读后续写翻译练习(好心的墨西哥家庭)
1. 在过去的一年里,我遇到了三次车故障。
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2.每当这些事情发生时,我都厌倦了大多数人懒得帮忙的方式。
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3.其中一次,我开着我的大吉普车在路边待了将近三个小时。
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4.我在窗户上放了牌子,大牌子上写着"千斤顶",并提供了钱。
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5.就在我快要放弃的时候,一个开着小卡车的墨西哥家庭停了下来,父亲走了出来。
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6. 他评估了情况,并打电话给会说英语的女儿。
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7.他通过她表示,他有一个千斤顶,但它对于吉普车来说太小了,所以我们需要一些东西来支撑它。
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8.然后他从卡车上拿了一把锯子,从路边的一根大圆木上切下了一段。
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9.我们把它翻过来,把他的插孔放在上面,我们开始工作。
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10.我开始把方向盘取下来,然后,如果你能相信的话,我弄坏了他的轮胎铁。
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11.不用担心:他把它递给他的妻子,她一下子就走了,去买一个新的轮胎熨斗。
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12.她在15分钟后回来了。
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13.我们完成了工作,我是一个非常快乐的人。
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14.我们俩又脏又汗。
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15.他的妻子准备了一壶水让我们洗手。
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16.我试图把一张20美元的钞票放在那个男人的手里,但他不肯拿走,所以我走到卡车上,尽可能安静地把它交给了他的妻子。
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17.我问小女孩他们住在哪里。
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18.她说,墨西哥。他们在俄勒冈州,所以妈妈和爸爸可以在接下来的几个星期里在水果农场工作,然后他们会回家。
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19.当我正要说再见时,女孩问我是否吃过午饭。
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20.直到那时,我才听到我的肚子隆隆作响。
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21我尴尬地摇了摇头,说:"我可以在回去的路上去某个地方吃午饭,"我不想再打扰这个热情的家人了。
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22"等一下,先生,"女孩结结巴巴地说着蹩脚的英语,感觉到我的尴尬。
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23几秒钟后,女孩出现了,手里紧紧地拿着一个纸袋。
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24"给你,"她递给我。
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25我感谢了她的家人,然后我们挥手告别,并祝福彼此。 _______________________________________________________________________________
26他们走后,我上了吉普车,打开纸袋。
_______________________________________________________________________________27里面有一些墨西哥家庭自制的食物和20美元的钞票。
_______________________________________________________________________________28我坐在车里吃着我吃过的最好吃的食物,然后我就开始哭。
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_______________________________________________________________________________30这是我第一次没有对我的汽车故障感到厌倦,并为看到一颗美丽的心而感到幸运。
_______________________________________________________________________________31从那时起,每当遇到需要帮助的人,我都不遗余力地帮助他们,就像那个墨西哥家庭。
答案:
1. During this past year, I’ve had three instances of car trouble.
2. Each time these things happened, I was sick of the way most people hadn’t bothered to help. 3 One of those times, I was on the side of the road for close to three hours with my big Jeep.
4I put signs in the windows, big signs that said NEED A JACK (千斤顶), and offered money.
5 Right as I was about to give up, a Mexican family in a small truck pulled over, and the father bounded out.
6 He sized up the situation and called for his daughter, who spoke English.
7.He conveyed through her that he had a jack but that it was too small for the Jeep, so we would need something to support it.
8 Then he got a saw (锯子) from the truck and cut a section out of a big log on the side of the road.
9We rolled it over and put his jack on top, and we were in business.
10I started taking the wheel off, and then, if you can believe it, I broke his tire iron.
11No worries: He handed it to his wife, and she was gone in a flash down the road to buy a new tire iron.
12She was back in 15 minutes.
13We finished the job, and I was a very happy man.
14The two of us were dirty and sweaty.
15His wife prepared a pot of water for us to wash our hands.
16 I tried to put a $20 bill in the man’s hand, but he wouldn’t take it, so instead I went up to the truck and gave it to his wife as quietly as I could.
17 I asked the little girl where they lived.
18Mexico, she said. They were in Oregon so Mommy and Daddy could work on a fruit farm for the next few weeks.
19.Then they would go home.
20When I was about to say goodbye, the girl asked if I’d had lunch.
21Not until then did I hear my stomach rumbling.
22. Shaking my head awkwardly, I said, “I can get lunch somewhere on my way back,” not wanting to bother the warmed-hearted family any more.
23 “Wait a minute, sir,” the girl stammered in broken English, sensing my embarrassment.
24.In a few seconds, the girl turned up, with a paper bag held tightly in her hand.
25. “Here you are,” she handed it to me.
26 I thanked the family, and then we waved goodbye with best wishes for each other.
27After they left, I got into my Jeep and opened the paper bag.
28Inside were some Mexican family-made food and the $20 bill.
29 I sat in my car eating the best food I’d ever had, and I just started to cry.
30 While I was waiting for help before I met the family, I hated this world.
31 It was the first time I had not been sick of my car trouble and felt lucky to have seen a beautiful heart.
31 From then on, whenever meeting people in need, I have spared no effort to help them like that Mexican family.