2022高考英语读后续写精读精炼(十二) 一:原文重现 I’d been invited to join a group of people who took water and breakfast to a local park where day laborers gathered, hoping to be chosen for work. My friend Kim and I spoke with a Mexican man in his forties named Natal, wearing a T-shirt and faded jeans. Next to him, on the low wall where he sat, rested a large backpack and a bedroll.21·世纪*教育网 We had a wonderful conversation, ranging from the difficulty of finding work to artwork, from Santa Fe history to Natal’s “beautiful home,” as he described it. Natal told us of his travels in search of work. He had traveled all over the U.S. and Canada, taking jobs where he found them, meeting people, and seeing the sights. He told us he’d especially loved Oregon.【出处:21教育名师】 He was filled with praise, too, for the beauty of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains outside Santa Fe and for all the history in the town. We agreed that the area was extremely beautiful. He grinned and told us it was important to appreciate beauty. Then, he invited us to visit him in his home in the mountains. He wanted to show us the beauty of the trees and have us smell the freshness in the mountains. He wanted to be a good host. We continued to talk and it became clear that Natal’s “home” was a clearing under the trees. His bed was the bedroll he carried with him, spread on the ground under the starlight. He loved it there and wanted t