“Angel”is right around you“天使”就在身边

侯昌伟

迪·哈克里德路過一家超市，买了三罐清洗液。她把这些东西装进车里后直接离开了，把钱包落在了购物车里……

主题语境：做人与做事 篇幅：329词 建议用时：7分钟

1 Dee Harkrider recently swung by a supermarket in Forest City， Arkansas to grabthree jugs of washer fluid. After she loaded them into her car， she absentmindedly left herwallet in the shopping cart and then drove away. Dee， a grandmother of seven， didn’t evenrealize she’d left the wallet behind.

2 Dee was halfway to a friend’s house in Palestine when her cellphone rang. It was herfriend， Elaine Keown， asking if she knew a young man named Delivontae Johnson.“No， I’venever heard that name，”Dee recalled.“I have no idea who that is.”

3 It turns out that 19yearold Delivontae visited the supermarket right after Dee andspotted her wallet in the shopping cart. He opened the wallet and found Dee’s license， butwith no phone number to contact her， he turned to the Internet. Once he matched her profilepicture with the one on her driver’s license， he sent her a message.

4 Dee didn’t reply， so Delivontae reached out to her friend Elaine， who’d recentlyinteracted with Dee on the platform. It certainly took some detective work to track down thewallet’s owner， but Delivontae wasn’t finished going above and beyond just yet！

5 Dee called Delivontae and they arranged to meet at a restaurant in Palestine， about a20minutedrive for the teen. At the restaurant， Delivontae handed over the wallet and Deepulled a $20 from it to give him as a reward.“I just felt like he was an angel，”said thegrateful grandmother.

6 Delivontae said he felt“great”to help someone in need， and urged others to per⁃form random acts of kindness when presented with the chance to brighten someone ’sday. He believes that what he did to help Dee was just the right thing to do.

7“You’ve just got to be honest，”said Delivontae.“You don’t know what the outcomemight be. If you do good things， good things will follow.”The two have now become friends，visiting each other and meeting family members. Dee even had lunch with Delivontae’smom， Rachel Johnson.

Reading Check

Detail

1. What made Dee leave her wallet in the shopping cart？

A. Her carelessness.

B. Her poor memory.

C. An urge of her friend.

D. A lot of her purchases.

Detail

2. How did Delivontae contact Dee？

A. By the Internet.

B. By Dee’s friend.

C. By her profile picture.

D. By Delivontae’s mom.

Inference

3. Which of the following can best describe Delivontae？

A. Humorous.

B. Confident.

C. Ambitious.

D. Warmhearted.

Inference

4. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs？

A. Delivontae’s mom is proud of him.

B. We should help others more often.

C. Delivontae feels he did a right thing.

D. We can get a lot by doing good deeds.

Language Study

Ⅰ. Text⁃centered chunks

swing by 路经；短暂拜访

drive away（把车）开走；离去

leave...behind 把……遗留在

match...with... 把……与……相匹配

hand over 交出；移交

track down 搜寻到；追查到

Ⅱ. Difficult sentence in the text

Delivontae said he felt“great”to help someone in need， and urged others to performrandom acts of kindness when presented with the chance to brighten someone’s day. 德利文塔說，他觉得帮助有需要的人感觉“很棒”，并呼吁其他人在有机会照亮别人的一天时，做一些随意的善举。

【点石成金】本句是一个主从复合句，Delivontae said后面是一个省略了that的宾语从句；句中的when...day是一个省略了主语和系动词的时间状语从句。