高频通用词 第 101 级 · 阅读短文

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Our town lost its only food shop last year.我们镇去年失去了唯一的一家食品店。 The old owner was too ill to work, and no one took his place.年老的店主病得没法工作，也没有人接手他的位置。 At least twenty families had no way to buy good food.「至少」有二十户人家没法方便地买到好食物。 Some people said our town would die.有些人说我们镇会「死掉」。

My mother had the idea that we start a food group.我母亲想到一个办法，让我们办一个食品小组。 In the old days farmers would trade news at the market.从前，农民们会在集市上「交换」消息。 We met near the old shop and talked about our trouble.我们在老店附近碰面，聊起我们共同的「麻烦」。 Everyone wanted to help except one old man.每个人都愿意帮忙，「除了」一位老人。

The first winter was hard.第一个冬天很难熬。 One farmer died, and his death made us quiet.一位农民「去世」了，他的「死」让我们安静下来。 He had told us his story by word of mouth.他生前把自己的故事「口头」讲给了我们。 We wrote it on the wall of our meeting room.我们把它写在我们聚会那间屋子的墙上。 Now we receive food from a farm outside the town each week.现在我们每周从镇外的一个农场「收到」食物。

Today the group is still small, but it is not dead.今天这个小组仍然很小，但它没有「消亡」。 There is one exception: we rest when the snow is deep.只有一个「例外」：雪太厚时我们就休息。 She is always ready with a new idea, and we listen.她总是有现成的新想法，而我们都会听。