Special cake for a blind customer特殊的生日蛋糕

李全忠

可能有一千種方式說“生日快樂”，但最貼心的可能要數(shù)最近由一些體貼周到的餐廳員工在生日蛋糕上用巧克力寫的盲文祝福。

1 There may be a thousand ways to say， “Happy Birthday！” but the sweetest of all may very well be a

special chocolate message that was recently served up by an amazingly thoughtful restaurant staff.

2 Creating congratulations in warm liquid cocoa was nothing new at Londons Luciano by Gino DAcampo restaurant， but for birthday girl Natalie Te Paa， who is totally blind， the best wishes were spelled out in Braille （布拉耶盲文）.

3 What gave the message an even greater meaning was that there was no advance planning involved. When the restaurant crew learned the dinner Te Paa was sharing with her friend Claire Sara was a birthday celebration， they took it upon themselves to find and recreate the Braille translation that summed up their best wishes in well?chilled chocolate.

4 Te Paa could barely believe her fingertips as she traced over the raised dots. “My mind was blank for a second and then I was like，? ‘Is this in Braille？” Ta Paa said. “I had never had anything happened like that before. It was wild. They just really did go above and beyond. I couldnt control my tears of joy.”

5 Dinner companion Sara recorded Te Paas delighted reaction to what had become a very different kind of surprise party and posted the cheerful footage to TikTok.

6 While restaurant manager Giovanni Galluccio maintained the impromptu （即興的） gesture was simply part of the customer service they tried to extend to all their patrons， clocking in with close to 16 million views to date， the Internet judged the extraordinary act of kindness extra special.

7 As Te Paa said， “The fact that people have responded so much and so well to it just shows how much the world needs kindness right now， how much the world needs a message of hope， needs to see people doing things and going above and beyond for each other.”

8 This is one message sure to melt in your hearts， not in your hands.

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Choose the best answers according to the text

Detail ? ? 1. How did the restaurant staff give the message a great meaning？

A. By providing the cake for Te Paa for free.

B. By making the chocolate message well decorated.

C. By preparing the cake without any plan in advance.

D. By inviting dinner companion Sara ahead of time.

Inference 2. How did Te Paa feel after she touched the chocolate cake？

A. She felt happy. B. She felt jealous.

C. She felt puzzled. D. She felt motivated.

Detail ? ? 3. What did Sara do at the party？

A. She thought highly of the restaurant manager.

B. She gave Te Paa a big surprise with a pose.

C. She posted a video in a silent language.

D. She put part of the partys process online.

Vocabulary? ? 4. Which word can best replace the underlined word “patrons” in paragraph 6？

A. Messages. B. Customers.

C. Praises. D. Ideas.

[Language][Study]

Ⅰ. Analyze the difficult structure in the text

When the restaurant crew learned the dinner Te Paa was sharing with her friend Claire Sara was a birthday celebration， they took it upon themselves to find and recreate the Braille translation that summed up their best wishes in well?chilled chocolate. 當(dāng)餐廳員工得知特帕與朋友克萊爾·薩拉共享的晚餐是一個生日慶祝時，他們自己查找并重新制作了盲文翻譯，用冷凍巧克力總結(jié)了他們最美好的祝愿。

【點(diǎn)石成金】本句是一個主從復(fù)合句。When引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，that引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞the Braille translation。

Ⅱ. Memorize some text?centered chunks

serve up 給……提供;端上（食物）

spell out 拼寫;拼讀

share with 與……分享

sum up 總結(jié);概括

clock in with 打卡

right now 目前