心灵鸡汤精选TheCodeoftheRoad学案-2023届高三英语二轮复习培优9170.pdf
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1、高三英语培优 名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 The Code of the Road 心灵鸡汤精选 The Code of the Road 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 助人为乐 四星 1042【文章梗概】父亲是长途司机,我和父亲聚少离多,青春期过后逐渐懂得了父亲教给我的做人道理父亲曾经帮一位路人换轮胎而不求回报,只求自己的妻女遇到困难时也能得到同样的帮助。多年后的一天我的车在高速上抛锚,一位卡车司机如父亲当年所做,帮我换了轮胎,也说了和父亲一样的话,此时我体会到了助人为乐的“公路法则”,并深深感激父亲和帮助过我的好心人。Blessed are those that can give without
2、remembering and take without forgetting.Elizabeth Bibesco As the daughter of a truck driver and a secretary,I grew up knowing my mother far better than my father.As a young child I was“Daddys little girl,”but then I hit those teen years and my relationship with my father no longer existed.He had spe
3、nt most of my life on the road,leaving before 4:00 A.M.and arriving home well after my bedtime.By the time I was old enough to stay up past 9:00 P.M.,I was no longer Daddys little girl,I was a teenager.Now we were strangersI didnt know him and he couldnt have known me.It was almost as if one day he
4、went out on the truck,and,when he returned,I was 13.It took me years to understand that he had no idea what to do with me.He didnt know how to handle a teenage girl with crazed hormones and a big mouth.The little girl who adored her daddy was replaced by a horrendous teen who liked nothing better th
5、an to have the last word in every argument.And so began a lesson I will never forget.I was a rebellious teenager with big dreams and an open mind.During the hardest parts of my life,I believe my mother sustained me.When she attempted to guide me,of course I fought every inch of the way.But she never
6、 let goshe held on for dear life,and finally I outgrew those raging hormones and outrageous behaviors.It was during this time that I learned an important lesson from my father.A lesson of strength,love,honesty and kindness.One evening he returned from another day on the truck,probably delivering car
7、go to Brooklyn,the Bronx,Harlem or Philadelphia.He told us how that afternoon he was on the highway and saw a woman opening her trunk to take out a spare tire.He stopped,introduced himself and proceeded to take over the task of changing the blown-out tire.While he jacked up the car,the woman told hi
8、m how grateful she was for his kindness.She said peoples fear of crime in urban areas often dissuade local people from stopping to help one another.When Dad finished changing the tire and returning all of the equipment to the trunk of her car,she offered him a$20 bill for his help.He smiled at her a
9、nd said,“No need.I have a wife and a daughter who just started driving,and my only hope is that if ever one of them breaks down on the side of the road,someone honest and friendly will stop and do for them what I just did for you.”He said good-bye and headed back to the 18-wheeler he had left with i
10、ts motor running on the shoulder of the road.This was a side of my father I didnt see often.Instead,throughout my life,my Brooklyn-Italian father nonchalantly taught me the rules of the road and life through loud funny stories shared boisterously with his trucking buddies at family parties.Through t
11、he laughter,I heard explanations of“on the road”safe places to sleep,where to eat,definitions of respect,honesty and hard work,and“blue collar”survival.I was 24 years old before I realized how much I had really learned from him.In 1992,I moved from my parents New Jersey home to an apartment in easte
12、rn Kansas,where I worked as a volunteer for a civil rights organization.During those three and a half years I traveled almost continuously.One day,the 12-year-old daughter of a friend suggested we head to western Kansas to join the“Walk Across America for Mother Earth.”As a firm believer in recyclin
13、g and saving our environment,I agreed.The next day I borrowed my roommates car for the four-hour trip.We were almost halfway there when the left rear tire blew out.I maintained control of the car and pulled off of I-70 onto the shoulder of the road.Quite shook-up took a deep breath and got out of th
14、e car.I went into the trunk for the spare tire.As I was removing the jack,an 18-wheeler went flying past us at top speed.I was positioning the jack when I heard the screeching of air brakes across the road.I looked up to see a trucker running across four lanes of interstate to our aid.The trucker ex
15、plained that the driver of the previous 18-wheeler radioed ahead informing him that we were in trouble.He introduced himself,asked where we were going and took the jack from my hands.Within 20 minutes,the tire was changed and the jack was placed back in the trunk.I was instructed by the driver to st
16、op at the first auto plaza for a new tire.He explained that the spare“donut”could not make that round-trip.As we said our good-byes,I reached into my pocket and offered him a$20 bill for his help.He smiled and said in his Midwestern accent,“I have a daughter just about the same age as youthe only th
17、anks I need is to hope that if she ever breaks down on the road,someone honest would stop to help her as Ive done with you.”I heard my own fathers Brooklyn dialect repeating almost the same sentiment.I told the driver about my father and his experience in New Jersey.The truck driver smiled,and as he
18、 crossed the interstate,he turned and said,“Your daddys a good man.he knows the code of the road.”I stopped at the next auto plaza to replace the tire.Using my calling card,I then dialed my parents number,knowing everyone would be at work.I left a message for my father telling him about the truck dr
19、iver who helped me and thanking Dad for knowing the code of the road.Special thanks from a truckers little girl to all of the drivers who know and understand the code of the road.especially the two gentlemen in Kansas who helped me!Michele H.Vignola 【词汇过关】请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。1.crazed krezd adj._ 2.hor
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