巨额支票的背后
2022-05-30邱麟茸
邱麟茸
埃爾默是一个无家可归的人,在捡到一张巨额支票后,他的生活会发生怎样的转折呢?
1 Elmer Alvarez was a homeless man when he found a $10,000 cheque in New Haven, Connecticut. Instead of cashing it in for himself, he looked for its rightful owner.
2 The owner of the large cheque was a real estate (房地产) agent named Roberta Hoskie. She was on a busy schedule doing business around town when her cheque slipped away in a busy crossing. She didn t realize she had lost it until the next day.
3 They settled the day they met to hand over the cheque. Elmer came with a friend. It turned out that he couldn t speak English well and he asked for the help of a stranger to translate what he wanted to do. Roberta also found something about Elmer that shocked her—Elmer was homeless.
4 And since Roberta was in the real estate business, she realized she could send Elmer to the real estate school to be a part of her company. Not only that, she also rewarded him with an apartment and paid seven months worth of rent to help him get back on his feet. Roberta s heart was drawn to Elmer s story because it reminded her of her own past.
5 She once lived in a shelter, as a single mom with only around $400 to raise her son—until one day, someone blessed her with a job that led her to her success right now. Her experience of being homeless reminded her that she could be a blessing to someone and change his or her life, too. A year after they met, Roberta and Elmer started Outreach Foundation, a transitional home for homeless teenagers, providing some necessary services and education.
6 Elmer s honesty is something that should be applauded. And in the end, he went from not having a roof over his head, to being capable of lending a hand to others who were really in need.
1. What do Roberta and Elmer have in common?
A. They both found a cheque.
B. They were both single parents.
C. They were both ambitious.
D. They had a similar experience.
2. Which of the following can best describe Elmer?
A. Honest. B. Enthusiastic. C. Sensitive. D. Brave.
3. What s the purpose of Outreach Foundation?
A. To provide a shelter for single moms.
B. To offer homeless teenagers support.
C. To pay rent for those poor workers.
D. To educate those homeless children.
4. What can be learned from the text?
A. Practice makes perfect.
B. Seeing is believing.
C. One good turn deserves another.
D. One man s meat is another man s poison.
Difficult sentences
1. And since Roberta is in the real estate business, she realized she could send Elmer to the real estate school to be a part of her company. 由于罗伯塔从事的是房地产行业,她意识到她可以把埃尔默送到房地产学校(学习),以便成为她公司的一员。
【点石成金】该句中,since引导原因状语从句,意为“因为;由于”,she realized she could send Elmer to the real estate school to be a part of her company为主句部分。
2. And in the end, he went from not having a roof over his head, to being capable of lending a hand to others who were really in need. 最后,他从没有住所變成一个能够向其他真正需要帮助的人伸出援手的人。
【点石成金】该句中,not having a roof over his head意为“没有住所”,be capable of doing意为“能够做……”。