现代大学英语(新版)Unit 8.docVIP

Book1 Unit 8 The Kindness of Strangers I. 动词-ing 形式语法成分分析练习 ( 句子全部选自：精读 Book1 Unit 8 ) In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. ( Unit 4: You were told I was a secret agent, a spy, dealing in espionage and danger.”) With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, 揑 doni’t want get involved. 攈as become a national motto. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much. One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the goodwill of his fellow Americans. I rose early on September 6,1994,and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: 揂merica.?“I know you’re not supposed to pick up hitchhikers, but…, you feel bad passing a person,” said the driver, who introduced herself as Vi. This woman was telling me she’s rather risk her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road. Once when I was hitchhiker unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on the grass shoulder. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or shared whatever they happened to have with them. I refused, knowing it was probably one of the family’s most valuable possessions. Seeing that it cost $12，replied, “No, that’s all right. I’ll try something else.” The kids were attentive and kept asking all kinds of questions … Others: 1. A lumber-millworker named Tim invited me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. 2. But what I found most touching was the fact that they all did it as a matter of course. 3. “Most people around here will let you pitch a tent on their land, if that’s what you want.” he said. 4. Although I hadn’t planned it this way ,I discovered that a patriotic tone ran through the talks I gave that afternoon. 5. I told them how proud I was to live in a country where peop