新視野,大學(xué)英語,B1U2

Unit2sectionA

Achild*sclutterawaitsanadult'sreturn

兒時百寶箱老大歸家夢

1.Achild?sclutterawaitsanadult?sreturn(Title)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herethewordclutterreferstothe

manysmallpersonalitemscollectedbychildreninthe

courseoftheirgrowingup.Allthesethingsareimportant

anddearmemoriestothem.Nomatterwheretheyareor

howfarawaytheyarefromhome,theclutterremainsa

bondbetweenthemandthefamily,representingahappy

childhood.Usagenote:await,wait

這兩個詞都是動詞，都有“等候；期待”之意，但用法卻

有所不同：1await是及物動詞，后面直接跟賓語，用

法比較正式；wait一般用作不及物動詞，常與for,till,

until等詞連用。2一般來說，await的賓語大多為抽象

名詞，如decision,reply,arrival,return,announcement

等；而waitfor的賓語一般是人或事物。例如：

Theywereawaitingthebirthoftheirfirstchild,他們在等

待著他們第一個孩子的降生。

He'sawaitingtrial,whichisexpectedtobeginnextmonth.

他在等候?qū)徟?預(yù)計下個月開始。Ihavebeenwaitingfor

herforanhouratthebusstop.我已經(jīng)在公共汽車站等了

她——個小時了oShehasbeenwaitingnervouslyfornews

ofhersoninthearmy.她一直在緊張地等候她在部隊里

的兒子的消息。

3await之后可以接動名詞；wait之后接動詞不定式。例

如：

Weshallawaithearingfurtherfromthem./Weshallwait

tohearfurtherfromthem.我們等待他們進(jìn)一步的消息。

1Iwatchherbackhernewtruckoutofthedriveway.The

vehicleistoolarge,tooexpensive.She'drefusedto

considerapracticalcarwithgoodgasefficiencyandeasy

topark.Itsbecauseofme,Ithink.Sheboughtittoshow

methatshecould.

1我看著她在車道上倒著她的新卡車。車太大，而且

太貴。她就是不愿意考慮買輛開起來省油、停起來省

心的實用型汽車。我想，原因在我。她買這輛車就是

為了讓我看看她的能耐。

4Iwatchherbackhernewtruckoutofthedriveway.(Para.

1)

Note:Noticethatthemotheristellingastorythat

happenedinthepast.Sheusesthepasttensetodescribe

theeventsthathappenedbeforeherdaughterlefthome.

Butwhenshedescribestheeventsthathappenedafterher

daughterleft,sheusesthepresenttense.Bymanipulating

thepasttenseandthepresenttense,theauthorachieves

immediacyintime,andproducestheeffectofgreat

vividness.Thisuseofthepresenttensetodescribepast

eventsisreferredtoas“thenarrativepresent"or"the

dramaticpresent”

5Thevehicleistoolarge,tooexpensive.(Para.1)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herewithtoolargeandtoo

expensive,themotherexpressesherdisagreementwithher

daughter'sdecisiontobuysuchalargeandexpensive

truck.

6She'drefusedtoconsiderapracticalcarwithgoodgas

efficiencyandeasytopark.(Para.1)Meaning:Shehad

refusedtothinkaboutbuyingapracticalcarwhichused

lessgasandwaseasytopark.

7It'sbecauseofme,Ithink.Sheboughtittoshowme

thatshecould.(Para.1)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herethemothertriestoshowthat

thedaughter,eagertobeindependent,ispurposefully

actingagainstherwishes.

2Tm18,"she'dtoldmesooftenthatmyteethached."I

amanadult!"

3Ithought,isthattrue?Justyesterdayyouwatchedsome

cartoons.Whatchangedbetweenyesterdayandtoday?2

“我18歲了，”她經(jīng)常這樣對我說，以至于聽得我牙都

疼了?！拔沂浅赡耆肆耍　?我心想，真的嗎？昨天你

還在看動畫片呢。今天和昨天又能有多大的變化？8

'Tm18,"she'dtoldmesooftenthatmyteethached.(Para.

2)

Meaningbeyondwords:Bysayingrepeatedlythatshewas

18,thedaughterwasconstantlyremindinghermomthat

shehadgrownupintoanadult,oldenoughtomakeher

owndecisions.Thismadethemotherunhappyand

annoyed.

Note:Herethemotheruses“myteethached^^toshow

extremeannoyance,comparabletothesharppainofan

achingtooth.Forexample:Ihatethescrapeofchalkonthe

blackboard;itmakesmyteethache.我討厭粉筆在黑板

上的刮擦聲，聽得我牙疼。

9Justyesterdayyouwatchedsomecartoons.What

changedbetweenyesterdayandtoday?(Para.3)

Meaningbeyondwords:Whensomeonelikeswatching

cartoons,wetendtothinkthattheyarestillachild.What

themothermeanshereisthatherdaughterisstillachild,

thoughshekeptsayingshewasalreadyanadult.

Note:Theuseofyouinsteadofmydaughterorsheputs

themotherinthepositionoftalkingdirectlytoher

daughterasiftheconversationwereface-to-facebetween

herandherdaughter.

4Todayshe'sgone,offtobeanadultfarawayfromme.

I'mgladshe'sgone.Itmeansshemadeit,andthatI'm

finallyfreeof18yearsofresponsibilities.AndyetI

wonderifshecouldtakegoodcareofherself.

4今天她走了，遠(yuǎn)離我去尋求成年人的獨立。我很高

興她離開了。這意味著她成功了，而我也終于可以從

18年的責(zé)任中脫身了。但是我還是擔(dān)心她能不能照顧

好自己。

10Todayshe'sgone,offtobeanadultfarawayfromme.

I'mgladshe'sgone.Itmeansshemadeit,andthatI'm

finallyfreeof18yearsofresponsibilities.AndyetI

wonderifshecouldtakegoodcareofherself.(Para.4)

Meaningbeyondwords:Thisshowsthatthemotheris

betweentwominds.Ontheonehand,sheishappyher

daughterisgonebecausethismeansherdaughterstartsto

beindependentandshecanbefreeofresponsibilitiesfor

herdaughter;ontheotherhand,sheisworriedabout

whetherherdaughtercouldtakegoodcareofherself.In

themother'smind,herdaughterisstillachild.

5Sheleftamess.Herbathroomisanembarrassmentof

damptowels,rustedshavingblades,hairinthesink,and

nearlyemptytubesoftoothpaste.Ibringaboxofbigblack

garbagebagsupstairs.Eyeshadow,facecream,nailpolish

一allgointothetrash.Idumpdrawers,sweepshelves

clearandcleanthesink.WhenIamfinished,itisasneat

andimpersonalasahotelbathroom.

5她留下的是一片狼藉。她的衛(wèi)生間真是凌亂不堪，

有沒擰干的毛巾，有生銹的剃刀片，散落在面盆里的頭

發(fā)，還有幾支快擠空了的牙膏。我拿了一盒大號的黑

色垃圾袋上了樓。眼影、面霜、指甲油——這些統(tǒng)統(tǒng)

扔進(jìn)垃圾袋。我把抽屜清空，把架子打掃干凈，還把

面盆擦洗干凈。我打掃完后，衛(wèi)生間就像酒店里的那

樣井井有條，絲毫沒有人情味兒。

11Sheleftamess.Herbathroomisanembarrassmentof

damptowels,rustedshavingblades,hairinthesink,and

nearlyemptytubesoftoothpaste.(Para.5)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herethemotherdescribeshow

messyherdaughter'sbathroomis.Itissomessythatshe

thinksitisanembarrassment.

12Eyeshadow,facecream,nailpolish-allgointothe

trash.(Para.5)

Meaning:Eyeshadow,facecream,andnailpolishareall

putintothegarbagebag.

Note:Thewordgoasinallgointothetrashmeans“beput

inthepositionwhereitissupposedtobe”.Another

examplecanbefoundinParagraph10:Donationsto

charitygointothetrunkofmycar;trashgoestothecurb.

要捐給慈善機構(gòu)的都放在我汽車的后備箱里；要扔掉的

都放在路邊。

13Idumpdrawers,...(Para.5)

Meaning:Igetridofthethingsinthedrawers.

14WhenIamfinished,itisasneatandimpersonalasa

hotelbathroom.(Para.5)

Meaning:WhenIfinishedcleaningthebathroom,it

becomestidyandshowsnopersonalfeatures,justlikea

hotelbathroom.

impersonal:a.usedaboutaplacethatdoesnotseem

friendlybecausetherearenopersonalfeatures(地方)無

人情味的，不夠人性化的

Hospitalsalwaysseemsuchimpersonalplaces-rowsof

identicalbedsindullgrayrooms.醫(yī)院這種地方看起來

總是那么沒有人情味——單調(diào)的灰色房間里放著一排

升^一模一樣的床。Note:Herebyusingimpersonal,the

motheremphasizesthelackofpersonalconnectioninthe

bathroomsinceshehasthrownawaymostofher

daughter'spersonalstuff.Afterthebathroomiscleaned,it

looksnothingspecial,justlikeahotelbathroom.

6InherbedroomIfindmismatchedsocksunderherbed

andpurplepantsontheclosetfloor.Deskdrawersare

filledwithschoolpapers,filedbyyearandsubject.Icatch

myselfreadingthroughpoemsandessays,admiringhigh

scoresontestsandreadinghername,printedortyped

neatlyintheupperright-handcornerofeachpaper.Ipack

thedeskcontentsintoabox.Sixmonths,Ithink.Iwill

givehersixmonthstocollectherbelongings,andthenI

willthrowthemallaway.Thatisfair.Grown-upspayfor

storage.

6在她的臥室里，我發(fā)現(xiàn)床下有不配對的襪子，壁櫥底

板上扔著紫色的褲子。書桌的抽屜里滿是學(xué)校的卷子,

按照年份和科目歸了類。我發(fā)現(xiàn)自己竟然在翻看她的

詩歌和作文，欣賞著考卷上的高分，端詳著每張考卷右

上角她用印刷體工工整整書寫的或是打印的她的名字。

我把書桌里的東西收拾到一個盒子里。六個月，我心

想。如果過了六個月她還不來拿她的東西，我就會把

它們一股腦兒全扔了。這算講道理了吧。成年人存放

東西是要付費的。

15Deskdrawersarefilledwithschoolpapers,filedby

yearandsubject.(Para.6)

Meaning:Deskdrawersarefullofmydaughter'sschool

papers,whicharekeptinorderaccordingtoyearand

subject.

file:vt.keeppapers,documents,etc.inaparticularplace

sothatyoucanfindthemeasily把...歸檔/存檔

Pleasefilethoselettersbyarrivaldate.請將那些信件根

據(jù)寄達(dá)時間歸檔。

16Icatchmyselfreadingthroughpoemsandessays,

admiringhighscoresontestsandreadinghername,

printedortypedneatlyintheupperright-handcornerof

eachpaper.(Para.6)

Meaning:SuddenlyIrealizeIamreadingthepoemsand

essayswrittenbymydaughter,lookingatherexcellenttest

scoreswithpride,andreadinghernamewhichisprintedor

typedtidilyandcarefullyintheupperright-handcornerof

eachpaper.

admire:vt.lookatsth.andthinkhowbeautifulor

impressiveitis欣賞；觀賞

Theystoppedatthetopofthehilltoadmirethescenery.

他們在山頂上停下來欣賞風(fēng)景。print:v.writewordsby

handwithoutjoiningtheletters用印刷體書寫

Pleaseprintyournameclearlyinthetopright-handcorner

ofthepage.請在這一頁的右上角用印刷體清楚地寫上

你的名字。

Usagenote:Payattentiontotheexpressionupper

right-handcorner(右上角).Othersimilarexpressions

include:

upperleft-handcorner左上角

lowerleft-hand/right-handcorner左下角/右下角bottom

left-hand/right-handcorner左下角/右下角top

left-hand/right-handcorner左上角/右上角

17Ipackthedeskcontentsintoabox.Sixmonths,I

think.Iwillgivehersixmonthstocollectherbelongings,

andthenIwillthrowthemallaway.Thatisfair.

Grown-upspayforstorage.(Para.6)Meaningbeyond

words:Paragraph6describeshowthemotherisbetween

twominds-annoyanceandlove.Sheismuchannoyed

thatherdaughterleavestheroominamess.However,

whilesheisreadingandadmiringherdaughter'spoems

andessays,highscoresontests,etc.,shefeelsproudofher.

Shedecidestokeepherdaughter'sthingsforsixmonths,

andthenshewillthrowthemintothetrashifherdaughter

doesnotcomebackandcollectthembythen.Themother

thinkssheisrightinhandlingherdaughter'sstuffinthis

way.Herdaughter,anadultnow,shouldpayforstorage

cost.Atthispoint,themothershowsagainherdoubtand

scornforherdaughter'sclaimtobeanadult.

content:n.（?s）[pl.]

1thethingsthatareinsideabox,bag,room,etc.所容納

之物；內(nèi)容

Iemptiedthecontentsofthefridgeintoboxes.我把冰箱

里的東西全都倒在了盒子里。2thethingsthatare

writteninaletter,book,etc.（信、書等的）內(nèi)容Shekept

thecontentsoftheletterasecret.她對這封信的內(nèi)容秘而

不宣。

3alistatthebeginningofabookormagazine,showing

thepartsinwhichthebookormagazineisdivided（書或

雜志的）目錄

Ican'tfinditinthecontents.我在目錄里找不到它。

7Ihavetopauseatthebooks.Comicbooks,teenfiction,

romanticnovels,historicalnovels,andtextbooks.A

lifetimeofreading;eachbookbeloved.Iwanttobe

practical,tostufftheminpapersacksfortheused

bookstore.ButIlovebooksasmuchasshedoes,soIstack

themontoasinglebookshelftodealwithlater.

7輪到整理書的時候，我有些猶豫了。連環(huán)漫畫冊、

青少年小說、言情小說、歷史小說，還有課本。閱讀

是一輩子的事；每本書都是心愛之物。原本我想現(xiàn)實

一點，把這些書塞進(jìn)紙袋，然后送到舊書店。但是我

跟女兒一樣愛書如命，于是我把她的這些書歸置到一個

單獨的書架上，等日后再作處理。

18Ihavetopauseatthebooks.(Para.7)

Meaningbeyondwords:Themotherhastothinkaboutthe

booksbeforeshedecideswhattodowiththem.Wedonot

knowexactlywhythemotherpauses,butonethingisfor

sure:Booksaredifferentfromdamptowels,rustedshaving

blades,mismatchedsocks,etc.,whichcanbethrownaway

withoutanyhesitation.Aswereadon,wewillfindthatall

thebooksareimportanttoboththedaughterandthe

motherbecausetheyarebothbook-lovers.

19Comicbooks,teenfiction,romanticnovels,historical

novels,andtextbooks.（Para.7）

Note:Comicbooksarenotonlyforchildren.Theyarealso

read,collected,andtradedatcomicbookfairsbyadultsof

allages.SomefamouscomicbooksareSuperman,Wonder

Woman,andJamesBond.

Usagenote:historical,historic

1historical表示“基于史實的；（有關(guān)）歷史的；歷史上

的；歷史（學(xué)）的”等意義。常見的表達(dá)包括：historical

event（歷史事件）、historicalnovel（歷史小說）、

historicalcontext（歷史背景）、historicalresearch（史學(xué)

研究）、historicalmaterial（史料）、historicalgure（歷

史人物）、placesofhistoricalinterest（歷史名勝）。例如：

ThebookIboughtyesterdayisbasedonhistoricalfacts.

我昨天買的那本書是根據(jù)歷史事實編著的。

CouldyounametwohistoricaleventsonOctober1?你能

不能說出在10月1日這天發(fā)生的兩個歷史事件呢？

2historic表示“歷史性的；有重大歷史意義的；（地方或

建筑）古老的”等意義。常見的表達(dá)包括：historicmoment

（歷史性時刻）、historicprogress（歷史性的進(jìn)步）、

historicleap（歷史性的飛躍）、historiclevel（歷史水平）、

historicmeeting（具有歷史意義的會議）、historicevent

（有歷史意義的事件）、historicbuilding（歷史/古老建

筑）。例如：

Fromtheperspectiveofmankind'sachievements,the

moonlandingwasahistoricevent.從人類成就的角度來

說，登月是一次具有歷史意義的事件。

Morepeoplehopetotravelintospaceafterthehistoric

flightofDennisTito,whopaid20millionsofdollarsto

travelintospace.丹尼斯?蒂托花了兩千萬美元遨游太

空。這一歷史性飛行之后，越來越多的人希望能實現(xiàn)太

空之旅。

20Alifetimeofreading;eachbookbeloved.(Para.7)

Meaning:Readingissomethingthatlastsalifetime;each

bookisatreasureforthosewholovereading.

21Iwanttobepractical,tostufftheminpapersacksfor

theusedbookstore.(Para.7)

Meaning:Iwanttodealwiththebooksinapracticalway:

toputtheminpaperbagsandtakethem

toabookstorewhichsellsusedbooks.

22ButIlovebooksasmuchasshedoes,soIstackthem

ontoasinglebookshelftodealwithlater.(Para.7)

Meaning:Likemydaughter,Ilovebooksverymuch,soI

pileallofthemneatlyononebookshelftohandlelater.

Note:Paragraph7describesthedaughter'sjoyofreading.

ManypeopleintheUSwholovereadingpurchasebooks

andthensaveeverybookthey'veeverread,asawayof

cherishingthesweetmemoriesofreading.Somereaders

makenotessoastoreturntoabookandre-readtheir

favoritepassages.Othersre-readtheirfavoritebooksfrom

timetotime.Bylistingthevariousbooksinherdaughter's

bedroom,themotherindicatesherdaughter'sengagement

withbooks."Ilovebooksasmuchasshedoes“implies

thatthemotherisprobablythemodelforherchild'slove

ofreading.Therefore,themotherputsherdaughter's

booksontoasinglebookshelf,ratherthansellthemata

usedbookstore.

8Igoforherclothes.Dresses,sweaters,andshoesshe

hasn'twornsinceseventhgradeareplacedintogarbage

bags.Iamaplagueoflocustsemptyingthecloset.Two

pilesgrowtoclumsyheights:oneforcharity,theother

trash.

8接下來，我著手整理她的衣服。那些她從七年級起

就不再穿的裙子、毛衣和鞋子都被裝進(jìn)了垃圾袋。就

像蝗蟲洗劫一樣，我清空了壁櫥。理出高高的、亂蓬

蓬的兩大堆東西：一堆捐給慈善機構(gòu)，另一堆扔掉。23

Igoforherclothes.(Para.8)

Meaning:Igotodealwithherclothes.

24Iamaplagueoflocustsemptyingthecloset.(Para.8)

Note:Here“Iamaplagueoflocusts”isametaphor(暗喻),

meaningthatthemotherislikeaplagueoflocustsclearing

everythinginthecloset.

25Twopilesgrowtoclumsyheights:oneforcharity,the

othertrash.(Para.8)

Meaning:Thetwopilesofclothesarelargeandheavy:

Onepileistobegivenawayfordonation,whiletheother

pileistobethrownaway.

Note:Inthesentence,“oneforcharity,theothertrash”

means“oneforcharity,theotherfortrash5\In"theother

trash”,forisleftouttoavoidredundancy.Foranother

example:Iboughttwopairsofjeans,onefor$19,theother

$25.我買了兩條牛仔褲，一條19美元,另一條25美元。

9Therearemoreshoes,stuffedanimals,largeandsmall

posters,hairbands,andpinkhaircurlers.Thejobgrows

largerthelongerIamatit.Howcanonegirlcollectso

muchinonly18years?

9可是還有更多的鞋子、填充動物玩具、大大小小的招

貼畫、發(fā)箍和粉紅色的卷發(fā)夾。我越理，要理的東西

就越多。一個小姑娘怎么能在短短的18年里收集了這

么多東西？

26Therearemoreshoes,stuffedanimals,largeand

smallposters,hairbands,andpinkhaircurlers.(Para.9)

stuffedanimal:n.[C](AmE)atoyanimalcoveredand

filledwithsoftmaterials(填充松軟材料的)動物玩具

27ThejobgrowslargerthelongerIamatit.(Para.9)

Meaning:ThelongerIamdealingwiththeclutterinthe

room,themoreworkthereseemstobe.Note:Hereatis

usedtosaywhateventoractivitysomeoneistakingpartin.

Forexample:I'msorrythemanagerisnotavailableasshe

isatlunchnow.我很抱歉，經(jīng)理現(xiàn)在不在，她去吃午飯

To

10Istuffthegarbagebagsuntiltheplasticstrains.Ihaul

themdownthestairs,twobagsatatime.Donationsto

charitygointothetrunkofmycar;trashgoestothecurb.

I'mearningmyselfsweatandsoreshoulders.

10我把東西往垃圾袋里塞，直到塑料袋快要被撐破了。

我把垃圾袋拽下樓梯，一次拽兩個。要捐給慈善機構(gòu)

的都放在我汽車的后備箱里；要扔掉的都放在路邊。我

弄得渾身是汗，肩膀酸痛。

28Istuffthegarbagebagsuntiltheplasticstrains.(Para.

10)

Meaning:Iputasmanythingsaspossibleintothegarbage

bagsuntilthebagsareabouttoburst.

29Donationstocharitygointothetrunkofmycar;trash

goestothecurb.(Para.10)

Meaning:Theitemstobegivenawaytocharityareput

intothetrunkofmycar;theitemstobethrownawayare

placedattheedgeoftheroad.

30I'mearningmyselfsweatandsoreshoulders.(Para.

10)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herethemotherusesasarcastic

tonetoindicatethatsheshouldhavedeservedsomething

goodforherhardwork;butinstead,allshehasgotisthat

sheissweatingalloverandhershouldersarepainful.

earnsb.sth.:getsth.asaresultofsb/seffortsorbehavior

博得；贏得；獲得

MotherTeresaearnedherselfworldwidefamebyher

untiringworkforthepoor.特蕾莎修女為窮人孜孜不倦

地工作，因而舉世聞名。

11Sheleftthebedroomaridiculousmess,thecomforter

onthefloor,thesheetstossedaside.Istripoffthe

comforter,blanket,sheets,andpillows.Onceshestarts

feedingcoinsintolaundrymachines,shellappreciatethe

yearsofcleanclothesI'veprovidedforfree.11她把臥室

弄得亂到匪夷所思的地步，蓋被掉在地板上，床單掀到

一邊。我把床罩、毯子、床單和枕套都拆了下來。等

到她開始投幣洗衣的那一天，她就會感激我這些年來為

她無償提供的干凈衣服了。

31Sheleftthebedroomaridiculousmess,thecomforter

onthefloor,thesheetstossedaside.(Para.11)

Meaning:Herroomisextremelyuntidy:Thequiltis

droppedonthefloor,andthesheetsarethrowntooneside,

comforter:n.[C](AmE)acoverforabedthatisfilled

withasoftwarmmaterial,suchasfeathers蓋被

Note:Besidestosssth.aside,anotherfrequently-used

expressionoftossistossandturn,which

means“keepchangingyourpositioninbedbecauseyou

cannotsleep(因睡不著在床上翻來覆去)”.Forexample:

I'vebeentossingandturningallnight.我一整夜在床上

翻來覆去睡不著。Sentencestructurenote:

句中thecomforteronthefloor和thesheetstossedaside

是獨立結(jié)構(gòu)。獨立結(jié)構(gòu)一般由“名詞+形容詞/分詞/介詞

短語”構(gòu)成。例如：

Thechildrenwerebuildingasnowmanintheyard,their

breathswhiteinthecoldair.?孩子們正在院子里堆雪人，

在寒冷的空氣中哈出一團團白氣。

Helefttheroom,hisnosebleeding,hishandsshaking.他

走出房間，鼻子里流著血，雙手顫抖著。

Theteachercameintotheclassroom,abookinhishand.

老師走進(jìn)教室，手里拿著一本書。

32Istripoffthecomforter,blanket,sheets,andpillows.

(Para.11)

Meaning:Iremovethecomforter,blanketandsheetsfrom

thebed,andtakethepillowcasesoffthepillows.

33Onceshestartsfeedingcoinsintolaundrymachines,

she511appreciatetheyearsofcleanclothesI'veprovided

forfree.(Para.11)

Meaning:Onceshehastospendmoneyhavingherclothes

washed,shewillfeelgratefulthatIhavehelpedherwith

herlaundryfreeofchargealltheseyears.

Note:Peoplecanusecoin-operatedwashingmachinesto

washtheirclothes.Thesemachinescanbefoundin

apartmentbuildingsorthelocalself-servicelaundries.

Theyworksimilarlytoregularwashingmachinesexcept

thattheyrequirecoinstowork.

feedsth.intosth.:putsth.intosth.else,esp.graduallyand

throughasmallhole（尤指通過一個小孔慢慢地）把...

放進(jìn)/塞進(jìn)

Theworkersarecarefullyfeedingthematerialsintothe

machine.工人們正小心翼翼地把材料放進(jìn)機器里。

forfree:withouthavingtopayforsth.thatyouwould

normallyhavetopayfor免費地Iwasn'texpectingyou

todoitforfree.我沒打算讓你無償做這件事情。

12Iwillturnherroomintoacraftsroom.Orcreatethe

fancyguestroomI'vealwayswanted.13Iturnthebed

over.Alargebrownenvelopeismarked"DONOT

THROWAWAY."Iopenit.Morepapers.Idumpthe

contentsontothefloor.Thereareoldfamilyphotographs,

letters,greetingcards,andlovenotesfromustoher.There

arecomicsclippedfromnewspapersandmagazines.Every

singleiteminthisenvelopehaspassedfromourhandsto

hers.Theseareallthingsthatwegaveher.Suddenly,Ifeel

veryemotional.14"DONOTTHROWAWAY".

12我打算把她的房間改作手工室，或者改成一間我一

直想要的漂亮客房。13我把床翻了個個兒，只見一個

棕色的大信封，上面寫著“不要扔掉:我打開一看，

又是紙。我把信封里的東西都倒在地板上。其中有家

里的老照片、書信、賀卡、我們寫給她的愛心留言，還

有從報紙和雜志上剪下的漫畫。信封中的每一樣?xùn)|西

都是我們親手給她的。我們以前給她的東西都在這里

了。剎那間，我心潮起伏。14“不要扔掉”。

34Therearecomicsclippedfromnewspapersand

magazines.(Para.13)

Meaning:Therearecomicsthatwerecutfromnewspapers

andmagazines.

35Everysingleiteminthisenvelopehaspassedfrom

ourhandstohers.(Para.13)

Meaning:Eachoneofthethingsinthisenvelopehasbeen

giventoourdaughterbymyhusbandandme.

everysingle:usedtoemphasizethatyouaretalkingabout

everypersonorthing每一個(用于強調(diào))

Youdon'tneedtowritedowneverysinglewordIsay.你

不必把我說的每一個字都記下來。

36Suddenly,Ifeelveryemotional.(Para.13)

Meaningbeyondwords:Suddenly,themotheris

overwhelmedwithstrongfeelings.Themotherstartsthe

narrationwithasortofconflictingmind.Alltheoldfamily

photographs,letters,greetingcards,andlovenoteshave

beenkeptbyherdaughterinabigenvelopemarkedwith

“DONOTTHROWAWAY”.Thisdeeplymovesthe

mother.Thiscanbetakenasaturningpointofthe

narration,whichisprovedintheforthcomingparagraphs.

15Mykid-myclutterbug-knowsmetoowell.AsI

readthroughthecardsandnotes,Ithinkmaybethetruck

wasn'tsuchabadidea,afterall.Maybeithelpshertofeel

lesssmallinabigworld.15我的孩子我那愛收集小

玩意兒的收藏迷——對我太了解了。我一邊翻看著卡

片和留言，一邊想：也許她買那輛卡車也不算什么太糟

糕的主意。也許這能讓置身于大千世界中的她不至于

感到太渺小。

37Mykid-myclutterbug-knowsmetoowell.AsI

readthroughthecardsandnotes,Ithinkmaybethetruck

wasn'tsuchabadidea,afterall.Maybeithelpshertofeel

lesssmallinabigworld.(Para.15)

Meaningbeyondwords:Herewehavemoreevidenceof

howthemotherischangingherideas.Thedaughterknows

hermothersowellthatsheputdownthenote"DONOT

THROWAWAY"toremindhermothernottothrowaway

theenvelope.Themorethemotherreadsthecardsand

notes,themoreshegetstounderstandherdaughter:Itmay

benotabadideaforhertobuyabigtruck,forshemight

befeelingmorepowerfulwiththebigtruck.

Note:Clutterbugisacommonidiomusedtoreferto

someonewhohasanobsessivehobbyofcollectingclutter.

Often,theitemsaclutterbugkeepsaresmallpersonal

itemsthatholdimportantmemories.Thisisprobablywhy

thedaughterhasmarked“DONOTTHROWAWAY”on

theenvelope.

16Ireversemyselfandbringbackthegarbagebagsfrom

thecarandthecurb.Clothesandshoesgobackintothe

closet.Iremakethebedandpileitwithstuffedanimals.

Myhusbandcomeshomeandcallsupthestairs.

16我改變了主意，把垃圾袋從車?yán)锖吐愤呌帜昧嘶貋怼?/p>

衣服和鞋子放回壁櫥。重新鋪好床，再堆上填充動物

玩具。我丈夫回家了，對著樓上喊我。

38Ireversemyselfandbringbackthegarbagebags

fromthecarandthecurb.(Para.16)

Meaning:Ichangemymindandbringbackthegarbage

bagsIhaveputinthecarandatthecurb.

39Iremakethebedandpileitwithstuffedanimals.

(Para.16)

Meaningbeyondwords:Comparewhatwereadin

Paragraph5andParagraph11withwhatwereadnowin

Paragraph16.InParagraph5"WhenIamfinished,itisas

neatandimpersonalasa

hotelbathroom^^meansthatthemotherishappytomake

herdaughter'sbedroomcleanandtidy.InParagraph11,“I

stripoffthecomforter,blanket,sheets,andpillows.^^But

afterthemotherseestheenvelopemarkedwith“DONOT

THROWAWAY"andalltheitemsinside,shechangesher

mind.AsdescribedinParagraph16,sherearrangesher

daughter'sbedandputsherdaughter'sstuffedanimalson

thebed.Inthisway,themothermakesherdaughter'sroom

appearasifshewerestilllivingathome.

makethe/one'sbed:tidythebed'scoversafteronehas

sleptinit整理好床鋪

Jimmy'smotheraskedhimtomakehisbedwhenhewas

onlyfour.吉米只有四歲的時候他媽媽就叫他自己整理

床鋪了。

17"Juststraighteningup,"Itellhim.HCanyoufindsome

boxesforherstuff?"18Hebringsupboxesfromthe

basement.19nSheleftamess,“hesays.20nIdon'tmind,"

Ireply.Silence.

21Thenhesayssoftly,nShe'snotcomingback.'1Ifeelmy

throattightenatthesadnessinhisvoice.Itryhardtokeep

backmytears.

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