奇速英语

There are moments when strangers’ lives collide(碰撞) by accident, and even though they may never see each other again, they’ re changed forever. These can be moments when true character is ___1___ , often through acts of kindness and generosity of unlikely heroes.  

Not long ago, I was a(n) ___2___ to that kind of moment. On a summer midnight, my parents and I had just ___3___ a long flight and started to walk through the empty airport when I saw a passenger suddenly fall to the ground. We ___4___ ran toward him. My parents, who are doctors, dropped everything and began trying to ___5___ what had happened. As they asked him questions and searched for a(n) ___6___ information card, other passengers from the flight joined us. My parents ___7___ that the man was hypoglycaemic(低血糖的) and in major need of sugar. ___8___, the only thing we could find was a protein bar. We were ___9___ it would not be enough to save him.

Just then, a young boy, Mecca, arrived at the ____10____ with the flight attendants(空乘人员). He quietly announced, “I have a Snickers(士力架巧克力)!” Nobody responded to him as they were in the ____11____ of trying to save a stranger’s life. Mecca dug deep into his backpack, and ____12____ a Snickers. He then handed it to my father, who was trying to manage with the protein bar.

Within seconds of the Snickers replacing the protein bar, the man regained ____13____. Mecca, a fourth grader, ____14____ this stranger’s life! 

No one could have guessed that earlier that night, Mecca had just been through a ____15____ time. His father’s flight was unexpectedly canceled, ____16____ him to fly alone. He had never flown by himself before and was very nervous. His grandmother filled his backpack with candy to make him a little less ____17____.

When we told Mecca’s parents of his ____18____ actions, they smiled from ear to ear. They were surprised that he had saved some candy and was able to think about the candy during the ____19____.

As time goes on, I remain ____20____ by the experience of witnessing a nine-year-old save a stranger’s life. Even today Mecca’s kindness continues to make me smile.