Locks of Love

Helping children who have lost their hair . 一束髮，一份愛 . 幫助那些失去頭髮的孩子.

Imagine being bald and walking into class at school. You slip into the back row but see other students whispering and pointing at you. You feel yourself blushing. After school, you run home to avoid talking to anyone. Some medical problems cause people to lose their hair. This can be embarrassing for adults, but for children it is even worse. They often feel bad about themselves, and other children tease them.

In her 20s, Madonna Coffman developed alopecia, a skin disease that causes hair loss. She recovered after a few years, but 15 years later, her 4-year-old daughter developed alopecia. Her daughter's struggle inspired Coffman to make Locks of Love a non-profit organization. Locks of Love makes hairpieces available to children who lose their hair for medical reasons.  Children from poor families receive hairpieces for free or at prices their families can afford. The organization hopes to increase the children's confidence and help them enjoy a more normal life.

The hairpieces are made of hair donated by ordinary people. They grow their hair long, cut off at least 10 inches of it and mail it to Locks of Love. Locks of Love then sends the hair to a company that manufactures hairpieces. The organization estimates that 80 percent of those who give their hair are children who want to help other children. The hairpieces attach to the wearer's head with a tight seal. No one except the children who wear the hairpieces can remove them. This lets the children run, play and swim without worrying about the hairpiece falling off. And other children won't be able to pull the hairpiece off either.

These hairpieces do more than change how the children look. They restore to kids the ability to enjoy their childhood. The children can participate in activities, make friends and face each day with confidence. Locks of Love allows kids to be kids again.

Grammar Tips:
You slip into the back row but see other students whispering and pointing at you.
"slip" - slide and fall.
*Todd slipped because the floor was wet.
"slip" - here means " to move quickly and smoothly and quietly from one place to another."
 You would slip into the meeting room and try not to let too many people notice you.
"slip" - can use on both "walk in " or "go out".
You slip out of the meeting room to answer your phone.

Vocabulary Tips:
blush - blood go up, pink or rose color show on your face, neck or cheek. 因害羞或尴尬而脸红。
*The minute Tiffany saw the guy she had a crush on, she blushed. 脸红了
*Jason blushed when the teacher scolded him for his tardiness.。脸红。。责备/骂。。。迟到
blush (n)- 脸红
*Patrick's compliment brought a blush to his wife's face.
tease- laugh at or say bad word against someone. 戏弄，取笑。
*Victor is often teased by his classmates because he stutters.
*Larry often teases his younger brother because he is short.
tease (v)- laughing at or making jokes 戏弄，取笑 或开玩笑，逗你玩的。
* Don't take it seriously! He was just teasing. 别那么认真，他只是逗你好玩的
recover - regain, get better from ... 复原，恢复。“re”- 有“再一次”之意。
*It will take six months for the patient to recover from the surgery.
recovery (n) -复原，恢复
*The recovery of the computer system took hours.
estimate (n), (v) - give a good guess by use all the information you have.估计，估价。
*It's difficult to estimate how many people were affected by the blackout. 。。影响。。大停电。
*The mechanic estimated the fee of fixing the engine to be about $1,000.
seal (n)- connect together well, leave no space or air.指密封的物资或装置。
* The seal on the bottle of juice was broken.
seal (v)-封装。
*The rubber seal on the fridge door needs to be replaced.
*She sealed the boxes with packing tape.
remove - take away 去除，消除，移走。
*It's hard to remove apple juice stains from white shirts.
*Frank removed the painting from the dinning room and put it in the living room.
develop - effect and grow, increase.
alopecia - a kind of disease that cause lose hair.
donate - give without asking for money or other substance.
tight - press or hold very well, not easy to loose.

Chat Room:
bald (n)-秃头
bald (v)- 秃头。
He is balding.-他在掉头发（秃）。
He is going bald.-他的头开始秃了。
hair -头发
get in one's hair - 躜进头发里。意即“惹恼某人”。
My little brother always gets in my hair by his running and shutting while I was working.
hairy situation -困难又比较危险的处境。full of trouble and dangerous situation.
hairy -多发的
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barbershop -理发店。
barber -理发师。
hair salon -理发店，带有发型设计的理发店。(sa-lan)
saloon -古时西部的酒吧。（sa-lun)
hair dresser / hair stylist 
hair dresser -给人做头发的理发师
hair stylist -发型设计师。
bad hair day -头发很糟糕，很乱，无法控制梳整齐。bad hair day - 指“事事不顺遂的一天。