3.3萬(wàn)個(gè)微笑

By Steve/劉健（編注）

□語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

“請(qǐng)把我的歌帶回你的家，請(qǐng)把你的微笑留下，……明天明天這微笑，將是遍野春花，將是遍野春花……”本文講述美國(guó)小男孩杰登在摯愛(ài)雙親去世后依舊表現(xiàn)得堅(jiān)強(qiáng)，想通過(guò)“微笑工程”收集33000個(gè)微笑為別人帶來(lái)微笑的感人故事。

It is every kid’s worst experience and six-year-old Jaden Hayes has lived it-twice.First he lost his dad when he was four and then last month his mom died unexpectedly in her sleep.

“I tried and I tried and I tried to get her awake—I couldn’t,” said Jaden.

Jaden was very sad all the time.

But there’s another side to his sadness.A side he first made public a few weeks ago when he told his aunt，Barbara DiCola,that he was sick and tired of seeing everyone sad all the time.And he had a plan to fix it.

“And that was the beginning of it,” said Barbara. “That’s where the adventure began.”

Jaden asked his aunt Barbara to buy a lot of little toys and bring him to downtown Savannah,Georgia near where he lives,so he could give them away.

“I’m trying to make people smile,” said Jaden.

Jaden targets （以……為目標(biāo)）people who aren’t already smiling and then turns their day around.He’s gone out on four different places now and he is always successful.Even if sometimes he doesn’t get exactly the reaction he was hoping for.

It is just so overwhelming（勢(shì)不可擋的）to some people that a six-year-old orphan would give away a toy-expecting nothing in return-except a smile.

“I’m counting on it to be 33,000,” said Jaden.When asked if he thinks he can make that goal,he answered, “I think I can.”

I think he just did.

◆語(yǔ)塊收藏

...died unexpectedly in...sleep在……睡夢(mèng)中意外過(guò)世

...made public a few weeks ago……幾周前公開(kāi)

be sick and tired of對(duì)……十分厭倦

give away贈(zèng)送；分發(fā)

a six-year-old orphan一個(gè)六歲的孤兒

I think he just did.我想他就是這樣做的。

◆典句賞析

1.“I’m trying to make people smile,” said Jaden.“我正在努力讓人們微笑，”杰登說(shuō)道。

try to do sth.是固定詞組，意為“試圖做某事”，強(qiáng)調(diào)付出努力，但不一定成功；表示“嘗試做某事；做某事試試”，則用try doing sth.，強(qiáng)調(diào)看結(jié)果如何。make people smile意為“使人們微笑”，make作使役動(dòng)詞，在主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)句中作其賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)的動(dòng)詞不定式省略to。

2.Jaden targets（以……為目標(biāo)）people who aren’t already smiling and then turns their day around.杰登以沒(méi)有笑的人為目標(biāo)，隨后改變他們的這一天。

這是一個(gè)復(fù)合句，其中關(guān)系代詞who引導(dǎo)的定語(yǔ)從句修飾先行詞people。turn sth.around意為“使好轉(zhuǎn)，扭轉(zhuǎn)，有起色”。

3.Even if sometimes he doesn’t get exactly the reaction he was hoping for.即便有時(shí)他沒(méi)有得到他想要的反應(yīng)。

even if引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句，意為“即使；縱然；就算；哪怕”，有時(shí)還可以用于虛擬語(yǔ)氣中，意思與if接近。he was hoping for為定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞reaction。

4.It is just so overwhelming（勢(shì)不可擋的）to some people that a six-year-old orphan would give away a toy-expecting nothing in return-except a smile.一個(gè)六歲的孤兒不求回報(bào)地分發(fā)他的玩具，只是想要個(gè)微笑，這對(duì)于一些人而言簡(jiǎn)直是難以拒絕的。

in return是固定詞組搭配，意為“作為回報(bào)；作為報(bào)答；回報(bào)”。

◆理解自測(cè)

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出正確答案。

1.Jaden was always very sad before because________.

A.his parents died B.his aunt was illC.he had no toys D.he didn’t sleep

2.Who bought the little toys for Jaden?

A.His father. B.His mother. C.His uncle. D.His aunt.

3.Jaden wanted to make people_________.

A.cry B.smile C.play D.count

4.What does the underlined word “reaction” mean in Chinese?

A.沉默 B.能量 C.捐款 D.反應(yīng)

◆詞句微練

根據(jù)所給漢語(yǔ)意思，完成下列英語(yǔ)句子。每空一詞。

1.為什么不試著騎車(chē)去上學(xué)呢？

Why don’t you_________________a bike to go to school?

2.工人們被迫每天干活十二小時(shí)。

The workers were made_________________twelve hours a day.

3.即使明天下雨，我們也決不改變計(jì)劃。

_______________it rains tomorrow,we won’t change our plan.

4.她給了我們食物和衣服,沒(méi)有要求任何回報(bào)。

She gave us food and clothing and asked for nothing________________.

5.他把大部分錢(qián)都捐贈(zèng)給慈善事業(yè)了。

He________________most of his money to charity.