A New Year's“miracle”

山東 孫啟祿

主題語境：急救

篇幅：328詞

關鍵詞：swollen,infected,miracle

1Isn't it incredible when a last-minute decision changes someone's life in a major way?

2On the day after the New Year,Allison Scott and her friend,Alfred Valdivia,Jr.,made a last-minute decision to head up to Big Bear Lake in California for a camping trip.They packed up their equipment and brought along their dog for the planned night,never once imagining that they were actually setting out on a rescue mission for a man they'd never met.

3Allison and Alfred picked a camping spot between Big Bear Lake and Angelus Oaks.They were relaxing when,suddenly,a low-flying plane caught their attention.As the plane went by,they heard a man's voice calling out for help somewhere nearby.Curious,they tracked the sound to a ridgeline,and at the bottom of the hill,a man named Eric was stranded(使滯留).

4“We end up finding him,and my friend is looking over the ridge (山 脊) and calling out,‘Hey I see you,’”Allison recalled.“He had a stick with a water bottle on it trying to signal.He couldn't walk.His feet were extremely swollen and infected just from walking so much.”

5Allison and Alfred climbed down to Eric and learned that he'd set out from his home in Oceanside two weeks earlier.No one knew where he was,and no one was looking for him.He didn't own a cell phone,either.He'd managed to survive for the past 14 days eating only a half a jar of salsa he'd brought along for the hike.

6Eric told Allison and Alfred it was a“miracle”that they'd discovered him.He was extremely weak and hungry.Allison used her cell phone to call 911,and within 15 minutes a rescue helicopter arrived to airlift the starving man to safety.

7Once Eric had been safely evacuated,Allison and Alfred continued on their camping trip as planned,but with a very cool story to tell when they returned!

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1.What did Allison and Alfred decide to do?

A.Perform a rescue mission.

B.Spend the night camping.

C.Celebrate the New Year.

D.Look for a camping spot.

2.To whom did Eric call out for help actually?

A.People on the plane.

B.Someone near the lake.

C.Allison and her friend.

D.People at the camping site.

3.Why did Eric have a stick with a water bottle on it?

A.He wanted to get some water.

B.He wanted to use it to help him walk.

C.He wanted people to see it and discover him.

D.He didn't have enough money to buy a phone.

4.Which of the following words can best describe Eric?

A.Helpful.B.Generous.C.Warm-hearted.D.Strong-willed.

-語篇解碼

本文是一篇記敘文，主題語境是人與社會。新年后的第二天，艾莉森和朋友決定到山中露營。沒想到他們這次露營的決定挽救了一個人的生命。

-語言學習

Ⅰ.語料薈萃

Ⅱ.語句分析

1.They packed up their equipment and brought along their dog for the planned night,never once imagining that they were actually setting out on a rescue mission for a man they'd never met.他們收拾好裝備，帶著他們的狗，計劃過夜，從未想過他們實際上是去為一個素未謀面的人執行救援任務。

【點石成金】They packed up their equipment and brought...night是句子的主干，其中packed up 和brought 是并列謂語，never once imagining...met 是動詞-ing形式作狀語，that they were actually...met是that引導的賓語從句，they'd never met是限制性定語從句。

2.Eric told Allison and Alfred it was a“miracle”that they'd discovered him.埃里克告訴艾莉森和阿爾弗雷德，他們發現了他，這真是個“奇跡”。

【點石成金】本句是一個主從復合句。Eric told Allison and Alfred 是主句，后面部分是省略了that 的賓語從句，其中it 是形式主語，that they'd discovered him 是主語從句。

語言運用

Ⅰ.例句仿寫

1.瑪麗站在教室的中間，眼睛盯著墻上的中國地圖。

Mary stood in the middle of the classroom,____________________

on the wall.

2.他在沒有任何幫助的情況下完成了5千米的越野賽，這真是個奇跡。

_____________________he finished the 5-kilometer crosscountry race without any help.

Ⅱ.寫作實踐

假定你是某英文報的小記者李華，請你根據上面文章的故事內容寫一篇報道，要點如下：

1.事件發生的時間和地點；

2.事件的經過和結果。

注意：

1.詞數80左右；

2.可以適當增加細節，以使行文連貫。