2020年高考英语阅读（外刊新闻）“志愿者司机：武汉街头的平民英雄”课件-抗击新冠疫情.pptx

1、Giving the Gift of Mobility in a City Locked Down by Coronavirus,在因新冠病毒封锁的城市里，做志愿者司机,His days are long, 12 hours crisscrossing the city and ferrying local residents to buy groceries, get medicine and go to the hospital. And the roads he travels are mostly empty since the city was sealed off. In his

2、blue and white car, Zhang Lei is a rare sight on the streets of Wuhan.,开着蓝白相间小汽车的张磊（音译）是武汉街头的一道别样风景：自从这座城市被封锁以来，他总是从早忙到晚，每天在空空荡荡的市区来回穿梭12个小时，送当地居民去购买日用品、取药，或是送他们去医院。,During normal times, Mr. Zhang, 32, is a taxi driver in this Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. But after the local govern

3、ment abruptly locked down the city late last month, Mr. Zhang became one of the thousands of people who have volunteered to help ease the transportation woes.,在这次的疫情中心城市武汉，32岁的张磊平日里是一名出租车司机。但自从当地政府在上月末突然封城后，张磊便加入了数千名志愿者的队伍，和他们一起帮忙缓解交通困境。,Most of his passengers are poor, elderly residents who dont ha

4、ve children or whose family is outside Wuhan and cant come home because of the quarantine. “Its heartbreaking,” he says. “There is no one to take care of them.”,张磊的大部分乘客是一些贫弱老人，他们要么没有子女，要么在外的家人因封城隔离无法回到武汉。张磊感叹：“没人照看他们，太可怜了。”,The free rides are arranged by neighborhood committees, which typically ser

5、ve as a go-between for residents and the local government. In the current crisis, those committees are in charge of allocating community resources and helping coordinate with hospitals.,这些免费接送服务均由社区居委会安排，后者是联系居民和当地政府的桥梁。当前的危机下，这些社区居委会负责分配社区资源并协助与医院的配合工作。行动，情况也许会更加糟糕。,Like other drivers, Mr. Zhang do

6、esnt get paid. Many Chinese have praised these volunteer drivers for donating their time and energy to help out their fellow residents.,和其他司机一样，张磊并没有酬劳。这些志愿者司机奉献他们的时间和精力去帮助当地居民，在国内广受赞誉。,(c) 2020 The New York Times Company,For a time, Dr. Wu was the worlds most famous plague fighter.,伍博士一度是世界上最著名的“鼠疫斗士”。,本文选自“洛杉矶书评”网站 https:/chinachannel.org/2018/12/20/plague/,