内容正文:
Early in 1999, our family had to drive several hundred miles to Billings, Montana, to visit a hospitalized family member. During the visit, accommodation, and having given most of our available cash to help our relatives out with expenses, we had very little money with us when we left to return home. It was getting dark when we drove out of Billings.
At first, we didn't notice that our headlights were dimming(变暗), and that was probably why we missed the exit for the interstate(州际公路)leading home. About 40 miles later, we began to see that nothing along the highway was familiar to us. In 35 more miles, we saw an exit to a town that wasn't anywhere near where we were supposed to be.
With eight miles to the next exit, we began to realize the headlights were dangerously dim. The car began to make a series of short explosive sounds, which made us feel extremely worried. I had to turn off the lights to keep it running. At the foot of the exit slope, there was a small post office in front of us. The car stopped running completely as we pulled into the parking lot.
I soon determined that there was something wrong with the alternator(发电机). It was 7:00 in the evening and we were in Rosebud, Montana, which was a tiny town with no services. To make things worse, the heavy snow was falling. We needed to find our family a safe place to spend the cold night and find an alternator to lix the car the next morning. Hopelessly, we couldn't see any other buildings around us,and the rest of the town was nearly a mile away. Even if we walked there,we knew that there was probably no hotel or auto parts store.
Just then, a woman stopped to check the mail before going home.
Unexpectedly, she came back the next morning!
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Just then, a woman stopped to check the mail before going home.
她主动询问情况,我们告知---解决住的问题---我们感激
Unexpectedly, she came back the next morning!
她带来了所需的车零件--我们可以重新上路---主旨:陌生人的善意
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范文:
Just then, a woman stopped to check the mail before going home.
· Noticing