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1楼 一袋子的真诚 一个微笑、一份真诚、一次帮助、一声安慰，或许这些东西都微薄得不足以让人在心中留下痕迹。然而，事实上，往往正是这些小小的细节会影响人的一生。在你陷入困境的时候，请不要拒绝他人细微的真诚和好意，因为这可能是你生命转折的“救命稻草”；而当别人遭遇不顺时，也不要忘记向他致以友好的帮助，因为这也可能会温暖他的一生。 Author Unknown 文字难度3 小云 译 “Class, tomorrow I want you all to bring a cup of 1)macaroni for our crafts class, okay? Now go on out there and enjoy the day.” These words from my second grade teacher at the end of the day 2)echoed in my mind all evening. I was dreading the next day because I knew we wouldn’t have any macaroni at home. Living in an 3)alcoholic environment, we never had too much of anything laying around our house, except beer bottles. I 4)trudged home after school with my mind working overtime. Where would I find macaroni? I knew that the local bottle 5)depot on the edge of town gave twenty cents for a case of beer bottles, so I decided that I would collect some bottles and maybe I could buy a small box that evening at our local corner store. When I got home I started collecting the bottles and before long I had a nice pile in the back of my 6)wagon. I started off to the bottling depot with my little brother, Able, in tow. When we arrived at the depot they counted our bottles, and gave me eighty cents. I felt very wealthy and as we walked back into town Able was 7)bouncing up and down asking to see the money. We got to the corner store and entered to the smell of fresh bread baking in the back. I think we must have looked like we had 8)rabies the way our mouths were watering. Able looked at me and at once I knew I would be going to school the next day with no macaroni: We bought two loaves of bread and two jelly 9)doughnuts. The next day, as craft class neared, I began to think about the macaroni again. I was in 10)agony as the teacher asked why I didn’t have any macaroni. “Jenny, weren’t you listening yesterday when I asked you all to bring it?” She asked 11)sternly. I was 12)mortified, I didn’t know what to say as the other children started laughing. Then 13)out of nowhere this little girl Rosalyn who sat beside me turned to me and said, “Here you can have some of mine.” The way she said it, so nice, and the kindness in her eyes, made me start to cry and I ran from the room in shame. I never did take her macaroni or thank her for the offer. I couldn’t speak to her again because I was sure I would see my own shame 14)mirrored in her eyes. I often think about Rosalyn and the way she turned to save me that day. I spent a great deal of my life letting the bricks of anger, hurt and 15)rejection wall me in. I kept good people like Rosalyn out and 16)surrounded myself with the kinds of people I thought I was. I eventually did see that and I have changed my life. My own daughter is eight now and I have had the opportunity to send her to school with her own little bag of macaroni. I wrapped it up with a heavy heart that morning thinking of those 17)turbulent days past. I thought of Rosalyn and the little gift she tried to share with me and I gave a silent prayer of thanks for all the people like her that make this world a better place to live in. |
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2楼 “同学们，明天我们上手工劳作课，我要求你们都带一±¬通心粉来，好吗？现在下课，祝你们有愉快的一天。” 我的二年级老师在放学前说的这番话，整晚都在我脑子里回响。我非常担心第二天的事，因为我很清楚家里不会有通心粉。生活在酒气熏天的环境里，除了啤酒瓶以外，我们从没在家里放过其他多余的东西。 放学以后，我心事重重，拖着沉重的步伐回家。我该到哪儿去找通心粉呢？我知道镇郊的旧瓶回收站以每箱20美分的价格收购啤酒瓶，于是我决定收集瓶子，说不定晚上我还能在当地的街角小店买上一小盒呢。 一回家我就开始收集瓶子，不久我的小拖车后已经放了好一堆。我向着瓶子回收站出发，弟弟艾布尔紧跟在后面。 抵达回收站后，他们点了一下瓶子的数量，然后付给我们80美分。我感到非常富有，在我们回镇的路上，艾布尔蹦蹦跳跳，一个劲儿地嚷嚷要看一下收到的钱。 我们走进街角的小商店，店后头正烤着面包，香气迎¬面扑来。我们俩馋得口水直流，我想我们那样子看起来一定就像得了狂犬病一样。艾布尔看着我，我立刻意识到，明天我将会两手空空地回学校:我们买了两块面包和两个炸圈饼。 第二天，随着手工劳作课的临近，我开始再次想起了通心粉的事。当老师问我为什么没有通心粉时，我痛苦极了。 “詹妮，昨天你没听到我叫你们都带通心粉回来吗？”她严厉地问道。 我羞愧难当，其他孩子开始笑我，我不知道说什么才好。这时，坐在我旁边的小女孩罗莎琳忽然转向我并说道：“给，你可以用一些我的。”她说得如此真诚，她眼中的友善使我忍不住眼泪直流。我羞愧地逃出了教室。 我一直没有接受过她的通心粉或感谢她的帮助。我不能再跟她说话，因为我肯定会看到从她眼里反射出我自己的羞耻。 我常常回想起罗莎琳和她那天给我解围的情形。我花了这辈子的大部分时间，让愤Ŭ、痛苦和拒绝的砖块将自己围困其中。像罗莎琳那样的好人我敬而远之，围绕在我身边的，都是我认为跟我自己是同一类的人。 最后我终于明白过来并且改变了自己的人生。我的女儿现在八岁了，我已经有机会让她带着自己的一小袋通心粉到学校去了。那天早上，回想起过去那些不平静的岁月，我怀着一颗沉重的心把通心粉仔细包好。我想起了罗莎琳，还有那份她尝试着与我分享的小礼物。我在心里默默地祈祷，感激像她一样的所有人，是他们使这个世界变得更美好。 1) macaroni n. 通心面，通心粉 2) echo v. 发出回声 3) alcoholic adj. 含酒精的 4) trudge v. 跋涉 5) depot n. 仓库，储存处 6) wagon n. 四轮货车，四轮拖车 7) bounce v. （使）反跳，弹起 8) rabies n. [医]狂犬病 9) doughnut n. 油炸圈饼 10) agony n. 苦恼，极大的痛苦 11) sternly adv. 严厉地，苛刻地 12) mortify v. 使羞愧，使窘迫 13) out of nowhere 从不知道的地方，从不受注意的地方 14) mirrorv. 反映，映出 15) rejection n. 拒绝 16) surround v. 包围，围绕 17) turbulent adj. 狂暴的，吵闹的 collect: v. ① 收集，采集：collect stamps 集邮 ② 集中：She’s trying to collect her thoughts. 她试着集中精神。③ 收取，募集：collect taxes 收税 [辨析] collect, gather collect指“聚集”和一般性“收集”时可与gather通用，但指为某种目的而进行有选择、有计划地“收集”时，只能用collect。 start: v. ① 开始，着手 ② 创办 ③ 开始发动 ④ 使受惊吓 ⑤使出场 ⑥ 流出 ⑦ 始于 [辨析] start，begin （1）作为动词，表示“开始”，是同义词，通常可互换。其后接动名词或不定式。 （2）区别是：① start作“动身”、“发动”、“开办”、“流出”、“惊吓”等意义时，不可用begin代替。在start之前，事物处于静止状态，它与stop相反。如： The engine won’t start. 发动机无法起动。 ② begin指开始从某事迈出第一步，采取第一步行动，一般来说强调一个过程的开始。重于时间的开始，与end相反。如： It’s time to begin our class. 是开始上课的时候了。 ③ begin和start作“开始”讲时，其后跟不定式和动名词所表达的意思是相同的。在谈及一项长期活动或开始一种习惯时，后接doing。 在下列情形，begin和start后只能跟不定式： 1）主语是物而不是人时；2）begin，start用进行时时；3）begin和start之后的非谓语动词是know，understand，realize这类动词时；4）用于描述天气时；5）强调动作的实际开始时；6）因句子结构对称的需要时 。 音频下载地址： http://www.sparke.cn:808/20070213_797830684.rar |
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