美文發(fā)布:奇速英語 發(fā)布時間:2015-11-25 10:26:22
Do something for yourself 做你自己 As a little boy, there was nothing I liked better than Sunday afternoons at my grandfather's farm in western Pennsylvania. Surrounded by miles of winding stonewalls, the house and barn provided endless hours of fun for a city kid like me. I was used to parlors neat as a pin that seemed to whisper, "Not to be touched!" 我小時候最喜歡在爺爺?shù)霓r(nóng)場里度過每個星期天的下午。爺爺?shù)霓r(nóng)場在賓夕法尼亞州西部。農(nóng)場四周都圍上了綿延幾英里的石墻。房子和谷倉給我這個城市男孩帶來了無窮的快樂時光。我習(xí)慣了城里整潔的客廳,似乎在低聲說:“不要摸!”。 I can still remember one afternoon when I was eight years old. Since my first visit to the farm, I'd wanted more than anything to be allowed to climb the stonewalls surrounding the property. My parents would never approve. The walls were old; some stones were missing, others loose and crumbling. Still, my yearning to scramble across those walls grew so strong that finally. One spring afternoon, I summoned all my courage and entered the living room, where the adults had gathered after dinner. 我仍能記得我8歲那年一天下午的情景。因為我第一次去農(nóng)場,所以我很想爬上那農(nóng)場四周的那些石墻??晌业母改甘墙^不會同意的。這些墻年陳舊不堪,有的石頭不見了,有的石頭松動倒塌了。然而,我渴望這些墻的欲望非常強烈。一個春天的下午,我鼓足勇氣,走進客廳,大人們午飯后都聚在這里。 "I, uh, I want to climb the stonewalls," I said hesitantly. Everyone looked up. "Can I climb the stonewalls?" Instantly a chorus went up from the women in the room. "Heavens, no!" they cried in dismay. "You'll hurt yourself!" I wasn't too disappointed; the response was just as I'd expected. But before I could leave the room, I was stopped by my grandfather' s booming voice. "Now hold on just a minute," I heard him say, "Let the boy climb the stonewalls. He has to learn to
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