题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:困难
浙江省杭州观成教育集团2023-2024学年八年级上学期期中英语试题
When I was in fourth grade, I worked part-time as a paperboy. Mrs.Stanley was one of my customers. She'd watch me coming down her street, and by the time I'd biked up to her doorstep, there'd be a cold drink waiting.
I'd sit and drink while she talked. Mrs. Stanley talked mostly about her dead husband,"Mr.Stanley and I went shopping this morning." she'd say. The first time she said that, cola went up my nose.
I told my father how Mrs. Stanley talked as if Mr.Stanley were still alive. Dad said she was probably lonely(孤独的), and that I should sit and listen and nod my head and smile, and maybe she'd go out from her sadness. So that's what I did, and it turned out Dad was right. After a while, she seemed to be better then.
I finally stopped delivering newspapers and didn't see Mrs.Stanley for several years. One day, we saw her at a church. She was spooning potatoes and looking happy. Four years before, she had to offer her paperboy a drink to have someone to talk with. Now she had friends. Her husband was gone, but life went on.
I live in the city now, and my newsboy is a lady named Edna with three kids. She asks me how I'm doing. When I don't say "Fine," she sits down and listens to my problems. She's lived in the city most of her life. She knows about the neighborhood. The neighborhood is a state of mind. You find it whenever people ask how you're doing because they care, and not because they're getting paid to do so. Sometimes it's good to Just smile, nod your head and listen.
Morris Old Folks' Home
is looking for volunteers!
Do you feel good helping someone? Do you have time every Friday from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m.? If you answered"yes" to the two questions above, we welcome you to join our volunteer team to help the elderly at Morris Old Folks' Home! |
You may help out by doing any of the following:
★ chatting with the elderly
★ reading story books to the elderly
★ weeding the garden
★ organizing monthly birthday celebrations
★ checking and recording the donations(捐赠物) that we receive
Note: Volunteers must be at least twelve years old and must attend a one-hour briefing session(情况介绍会) before they can begin their journey as a Morris Old Folks' Home volunteer.
If you are interested, emailusatMorrisoldfolks@gmail.com .
To find out more, you can call us or come down to our Old Folks' Home every Friday to have a look at what it is exactly that our kind-hearted volunteers do!
Besides receiving smiles of thankfulness from the elderly, volunteers will receive a freeT-shirt and water bottle from Lifehouse Pte Ltd.
Join us as a volunteer today!
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