A “solar-powered lights”boy

颶風(fēng)瑪利亞把15歲的薩爾瓦多困在家里十多天。當(dāng)颶風(fēng)過后，薩爾瓦多不僅想到還有更多的災(zāi)民面臨比他更不幸的境況，還積極發(fā)起眾籌活動(dòng)，給災(zāi)民帶去“太陽能燈”。

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海詞積累

1.devastate v.摧毀

2.compel v.迫使

3.activism n.行動(dòng)主義

4.instil v.逐漸灌輸

Ten days after Hurricane MariadevastatedPuerto Rico,15-year-old Salvador Gomez Colon and his family are squatted（蹲）down in their apartment in San Juan.

Still Salvador knows he's better off than many others on the island that was devastated by Maria.He feltcompelledtolauncha crowdfunding campaign called“Light and Hope for Puerto Rico” on fund-raising platform Generosity.He has 1.__________nearly$14,000 of his$100,000 target.He wants to use the 2._________to buy the portable lamps and washing machines for residents in some of the worst affected areas of Puerto Rico.

Separately,he also reached out directly to business firms of some products that might help them.One company,California-based d.light,responded by donating$500 to his campaign and offered a discount on their solar-powered lamps.Another firm,Omnivoltaic in Hong Kong,said it would 3_________.100 of its portable lights to his effort.

Neha Misra,co-founder of Washington,D.C.-based non-profit Solar Sister,is helping Salvador with his mission.Her organization provides portable solar-powered lamps to communities without 4._________in rural Africa.“Here is a 15-year-old boy,who's facing extreme despair（絕望）himself,and he's moved to act on behalf of others,” she said.She spoke with Salvador and connected him with Solar Sister partners d.light and Omnivoltaic.Because Salvador has no internet connection,she also set up the online crowfunding campaign and is helping him monitor it.“To be clear,this is his campaign,driven by him.He is guiding me,” she said.

Salvador,who just started ninth grade,said community activism is important to him.“My mom instilled it in me from when I was very little,”he said.His family fully supports his effort.“My grandmother was so moved that she started to cry,” he said.But his mother's advice was more direct.“She told me if I want to do this,I have to make sure I go through with it to the end,”he said.

Reading Check

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

Language Study

Ⅰ.Important words and expressions in the

text

1.launch v.發(fā)起

2.monitor v.監(jiān)控

3.set up建立

4.on behalf of代表；為了……

5.go through with把……進(jìn)行到底

Ⅱ.Complete the following sentences.

1.that引導(dǎo)的定語從句

此外，他還直接接觸了一些可能對(duì)他們有所幫助的產(chǎn)品公司。

__________________,he also reached out directly to business firms of some products_________________might help them.

2.當(dāng)here位于句首且主語為名詞時(shí)，使用全部倒裝結(jié)構(gòu)；who引導(dǎo)的是非限制性定語從句

這是一個(gè)15歲的男孩，他自己也面臨著極度的絕望，他已經(jīng)開始代表他人采取行動(dòng)。

__________________is a 15-year-old boy,facing extreme despair himself,and he's moved to act on behalf of others.

3.so+adj./adv.+that從句，意為“如此……以至于”

“我的祖母感動(dòng)得哭了起來，”他說。

“My grandmother was__________________moved _________________she started to cry,”he said.