拋錨不可怕，公路有天使

邯鄲市第一中學 吳新萍

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新買的摩托車在路上拋錨了，前不著村，后不著店；沒有熟人，沒有朋友。焦慮，絕望，等待幫助……，會遇上熱心的“天使”嗎？

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Iwasdrivingmynewlyacquired1._______acrossthevastnessofNorth Dakota when all of the sudden it froze up on the road.I would later be told the timing belt had slipped and this caused one of the pistons（活塞）to crack a cylinder（氣缸）head,or something like that.

Anyway,I sat on the side of the road for what seemed like hours.I even pretended to have been in an 2_______._（accident/incident）,which didn't help.Finally,a young man pulled over and offered me a ride,but given that he already had two motorcycles in the back of his truck,he could only take me.

He drove me to the next town,where I asked to bedropped off.Rather thandrop me off,he waited while I asked around if anyone could help me topick upmy motorcycle.One elderly gentleman was working and said that I could use his 3_______._!Can you imagine that a stranger gave me the keys to his pickup.

It was quite an experience,I must say.So,as I drove back 20 miles to get my motorcycle,the gentleman who first stopped to help me followed me.We both put the motorcycle in the back of the truck,and then I followed him another 50 miles or so and we both unloaded the motorcycle at his place.Then,he followed me back to the small town so I could return the man's truck.I didn't have much 4.________on me,maybe＄40,but I gave it to the man for the use of his truck.

Two strangers helped rescue me from spending the night on the side of the road in ND.I don't recall their names,5.________when I close my eyes I can see their faces as if it were yesterday.Thank you,strangers.You may be reading this right now.

Reading Check

Fill in each blank with only one word according to the context or with the words given.

Language Study

Vocabulary

1.freeze up （使）凍結

2.pull over 靠邊停車；把車開到路邊

3.drop off 中途卸客

4.rather than 而不是

5.pick up 搭載

Sentences for writing

1.“過去進行時 +when+一般過去時”句型，“正……就在這時……”

我正開著我新買的摩托車穿過遼闊的北達科他州，突然它在路上停了下來。

I_________my newly acquired motorcycle across the vastness of North Dakota_________all of the sudden it froze up on the road.

2.given that...“考慮到；鑒于……”，引導條件狀語從句

最后，一個年輕人把車停在了路邊并讓我搭車，但考慮到他的卡車后面已經有兩輛摩托車了，他只能帶我去。

Finally,a young man pulled over and offered me a ride,but_________he already had two motorcycles in the back of his truck,he could only take me.