第32课（393字 2分钟）

Passage Thirty-two

（K4 level）

1. An eight-year-old child heard her parents talking about her little brother.

2. All she knew was that he was very sick and they had no money.

3. Only a very expensive operation could save him now, and there was no one to lend them the money.

4. When she heard her daddy say to her tearful mother that only a miracle could save him now, the little girl went to her bedroom and pulled her money from its hiding place and counted it carefully.

5. She hurried to a drugstore with the money in her hand.

6. The salesman asked her what she wanted.

7. The girl answered that it was for her little brother, who was really, really sick, and she wanted to buy a miracle.

8. The salesman, puzzled, asked her what she meant.

9. The girl explained that her brother Andrew had something bad growing inside his head and her daddy said only a miracle could save him, so she asked how much a miracle cost.

10. The salesman said with a smile that they didn’t sell miracles there and he was sorry.

11. The girl insisted that if her money wasn’t enough, she could try and get some more and asked the salesman to just tell her how much it cost.

12. A well-dressed man, who overheard the conversation, asked what kind of miracle her brother needed.

13. The girl, with her eyes full of tears, said that she didn’t know but added that her brother was really sick and her mum had said he needed an operation.

14. She explained further that her daddy couldn’t pay for it, so she had brought all her money.

15. The man asked her how much she had, and she replied that she had $1.11 but could try to get some more.

16. The man smiled and said that $1.11 was the price of a miracle for little brothers.

17. He took the girl’s hand and told her to take him to where she lived because he wanted to see her brother and meet her parents to check if he had the kind of miracle they needed.

18. That well-dressed man turned out to be Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a famous doctor.

19. The operation was successful, and it wasn’t long before Andrew was home again.

生词表（New Words）

1.child 小孩                    parents 父母                           brother 弟弟 

2.sick 生病                      money 钱 

3.operation 手术             save 救 

4.miracle 奇迹                daddy 爸爸                            mother 妈妈 

5.bedroom 房间              hiding place 藏起来的地方 counted 数了 

6.drugstore 药店

7.salesman 店员             want 想要                              answered 回答 

8.little 小的 

9. really 真的 

10. cost 价格 

11. sorry 抱歉 

12. smile 微笑 

13. listen 听 

14. kind 种类                  miracle 奇迹                          brother 弟弟 

15. answered 回答          eyes 眼睛                               tears 眼泪

operation 手术 

16. have 有                      try 尝试                                  more 更多 

17. luck 运气                  price 价格 

18. took 拿                      hand 手                                  meet 见面

parents 父母 

19. famous 著名             successful 成功                      home 家

1. 一个八岁的小女孩听到父母在谈论她的小弟弟。

2. 她只知道弟弟病得很重，而且家里没有钱。

3. 只有一场昂贵的手术才能救他，但没有人能借钱给他们。

4. 当她听到爸爸对满眼泪水的妈妈说“只有奇迹才能救他了”时，小女孩回到自己的房间，把藏起来的钱拿出来，小心地数了数。

5. 她手里拿着钱，急匆匆地跑到一家药店。

6. 店员问她想要什么。

7. 小女孩回答说是为了她的小弟弟，他真的病得很重，她想买一个奇迹。

8. 店员感到疑惑，问她是什么意思。

9. 小女孩解释说，她的弟弟安德鲁脑子里长了个坏东西，爸爸说只有一个奇迹才能救他，所以她问奇迹多少钱。

10. 店员微笑着说，他们这里不卖奇迹，他很抱歉。

11. 小女孩坚持说，如果钱不够，她可以再去想办法多拿一些，并请店员告诉她奇迹的价格。

12. 一个衣着得体的男人听到了，问她弟弟需要什么样的奇迹。

13. 小女孩满眼含泪地说她不知道，但补充说弟弟病得很严重，妈妈说他需要做手术。

14. 她进一步解释说，爸爸付不起手术费，所以她带来了所有的钱。

15. 那个男人问她带了多少钱，她回答说有1.11美元，但她可以试着再弄一些。

16. 那个男人笑着说，1.11美元正是小弟弟奇迹的价格。

17. 他牵起小女孩的手，让她带他去她家，因为他想看看她的弟弟并见见她的父母，看看自己是否有他们需要的奇迹。

18. 那个衣着得体的男人原来是著名医生卡尔顿·阿姆斯特朗。

19. 手术很成功，不久之后，安德鲁就回家了。