第32课（452字3分钟）

Passage Thirty-two

（K9 level）

1. An eight-year-old girl overheard her parents speaking softly about her younger brother.

2. She understood only that he was gravely ill and that her family couldn’t afford to help him.

3. The doctors had said an expensive operation was his only chance, but her parents had no way to pay for it.

4. When her father told her crying mother that only a miracle could save him, the girl quietly went to her room and retrieved her small stash of savings, counting every coin with care.

5. She then hurried to the nearest drugstore, clutching her money tightly in her small hands.

6. When she reached the counter, the pharmacist asked her kindly what she needed.

7. The girl explained that her little brother was terribly sick, and she was there to buy a miracle to make him better.

8. The pharmacist, confused, asked her what she meant by “a miracle.”

9. With a trembling voice, she shared that her brother Andrew had something bad growing inside his head and that her father had said only a miracle could save him, so she wanted to know the price.

10. The pharmacist, suppressing a smile, told her gently that miracles weren’t something they sold in the store and apologized for not being able to help.

11. Undeterred, the girl offered to find more money if her savings weren’t enough and pleaded with him to tell her how much a miracle would cost.

12. A man dressed in a suit, who had been standing nearby and overheard their conversation, stepped forward and asked the girl what sort of miracle her brother needed.

13. Tearfully, the girl said she didn’t know exactly, only that her brother needed an operation, and her parents couldn’t afford it.

14. She added that she had brought all the money she had in hopes it would be enough.

15. The man gently asked her how much she had, and she told him she had $1.11 but was willing to try to get more if it wasn’t enough.

16. Smiling warmly, the man told her that $1.11 was exactly the price of a miracle for little brothers.

17. He held her hand and asked her to take him to her home so he could meet her brother and speak with her parents to see if he could provide the miracle they needed.

18. That man turned out to be Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a highly skilled and renowned surgeon.

19. The operation he performed was a success, and it wasn’t long before Andrew was healthy and back at home.

生词表（New Words）

1. overheard 无意中听到 softly 轻声 younger brother 弟弟

2. understood 明白 gravely 病得很 seriously 严重

afford 没钱

1. doctors 医生 expensive 昂贵的 surgery 手术

chance 机会

2. miracle 奇迹 quietly 悄悄 retrieved 取出

stash 零钱 counting 数

3. hurried 匆匆 nearest 最近的 drugstore 药店

clutching 紧握 tightly 紧紧

4. reached 到达 counter 柜台 pharmacist 药剂师

kindly 温和

5. explained 解释 terribly 非常 sick 生病

miracle 奇迹 better 好起来

8. confused 困惑 meant 意思 miracle 奇迹

9. trembling 颤抖 voice 声音 shared 告诉

growing 长了 inside 里面 exactly 确切

price 价格

6. suppressing 忍住 smile 笑 gently 温柔

apologized 抱歉 help 帮忙

7. undeterred 毫不气馁 offered 提议 enough 足够筹

try 想办法 more 更多 pleaded 恳求

8. dressed 穿着 suit 西装 conversation 对话

stepped forward 走上前 asked 问 needed 需要

9. tearfully 含泪 exactly 确切 operation 手术

afford 付不起

10. added 补充 brought 带来 hoping 希望

enough 足够

11. gently 轻声 asked 问 replied 告诉

try 想办法 earn 挣更多

16. smiled 微笑 warmly 温暖 miracle 奇迹

17. held 握住 hand 手 home 家

meet 见 brother 弟弟 parents 父母

check 查看 provide 提供

18. surgeon 外科医生 skilled 技术精湛 renowned 享有盛名

19. performed 完成 successfully 成功 recovered 康复

home 家

1. 一个八岁的小女孩无意中听到父母轻声谈论她的弟弟。

2. 她只听明白弟弟病得很严重，而家里没钱救他。

3. 医生说一场昂贵的手术是他唯一的机会，但她的父母根本无法支付手术费用。

4. 当她的爸爸告诉流泪的妈妈只有奇迹才能救弟弟时，小女孩悄悄回到自己的房间，取出了她攒下的零钱，并仔细地数了一遍。

5. 然后，她紧握着这些钱，匆匆跑向最近的药店。

6. 到了柜台，药剂师温和地问她需要什么。

7. 小女孩解释说，她的弟弟病得非常严重，她是来买一个“奇迹”的，让他好起来。

8. 药剂师感到困惑，便问她所谓的“奇迹”是什么意思。

9. 小女孩颤抖着说，她的弟弟安德鲁脑袋里长了一个很糟糕的东西，而她的爸爸说只有奇迹才能救他，所以她想知道奇迹多少钱。

10. 药剂师忍住笑意，温柔地告诉她，奇迹并不是药店里能买到的东西，并对无法帮上忙感到抱歉。

11. 小女孩毫不气馁，说如果她的钱不够，她会再去想办法筹更多，并恳求他告诉她奇迹的价格。

12. 一位穿着西装的男人听到了他们的对话，走上前来问小女孩她弟弟需要什么样的奇迹。

13. 小女孩含着眼泪说她不确定，只知道弟弟需要一场手术，但她的父母付不起手术费用。

14. 她补充说，她已经把所有的钱都带来了，希望这些钱能足够。

15. 那位男人轻声问她有多少钱，她告诉他她有1.11美元，但如果不够，她愿意再想办法去挣更多。

16. 男人微笑着对她说，1.11美元正好是为弟弟买奇迹的价格。

17. 他牵起她的手，让她带他去她家，因为他想见见她的弟弟并和她的父母聊聊，看看他是否能提供他们需要的奇迹。

18. 那位男人正是卡尔顿·阿姆斯特朗博士，一位技术精湛、享有盛名的外科医生。

19. 他成功完成了手术，不久之后，安德鲁便康复回家了。