
them. "I'm phoning to wish
you a happy Christmas,"
she said, "I love you." Ronals
and Edwine Harden were so 3 that they started a special telephone service (服务)called "Alive and Well". The service helps 4 to get in touch with children who have run
away from home.
Young people can phone "Alive and Well" and leave a message for their parents. The telephones are answered
by answering machines. So 5 can speak to the child or make him return
home. Parents of runaway children who are 6 eighteen can ask the police to bring their
children home. So children do not want to tell their parents where they are.
Through "Alive and Well" they can
telephone their parents and they do not 7 about this or give out their addresses.
The Hardens and their helpers 8 the telephone messages and connect(联系)the addresses given. About
30,000 British teenagers have left home and many of them are probably in 9.
For only two pence(便士)they can go into a telephone coin
box and call their parents. They can dial 5675339 and 10 a parent worrying: Is he dead or alive?