内容正文:
The Taxi Ride
I’ll Never Forget
Prediction
What may be talked about in the text?
First Reading
Who?
1
When?
2
Where?
3
a small old woman and “I”
What?
4
twenty years ago, at midnight
mostly in a taxi, on the way to a hospice
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a hospice
This is a special hospital for people who are dying, where their practical, emotional and medical needs are dealt with.
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First Reading
before the taxi ride
1
during the taxi ride
2
after the taxi ride
3
When we got in the taxi,
As we pulled up,
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Second Reading
before the taxi ride
...the building was completely dark except for one light
A small woman in her 80s stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase.
surroundings
characters’ appearance
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Second Reading
during the ride
the old woman’s
actions
the old woman’s
words
the old woman’s
facial expressions
...she sat staring into the darkness, saying nothing.
I saw her eyes shining with tears.
“I’m in no hurry. I am on my way to a hospice.”
“I don’t have any family left,” she continued. “The doctor says I don’t have very long.”
sad, lonely
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Did the old lady feel better after the ride?
sad, lonely
grateful/thankful
words
actions
“You gave an old woman a little moment of joy,” she said.
She hugged me tightly.
to show, not to tell
Second Reading
before the ride during the ride after the ride
the driver’s actions
was called to pick someone up; knocked on the door; took her suitcase and gave her my arm
drove through the downtown;
quietly turned off the meter
leaned down and gave her a hug; squeezed her hand; could hardly talk
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