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一个平凡的收银员用他的善良快乐感染着身边的每一个人。其人其事再次印证:予人玫瑰,手有余香。让我们读读——
You can’t get in or out of the 29th Street Rite Aid(赖特药店。美国连锁药店,1962年开张,分店近四千家。)without a verbal salute from Buddy. That isn’t surprising. During the past 32 years,Buddy Hazelton has made welcoming customers to the Eugene,Oregon store his personal mission(important job). In fact,he has elevated(develop)it to an art form,the practice of which he integrates(join)seamlessly(with no mark)into his actual,far more mundane(ordinary)job:store cashier.
“Hi,there,”Buddy’s salutation comes like a lobbed(弧线的)tennis ball,bright, bouncing and easy to return. He is standing at his check stand by the front door. No one enters or leaves the place without a comment from Buddy.“If you need any help,let us know,”he calls after customers. His voice is sing-song,his tone polished by years of delivery(practice). He looks up to see a couple about to exit the store.“Take care my friend,see ya again.”
“Hi ladies.”
“Thanks pal.”
“See ya,sunshine.”
What is surprising about the greetings is this:It’s almost impossible to get in the last word. Buddy’s habit of offering the final pleasantry is a compulsion(desire).“Take care,”he’ll say to a departing customer. If he responds,“You too,”he’ll reply,“Always,”but then will tack on a quick,“Come again.”
If the customer says that she will, in fact,return,Buddy, scanning (examine) a bottle of shampoo,will cap the exchange with a,“We hope so,”or his classic,definitive,“Perfect.”
And his chatter on customer’s purchases(buying)provides a sort of play-by-play for Rite Aid like the one radio announcer lends a baseball game. Buddy’s devotion to his job is legendary(well-known). In the most ordinary of roles,that of a chain-store clerk,Buddy has become an icon (figure;signal)of unpretentious(not showing off)goodness. In addition,his prolific(plenty of)charity fundraising has landed him in the local newspapers.
(To be continued.)
1. 释疑解难
1)“During the past 32 years,… his personal mission.”一句中,has made 后跟复合宾语:宾语“welcoming customers…store”加宾语补足语“his personal mission”。句意为:过去32 年间,Buddy 一直以迎接这间俄勒岗州尤金市分店的顾客为己任。
2)“In fact,…store cashier.”一句中,“the practice…”是“an art form”的同位语;“of which…”同位修饰“the practice”;“far more…cashier”偏正修饰句中前面内容。句意:他实际上将他的工作上升为一种艺术形式,并且自然地融入其平凡的收银员工作中。
3)“His voice … of delivery.”一句中,“,his tone … of delivery”系独立结构,为状语,也可写作“with his tone … of delivery”。句意:他的声调平和优雅,乃多年习练而成。
4)“In the most ordinary…goodness.”一句中,“that”是“the most ordinary”的同位语。全句意为:在连锁店职员这一最平凡岗位上, Buddy已经成为纯朴这一道德的象征。
2. 由意识词(根据文中语境,选出与下列释义相符的词。)
1) to say or to do something better than what someone else has just said or done ——
2) a strong and unreasonable desire that is difficult to control ——
3) to make something better,higher or more educated;to raise or lift up ——
4) famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something ——
3. 学词用词(用上题选出的词完成句子。)
1) ______ book is better for you than a light love story.
2) Drinking is ______ with him. He drinks alcohol every day.
3) He’s good at writing,and I’m sure he will ______ me with the composition.
4) Yuan Longping,the father of hybridized(cross-bred)rice,is ______ in his own lifetime for his scientific discovery.
4. 读文写文(依据所读文章,完成下面的此文概述。)
Buddy is an ordinary store cashier. He has formed a habit of (1)____ customers with a (2)____ salute. Every time customers enter or leave the store, they get a (3)____ from Buddy, whose greetings make it almost (4)____ for customers to get in the (5)____ word and a compulsion for him to offer the final (6)____ , and whose (7)____ to his job and plenty of charity (8)____ has made him (9)____ the (10)____ around.
[Suggested answers]
2. 1) cap 2) compulsion 3) elevate 4) legendary
3. 1) An elevating2) a compulsion3) cap4) a legend
4.(1) welcoming / greeting / … (2) verbal / spoken / …
(3) comment / remark / … (4) impossible / a failure / …
(5) last / final / …(6) pleasantry / amusement / …
(7) devotion / passion / … (8) fund raising / contribution / …
(9) popular with / admired by / … (10) customers / natives / …
(Continued)
He runs her purchases over the scanner. As she signs her charge slip(购物账单),he holds up the bathroom scale(浴室秤) she is buying,“If this thing doesn’t show you what you want,jump up and down on it a few times.”She grins(露齿一笑),zipping up her purse. A pause.“What about my mirror?”she says.“What should I do if I don’t like what that shows?”
Buddy laughs,fitting the scale into the sack.“Don’t jump up and down on it,”he says,and gives a tiny bow.“Thanks so much.”He turns to the next customer.
Early evening,a very old man comes to Buddy’s stand,leaning on his shopping cart as though it were a walker. Buddy places his purchases into paper sacks.“How’s Betsy?”Buddy asks loudly,about the man’s wife at home. She is sick and doesn’t get out much anymore. The old man’s reply is inaudible(难以听到的).“You tell her I say hello,okay?”Buddy says.
Just to be sure,Buddy leans across the counter and writes something on one of the paper bags perched(搁在上面的)in the wire basket.“You take care,”Buddy calls to him as the man pushes his cart slowly towards the door. The note reads,“Hi Betsy,”in Buddy’s scrawled script(凌乱字迹). Then,descending diagonally(往下对角处)in big printed letters,“from Buddy.”
Rite Aid is building a new store to replace the cavernous(幽暗), threadbare(老旧)building it now occupies. Buddy explains to one customer that the new location is right next door.
“You aren’t retiring with the old building,are you?”he asks.
“You can’t,”says another customer,an older woman,as she pushes her shopping cart towards the automatic door.“Buddy,you are Rite Aid.”
[问答]
1.This last part of the story is __________ .
A. to describe Buddy further
B. to make us believe in Buddy more
C. to prove the author’s idea of Buddy
D. All the A. B. C.
2.This last part has ________ stories.
A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5
3.The last two paragraphs show that _________ .
A. Buddy will continue to be working at Rite Aid
B. Buddy is quite popular with his customers
C. Rite Aid means to be Buddy
D. All the A. B. C.
答案:
1. D2. B3. B
编辑/梁宇清
You can’t get in or out of the 29th Street Rite Aid(赖特药店。美国连锁药店,1962年开张,分店近四千家。)without a verbal salute from Buddy. That isn’t surprising. During the past 32 years,Buddy Hazelton has made welcoming customers to the Eugene,Oregon store his personal mission(important job). In fact,he has elevated(develop)it to an art form,the practice of which he integrates(join)seamlessly(with no mark)into his actual,far more mundane(ordinary)job:store cashier.
“Hi,there,”Buddy’s salutation comes like a lobbed(弧线的)tennis ball,bright, bouncing and easy to return. He is standing at his check stand by the front door. No one enters or leaves the place without a comment from Buddy.“If you need any help,let us know,”he calls after customers. His voice is sing-song,his tone polished by years of delivery(practice). He looks up to see a couple about to exit the store.“Take care my friend,see ya again.”
“Hi ladies.”
“Thanks pal.”
“See ya,sunshine.”
What is surprising about the greetings is this:It’s almost impossible to get in the last word. Buddy’s habit of offering the final pleasantry is a compulsion(desire).“Take care,”he’ll say to a departing customer. If he responds,“You too,”he’ll reply,“Always,”but then will tack on a quick,“Come again.”
If the customer says that she will, in fact,return,Buddy, scanning (examine) a bottle of shampoo,will cap the exchange with a,“We hope so,”or his classic,definitive,“Perfect.”
And his chatter on customer’s purchases(buying)provides a sort of play-by-play for Rite Aid like the one radio announcer lends a baseball game. Buddy’s devotion to his job is legendary(well-known). In the most ordinary of roles,that of a chain-store clerk,Buddy has become an icon (figure;signal)of unpretentious(not showing off)goodness. In addition,his prolific(plenty of)charity fundraising has landed him in the local newspapers.
(To be continued.)
1. 释疑解难
1)“During the past 32 years,… his personal mission.”一句中,has made 后跟复合宾语:宾语“welcoming customers…store”加宾语补足语“his personal mission”。句意为:过去32 年间,Buddy 一直以迎接这间俄勒岗州尤金市分店的顾客为己任。
2)“In fact,…store cashier.”一句中,“the practice…”是“an art form”的同位语;“of which…”同位修饰“the practice”;“far more…cashier”偏正修饰句中前面内容。句意:他实际上将他的工作上升为一种艺术形式,并且自然地融入其平凡的收银员工作中。
3)“His voice … of delivery.”一句中,“,his tone … of delivery”系独立结构,为状语,也可写作“with his tone … of delivery”。句意:他的声调平和优雅,乃多年习练而成。
4)“In the most ordinary…goodness.”一句中,“that”是“the most ordinary”的同位语。全句意为:在连锁店职员这一最平凡岗位上, Buddy已经成为纯朴这一道德的象征。
2. 由意识词(根据文中语境,选出与下列释义相符的词。)
1) to say or to do something better than what someone else has just said or done ——
2) a strong and unreasonable desire that is difficult to control ——
3) to make something better,higher or more educated;to raise or lift up ——
4) famous and admired for being extremely good at doing something ——
3. 学词用词(用上题选出的词完成句子。)
1) ______ book is better for you than a light love story.
2) Drinking is ______ with him. He drinks alcohol every day.
3) He’s good at writing,and I’m sure he will ______ me with the composition.
4) Yuan Longping,the father of hybridized(cross-bred)rice,is ______ in his own lifetime for his scientific discovery.
4. 读文写文(依据所读文章,完成下面的此文概述。)
Buddy is an ordinary store cashier. He has formed a habit of (1)____ customers with a (2)____ salute. Every time customers enter or leave the store, they get a (3)____ from Buddy, whose greetings make it almost (4)____ for customers to get in the (5)____ word and a compulsion for him to offer the final (6)____ , and whose (7)____ to his job and plenty of charity (8)____ has made him (9)____ the (10)____ around.
[Suggested answers]
2. 1) cap 2) compulsion 3) elevate 4) legendary
3. 1) An elevating2) a compulsion3) cap4) a legend
4.(1) welcoming / greeting / … (2) verbal / spoken / …
(3) comment / remark / … (4) impossible / a failure / …
(5) last / final / …(6) pleasantry / amusement / …
(7) devotion / passion / … (8) fund raising / contribution / …
(9) popular with / admired by / … (10) customers / natives / …
(Continued)
He runs her purchases over the scanner. As she signs her charge slip(购物账单),he holds up the bathroom scale(浴室秤) she is buying,“If this thing doesn’t show you what you want,jump up and down on it a few times.”She grins(露齿一笑),zipping up her purse. A pause.“What about my mirror?”she says.“What should I do if I don’t like what that shows?”
Buddy laughs,fitting the scale into the sack.“Don’t jump up and down on it,”he says,and gives a tiny bow.“Thanks so much.”He turns to the next customer.
Early evening,a very old man comes to Buddy’s stand,leaning on his shopping cart as though it were a walker. Buddy places his purchases into paper sacks.“How’s Betsy?”Buddy asks loudly,about the man’s wife at home. She is sick and doesn’t get out much anymore. The old man’s reply is inaudible(难以听到的).“You tell her I say hello,okay?”Buddy says.
Just to be sure,Buddy leans across the counter and writes something on one of the paper bags perched(搁在上面的)in the wire basket.“You take care,”Buddy calls to him as the man pushes his cart slowly towards the door. The note reads,“Hi Betsy,”in Buddy’s scrawled script(凌乱字迹). Then,descending diagonally(往下对角处)in big printed letters,“from Buddy.”
Rite Aid is building a new store to replace the cavernous(幽暗), threadbare(老旧)building it now occupies. Buddy explains to one customer that the new location is right next door.
“You aren’t retiring with the old building,are you?”he asks.
“You can’t,”says another customer,an older woman,as she pushes her shopping cart towards the automatic door.“Buddy,you are Rite Aid.”
[问答]
1.This last part of the story is __________ .
A. to describe Buddy further
B. to make us believe in Buddy more
C. to prove the author’s idea of Buddy
D. All the A. B. C.
2.This last part has ________ stories.
A. 2B. 3C. 4D. 5
3.The last two paragraphs show that _________ .
A. Buddy will continue to be working at Rite Aid
B. Buddy is quite popular with his customers
C. Rite Aid means to be Buddy
D. All the A. B. C.
答案:
1. D2. B3. B
编辑/梁宇清