Flowers on the Bus
公交车上的鲜花
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主题语境：人与社会                   子语境：亲情关系                   
原文出处：Inspirational Stories              语篇类型：记叙文
关键词：summer；passenger；smile；flower
篇章导读：33年前的那个夏天，我们一大人，每天都坐公共汽车。在从郊区出发的清晨，我们坐在那里，睡眼惺忪，衣领贴在耳朵上，一人无精打采，沉默寡言。
原汁原味外刊阅读及模拟强化训练
We were a very motley crowd of people who took the bus every day that summer 33 years ago. During the early morning ride from the suburb, we sat drowsily with our collars up to our ears, a cheerless and taciturn bunch.
One of the passengers was a small grey man who took the bus to the centre for senior citizens every morning. He walked with a stoop and a sad look on his face when he, with some difficulty, boarded the bus and sat down alone behind the driver. No one ever paid very much attention to him.
alert怎么读Then one July morning he said good morning to the driver and smiled short-sightedly down through the bus before he sat down. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were silent.
The next day, the old man boarded the bus energetically, smiled and said in a loud voice: “And a very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “Good morning,” in reply.
The following weeks we were more alert. Our friend was now dressed in a nice old suit and a wide out-of-date tie. The thin hair had been carefully combed. He said good morning to us every day and we gradually began to nod and talk to each other.
One morning he had a bunch of wild flowers in his hand. They were already dangling a little because of the heat. The driver turned around smilingly and asked: “Have you got yourself a girlfriend, Charlie?” We never got to know if his name really was “Charlie”, but he nodded shyly and said yes.
The other passengers whistled and clapped at him. Charlie bowed and waved the flowers before he sat down on his seat.
Every morning after that Charlie always brought a flower. Some of the regular passengers began bringing him flowers for his bouquet, gently nudged him and said shyly: “Here.” Everyone smiled. The men started to jest about it, talk to each other, and share the newspaper.
The summer went by, and autumn was closing in, when one morning Charlie wasn’t waiting at his usual stop. When he wasn’t there the next day and the day after that, we started wondering if he was sick or — hopefully — on holiday somewhere.
When we came nearer to the centre for senior citizens, one of the passengers asked the driver to wait. We all held our breaths when she went to the door.
Yes, the staff said, they knew who we were talking about. The elderly gentleman was fine, but he hadn’t been coming to the centre that week. One of his very close friends had died at the weekend. They expected him back on Monday. How silent we were the rest of the way to work.
The next Monday Charlie was waiting at the stop, stooping a bit more, a little bit more grey, and without a tie. He seemed to have shrinked again. Inside the bus was a silence akin to that in a church. Even though no one had talked about it, all those of us, who he had made such an impression on that summer, sat with our eyes filled with tears and a bunch of wild flowers in our hands.
✐读后强化训练
I. 单句语法填空
1. Some trading officials are           (guard) optimistic that the market is now on the road to recovery. 
2. These changes were           (gradual) assimilated into everyday life.
3. It had become almost a dormitory           (市郊) of the city.
4. I did not get the          (impress) that they were unhappy about the situation.
5. I could hear the sound of           (clap) from the other room.
II.阅读理解
1. Why does Charlie take the bus with a bunch of flowers?
A. He likes the smell of flowers.
B. He likes the smell of flowers.
C. For his girlfriend.
D. Visit a sick friend.
2. How can we describe Charlie?
A. Considerate.
B. Pessimistic.
C. Optimistic.
D. Diligent.
3. What kind of subject may this story be extracted from?
A. Success.
B. Happiness.
C. Inspiration.
D. Love.
词汇积累
Ⅰ. 核心词汇
1. suburb n. 郊区；城外
2. guardedly adv. 谨慎地
3. gradually adv. 逐步地；逐渐地
4. clap v. 鼓掌
5. impression n. 印象；感想；影响
Ⅱ. 核心短语
1. look up 查阅
2. a bunch of 一束
Ш. 拓展词汇
1. motley adj. 杂七杂八的；混杂的
2. taciturn adj. 沉默寡言的
3. alert adj. 警觉的；警惕的
4. bouquet n. 花束
✧金句赏析
1.During the early morning ride from the suburb, we sat drowsily with our collars up to our ears, a cheerless and taciturn bunch.
【句意】在从郊区出发的清晨，我们坐在那里，睡眼惺忪，衣领贴在耳朵上，一人无精打采，沉默寡言。
【句式剖析】
句子主干：... we sat drowsily ...
赏析：
①介词短语During the early morning ride from the suburb作时间状语；
②with our collars up to our ears是with的复合结构，在句中作伴随状语；
③a cheerless and taciturn bunch作同位语。
2.Even though no one had talked about it, all those of us, who he had made such an impression on that summer, sat with our eyes filled with tears and a bunch of wild flowers in our hands.
【句意】尽管没有人谈论过这件事，但我们所有人都坐在那里，眼里噙满了泪水，手里拿着一束野花。

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