读后续写：助人类---A Chrismas Story 讲义 2023届高考英语作文专项复习

读后续写英语 汉语 Jim Glaub and Dylan Parker had just been handed the keys to their new Manhattan apartment on 22nd Street when they were told something curious 吉姆·格劳布（Jim Glaub）和迪伦·帕克（Dylan Parker）刚刚拿到他们在曼哈顿22街的新公寓的钥匙，这时有人告诉他们一些奇怪的事情 “Just as you know, there're letters addressed to Santa coming to the apartment. The previous tenants received the letters too. It had been coming for years and no one knows why.” “就像你们所知道的那样，有些信件是写给圣诞老人的，一直寄到这个公寓里。前任租户也收到过这些信，这种现象持续了多年，但没有人知道为什么。” Glaub and Parker settled in to their new home, and for the first two years only a few letters flew in from kids or parents asking “Santa” for gifts they could not otherwise afford 格劳布和帕克定居在他们的新家中，头两年只有很少的信件从孩子或父母那里飞来，请求“圣诞老人”送他们他们无法负担的礼物。 Then in the months leading to Christmas 2021, their mailbox was flooded. Every day, they'd open it to find it filled with letters to Santa. 接着，在2021年圣诞节前几个月里，他们的信箱被淹没了。每天他们打开邮箱时都会发现里面装满了写给圣诞老人的信。 They responded to as many as they could, writing notes, even buying gifts. But they could do only so much. 他们回复了尽可能多的信件，写下了笔记，甚至购买了礼物。但是他们只能做那么多。 One night, when Glaub and Parker held a Christmas party, a solution appeared. One of their guests noticed the hundreds of letters they'd yet to act upon and asked about them. 有一天晚上，格劳布和帕克举办圣诞聚会时，他们找到了解决办法。其中一位客人注意到了他们还没有处理的数百封信，并询问了相关情况。 And some guests even read the letters and knew about the stories behind them, making them hold back tears due to the unlucky kids and their miserable parents. 一些客人甚至读了信件并知道了背后的故事，看到不幸的孩子和可怜的父母让他们忍不住潸然泪下。 Glaub told them the story and his guests were interested. A lot of people were like “I'll take a letter. I'll fulfill it.” 格劳布告诉他们这个故事，他的客人们很感兴趣。很多人都说：“给我一封信，我会实现里面的愿望。” That's when Glaub and Parker realized they didn't have to fulfill all these wishes themselves. “People want to help.” 这时，格劳布和帕克意识到他们不必自己完成所有这些愿望。“人们想要帮助别人。” And there was a miracle born on 22nd Street, where a community-based volunteer organization that responds to children's letters to Santa with greetings