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[1] Everyone in our neighborhood knew Angela. She was my curly-haired little girl with the energy of a rocket engine. She loved to play all sorts of games with the other first graders on our street. Days and evenings would be filled with laughter and joy as they played soccer in a nearby field, street hockey to the annoyance of motorists, and hide & seek which, in time, made the kids exceptional at hiding from their parents.
单词：
annoyance /ə`nɔiəns/
n.恼怒
ex.To her annoyance the stranger did not go away.
让她恼火的是，那个陌生人并没有走。annoy /ə`nɔi/
vt.打扰；干扰；使恼怒；
ex.It really annoys me when people forget to say thank you.
有人连谢谢都忘记说时我确实感到不愉快。hide & seek
捉迷藏exceptional /ik`sεpʃənl/
adj.Unusually good;优越的；much better than average杰出的；
ex.At the age of five he showed exceptional talent as a musician.
他五岁时就表现出非凡的音乐才能。
[2] On a cool October day, I came home to the sweet smell of chocolate cookies, which was strong enough to be smelled from the front door. Instead of hoarding the cookies of her labor, Angela invited all of her friends over and shared them. With the trusty help of Lucie, my wife, Angela became nearly prodigious at baking. She rapidly progressed to muffins, banana bread and even pies. She would share her baking with the world when she was all grown-up, she said. I’ll never forget her saying, with a huge grin, “Eating my delicious apple pie makes everyone feel better!”
单词：
instead of
in place of 代替...，而不是...
ex.chose tea instead of coffee
用茶代替咖啡句子:
动名词短语做主语: eating my delicious apple piehoard /hɔrd/
vt. To collect and hide a large amount of 积蓄，贮藏
ex.They have begun to hoard food and gasoline and save their money.
他们已经存钱并开始贮藏食物和汽油。invite over 邀请某人过来
I have some friends to invite over.
我要邀请几个朋友。prodigious /prə’didʒəs/
adj. Amazing or wonderful惊异的
very impressive 惊人的
ex.A prodigious achievement 惊人的成就
[3]
Lucie and I tucked in Angela after a rewarding Halloween plunder, and went to bed ourselves. I tossed and turned, and Lucie couldn’t sleep either.
单词：
tuck in /tʌk in/
尽情吃；安顿某人睡觉
ex.Come on , tuck in everyone!
来呀，大家痛痛快快地吃吧！rewarding /ri`wɔrdiŋ/
adj. giving you a good feeling that you have done sth. valuable , important
ex.a rewarding experience
有益的经历plunder /`plʌndə/
v.掠夺，偷，私吞 v. 战利品toss and turn
辗转反侧
ex.You sign , toss and turn, and try to get to sleep.
你长吁短叹，翻来覆去，试图能够入睡。
“We need to tell her, Phil,” she said in a hush tone.
I shook my head. “We did. She knows.”
Lucie turned on the small nightstand lamp.
“She doesn’t know that it’s in the final stage. How long are we going to keep this from her? I don’t think it’s right, Phil,” she said.
I rubbed my wife’s shoulder, but she replaced my hand back on my side of the bed. I sighed.
“I don’t want Angela to live her last days in fear,” I raised my voice.
“She has a right to know!” Lucie countered.
“And I want her to be happy!” I felt my face heat up, and I realised I needed to lower my voice or Angela would have heard us. “Why did we take her off chemo? Because it wasn’t working and it made her feel miserable. Imagine telling her that she might only have days or weeks left to live — what will that do to her?”
“I’m not imagining. We need to tell her. Tomorrow. Phil, we need to confront this together, as a family, just as we did when we first learned about it.”
单词：
hush /hʌʃ/
v.安静下来 n.安静shake /ʃek/
vt. 摇头；握手；使发抖 n.摇动，震动
ex.The whole house shakes when the train goes past.
火车驶过时，整座房子都颤动起来。rub /rʌb/
vt.& n. 摩擦
ex.I rubbed at the stain on the cloth.
我擦了擦布上的污渍。counter /`kəuntə/
vt.反击，还击，反驳
ex.Such arguments are not easily countered.
这种论点不易反驳
-counter 反
counterbalance 制衡
countercurrent 逆流的
[4] I grumbled. We talked for another hour, mulling over our options, and the consequences on Angela. In the end, we decided we would sit down and talk to Angela about it tomorrow.
It was the first of November — a cold, miserable day. Lucie was up before me, and told me what she saw. She couldn’t bear to be in the house any longer and went outside to call the paramedics. Her voice shook and her body trembled, and the chilly morning air didn’t help.
单词：
grumble /ˈɡrʌmbəl／
v. to complain sth. quietly 静静地抱怨mull /mʌl/
v. to consider at length—often used with over 深度思考
mull over sth.bear /ber/
vt. to accept or endure sth.忍受 （can’t bear sth.)
to hold in the mind 记住 (bear sth.in mind)
ex.The pain was almost more than he could bear.
这种痛苦几乎使他无法忍受paramedics /pærəˈmɛdɪk /
n. person whose job is to provide emergency medical care to sick or injured people
医护
[5] We knew the day could come, but we refused to believe it. On that day, it hit us like a heavy hammer. That morning, I saw Angela lying in bed, her expression peaceful, as if in a deep sleep. I felt my entire world torn from its roots. I felt immaterial, like a weightless ghost. There was my little Angela, her hands cold and body rigid, and all color faded from her face. I sat on the edge of the bed, and it took a few minutes before the shock of it all settled in. Why her? What did my little girl do to deserve brain cancer?
单词：
tear /ter/ 过去式：tore 过去分词torn
v.撕裂 n.泪水
ex.He tore the letter in two.
他把信撕成两半。immaterial /’imə’tiriəl/
adj . not consisting of matter 无形的
not important 不重要的
ex.The cost is immaterial.
费用并不重要
[6] Then my throat felt tight, my stomach tense and my eyes hot. The world was painted with watercolor. I cried and cried, until no more tears flowed, and shivered while grasping for air. No parent should ever see his or her child die. I wiped my face on my sleeve, and wrapped my little Angela with the bed cover and saw a glimpse of her bare back, which was bruised dark with pooled blood. The image haunts me to this day.
单词:
tight /tait/
adj. difficult to move , fastened 牢固的
adv. fitting very close to the body 紧紧地
ex.He kept a tight grip on her arm.
他紧紧握住她的胳膊。tense /tens/
adj. nervous and not able to relax 神经紧张的
ex.He’s a very tense person.
他是一个神经非常紧张的人watercolor /’wɔtəkʌlə/
n.水彩，水彩画shiver /ˈʃɪvɚ/
n.发抖 vi.战栗
ex.to shiver with cold/excitement/pleasure
冷得发抖、激动得发抖、高兴得发抖grasp /græsp/
vt.用手抓住，
用大脑理解
ex.He grasped my hand and shook it warmly.
他热情地抓住我的手握了起来。
[7] Her curly hair brushed my cheek as I held her close in a final embrace. I remembered how happy she was to see her golden hair grow back after we stopped medication. I walked silently across the hallway. The door outside was open, and flooded the dark hallway with bright light.Time stopped working, and it stretched and slowed as I held Angela’s cold body. I kept walking towards the door, though my legs felt weak and my pacing unbearably slow.Lucie saw me, covered her face with her hands and sobbed. Emergency services were ready with a covered stretcher. I stood in front of it for a while, with the weight of the world in my arms.I didn’t want to let her go.
单词：
brush my cheek 拂面
brush ／brʌʃ/
v.刷，掠过
ex.to brush your shoes
刷鞋embrace /εm’bres/
v. 1.拥抱 2.乐意采纳 3.包含涉及
ex.They embraced and promised to keep in touch.
他们相互拥抱，许诺将保持联系。was to do 的用法：
曾经计划要做的事
ex. I was to buy a car last year.
我去年想买辆车。
命中注定的事
ex. They said goodbye , little knowing that they were never to meet again.
他们告了别，不知道以后再也不会见面。I walked silently across the hallway. The door outside was open, and flooded the dark hallway with bright light.
Time stopped working, and it stretched and slowed as I held Angela’s cold body.单词：
flood /flʌd/
v.To fill completely or abundantly 彻底的填充
n.洪水，泛滥
ex.If the pipe bursts it could flood the whole house.
要是水管破裂整个房子就会灌满水。stretch /strεtʃ/
v.To extend or expand as if physical force 伸展，延伸
ex.It is better to stretch the tight muscles first.
最好先伸展一下僵硬的肌肉。
[8] Lucie came and rubbed my shoulder, telling me more with a gentle touch than words ever could, and brought me out of my paralysis. I gently placed our little angel on the stretcher. Lucie and I gave her a last kiss on the forehead. The paramedics wrapped her in a sheet, and in an instant, she was gone. Her body was covered from view, her bright blond curls hidden under the sheet.
more··· than···的用法
more是much或many的比较级，相当于greater，解释为比起···更···；
ex. she is more beautiful than me.一般要求more后部分和than后部分词类相同，解释为与其说···不如说···；
ex.Tom is more lucky than clever. 与其说汤姆聪明还不如说他幸运more···than后跟从句，than在从句中做主语或宾语，解释为比···多或难以···
ex. I want more books than I can ever get. 我要的书比我买的要多.
[9] Months afterwards, on a freezing cold winter day, I came home late after an overtime shift at work. As soon as I opened the door, the delicious smell of apple pie nearly overwhelmed me. It was the first time Lucie baked since Angela’s death. Warm slices sat on two plates, flanked by glasses of milk. We ate silently at first, then we started to talk about all the good memories we had with Angela, something we hadn’t done much since November. Remembering was difficult and painful at first. The wounds were still fresh, but talking made us feel better.I recalled what Angela said about her apple pie, and for the first time in a long while, I smiled.
单词：
overwhelm /’ouvər’welm/
v. to affect someone very strongly; 征服
to defeat someone completely 击败
ex.The army was overwhelmed by the rebels.
军队被叛乱者完全击败了。flank /flæŋk/
vt. to be located on both sides of sth or someone 位于···之侧
ex.They drove through the cotton fields that flanked the Highway 17.
他们驾车穿过了17号公路边上的棉田。句子:
主干:I recalled.I smiled.并列
宾语从句:what Angela said about her apple pie
注释:我回想起Angela关于她的苹果派的事，并且在很长一段时间内一想到这件事，我都会开心地笑出来。
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[1] Everyone in our neighborhood knew Angela. She was my curly-haired little girl with the energy of a rocket engine. She loved to play all sorts of games with the other first graders on our street. Days and evenings would be filled with laughter and joy as they played soccer in a nearby field, street hockey to the annoyance of motorists, and hide & seek which, in time, made the kids exceptional at hiding from their parents.
[2] On a cool October day, I came home to the sweet smell of chocolate cookies, which was strong enough to be smelled from the front door. Instead of hoarding the cookies of her labor, Angela invited all of her friends over and shared them. With the trusty help of Lucie, my wife, Angela became nearly prodigious at baking. She rapidly progressed to muffins, banana bread and even pies. She would share her baking with the world when she was all grown-up, she said. I’ll never forget her saying, with a huge grin, “Eating my delicious apple pie makes everyone feel better!”
[3]
Lucie and I tucked in Angela after a rewarding Halloween plunder, and went to bed ourselves. I tossed and turned, and Lucie couldn’t sleep either.
“We need to tell her, Phil,” she said in a hush tone.
I shook my head. “We did. She knows.”
Lucie turned on the small nightstand lamp.
“She doesn’t know that it’s in the final stage. How long are we going to keep this from her? I don’t think it’s right, Phil,” she said.
I rubbed my wife’s shoulder, but she replaced my hand back on my side of the bed. I sighed.
“I don’t want Angela to live her last days in fear,” I raised my voice.
“She has a right to know!” Lucie countered.
“And I want her to be happy!” I felt my face heat up, and I realised I needed to lower my voice or Angela would have heard us. “Why did we take her off chemo? Because it wasn’t working and it made her feel miserable. Imagine telling her that she might only have days or weeks left to live — what will that do to her?”
“I’m not imagining. We need to tell her. Tomorrow. Phil, we need to confront this together, as a family, just as we did when we first learned about it.”
I grumbled. We talked for another hour, mulling over our options, and the consequences on Angela. In the end, we decided we would sit down and talk to Angela about it tomorrow.
[4] It was the first of November — a cold, miserable day. Lucie was up before me, and told me what she saw. She couldn’t bear to be in the house any longer and went outside to call the paramedics. Her voice shook and her body trembled, and the chilly morning air didn’t help.
[5] We knew the day could come, but we refused to believe it. On that day, it hit us like a heavy hammer. That morning, I saw Angela lying in bed, her expression peaceful, as if in a deep sleep. I felt my entire world torn from its roots. I felt immaterial, like a weightless ghost. There was my little Angela, her hands cold and body rigid, and all color faded from her face. I sat on the edge of the bed, and it took a few minutes before the shock of it all settled in. Why her? What did my little girl do to deserve brain cancer?
[6] Then my throat felt tight, my stomach tense and my eyes hot. The world was painted with watercolor. I cried and cried, until no more tears flowed, and shivered while grasping for air. No parent should ever see his or her child die. I wiped my face on my sleeve, and wrapped my little Angela with the bed cover and saw a glimpse of her bare back, which was bruised dark with pooled blood. The image haunts me to this day.
[7] Her curly hair brushed my cheek as I held her close in a final embrace. I remembered how happy she was to see her golden hair grow back after we stopped medication. I walked silently across the hallway. The door outside was open, and flooded the dark hallway with bright light.Time stopped working, and it stretched and slowed as I held Angela’s cold body. I kept walking towards the door, though my legs felt weak and my pacing unbearably slow.Lucie saw me, covered her face with her hands and sobbed. Emergency services were ready with a covered stretcher. I stood in front of it for a while, with the weight of the world in my arms.I didn’t want to let her go.
[8] Lucie came and rubbed my shoulder, telling me more with a gentle touch than words ever could, and brought me out of my paralysis. I gently placed our little angel on the stretcher. Lucie and I gave her a last kiss on the forehead. The paramedics wrapped her in a sheet, and in an instant, she was gone. Her body was covered from view, her bright blond curls hidden under the sheet.
[9] Months afterwards, on a freezing cold winter day, I came home late after an overtime shift at work. As soon as I opened the door, the delicious smell of apple pie nearly overwhelmed me. It was the first time Lucie baked since Angela’s death. Warm slices sat on two plates, flanked by glasses of milk. We ate silently at first, then we started to talk about all the good memories we had with Angela, something we hadn’t done much since November. Remembering was difficult and painful at first. The wounds were still fresh, but talking made us feel better.I recalled what Angela said about her apple pie, and for the first time in a long while, I smiled.