导读:在这一年里，我们很难不把注意力放在个人与新冠疫情的斗争上，但一位女性却认为这是回馈他人的最佳时机。

难句解析

• portion /ˈpɔːʃn/ n. 部分；一份
  例句：Only a small portion of the budget is spent on books. 购书只占预算的一小部分。
• paycheck /'peɪtʃek/ n. 工资；薪水
  例句：They've worked for about two weeks without a paycheck. 他们已经工作了两个星期左右，却没有拿到一点儿薪水。
• motivation /ˌməʊtɪˈveɪʃn/ n. 动机
  例句：What is the motivation behind this sudden change? 这种突然转变背后的动机是什么？
• reach out to sb 接触；联系；把手伸向
  例句：If she's been unemployed for a while, we should reach out to her and connect her with career counseling. 如果她一段时间内没有工作，我们应该联系她，给她介绍职业顾问。
• Even after she was laid off from her job in June 2020, Rhonda pushed through, saving up enough money to keep the pantry going to this day!
  即使是在2020年6月被解雇后，朗达还是坚持了下来，存了足够的钱使得食品储藏室得以维持至今！be laid off意为“下岗，被解雇”；push through意为“排除困难办好某事”；saving up短语为现在分词短语作结果状语。
• Her beautiful act of kindness started with a friend who was short on food.
  她美丽的善举始于她的一个缺粮的朋友。who引导定语从句，修饰先行词a friend。
• As we’re sure her entire community would agree, it is a well-deserved honor!
  正如我们相信，她所在的整个社区都会同意，这是一个当之无愧的荣誉！as引导方式状语从句。

 

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When the COVID-19 first hit, Rhonda Lee, a native of Jackson County, West Virginia, saw a great need in her hometown. She quickly decided to take matters into her hands and began using her own money to run a food pantry (食品贮藏室) right out of her basement! Each week, she would take out a portion of her paycheck and put it toward serving others. “Some weeks it was $200, some weeks it was $100,” she said.

Her beautiful act of kindness started with a friend who was short on food. Rhonda realized that she was in a place to fill that gap and knew she had to keep the support going. Even after she was laid off from her job in June 2020, Rhonda pushed through, saving up enough money to keep the pantry going to this day! Her motivation comes from a prior moment of need in her own life.

She lost everything she had during a flash flood in 1995. Fortunately, her community stepped in and supported her through that difficult time. She has been looking for a way to repay them ever since, and now she’s found it. “I know what it’s like to get up one day and everything’s gone, and you’re starting over,” Rhonda explained. “They helped me, now I’m in a position, I’m going to help others.”

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