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[来源】Teens
[主题语境】个人情感与经历
[难度系数】 ***
Getting started
Do you know anyone who’s in the military (军队)? What is their life like? Would you ever consider joining yourself?
你有认识在部队里的人吗？ 军营生活是怎样的？ 你自己有没有考虑过参军呢？
Reading
I’d flown across the country to attend a special ceremony in Georgia. Over the weekend, my son and I spent our time together in Columbus, a small town there. Being a vegetarian, I’d prepared a list of cafes and restaurants that offered non-meat options. We finally went to a cafe.
I’m a blue-eyed Irish-American, but my son looks Asian, since his father is Japanese. I noticed that, like Columbus itself, the room was filled with persons of many races, genders (性别) and age. The place was so cheerful.
After we’d finished eating, I went to the restroom and waited for the person ahead of me to come out. An older black customer dressed in a green suit and hat headed to the restroom and I quietly said to her, “Oh, someone is still in there.” She looked at me with a cheerful, sweet smile and said, “Why thank you!”
Then she turned to my son dressed in his military uniform, chatted with him a bit, and suddenly gave him a huge hug, telling him he was such a fine man, that he’d made a smart decision to choose a military career (生涯), and that she was thankful for his service!
My son shyly thanked her, nodding and saying “Thank you, ma’am” many times.
But with this sudden and short meeting, I was given a gift that I really needed. I’d been feeling very worried and lonely up until that point, as I was the only person there that weekend to support my son, but also being the one person worried about his choice.
Yet here was a beautiful black mother encouraging him, in front of a quiet white woman hardly holding it all together.
Out of all the precious moments in my life, this moment in an out-of-the-way cafe was where love won over all!
【Treasure Box】
- ceremony n. 仪式
- option n. 选择
- ahead of 在……前面
- nod n. 点头
- precious adj. 珍贵的
Difficult sentences:
- She looked at me with a cheerful, sweet smile and said, “Why thank you!”
释义：她带着愉快而又甜蜜的微笑看着我说:“嗨，谢谢你!”
点拨：why 通常作疑问副词，意为“为什么”，但在此处 why 作感叹词，是美式英语中比较旧式的用法，用于表达惊讶或者不耐烦，可译为“哟，嗨，哎呀”。
例句：Why, I’ve never seen anything like it! 哇，我从没见过这样的事！
2. Out of all the precious moments in my life, this moment in an out-of-the-way cafe was where love won over all!
释义：在我生命里所有珍贵的时刻中，在一个偏僻的咖啡馆里的这一刻竟是爱战胜一切的时刻!
点拨：out of 是一个复合介词，有多种用法，总结如下：
(1) 表示“从(某个数量或数字)中”，如上面的句子中。
Eight out of 38 students said they liked the newspaper.
(2) 表示“出于，因为”。
He continues studying calligraphy out of his own interest.
(3) 表示“不在(某处)；不处于(某情况)”。
We’re out of danger now.
(4) 表示“由……制成；由……构成”。
The dress was made out of silk.
(5) 表示“不再参与；退出”。
I got out of the habit of taking a nap at noon.
(6) 还可以用于形容某事的起源或来历。
She dresses like a character out of a 19th-century novel.
【Reading Comprehension】
Choose the answer:
1. What do we know about the author?
A. She likes traveling.
B. She doesn’t eat meat.
C. She comes from Japan.
D. She doesn’t like the cafe.
2. As the black woman was heading to the restroom, the author _____.
A. stopped her from cutting in line
B. avoided talking to her
C. gave her a polite reminder
D. got angry with her
3. What touched the author?
A. She received a gift from her son.
B. The black woman chatted with her son.
C. Her son became more interested in his career.
D. The black woman supported her son’s decision.
4. In what situation might this story take place?
A. When the author was sending her son to join the army.
B. When the author was traveling alone for the first time.
C. When people were looked down upon because of their race.
D. When there was a war in the US.
Vocabulary in use
Fill in the blanks:
5. 他看见自己前面的道路畅通无阻。
He could see that ________________________.
6. 你们应该对那些帮助和支持过你的人心存感激。
________________________________ who have helped and supported you.
7. 在这次英语单词听写中，没有人20个词全都写对。
______________________________________ on the English vocabulary dictation test this time.
8. 他在加利福尼亚州的一处偏僻地方长大。
He grew up _____________________________________ in California.
Keys:
1-4 BCDA
5. the road ahead of / in front of him was clear
6. You should be thankful to those
7. No one got 20 out of 20
8. in an out-of-the-way place
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