高三英语二轮复习学案-名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选：The Baby Flight.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 The Baby Flight 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选The Baby Flight 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 人与社会——助人 四星 646 【文章梗概】我在平安夜乘坐“婴儿航班”（从韩国到美国的廉价航空项目），把三个小孤儿送到了他们的养父母那里。在飞行过程中我遇到了一些困难但是同时也得到了很多的人的帮助，到达目的地后两个孤儿被顺利领走，正当我发愁那个患矮小症的婴儿无人认领的时候，最后一对侏儒症的夫妻把孩子抱走了，我欣然目送他们离开迈向新生活，觉得一切都是那么的完美。 I had never held a deformed infant in my arms before. In fact, I had never even seen a deformed infant before. Now I found myself delivering three tiny orphans to their adoptive parents on Christmas Eve. I taught English in Korea. College students rioted and succeeded in closing the college where I taught. Fed up, I desired to go home. A friend informed me of the “baby flights,” a program whereby one can travel from Korea to the U.S. dirt cheap. But there was a hitch. The traveler must transport three orphans. The alternative was to pay the full fare. I found myself boarding a plane with three infants, aged 3 months, 7 months and 18 months. They came with runny noses, wet diapers and colds. As the plane took off, the poor kids howled. The plane vibrated violently and all the babies quieted. Seconds later, the plane stopped shaking and in unison the babies howled. The passengers burst into laughter. One thing disturbed me. One of the infants was a deformed dwarf. Her massive head with disproportionately minute arms and fingers shocked me. I wondered if her new parents realized what they had coming. But the one on my lap was wet and the milk formula was low. I rapidly learned how to clean a wet bottom, put on a new diaper and stick a pacifier in an open mouth. Two American soldiers asked if they could each hold a baby. “No problem,” I said and they both walked off with a baby. I sat there holding the baby with the very large head. She blinked her long gorgeous eyelashes and smiled. Funny how things like that can change you. From that point on she radiated beauty, and never left my arms. Before landing in Tokyo, the soldiers handed back the babies. I clung onto my baby and one