翻转源于爱心

安徽宿州市褚兰中学 刘德刚

儿子就要参加田径运动会了，作者匆忙带着儿子到一家餐厅，想买份套餐为儿子补充能量，但却被告知东西卖完了。他们只得来到一家食品店，一名女店员看到作者满面愁容，就主动想办法为他配齐了一份“套餐”，这令作者感动不已，于是把写给这名店员的感谢信分享出来。

I am sharing a letter I wrote to the kind lady at the grocery store by my house.She had offered to make a mixed pack-up for us on the spot after informing me there was none left and seeing the look of confusion on my face...She packed it full of vegetables， fruit，and more，and went above and beyond!!

Full of gratitude for her warm smile and her thoughtful act of kindness，I gave the following letter to her，handwritten in a lovely card，which included a$5 Tim Hortons'gift card and a smile card：

“Yesterday was my son's track and field meet at school...and as it was also my payday—I hadn't had any fund left the night before to get him healthy‘snack food’that would fuel him throughout the big day.

So yesterday morning，after missing my alarm clock and cleaning up an entire pot of soil from a potted plant that our new kitten hadknocked over during the night，we scrambled（争抢）to Sobey's to get a mix-pack（vegetables and dip，grapes，and crackers and cheese）—the quick and easy pre-packaged healthy snack that would solve all of my problems!However，when we got there，there was none left，and I drew a blank.

On a morning that was steadily turning out to be‘one of those mornings when everything goes wrong'，your thoughtful act of kindness turned our faces to the sunlight and filled us both with gratitude!

Thank you!

We will be paying the good vibes（气氛）forward and extending the ripples of kindness.We'll always be keeping your love light shining.”

Reading Check

1.How did the lady at the grocery store help the writer?

2.Why did the author say yesterday was“the big day”?

3.We can infer the author was _______two days before he wrote the letter.

4.Sobey's is probably a .

Language Study

Difficult sentences

1.She had offered to make a mixed pack-up for us on the spot after ________（inform）me there was none left and seeing the look of confusion on my face...

翻译：______________________________

【点石成金】after是介词，后面有两个并列宾语，分别由inform和see构成的短语充当，整个介词短语在句子中作时间状语。

2.On a morning that was steadily turning out to be ‘one of those mornings when everything goes wrong’， your thoughtful act of kindness turned our faces to the sunlight and filled us both with gratitude!

翻译：_______________________________

【点石成金】that引导的是一个定语从句，修饰先行词________。

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important phrases in the text

1.turn around翻转

2.on the spot现场；当场

3.inform sb of sth通知某人某事

4.draw a blank落空；无结果；无回音

5.turn out结果是；出现

Ⅱ.Translate the following sentences into English with the phrases given above.

1.约一周前市场情况急剧逆转。

2.对于这些历史问题，谁大概都无法做出回应。

3.医生在事故发生几分钟后就赶到现场了。

4.等到我得知这项决定时，已经太迟了。

5.结果这种方法不太管用。

Cultural Background

Tim Hortons，加拿大的国民品牌

在国际上被称为Tim Hortons Cafe and Bake Shop的蒂姆霍顿斯有限公司，是一家跨国快餐连锁店，以其咖啡和甜甜圈而闻名于世。Tim Hortons是加拿大的国民品牌，全国共有三千三百多家连锁店，在其他十个国家也有一千多家。目前该公司正在为进军中国市场做准备。

第一家Tim Hortons的连锁店于1964年开张，当时店里只供应两种东西——咖啡和甜甜圈。现如今除了咖啡、茶、热巧克力和甜甜圈外，Tim Hortons也提供其他一些烘焙食品。