Week Three AFL3A38

President Obama Shares Letter From Child Offering Home to Syrian Boy in the Ambulance

Sept. 22, 2016
by Justin Worland

President Obama sought to open hearts and minds on the Syrian refugee crisis during an appearance at the United Nations this week by sharing the words of a child who wrote to the president and offered to host the boy in the ambulance.

Six-year-old Alex wrote to Obama last month after seeing the now-famous image of Omran Daqneesh sitting calmly in the back of ambulance covered in dust and blood. “Remember the boy who was picked up by the ambulance in Syria? Can you please go get him and bring him to [my home]?” Alex wrote. “We will give him a family and he will be our brother.”

Obama suggested that such an attitude could be an antidote to wariness of refugees in today’s political environment. “The humanity that a young child can display, who hasn’t learned to be cynical, or suspicious, or fearful of other people because of where they’re from, or how they look, or how they pray, and who just understands the notion of treating somebody that is like him with compassion, with kindness,” Obama said at the Leaders Summit on Refugees. “We can all learn from Alex.”

The message came as controversy on social media continued over a tweet from Donald Trump Jr. likening refugees to Skittles. “If I had a bowl of skittles and I told you just three would kill you. Would you take a handful?” the post asked.

http://time.com/4503985/obama-boy-in-ambulance-syria/

Structure of the Lead：
WHO-president Obama and six-year-old Alex
WHEN-last month
WHAT-a child wrote letter to president Obama
WHY-offer to host the boy in the ambulance in Syria
WHERE-not given
HOW-not given

Keywords:

1. refugee: 難民

2. crisis: 危機

3. humanity: 人性

4. cynical: 憤世嫉俗的

5. suspicious: 多疑的

6. compassion: 同情

7. controversy: 爭論

8. antidote: 解藥

9. wariness: 注意

10. ambulance: 救護車