Soon after Savannah Phillips got fastened into her window seat on a United Airlines flight from Oklahoma to Illinois this past May,she glanced over at her seatmate.He was in his 60s, wore bright yellow sunglasses,and was busy texting.The letters were unusually large and the screen was bright,making it easy for Phillips to read what he was typing out:"Hey Babe,I'm sitting next to a smelly fatty."
＂It was like confirmation of the negative things I think about myself on a daily basis,"the 33-year-old mother wrote in a Facebook post after the flight.Soon tears streamed down her cheeks as she hugged the cabin wall,trying to make herself as small as possible.
Sitting a row behind them and across the walkway was Chase Irwin,a 35-year-old bar manager from Nashville,Tennessee.He could see the man's texts,too-and he could see Phillips."I noticed her looking at his phone,"Irwin told wsmv.com."I was sick to my stomach.I could not have this guy sit next to her this whole flight and her thinking he's making fun of her," he told Nashville's News Channel 5.
In an instant,Irwin had unfastened his seat belt and was overlooking the texter."Hey,I need to talk to you,"Irwin told him."We are switching seats-now."When the texter asked why,Irwin said,"You're texting about her,and I'm not putting up with that."
The texter agreed quickly.Irwin took his place next to Phillips and was soon cheering up his new seatmate.
＂He encouraged me not to let that guy get to me and that everything was going to be fine," Phillips wrote.And he was right.She and Irwin spent the rest of the flight chatting like old friends.
With her faith in humanity restored,Phillips wrote on Facebook,"The flight attendant told him that he was her hero.He wasn't her hero-he was mine."
【小题1】Why did Savannah Phillips weep?| A．She sensed her seatmate's unfriendliness. |
| B．She was confirmed that her seatmate was ill. |
| C．She was disgusted by the smelly seatmate. |
| D．She felt embarrassed at her weight problem. |
| A．He had a stomachache. |
| B．He was familiar with Phillips. |
| C．He liked Philips. |
| D．He was kind by nature. |
| A．Philips didn't believe in humanity. |
| B．Philips was grateful to Chase Irwin. |
| C．Such heroes were needed in every flight. |
| D．Flight attendants should deal with such incidents. |
| A．A hero of the attendant |
| B．Humanity lost forever |
| C．A romantic encounter |
| D．A journey of hurt and delight |
