中英對照讀新聞》6-year-old opens lemonade stand to take mom on date after dad dies of cancer 6歲男童在父親癌逝後擺攤賣檸檬汁好讓母親能去約會

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When life hands you lemons, do what a 6-year-old Denver boy did, he opened a lemonade stand.

當生命給你檸檬（當人生遭逢逆境）時，照1名6歲的丹佛男童這樣做─他擺攤賣檸檬汁。

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Lots of kids have lemonade stands during summertime but Brady Campbell’s may just be the sweetest.

許多孩子會在夏季時擺攤賣檸檬汁，但布萊迪．坎貝爾的攤子可能是最甜的。

Brady’s father Brandon passed away a few weeks ago after a battle with stage 4 colon cancer.

布萊迪的父親布蘭登數週前因不敵直腸癌四期過世。

Brady says he and his dad came up with the idea for a lemonade stand.

布萊迪說，擺攤賣檸檬汁是他與父親一起想到的點子。

"To take my mom on a date. Because I didn’t have enough money and I wanted to pay. So I did it," the 6-year-old said.

「好讓我媽去約會。因為我錢不夠，但我想（幫我媽）付（約會開銷）。所以我擺攤賣檸檬汁。」這名6歲男童說。

The day after his father passed away this 6-year-old followed through on his promise to take care of his mom.

父親過世隔天，這名6歲男童堅持履行照顧好媽媽的諾言。

His neighbors and friends came by in the crowd caught the attention of a Denver police officer once he heard Brady’s story, he put out a radio call to other first responders.

男童的鄰居與朋友成群結隊前來捧場，吸引一名丹佛員警的注意，該員警得知布萊迪的故事後，透過無線電將此事告知其他救難人員。

Fire trucks and police cars started rolling up. They raised $244 that day.

消防車與警車開始抵達。他們當天募集到244美元。

新聞辭典

When life gives you lemons：諺語，完整諺語為When life gives you lemons, make lemonade，字面意義為「當生命給你檸檬時，把檸檬拿來榨成檸檬汁」，引申意指當人生遭逢困境時，應轉念化危機為轉機，有鼓勵人在逆境中仍應積極向上之意。例句：A： When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. B：Yeah right, sounds like it’s so easy to make lemonades.（A：當生命給你檸檬時，把檸檬拿來榨成檸檬汁；B：是噢，聽你講得好像榨檸檬汁很簡單一樣。）

pass away：慣用語，停止；過世。

follow through：慣用語：（把…）進行到底；堅持完成。例句：She was trained to be a singer but didn’t follow it through.（她曾接受歌手訓練，但並未堅持下去。）

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