第一段： As Eddie was getting home from school, he heard the music of the garbage truck in his neighborhood.
a. Knowing that the truck would leave soon, he hurried home to pick up a bag of garbage and then rushed out to catch the truck before it drove away.
b. Fortunately, he managed to toss the bag into the garbage truck.
c. Much to his dismay, however, he had thrown away his school bag instead.
第二段： He decided to run after the truck, but he couldn’t catch it.
a. He called the Environmental Bureau to try and retrieve his bag.
b. The bureau sent a man to take him to a landfill the next day, and after spending about two hours combing through stinking garbage piles, he found his bag at last.
c. Although the school bag was in bad shape, its contents remained intact.
結論句： Eddie was especially grateful that his wallet and all his ID cards were safe and sound.
範文
As Eddie was getting home from school, he heard the music of the garbage truck in his neighborhood. It occurred to him that his mother had reminded him to take out the trash when the truck came. Knowing that the truck would leave soon, he hurried home, picked up the bag of garbage, and ran out to catch the truck before it drove away. Fortunately, he made it and managed to toss the bag into the garbage truck. Much to his dismay, however, he found that he had thrown away his school bag instead.
He decided to run after the truck, but he couldn’t catch it. He had no alternative but to call the Environmental Bureauto try and retrieve his bag. The next day, the bureau sent a man to take him to a landfill in hopes that he could find his school bag. After spending about two hours combing through stinking garbage piles, he found it at last. Although the school bag was in bad shape, its contentsremained intact. Eddie was especially grateful that his wallet and all his ID cardswere safe and sound.
