时间:2018-12-28 作者:英语课 分类:英语PK台


英语课

 The disabled men who act as each other's arms and eyes


Two disabled men, one blind, one a double amputee, have spent over ten years planting trees together in rural China. "I am his hands, he is my eyes," says Haixia. "We are good partners."
The elder of the two, Haixia, 54, was born blind in his left eye because of a cataract 1, and since a fragment of stone flew into his right eye during a factory accident in 2000, he has been totally blind. His colleague and close friend, Wenqi, 53, has been a double arm amputee since the age of three when he touched an unprotected electric cable lying on the ground and received a high voltage shock.
Haixia believes fate brought the two of them together again in 2000 following his accident so they could help each other to prosper 2, allowing them to fulfil work they couldn't do alone. "For me it is not complicated," Haixia says. "I'm disabled and don't want to be a burden on my family, so I plant trees. After ten years the trees will grow and I will get money." So far they estimate they have planted ten thousand healthy trees, and three thousand more which have died. While the work may not be fast, the three-hectare site is now covered with trees and attracts nesting birds.
Vocabulary:
Amputee, cataract

1 cataract
n.大瀑布,奔流,洪水,白内障
  • He is an elderly gentleman who had had a cataract operation.他是一位曾经动过白内障手术的老人。
  • The way is blocked by the tall cataract.高悬的大瀑布挡住了去路。
2 prosper
v.成功,兴隆,昌盛;使成功,使昌隆,繁荣
  • With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管,公司开始兴旺起来。
  • It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。
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