新标准初中英语九年级(上):UNIT2 LuXun's life

[00:00.00]A strange thing happened then ,
[00:03.41]I felt,as the rickshaw man walked away,
[00:06.74]that he got larger and I got smaller,
[00:10.17]I felt helpless¹.
[00:11.96]Then a policeman came out of the station.
[00:14.89]'Get another rickshaw,
[00:16.16]He can't pull you anymore,'he said.
[00:19.15]without thinking.
[00:20.11]I pulled out some coins
[00:22.07]and gave them to the policeman
[00:23.95]'Give him these coins'I said.
[00:26.61]While I walked along.
[00:28.25]I thought about the coins,Why did I do that?
[00:32.28]Was it a reward²?
[00:34.08]Who was I to judge the rickshaw man?
[00:37.02]This incident³ keeps coming back to me.
[00:39.56]I'm sure it happened
[00:40.75]in order to teach me shame
[00:43.04]and to help make me a better person.
[00:43.04]

1 helpless   

adj.无助的，无依无靠的；不能自力的

参考例句：

• The other team was helpless and we had a real field day.对方队很弱，我们轻易取胜。
• They felt helpless to do anything about it.他们对这事感到无能为力。

2 reward   

n.报酬，酬谢，赏金；vt.奖赏，酬谢，报应

参考例句：

• He will expect some reward after working so hard.他工作很努力，会得到报偿的。
• I didn't do it for reward;I did it for love.我做这件事不是为了报酬，而是出于爱好。

3 incident   

n.附带事件，小事件；事件，事变；adj.易发生的；附属的；入射的

参考例句：

• With the passage of time the incident was forgotten.随着时间的消逝，那个事件被忘却了。
• The incident had left him visibly angry and upset.那起事件显然让他既恼火又心烦。