Thoughtful act turns a day around 翻轉(zhuǎn)源于愛(ài)心

劉德剛

兒子就要參加田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)了，作者匆忙帶著兒子到一家餐廳，想買份套餐為兒子補(bǔ)充能量，但卻被告知東西賣完了。他們只得來(lái)到一家食品店，一名女店員看到作者滿面愁容，就主動(dòng)想辦法為他配齊了一份“套餐”，這令作者感動(dòng)不已，于是把寫(xiě)給這名店員的感謝信分享出來(lái)。

I am sharing a letter I wrote to the kind lady at the grocery store by my house. She had offered to make a mixed pack-up for us on the spot after informing me there was none left and seeing the look of confusion on my face... She packed it full of vegetables， fruit， and more， and went above and beyond??！

Full of gratitude for her warm smile and her thoughtful act of kindness， I gave the following letter to her， handwritten in a lovely card， which included a $5 Tim Hortons' gift card and a smile card：

“Yesterday was my son's track and field meet at school... and as it was also my payday—I hadn't had any fund left the night before to get him healthy ‘snack food’ that would fuel him throughout the big day.

So yesterday morning， after missing my alarm clock and cleaning up an entire pot of soil from a potted plant that our new kitten had knocked over during the night， we scrambled （爭(zhēng)搶） to Sobey's to get a mix-pack （vegetables and dip， grapes， and crackers and cheese）—the quick and easy pre-packaged healthy snack that would solve all of my problems！ However， when we got there， there was none left， and I drew a blank.

On a morning that was steadily turning out to be ‘one of those mornings when everything goes wrong'， your thoughtful act of kindness turned our faces to the sunlight and filled us both with gratitude！

Thank you！

We will be paying the good vibes （氣氛） forward and extending the ripples of kindness. We'll always be keeping your love light shining.”

1.How did the lady at the grocery store help the writer？

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2.Why did the author say yesterday was“the big day”？

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3.We can infer the author was _______ two days before he wrote the letter.

A.calm? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?B.happy

C.anxious? ? ? ? ? ? ? D.angry

4.Sobey's is probably a _______.

A.grocery store? ? ? ? B.bar

C.health club? ? ? ? ? D.restaurant

Difficult sentences

1.She had offered to make a mixed pack-up for us on the spot after _______ （inform）me there was none left and seeing the look of confusion on my face...

翻譯： _______________________________

【點(diǎn)石成金】after是介詞，后面有兩個(gè)并列賓語(yǔ)，分別由inform和see構(gòu)成的短語(yǔ)充當(dāng)，整個(gè)介詞短語(yǔ)在句子中作時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)。

2.On a morning that was steadily turning out to be ‘one of those mornings when everything goes wrong’， your thoughtful act of kindness turned our faces to the sunlight and filled us both with gratitude！

翻譯：? _______________________________

【點(diǎn)石成金】that引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞________ 。

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.turn around 翻轉(zhuǎn)

2.on the spot 現(xiàn)場(chǎng);當(dāng)場(chǎng)

3.inform sb of sth 通知某人某事

4.draw a blank 落空;無(wú)結(jié)果;無(wú)回音

5.turn out 結(jié)果是;出現(xiàn)

Ⅱ.Translate the following sentences into English with the phrases given above.

1.約一周前市場(chǎng)情況急劇逆轉(zhuǎn)。

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2.對(duì)于這些歷史問(wèn)題，誰(shuí)大概都無(wú)法做出回應(yīng)。

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3.醫(yī)生在事故發(fā)生幾分鐘后就趕到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)了。

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4.等到我得知這項(xiàng)決定時(shí)，已經(jīng)太遲了。

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5.結(jié)果這種方法不太管用。

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