In Changsha, a delivery rider known online as Er Lei was riding past a bridge when he saw an old man lying in the middle of the road. Cars were moving fast on both sides. He stopped his bike at once and called people nearby to help. The man was confused and could not say where he lived, so Er Lei stayed with him and called the police. The man had a memory illness and was taken home safely.
Er Lei is not a stranger to such moments. He came to Changsha from Yueyang over ten years ago. After his company met trouble, he began working as a freelance rider last March. On his way to customers he kept meeting people who needed a hand. He helped a rider with a flat tyre at the end of a long queue. Once he pushed a man and his dead bike up a steep slope, and the man ran after him to give him two pomelos.
At first he filmed funny moments during his working day and shared them online. Over time he added the kind acts to the end of his videos. Some viewers asked how one person could meet so many people in need. He did not argue. Kindness is never planned, he says; it simply happens along the road, and his clips are cut from material gathered over months.
Last month he spent over one thousand yuan of his own money on thousands of stickers. Each one carries a photo of a missing child. Other riders in Changsha joined him and asked for extra stickers to cover their whole boxes. One rode thirty kilometres into the city just to take part.
Er Lei says one person can only do so much, but many people together can do far more. He still plans to keep riding and to keep stopping when someone needs help. His name comes from Lei Feng, a famous helper in Chinese life, and his city is known as the hometown of Lei Feng. The name is a simple wish: anyone can be the next one.
Words to know:
- rider (骑手)
- freelance (自由接单的)
- confused (糊涂的、神志不清的)
- steep (陡的)
- kindness (善意)
- sticker (贴纸)
- material (素材)
- slope (斜坡)
长难句拆解 · 分词状语前置
原句（前一句）：The man was confused and could not say where he lived, so Er Lei stayed with him and called the police. 主干：Er Lei stayed with him and called the police（主句，主语 Er Lei）。 从句：could not say where he lived —— where 引导宾语从句，作 say 的宾语。 连词 so 表结果：前面「老人说不清住址」是原因，后面「他留下并报警」是结果。 语法点：and 连接两个并列谓语 stayed 与 called，时态同为一般过去时，动作几乎同时发生。 直译：那位老人神志不清，说不清自己住在哪里，于是二雷留下来陪着他，并报了警。
长难句拆解 · 被动语态 + 过去分词后置定语
原句：Kindness is never planned, he says; it simply happens along the road, and his clips are cut from material gathered over months. 主干一：Kindness is never planned（被动语态，主语是抽象名词 kindness，不出现执行者）。 主干二：his clips are cut from material（被动语态，cut from 表示「由……剪辑而成」）。 后置定语：gathered over months 是过去分词短语，修饰 material，等于 material which was gathered over months。 语法点：he says 是插入语，位置灵活，不改变主句结构；over 表「历时」，不是「在……上方」。 直译：他说，善意从来不是被安排出来的；它只是在路上自然发生，而他的视频是用好几个月收集来的素材剪成的。
同义替换 · 雅思阅读利器
雅思阅读最爱把原文换个说法再出题，下面每组左边是原文表达，右边是常见替换，先遮住右边自测。
- he saw an old man lying in the middle of the road → he noticed an elderly man on the ground in the roadway / he spotted an old man down on the road（动词替换，lying 表示「躺着」的状态）
- He stopped his bike at once → He pulled over immediately / He braked right away（at once = immediately，写作用词更书面）
- he began working as a freelance rider → he started out as a self-employed courier / he took up work as an independent delivery rider（开始从事某工作）
- Some viewers asked how one person could meet so many people in need → Some viewers questioned how a single person could come across so many people in need（meet 换成 come across，强调偶然遇到）
- He did not argue → He did not bother to explain / He made no attempt to argue back（不争辩的两种说法）
- he spent over one thousand yuan of his own money on thousands of stickers → he paid out over 1,000 yuan from his own pocket for thousands of stickers（自掏腰包）
- Other riders in Changsha joined him → Other couriers in Changsha got involved / Other riders in Changsha came on board（加入某项活动）
阅读自测 · 3 题
- True / False / Not Given: Er Lei knew the old man before the day of the accident.
- What did the man in the story give Er Lei after being pushed up the slope?
- Complete the sentence with ONE WORD from the passage: Other riders asked for extra stickers so that they could cover their whole ______.
参考答案与解析
- FALSE. 原文说他「停下来叫人帮忙」「留下来陪他并报警」，两人的相遇是路上偶遇（it simply happens along the road），从未提到此前认识。典型干扰项是偷换关系：把「路遇陌生人」读成「熟人帮忙」。
- Two pomelos from his own garden（两个自家种的柚子）。原文 Once he pushed a man and his dead electric bike up a steep slope, and the man ran after him to give him two pomelos from his own garden。注意题干问的是「推上坡之后」，不是「扶起摔倒老人」那一幕，别把两件事混在一起。
- boxes. 原文 Other riders in Changsha joined him and asked for extra stickers to cover their whole boxes。干扰项常把 boxes 换成 bikes 或 cars，看似合理但原文没有。
中文译文
在长沙，一位网名「二雷」的外卖骑手骑车经过一处桥洞时，看见一位老人躺在马路中间。两侧的车流很快。他立刻停下车，喊旁边的市民一起上前帮忙。老人神志不清，说不清自己住在哪里，二雷便留下来陪着他，并报了警。老人患有记忆方面的疾病，后来被平安送回家。
这样的场面，二雷并不陌生。十多年前他从岳阳来到长沙。自己的公司经营遇到困难后，去年三月他转行做了众包骑手。在去送单的路上，他常常遇到需要搭把手的人。他帮过一位在长队末尾车子爆胎的同行。有一次，他把一位大叔和没电的电动车推上陡坡，大叔追上来，硬塞给他两个柚子。
一开始，他只是把跑单途中拍的有趣片段发到网上。慢慢地，他把这些善举加进了视频的结尾。有网友问，一个人怎么能遇到这么多需要帮助的人。他没有争辩。他说，善意从来不是安排出来的，它只是发生在路上，而他的视频是用好几个月收集来的素材剪成的。
上个月，他自掏一千多元钱，印了几千张贴纸。每一张上面都印着一名走失儿童的照片。长沙不少骑手加入进来，还主动要多贴几张，把整个外卖箱贴满。有一位骑了三十公里进城，就为了参与这件事。
二雷说，一个人的力量有限，可很多人一起就能做成更多的事。他还是打算继续跑单，也继续在看到有人需要帮助时停下车。他的网名来自雷锋——中国人生活里一位有名的助人者，而他居住的地方被称为雷锋的故乡。这个名字是一个朴素的愿望：每个人都可以成为下一个。