Police going viral for helping woman on Facebook

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幫助婦女加油還為其支付，可能嗎？別說，還真就有一位熱心警官這么做了。他的助人照片最近走紅了臉書，而他的事跡也贏得了公眾的尊重和感激。

A now-viral Facebook post describes how a police officer helped out an elderly woman in a big way,during an encounter at a gas station on Friday.

“An elderly woman came into my station today and gave me$3 in change to put on her gas pump（汽油泵）,” Seth Kazz,who Fox 4 identified as a Citgo gas station owner in St.Clair Shores,Michigan,recalled.

Kazz added that a nearby officer was listening“and saw she was using a cane（手杖）,struggling to walk back to her car”.

The officer,Kazz explained,headed outside and said he'd pump her gas himself.

“After a few minutes of getting to know one another he realized she was really struggling and didn't have any gas or money left,” he shared.“The$3 will only get her so far.”

The officer wasn't done.According to Kazz's account,he went inside and paid more for the woman's gas.

“He went back and finished pumping and she told him her husband had recently passed away and she is stuck paying all their bills and is behind every month.This$20 really helped her!”Kazz said.

The Facebook poster spoke about police officers in his message,which as of Monday night had more than 20,000 reactions,1,700 comments and 8,700 shares.

“Nowadays there's so much negativity towards police officers.No one respects them,” Kazz wrote.“We hear all the complaints and ‘bad'stories.I'm not saying every officer is perfect.I'm sure someare at faultat times.We all make mistakes,but we should all respect,appreciate,and thank them for what they do.”

Further down in the post,Kazz wrote,“To all the men and women in blue I THANK YOU for your service!”

Kazz did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News on Monday.

Reading Check

1.Why did the police officer pay for the elderly woman's gas?（no more than 30 words）

2.Why did Kazz speak about police officers in his Facebook post?（no more than 25 words）

Language Study

Difficult sentence

Kazz added that a nearby officer was listening “and saw she was using a cane,struggling to walk back to her car”.

翻譯：__________________________________________________________________________

【點石成金】本句中，動詞add后為that引導的賓語從句，從句中struggling to walk back to her car為現在分詞作方式狀語。

Using Language

Ⅰ.Important vocabulary in the text

1.be/get stuck doing sth 被……纏住

2.be at fault 有錯誤；出問題

Ⅱ.Translate the following sentences with the vocabulary given above.

1.如果你讓你的老板知道你可以做些什么，那么你就會永遠深陷其中。

2.如果我沒有記錯的話，他是周四給你打的電話。