心灵鸡汤读后续写26ThePowerofKindness导学案-九24届高三英语一轮复习.docxVIP

26 The Power of Kindness 一、请根据两个提示句进行故事续写，150词左右。 A few days before Christmas, a girlfriend called me to see if I wanted to grab a coffee. I agreed immediately. I must have desperately needed some adult time because, two coffees later, I had barely let my friend cut in a word. About halfway through another story, I noticed my friend wasnt listening anymore. She was clearly distracted（分心）by something over my shoulder. Turning around, I noticed a woman trying to get her bank card to work. “Do you know her?” I asked my friend. “I do. Give me a minute. Tm going to go and see if I can help,“ she replied, standing up to walk over to her. A few minutes later, my friend returned to the table with the woman. The woman looked upset. Her eyes were swollen, as if shed been crying all night. She looked pale, tired, and messy. After I was introduced, my friend asked her if she was okay. She admitted she wasnt and burst into tears. I could sense she was a little embarrassed by her emotional response. Wanting to put her at ease, I quickly told her not to worry. I shared that I was a new mom with many troubles and Id already cried fourteen times that day. She laughed but soon her tears were flowing again. For the next forty-five minutes, my friend and I both sat and patiently listened to her. She lost her husband before Christmas and their bank accounts were now left nothing. As a stay-at-home mom of two, in one split second, her entire life had come crashing down around her. We tried our best to cheer her up. My friend even tried to give her some cash, which she refused. When she finally got up to leave, she wiped her tears, thanked us both for listening, and walked out. As I drove home, I couldnt stop thinking about how depressed she looked when she left the coffee shop. No one deserves to feel that sad, I thought, especially right before Christmas. There must be something I can do to help. I racked my brain （绞尽脑汁）for an answer. Gladly, a solution came. The kids were overjoyed whe