A Community Puts on a Dazzling Display of Support
In Sara's family，putting up Christmas lights was always a big day of celebration.Every year，just after Thanksgiving Day，her dad Anthony，70，would visit local stores to check out new decorations and then excitedly string lights and hang decorations in and out of the house.The dazzling （绚烂的） display made him a hit in the community.
On 2020 Christmas Eve，as usual，the whole house twinkled with lights，and gifts were piled under the tree.While everyone was looking forward to enjoying another Christmas together as a family，Sara，got a call：the whole family had tested positive for COVID-19.Their Christmas celebration had to be canceled.
At first，everyone's symptoms （症状） seemed manageable.But right after the new year，Anthony started having trouble breathing and unfortunately passed away two weeks later，though the rest had recovered from COVID-19.The following week of planning the funeral was the worst for Sara and her husband，Frank.Sorrow left them doubled over in pain.The saddest of all was that no neighbours attended her father's funeral.Only the twinkling Christmas lights at night brought them a little bit joy.The lights were one of the last moments they had of their beloved father，so they kept them up.
One morning in February，Sara received an envelope. "Take your Christmas lights down!It's Valentine's Day!!!" the unsigned letter read.Sara looked at the paper in shock.Then she got angry.She could have bottled up that anger，but she decided to write about it instead.She logged on to a local community Facebook group and shared the letter.She ended the post with this： "We all had a tough year.Be kind to people because you never know what they are going through."
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Half an hour later，Frank rushed into the room excitedly，with his phone in the hand.
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When night fell，Sara and Frank were surprised by what they saw outside.
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【答案】Half an hour later，Frank rushed into the room excitedly，with his phone in the hand. "Honey，your post goes viral!" exclaimed Frank.Sara hesitantly took over the phone and found hundreds of likes and comments under the post.Some expressed their grief over the loss of her beloved dad and some showed anger towards the letter writer.While slowly swiping across the screen with her fingertip and reading each comment，she was so moved that tears streamed down her cheeks.And during the whole day Sara and Frank were bathed in the neighbours' kindness and warmth.
When night fell，Sara and Frank were surprised by what they saw outside.Against the black night，she noticed the neighbourhood was like a sea of lights.With the catchy Christmas songs echoing softly，the roofs of the buildings，the windows，the gardens，the trees，the fences...all twinkled with colorful Christmas lights and were wrapped with Christmas decorations.Undoubtedly，the neighbours had collectively hung their lights back.Seeing that，Sara and Frank burst into tears.For them，the dazzling lights were not only the honour and memory of their beloved father，but also an overwhelming display of the neighbours' support.
When night fell，Sara and Frank were surprised by what they saw outside.Against the black night，she noticed the neighbourhood was like a sea of lights.With the catchy Christmas songs echoing softly，the roofs of the buildings，the windows，the gardens，the trees，the fences...all twinkled with colorful Christmas lights and were wrapped with Christmas decorations.Undoubtedly，the neighbours had collectively hung their lights back.Seeing that，Sara and Frank burst into tears.For them，the dazzling lights were not only the honour and memory of their beloved father，but also an overwhelming display of the neighbours' support.
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发布：2024/7/19 8:0:9组卷：1引用：2难度：0.5
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The seller behind the stand noticed the young girl and asked， "Hey，girl，you want to have the noodles？
"Oh，yes…，but I don't have money on me…" she replied.
"That's nothing.I'll treat you today，" said the man. "Come in."
The seller brought her a bowl of noodles，whose smell was so attractive.
As she was eating，Jenny cried silently.
"What is it？" asked the man kindly.
"Nothing，actually I was just touched by your kindness!" said Jenny as she wiped her tears. "Even a stranger on the street will give me a bowl of noodles，while my mother，drove me out of the house.She showed no care for me.She is so merciless compared to a stranger!!"
Hearing the words，the seller smiled， "Girl，do you really think so？I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you thanked me a lot.But it is your mother who has raised you since you were a baby.Can you number the times she cooked for you？Have you expressed your gratitude to her？"
Jenny sat there，speechless and numb with shock？she remembered Mother's familiar face and weathered hands. "Why did I not think of that？A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel indebted，but I have never thanked my mum for what she has done for me."
On the way home，Jenny made up her mind to make an apology to her mother for her rudeness as soon as she arrived home.
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I helped him pick up his books and asked him where he lived.As it turned out，he lived near me，so I asked him why I had never seen him before.He said he had gone to a private school before.I would have never hung out with a private school kid before，but we talked all the way home，and I carried his books.
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He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.________
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