Reading Comprehension

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　　Virginia McLaurin is 107, and last week, McLaurin did something for the first time. She went to the White House. There, she met President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. McLaurin is an African-American resident of Washington, D.C. She was born in 1909 in South Carolina.

　　She said it was something she never thought she would be able to do. “I thought I would never get in the White House,” McLaurin said, in a video posted on the White House’s Facebook page over the weekend.

　　A video of her celebrating Black History Month with the Obamas last week made people surprised on social media. Black History Month is celebrated every February, and it recognizes the contributions African-Americans make to the world. More than 25 million people have seen the video since it was released on Sunday night. The video was shared nearly 500,000 times on Facebook.

　　The video shows McLaurin coming to meet President Obama and Michelle Obama. McLaurin says: “I am so happy. A black president! A black wife! And I’m here to celebrate black history.”

　　“The Washington Post” reports that McLaurin submitted a petition（请愿书） to the White House in 2017, asking to meet with Obama. She wrote about all the things she remembered from her life — like living without electricity and the first Ford car she saw coming off the assembly line（装配线）. “I didn’t think I would live to see a Colored President,” she wrote. “I know you are a busy man, but I wish I could meet you.”

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