Years ago, my father and I were on a summer road trip from Dallas to Austin. On our way back, the battery meter (电池电量计) seemed to act funny, jumping up then dropping down.
几年前，我和父亲从达拉斯前往奥斯汀进行了一次夏日公路旅行。在回程的路上，电池电量计似乎出了问题，电量一会儿上升一会儿又下降。
We stopped to buy a new battery and replaced (替换) the ___1___ one in the parking lot. And we went on our trip. We got about 20 miles outside the city when our car died. Then we ___2___ it was not the problem of the battery. We had to ___3___ on the side of the road. My father ___4___ the car and repaired it on his own, but it still didn’t work.
我们停车买了一个新电池，并在停车场替换了旧的电池。然后我们继续上路。在离开城市大约20英里的地方，我们的车突然熄火了。然后我们意识到问题并不在于电池。我们不得不在路边停车。我父亲下车自己修理，但车还是启动不了。
We were about to call for help when a ___5___ stopped in front of our car. A man got out and started walking towards us. He asked us what the problem was. My father ___6___ that our car was dead. The man said he had a tow chain (拖链) and would be able to tow us to Dallas, which was about 200 miles away. We agreed and thanked him.
正当我们准备打电话求助时，一辆卡车停在了我们的车前。一个男人下车朝我们走来。他问我们出了什么问题。我父亲回答说我们的车熄火了。那个男人说他有一条拖链，可以把我们拖到大约200英里外的达拉斯。我们同意了，并向他表示感谢。
Then my father stayed in our car, and I got on the truck. Later I learned the ___7___ of the truck driver. About a year ago, he was told by the doctor that he had lung cancer (肺癌), and his days were ___8___. Instead of doing treatment (治疗), he decided to accept the fact and spend the rest of his life driving all over Texas, and ___9___ people who were in need.
然后，我父亲留在车里，而我上了卡车。后来，我得知了卡车司机的故事。大约一年前，他被医生告知患有肺癌，时日不多了。他没有选择治疗，而是接受了这一事实，并决定用余生驾车游遍德克萨斯州，帮助那些需要帮助的人。
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