高三英语 阅读第一期个人情感与人际关系复习素材12.docVIP

高三英语复习阅读第一期（个人情感与人际关系）12 （十二） 【导读】帮助别人就是帮助自己，得到帮助，要知道回报。 In 1978, I was 18 and was working as a nurse in a small town about 270 km away from Sydney, Australia. I was looking forward to having five fays off from duty. Unfortunately, the only one train a day back to my home in Sydney had already left. So I thought I’d hitch a ride (搭便车). I waited by the side of the highway for three hours but no one stopped for me. Finally, a man walked over and introduced himself as Gordon. He said that although he couldn’t give me a lift, I should come back to his house for lunch. He noticed me standing for hours in the November heat and thought I must be hungry. I was doubtful as a young girl but he assured （使…放心）me I was safe, and he also offered to help me find a lift home afterwards. When we arrived at his house, he made us sandwiches. After lunch, he helped me find a lift home. Twenty-five years later, in 2003, while I was driving to a nearby town one day, I saw an elderly man standing in the glaring heat, trying to hitch a ride. I thought it was another chance to repay someone for the favour I’d been given decades earlier. I pulled over and picked him up. I made him comfortable on the back seat and offered him some water. After a few moments of small talk, the man said to me, “You haven’t changed a bit, even your red hair is still the same.” I couldn’t remember where I’d met him. He then told me he was the man who had given me lunch and helped me find a lift all those years ago. It was Gordon. 【文章大意】作者讲述了25年前自己错过了唯一的一趟回家的火车，她想搭便车回家但没有人为她停车。最后一位名叫Gordon的人把自己请到家中吃了午饭并帮助自己找到了回家的便车。25年后的一天搭自己便车的老人竟然是那位名叫Gordon的人。 【篇章结构】 段落 关键词、句 大意推测 第一部分（Para. 1） 1978；a small town；a nurse；five days off；the only one train； left；hitch a ride 1978年我在悉尼的一个小城镇当护士，我盼望得到5天的假期，结果，我错过了唯一的一趟火车。 第二部分（Para. 2） No one stopped for me; Gordon; to his house for lunch; offered to help me find a lift； 没有人为我停车，一位名叫Gordon的人请我到家中吃午饭并主动帮助我找到了便车。 第三部分（Para. 3） Twenty-five years later; an elderly man; trying