<DIV><FONT color=#7f003f size=4>British cancer campaigner completes trans-American cycle trip</FONT> </DIV>
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<IMG height=121 alt="Six years ago she was told she had only months to live, but terminally-ill cancer campaigner Jane Tomlinson cycled into New York, in Battery Park, after a gruelling charity ride across the United States.(AFP/Getty Images/Sylwia Kapuscinski)" src="https://img1.daumcdn.net/relay/cafe/original/?fname=http%3A%2F%2Fd.yimg.com%2Fus.yimg.com%2Fp%2Fafp%2F20060901%2Fcapt.sge.jmj57.010906173551.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg%3Fx%3D180%26y%3D121%26sig%3DohUX8so9ExG5SqV.kKXoGg--" width=180 border=0></A></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN></SPAN><FONT size=1>Fri Sep 1, 1:35 PM ET</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV>NEW YORK (AFP) - Six years ago she was told she had only months to live, but terminally-ill cancer campaigner Jane Tomlinson cycled into New York after a gruelling charity ride across the United States. </DIV>
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<DIV>The 42-year-old from Leeds, England rode into Battery Park overlooking the Statue of Liberty to be welcomed by family and friends after covering almost 6,000 kilometers (3,700 miles) in the nine weeks since she set out from San Francisco.</DIV>
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<DIV>"It's a huge relief. I wasn't sure if we'd be here," said Tomlinson, whose previous fundraising challenges have included the Ironman, three triathlons and the London and New York marathons, once while on chemotherapy.</DIV>
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<DIV>Her husband Mike said he was amazed she had managed the feat, having faced wild dogs, temperatures in the high 40s Celsius (110 degrees Fahrenheit) and mountain passes almost twice as high as anything on the tour de France.</DIV>
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<DIV>"I am very, very astonished that she's here. As late as Wednesday it all looked in doubt. The weather's not been kind to us, the roads have been tough... We seem to have been going from one crisis to another," he said.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tomlinson, a mother of three, said that her family and especially nine-year-old son Steven kept her focused enough to complete the challenge, which she began just weeks after undergoing her latest chemotherapy treatment.</DIV>
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<DIV>"It was the idea of getting to New York. The couple of times that were really difficult, Steve was there and just wanted us to get here," she said.</DIV>
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<DIV>She has said this will be her last challenge of this scale and said the first thing she wanted to do was to spend some quiet time with her family back in England.</DIV>
<DIV>A source of strength to those undergoing cancer treatment, Tomlinson has been honoured by <SPAN class=yqlink><A class=yqimgins title="Related information on Queen Elizabeth II" href="xxjavascript:ol('http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news/?p%3dQueen%2bElizabeth%2bII');"><STRONG><FONT color=#003399>Queen Elizabeth II</FONT></STRONG></A></SPAN> and the BBC and was voted the most inspirational woman in Britain in 2003.</DIV>
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<DIV>Her advice to those who have recently been diagnosed with cancer was to carry on, regardless.</DIV>
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<DIV>"You just have to try and live your life as well as possible and enjoy it as much as possible," she told AFP.</DIV>
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<DIV>"However difficult it is, you should just try and make the most of the time you've got. It's very easy to get down about your future but you've still got a future and you should live it as well as possible."</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>VOCABULARY LIST:</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>terminally-ill- </STRONG>when a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. <A href="xxjavascript:ol('http://news.yahoo.com/photo/060901/photos_hl_afp/0aeaf270f98d2a8913707c6539152689');"></A></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>gruelling- </STRONG>any trying or exhausting procedure or experience. </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>triathlon- </STRONG>an athletic contest comprising three consecutive events, usually swimming, bicycling, and distance running. </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>chemotherapy- </STRONG>the treatment of cancer using specific chemical agents or drugs that are selectively destructive to malignant cells and tissues.</DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>adversity- </STRONG>a state of hardship or affliction; misfortune.</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>DISCUSSION POINTS:</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>1. Why do you think the woman in this article completed this cycle-trip? </DIV>
<DIV>2. How do you feel towards adversity?</DIV>
<DIV>3. Can you name a particular person who inspired you in life? How about a famous person who did so?</DIV>
<DIV>4. If you discovered you only have 1 year to live, what is the first thing you would do? What is the most important thing you must accomplish within that year?</DIV>
<DIV>5. Would you rather know you are sick and only have a few months to live or would you rather not know when it will end?</DIV>
<DIV>6. Would you rather be ill and inspiring or would you rather be an ordinary person without too much worries?</DIV>
<DIV>7. What are your physical limits?</DIV>
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