时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


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[00:00.83]10.The Remembrance of Lilacs


[00:05.63]The family had just moved to Rhode Island, and the young woman was feeling a little melancholy 1 on that Sunday in May.


[00:12.38]After all, it was Mother’s Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents in Ohio.


[00:18.37]She had called her mother that morning to wish her a happy Mother’s Day,


[00:22.50]and her mother had mentioned the colorful yard filled with purple lilacs.


[00:26.97]Later, when she mentioned to her husband how she missed those lilacs, he popped up from his chair.


[00:33.06]“I know where we can find you all you want,” he said, “Get the kids and come on.”


[00:37.87]So off they went. Before they got halfway 2 up the hill, the fragrance 3 of the lilacs drifted down to them,


[00:45.05]and the kids started running. Soon, the mother began running, too, until she reached the top.


[00:51.58]There were the towering lilac bushes, so laden 4 with the huge flower clusters. 


[00:57.56]Carefully, the young woman chose a sprig here, another one there.


[01:02.13]Finally, they returned to their car for the trip home.


[01:05.51]When they were within three miles of home, she suddenly shouted to her husband, “Stop the car. Stop right here!”


[01:12.91]The man slammed on the brakes.


[01:15.09]The woman went out of the car and hurried up a nearby grassy 5 slope with the lilacs still in her arms.


[01:21.63]At the top of the hill was a nursing home and the patients were outdoors strolling with relatives or sitting on the porch.


[01:28.48]The young woman went to the end of the porch, where an elderly patient was sitting in her wheelchair, alone, head bowed.


[01:36.33]Across the porch railing went the flowers, into the lap of the old woman.


[01:41.66]She lifted her head, and smiled.


[01:44.28]For a few moments, the two women chatted, both aglow 6 with happiness, and then the young woman turned and ran back to her family.


[01:52.99]“Mom,” the kids asked, “who was that?Why did you give her our flowers?”


[01:58.54]The mother said she didn’t know the old woman.


[02:01.70]But it was Mother’s Day and she seemed so alone.


[02:05.07]“Besides,” she added, “I have all of you, and I still have my mother, even if she is far away.


[02:12.81]That woman needed those flowers more than I did.”


[02:16.09]The next day the husband purchased half a dozen young lilac bushes and planted them around their yard.


[02:22.43]I was that man. The young mother was, and is, my wife.


[02:27.02]Now, every Mother’s Day our kids gather purple bouquets 7.


[02:31.62]And every year I remember that smile on a lonely old woman’s face, and the kindness that put the smile there.




1 melancholy
n.忧郁,愁思;adj.令人感伤(沮丧)的,忧郁的
  • All at once he fell into a state of profound melancholy.他立即陷入无尽的忧思之中。
  • He felt melancholy after he failed the exam.这次考试没通过,他感到很郁闷。
2 halfway
adj.中途的,不彻底的,部分的;adv.半路地,在中途,在半途
  • We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路,天就黑了。
  • In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上,最忌讳的是有始无终。
3 fragrance
n.芬芳,香味,香气
  • The apple blossoms filled the air with their fragrance.苹果花使空气充满香味。
  • The fragrance of lavender filled the room.房间里充满了薰衣草的香味。
4 laden
adj.装满了的;充满了的;负了重担的;苦恼的
  • He is laden with heavy responsibility.他肩负重任。
  • Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat.将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。
5 grassy
adj.盖满草的;长满草的
  • They sat and had their lunch on a grassy hillside.他们坐在长满草的山坡上吃午饭。
  • Cattle move freely across the grassy plain.牛群自由自在地走过草原。
6 aglow
adj.发亮的;发红的;adv.发亮地
  • The garden is aglow with many flowers.园中百花盛开。
  • The sky was aglow with the setting sun.天空因夕阳映照而发红光。
7 bouquets
n.花束( bouquet的名词复数 );(酒的)芳香
  • The welcoming crowd waved their bouquets. 欢迎的群众摇动着花束。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • As the hero stepped off the platform, he was surrounded by several children with bouquets. 当英雄走下讲台时,已被几名手持花束的儿童围住了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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