搜寻回家路

作者：By David Kushner

来源：《英语学习》2017年第07期

        Little boy lost who took 25 years to find his way back home to mum： Saroo Brierley used Google Earth to track down his family 6，000 miles away—as portrayed in an acclaimed film starring Nicole Kidman.2

        It was just a small river flowing over a dam， but to five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan it felt like a waterfall. He played barefoot under the downpour as trains passed nearby.3 When night fell， he would walk a couple miles home.

        Home was a tiny mud-brick house with a tin roof.4 He lived there with his mother， Kamala， who worked long hours carrying bricks and cement5， two older brothers， Guddu and Kullu， and a younger sister， Shekila. His father， Munshi， had abandoned the family two years earlier. Guddu， then aged nine， had assumed his role as the man of the house. Guddu spent his days searching passenger trains6 for fallen coins. Early one evening， Guddu agreed to take his little brother to the railway station. The two got on a train to Burhanpur7， about two hours away.

搜寻回家路