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1、Dad 【参考译文】我对他实际上是对所有事的最初记忆,就是他的力量。那是一个下午的晚些时候,在一所靠近我家的正在修建的房子里,尚未完工的木地板上有一个个巨大可怕的洞,那些张着大口的黑洞在我看来是通向不祥之处的。时年33岁的爸爸用那强壮有力的双手一把握住我的小胳膊,当时我才4岁,然后轻而易举地把我甩上他的肩头,让我把一切都尽收眼底。父子间的关系是随着岁月的流逝而变化的,它会在彼此成熟的过程中成长兴盛,也会在令人不快的依赖或独立的关系中产生不和。而今许多孩子生活在单亲家庭中,这种关系可能根本不存在。然而,对于一个生活在二战刚刚结束时期的小男孩来说,父亲就像神,他拥有神奇的力量和神秘的能力,他无所不
2、能,无所不知。那些奇妙的事儿有上自行车链条,或是建一个仓鼠笼子,或是教我玩拼图玩具,拼出个字母“F”来。在那个电视机还未诞生的年代,我便是通过这种方法学会了字母表的。当然,还得学些做人的道理。首先是握手。这可不是指那种冷冰冰的手指相握,而是一种非常坚定有力的紧握,同时同样坚定有力地注视对方的眼睛。老爸常说:“人们认识你首先是通过同你握手。”每晚他下班回家时,我们便练习握手。年幼的我,戴着顶破克利夫兰印第安帽,一本正经地跌跌撞撞地跑向巨人般的父亲,开始我们的握手。一次又一次,直到握得坚定,有力。 随着时间的流逝,还有许多其他的道理要学。比如:“始终尽力而为”,“从现在做起”,“永不撒谎”,以及最
3、重要的一条:“凡是你必须做的事你都能做到”。当我十几岁时,老爸不再叫我做这做那,这既令人害怕又令人兴奋。他教给我判断事物的方法。他不是告诉我,在人生的重大转折点上将发生些什么,而是让我明白,除了今天和明天,还有很长的路要走,这一点我是从未考虑过的。 有一天,事情发生了变化,这是我现在才意识到的。我不再那么迫切地想要取悦于老爸,而是迫切地想要给他留下深刻的印象。我从未请他来看我的橄榄球赛。他工作压力很大,这意味着每个礼拜五要拼命干大半夜。但每次大型比赛,当我抬头环视看台时,那顶熟悉的软呢帽总在那儿。并且感谢上帝,对方队长总能得到一次让他铭记于心的握手坚定而有力,伴以同样坚定的注视。后来,在学校学
4、到的一个事实否定了老爸说过的某些东西。他不可能会错的,可书上却是这样写的。诸如此类的事日积月累,加上我的个人阅历,支持了我逐渐成形的价值观。我可以这么说:我俩开始各走各的阳关道了。与此同时,我还开始发现他对某些事的无知,他的偏见,他的弱点。我从未在他面前提起这些,他也从未在我面前说起,而且,不管怎么说,他看起来需要保护了。我不再向他征求意见;他的那些经验也似乎同我要做出的决定不再相干。老爸当了一段时间的“自愿顾问”,但后来,特别是近几年里,他谈话中的政治与国家大事让位给了空洞的使命与疾病。 躺在床上,他给我看他那被岁月扭曲了的躯体上的疤痕,以及他所有的药瓶儿。他倾诉着:“有时我真想躺下睡一觉,
5、永远不再醒来。” 通过深思熟虑与亲身体验(“凡是你必须做的事你都能做到”),去年冬天的一个夜晚,我坐在老爸床边,忽然想起35年前那另一栋房子里可怕的黑洞。我告诉老爸我有多爱他。我向他讲述了人们为他所做的一切。而我又说,他总是吃得太少,躲在房间里,还不听医生的劝告。我说,再多的爱也不能使一个人自己去热爱生命:这是一条双行道,而他并没有尽力,一切都取决于他自己。 他说他明白要我说出这些话多不容易,他是多么为我自豪。“我有位最好的老师,”我说,“凡是你必须做的事你都能做到”。他微微一笑,之后我们握手,那是一次坚定的握手,也是最后的一次。几天后,大约凌晨四点,母亲听到父亲拖着脚步在他们漆黑的房间里走来
6、走去。他说:“有些事我必须得做。”他支付了一叠帐单,给母亲留了张长长的条子,上面列有法律及经济上该做的事,“以防不测”。接着他留了封短信给我。然后,他走回自己的床边,躺下。他睡了,十分安详,再也没有醒来。Focusing on friends 考简答The passage mainly told us the experience of the author with his friends. The ups and downs theyve been through together and the tough decision of whether to tell his closest
7、friends that he really cares about them during each different periods of his life.Actually I believe that many people may once have had the tough choice of expressing or not the love he or she has towards someone important in life. Im of no exception. I have expressed it several times to my mom but
8、mostly with a tone of joking. Its true that its quite weird to say“I love you”out even if thats what we truly feel inside.Then comes to friends. Friendship is a topic, old but typical. Friends are the ones that accompany us all life long. They may change from time to time. I personally cherish each
9、person that comes into my life, no to mention friends. But Im also clearly aware that even friends can be divided into different types, which is friends who come into my life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime.For the first two types, no matter they come for a reason or a season, they will sure t
10、o leave some day. I have had many friends like that. They come to assist me or guide me, or even just appear to make me stand out, then they left too silently even to be noticed just as the way they came. First I was quite sad and upset, it just feels like something missing and only leaves a part em
11、pty. Later on as I eventually grow old I come to realize that they came into my life for a certain purpose and it could only last for a fairly short time. When my need is met, my wish fulfilled, their work is done, thats when they gracefully bow out and leave. Its hard to accept, but unfortunately,
12、Ill have to face it. Gradually, Ive learnt to change the sadness and emptiness they left me in to appreciation and bury it deep inside my heart. Because I know, wherever they are, they are watching each step I take and my progress during my way. Happiness will always occupy my heart whenever I think
13、 of this, theyve made me the luckiest girl in the world.For the third type, which are friends who come into my life for a lifetime, are still uncertain. One reason for this is that Im still too young to talk about lifetime, the other is that since I and my peers are mostly still at school, we are no
14、t truly starting our own lives, many important factors that my affect us on choosing a lifelong friend remains unknown. Even though, I think that true friendship that can last for a lifetime can stand the test of time. So, be patient enough, because the best is yet to come.-Book Report of May, 2007T
15、hree unforgettable professors大學的第一個學期我倒不太去在意我的老師們。我太忙了,忙著調整離家以後的生活。我該怎樣完成自己的學業?我會不會有約會?到了第二學期,我有了一份學習計劃,也結交了新的朋友,有男的也有女的,並且開始意識到大學的課程是多麼地具有挑戰性。我甚至開始注意起在教室前面發放作業的那些人。我從來沒有想到過他們也會有自己的私人生活,但是我還是把他們視為老師。當時,有這樣三位老師給我留下了深刻的印象,至今還縈繞在我腦海中。他們中的每一位都因為一個特殊的理由令我難以忘懷:一位有著風風火火的個性,第二位則對於他的課題有著一種漫不經心的執著,而第三位呢,則是他那克
16、服嚴重生理殘障的勇氣。哈裏斯先生教授詩歌入門課程,說得更準確些,他每天早晨九點鐘準時開課。他身材高大,擁有年輕而俊朗的外型。他用天鵝絨般柔和而撫慰人心的嗓音朗讀著濟慈和拜倫的作品,而我們女孩子們則雙眼矇矓,陶醉其中。即使課後他那年輕可愛的妻子的出現也絲毫無法減退我們的熱情。除了在課堂上高聲朗讀之外,他還將我們帶進語音室聆聽其他詩人朗誦他們自己的作品。就在那裏,我第一次聽到迪倫-托瑪斯吟唱他的“蕨山”,桑德堡吟詠他的“芝加哥”讚美詩。這些詩人流暢而動人的吟誦使我深為沉醉,但我還是熱切地望著哈裏斯先生,我心中的305課室的桂冠詩人。與哈裏斯先生的風格頗為迥異的卻是薩金特教授,他無論看上去還是行動起來都不像個拉丁文教師。他準時於早上八點鐘從教室門前的斜坡上沖入教室,手裏攥著滑雪帽,看上去像是剛剛將他的滑雪棍支在了大門外。他臉頰通紅,健步如飛,跟二十世紀的阿斯彭倒更為相稱,而不是古羅馬。修正了我們心中對於一位古典教授的印象後,他就開始用拉丁語向我們