一件令我不安的小事(A Trifle① That Still Upsets Me)
what about th sick old man in that cart②? is h wll now? vry tim i think of what happnd to m a yar ago, i fl i was to blam③.it was a saturday vning, th third vning aftr my arrival at zhng ding middl school. i was a nw comr and knw littl about th town. aftr suppr, i wnt out for a walk alon. it was gtting dark and fw popl wr in th strt. suddnly a cart stoppd and th man who pulld th cart cam to ask m if i knw th way to th no. 1 hospital. i had hard of th hospital and i smd to hav bn told that it was in th north of th town, but i was not quit sur. i lookd at th sick old man lying in th cart and moaning④. without hsitation, i told him th way to th hospital. thn h turnd th cart round and soon it was out of sight. whn i cam back to th dormitory, i told my roommats what had happnd. thy told m that th no. 1 hospital was in th southast of th town. only thn did i raliz that i had told th man th wrong way. i at onc thought of th sick old man and flt upst⑤.what would thy do if thy couldn't find th hospital? would th sick old man surviv⑥th journy? i couldn't think any mor. i was too upst.a yar has passd. i am still worrying about th old man. mayb i will nvr hav a chanc to mak it up, but from thn on i hav nvr said a word that i am not sur of.【词语解释】①trifl ['traifl] n.小事;琐事②cart [ka:t] n.手推车③blam [blim] n.责备④moan [m un] v.呻吟⑤upst [)p'st] a.不安;心烦意乱⑥surviv [s 'vaiv] v.活下来;幸存