英語詩歌英語散文：浪漫路曲曲折折

1、英語詩歌英語散文：浪漫路曲曲折折英語散文：浪漫路曲曲折折Detour to RomanceLocated in the checkroom in Union Station as I am, I see everybody that comes up the stairs.Harry came in a little over three years ago and waited at the head of the stairs for the passengers from the 905 train.I remember seeing Harry that first evening.

2、He wasnt much more than a thin, anxious kid then. He was all dressed up and I knew he was meeting his girl and that they would be married twenty minutes after she arrived.Well, the passengers came up and I had to get busy. I didnt look toward the stairs again until nearly time for the 918 and I was

3、very surprised to see that the young fellow was still there.She didnt come on the 918 either, nor on the 940, and when the passengers from the 1002 had all arrived and left, Harry was looking pretty desperate. Pretty soon he came close to my window so I called out and asked him what she looked like.

4、Shes small and dark, he said, and nineteen years old and very neat in the way she walks. She has a face, he said, thinking a minute, that has lots of spirit. I mean she can get mad but she never stays mad for long, and her eyebrows come to a little point in the middle. Shes got a brown fur, but mayb

5、e she isnt wearing it.I couldnt remember seeing anybody like that.He showed me the telegram hed received: ARRIVE THURSDAY. MEET ME STATION. LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE. MAY. It was from Omaha, Nebraska.Well, I finally said, why dont you phone to your home? Shes probably called there if she got in ahead of y

6、ou.He gave me a sick look. Ive only been in town two days. We were going to meet and then drive down South where Ive got a job. She hasnt any address for me. He touched the telegram.When I came on duty the next day he was still there and came over as soon as he saw me.Did she work anywhere? I asked.

7、He nodded. She was a typist. I telegraphed her former boss. All they know is that she left her job to get married.Harry met every train for the next three or four days. Of course, the railroad lines made a routine checkup and the police looked into the case. But nobody was any real help. I could see

8、 that they all figured that May had simply played a trick on2 him. But I never believed that, somehow.One day, after about two weeks, Harry and I were talking and I told him about my theory. If youll just wait long enough, I said, youll see her coming up those stairs some day. He turned and looked a

9、t the stairs as though he had never seen them before.The next day when I came to work Harry was behind the counter of Tonys magazine stand. He looked at me rather sheepishly and said, Well, I had to get a job somewhere, didnt I?So he began to work as a clerk for Tony. We never spoke of May anymore a

10、nd neither of us ever mentioned my theory. But I noticed that Harry always saw every person who came up the stairs.Toward the end of the year Tony was killed in some argument over gambling, and Tonys widow left Harry in complete charge of the magazine stand. And when she got married again some time

11、later, Harry bought the stand from her. He borrowed money and installed a soda fountain and pretty soon he had a very nice little business.Then came yesterday. I heard a cry and a lot of things falling. The cry was from Harry and the things falling were a lot of dolls and other things which he had u

12、pset while he was jumping over the counter. He ran across and grabbed a girl not ten feet from my window. She was small and dark and her eyebrows came to a little point in the middle.For a while they just hung there to each other laughing and crying and saying things without meaning. Shed say a few

13、words like, It was the bus station I meant and hed kiss her speechless and tell her the many things he had done to find her. What apparently had happeded three years before was that May had come by bus, not by train, and in her telegram she meant bus station, not railroad station. She had waited at

14、the bus station for days and had spent all her money trying to find Harry. Finally she got a job typing.What? said Harry. Have you been working in town? All the time?She nodded.Well, Heavens. Didnt you ever come down here to the station? He pointed across to his magazine stand. Ive been there all th

15、e time. I own it. Ive watched everybody that came up the stairs.She began to look a little pale. Pretty soon she looked over at the stairs and said in a weak voice, I never came up the stairs before. You see, I went out of town yesterday on a short business trip. Oh, Harry! Then she threw her arms a

16、round his neck and really began to cry.After a minute she backed away and pointed very stiffly toward the north end of the station. Harry, for three years, for three solid years, Ive been right over there working right in this very station, typing, in the office of the stationmaster.浪漫路曲曲折折由于我工作的地方在

17、聯(lián)合車站的行李寄存處，我看得見每一個(gè)上樓的人。哈里3年多以前來到這里，站在樓梯口等待9點(diǎn)05分到達(dá)的火車旅客。我還記得那第一晚見到哈里時(shí)的情景。那時(shí)，他瘦瘦的，神情焦慮，就像個(gè)孩子似的。他穿戴整齊，我知道他是在等女朋友，而且在她到達(dá)20分鐘之后他們就要結(jié)婚。旅客們過來了，我得忙碌起來。等到9點(diǎn)18分的那趟車快到的時(shí)候我才再往樓梯方向看去，我吃驚地發(fā)現(xiàn)那個(gè)年輕人還在那里。她也沒乘9點(diǎn)18分的那趟車來，9點(diǎn)40分的車上也沒她。等10點(diǎn)02分那趟車的旅客全都到達(dá)并離開后，哈里顯得很失望。很快他走近我的窗口，我就招呼他，問她長(zhǎng)得什么模樣。“她個(gè)子小，皮膚黑，”他說，“19歲。走路的樣子很利落。她的臉，

18、”他想了一會(huì)兒，說，“很有個(gè)性。我的意思是說她會(huì)生氣，但從不會(huì)生氣太久。她的眉心處有一個(gè)小點(diǎn)兒。她有一件褐色毛皮大衣，不過可能沒穿著。”我想不起來看見過有誰長(zhǎng)得像那樣。他給我看他收到的電報(bào)：星期四到。車站接我。愛愛愛愛。梅。電報(bào)寄自內(nèi)布拉斯加州的奧馬哈市?！斑溃蔽易詈笳f，“你干嗎不往家里打個(gè)電話？如果她先你到達(dá)這里，她可能已給你家打過電話?！彼脨赖乜戳宋乙谎?。“我到城里才兩天。我們打算見面之后開車去南方，我在那兒找到了一份工作。她她也沒給我任何地址?！彼嗣妶?bào)。第二天我去值班時(shí)他還在那兒。一看見我，他就走了過來?！八谀膬汗ぷ鬟^嗎？”我問。他點(diǎn)了點(diǎn)頭?！八緛硎莻€(gè)打字員。我給她以前的老板拍了電報(bào)。他們只知道她不干了，結(jié)婚去了?！惫镌诤髞淼娜奶旖恿嗣刻塑?。當(dāng)然，鐵路方面作了例行檢查，警察也參與了這件事。但是實(shí)際上誰也沒幫上忙。我看得出來，他們都覺得梅只不過是跟他開了個(gè)玩笑，但不知怎么我卻根本不這么認(rèn)為。有一天，大約是過了兩周之后，哈里和我聊天，我給他談了我的想法?！凹偃缒愕鹊臅r(shí)間夠長(zhǎng)的話，”我說，“總有一天，你會(huì)看見她走上樓梯的?！彼D(zhuǎn)過身看著樓梯，仿佛過去從來沒見過似的。第二天我去上班時(shí)，哈里已經(jīng)站在托尼雜志攤的柜臺(tái)后面了。他不大好意思地看著我說，“呃，我總得在哪兒找個(gè)工作，是不是？”于是，他開始給托尼賣雜志。我們?cè)僖膊徽劽?/p>