新視野大學英語(第二版)第三冊unit5gracefulhands全文翻譯與原文

1、v1.0可編輯可修改新視野大學英語（第二版）第三冊 unit5 graceful hands全文翻譯與原文我從未見過克拉克夫人，但看過她的醫(yī)療記錄和上一位值班醫(yī)生交給我的報告后，我知道她今晚會去世。她屋里唯一的光線來自一臺醫(yī)療設備，它閃著紅光，似乎在發(fā)出警告。我站在那里，一股怪味刺激著我的鼻子，我想起了過去聞到過的腐爛的氣味，我閉上了眼睛。我嘴里有一股從胃里返上來的酸味。我伸手去開燈。燈靜靜地照亮了整個病房，我走回病床邊，用無動于衷的、醫(yī)生的目光觀察著病人?？死朔蛉艘蜒傺僖幌⒘?。她一動不動地躺著：骨瘦如柴的身體使她的頭顯得特別大；皮膚呈暗黃色，松松地裹在嶙峋的、連毛毯也遮掩不住的骨骼上；她的

2、右臂平伸在床邊，被無情地用膠帶固定在一塊板上，以便能固定針頭使液體滴入；左臂橫放在深陷的胸部，胸口隨著不均勻的呼吸一起一伏。我伸手去觸摸她放在胸口的細長手指。冰涼冰涼的。我忙將手移到她的手腕，去感覺那微弱的脈搏?？死朔蛉藢㈩^稍稍轉(zhuǎn)向我，微微地睜開眼。我俯過身去，勉強聽見她微弱的聲音：“水?！蔽覐淖郎夏闷鹨槐?， 用手指封著吸管的一端，滴了幾滴涼涼的水到她的嘴里，以緩解她的干渴。她沒有用力去吞咽，因為力氣不夠?！斑€要，”那干澀的聲音說。于是我們又重復了一次。這次她終于咽了一些，并輕輕說了聲：“謝謝，你?！彼撊醯脹]法交談，因此沒等她要求，我就開始做她所需要的。我像抱孩子似的把她抱起來，給她翻了

3、個身。除了一件淺色的病號服，她什么也沒穿。她又小又輕，像遭受了嚴重饑荒一樣。我打開護膚霜的瓶蓋，揩了一些在手心。11v1.0可編輯可修改為了不傷著她，我小心翼翼地把護膚霜擦在她發(fā)黃的皮膚上。她的皮膚松松地在骨頭上滑動，背上每塊骨頭的輪廓都能清楚地摸到。當我把枕頭放在她兩腿之間時，發(fā)現(xiàn)它們也是冰涼的，直到把手移到她膝蓋以上的部位，我才感受到血液供給生命的熱度。而后，我挪了把椅子面朝她坐在床邊，握住她那只沒被固定的手，此時我又一次注意到她細長的手指。很優(yōu)雅。一時間，我突然想知道她是否有家庭，接著我發(fā)現(xiàn)病房里沒有花，沒有孩子們畫的彩虹和蝴蝶，也沒有卡片。房間中沒有任何跡象表明她是一個被人愛著的人。她

4、似乎讀懂了我的心思， 平靜地回答我說：“今天我讓家里人都回家 不想他們看見”她耗盡了最后的那點力氣，再也說不下去了。但我已然明白她做了些什么。我不知道說什么好，所以什么也沒說。她好像又看穿了我的心思：“你留下”時間似乎停滯了。在一片寂靜中，我感覺自己的脈搏加快了，我聽到自己的呼吸開始伴隨著她那不均勻的呼吸一起一落。我們互相對視，不知怎么的，我們都意識到，這是兩個生命間的一個特殊時刻。她那細長的手指很輕易地就攏住了我的手，我微笑著慢慢點了點頭。無需任何語言，我從她發(fā)黃的眼睛中感受到了她對我的謝意，她慢慢閉上了眼睛。不知過了多長時間，她又睜開了雙眼，只是這一次目光里沒有任何反應，只有空洞的凝視。沒

5、有一點先兆，她那細弱的呼吸停止了。很快，微弱的脈搏也消失了。一顆淚珠從她的左眼中流出，滑過臉頰，落在枕上。我開始輕聲哭泣。對這位迅速走進又走出我生活的陌生人，我心間涌起了一股感情。她的痛苦結(jié)束了，可她的生命也結(jié)束了。我依然握著她的手， 漸漸地，我意識到我并不害怕這種感情之戰(zhàn)，意識到這實際是她賜予我23v1.0可編輯可修改的特殊榮幸，而且我還樂意再來一次?？死朔蛉藳]有讓她的家人目睹這一幕他們或許無力面對的人生插曲，卻與我分享了它。她不想讓家人看著她死去，然而她也不愿孤獨地離去。不應當有人孤獨離去的，我很高興能守候在她身邊。兩天后，我在報上讀到了克拉克夫人的消息。原來她是7個孩子的母親、18個孩

6、子的祖母、教會里的活躍分子、社區(qū)志愿者協(xié)會的領(lǐng)導人、音樂會鋼琴演奏家、從教 30余年的鋼琴教師。是啊，她的手指是那樣細長而優(yōu)雅。I have n ever see n Mrs. Clark before, but I know from her medical chart and the report I received from the preceding shift thattonight she willdie.The only light in her room is coming from a piece of medical equipment, which is flashin

7、g its red light as if in warning. As I stand there, the smell hits my no se, and I close my eyes as I remember the smell of decay from past experienee.In mymouth I have a sour, vinegar taste coming fromthe pit of my stomach. I reach for the light switch, and as it silently lights the scene, I return

8、 to the bed to observe the patient with an un emotio nal, medical eye.Mrs. Clark is dying. She lies moti onl ess: the head seems unu sually large on a skeleton body; the skin is dark yellow and hangs loosely around exaggerated bones that not eve n a bla nket can hide; the right arm lies straight out

9、 at the side, taped cruelly to a board to secure a n eedle so that fluid may drip in; the left arm is across the sunken chest, which rises and falls with the un eve n breaths.33v1.0可編輯可修改I reach for the long, thin fin gers that are lyi ng on the chest. They are ice cold, and I quickly moveto the wri

10、st and feel for the faint pulse. Mrs. Clarks eyes open somewhat as her head turns toward me slightly. I bend close to her and scarcely hear as she whispers, Water. Taking a glass of water from the table, I put my fin ger over the end of the straw and allow a few drops of the cool moisture to slide i

11、nto her mouth and ease her thirst.She makes no attempt to swallow; there is just not eno ughstrength. More, the dry voice says, and we repeat the procedure. This time she does manageto swallow someliquid and weakly says, Thank, you.She is too weak for conv ersati on, so without ask in g, I go about

12、providing for her needs. Picking her up in my arms like a child, I turn her on her side. Naked, except for a light hospital gow n, she is so very small and light that she seems like a victim of some terrible famine. I remove the lid from a jar of skin cream and put some on the palm of my hand. Caref

13、ully, to avoid injuringher, I rub cream into the yellow skin,which rolls freely over the bones, feeling perfectly the outline of each bone in the back. Plac ing a pillow betwee n her legs, I no tice that these too are ice cold, and not un til I run my hand up over her kn ees do I feel any of the lif

14、e-giving warmth of blood.When I am finished, I pull a chair up beside the bed to face her and, taking her free hand betwee n mine, aga in no tice the long, thi n fin gers. Graceful. I wonder briefly if she has any family, and then I see that there are n either flowers, nor pictures of rain bows and

15、butterflies draw n by childre n, nor cards. There is no hint in the room any where that this is a person who is loved. As though she is a mind reader, Mrs. Clark answers 44v1.0可編輯可修改my thoughts and quietly tells me, I sent . my family . home . toni ght . did nt want . them . to see . Having spe nt h

16、er last ounce of stre ngth she cannot go on, but I have un derstood what she has done. Not knowing what to say, I say nothing. Aga in she seems to sense my thoughts, You stay Time seems to stand still. In the total silenee, I feel my own pulse quicke n and hear mybreath ing as it beg ins to match he

17、rs, breath for un eve n breath. Our eyes meet and somehow, together, we become aware that this is a special mome nt betwee n two huma n beings . Her long fin gers curl easily around my hand and I nod my head slowly, smili ng. Without words, through yellowed eyes, I receive my thank you and her eyes

18、slowly close.Some unknown interval of time passes before her eyes open again, only this time there is no response in them, just a blank stare. Without warning, her shallow breathing stops, and within a few moments, the faint pulse is also gone. One sin gle tear flows from her left eye, across the ch

19、eek and dow n onto the pillow. I beg in to cry quietly. There is a swell of emotion within mefor this stranger who so quickly cameinto and went from my life. Her suffering is done, yet so is the life. Slowly, still holding her han d, I become aware that I do not mind this emoti onal battle, that in fact, it was a privilege she has