【正文】 。再過三年，妹妹也想上大學(xué)。不久后，她不但招滿了生，而且還有許多孩子等著注冊。那時我 16 歲，仍然認為媽媽能做任何事?！斑^去我常說只要我下決心，什么事我都能干好?！? “但你才上三天班，”我說，“你會趕上的。“沒什么，真的。手捂著臉，坐在沙發(fā)的一端，她在哭。 我腋下夾著一本我所喜愛的 剛出版的體育雜志，而且整個房子將只有我一個人。s back racked with emotion, I understood for the first time her vulnerability. She was still my mother, but she was something more: a person like me, capable of tear and hurt and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I had sought fort in her arms. A week later Mother took a job selling dry goods at half the salary the radio station had offered. It39。s having a little trouble with her typing, he said. She needs to practice. I think she39。s ability. But neither the nursery nor the motel my parents bought later had provided enough ine to send my sister and me to college. In two years I would be ready for college. In three more my sister would want to go. Time was running out, and Mother was frantic for ways to save money. It was clear that Dad could do no more than he was doing already farming 80 acres in addition to holding a fulltime job. A few months after we39。ll catch on. I was repeating a line she had spoken to me a hundred times when I was having trouble learning or doing something important to me. No, she said sadly. I always said I could do anything I set my mind to, and I still think I can in most things. But I can39。m going to lose this new job. I can39。s day so long ago, I was filled with anticipation. I had a new issue of my favorite sports magazine tucked under my arm, and the house to myself. Dad was at work, my sister was away, and Mother wouldn39。t be home from her new job for an hour. I bounded up the steps, burst into the living room and flipped on a light. I was shocked into stillness by what I saw. Mother, pulled into a tight ball with her face in her hands, sat at the far end of the couch. She was crying. I had never seen her cry. I approached cautiously and touched her shoulder. Mother? I said. What39。t type fast enough. But you39。t do this. I felt helpless and out of place. At age 16 I still assumed Mother could do anything. Some years before, when we sold our ranch and moved to town, Mother had decided to open a day nursery. She had had no training, but that didn39。d sold the motel, Mother arrived home with a used typewriter. It skipped between certain letters and the keyboard was soft. At dinner that night I pronounced the machine a piece of junk. That39。d appreciate it if we all helped out a bit more. I already do a lot, I said, immediately on guard. I know you do, dad said evenly. And you may have to do more. You might just remember that she is working primarily so you can go to college. I honestly didn39。s job I can do, she said simply. But the evening practice sessions on the old green typewriter continued. I had a very different feeling now when I passed her door at night and heard her tapping away. I knew there was something more going on in there than a woman learning to type. When I left for college two years later, Mother had an office job with better pay and more responsibility. I have to believe that in some strange way she learned as much from her moment of defeat as I did, because several years later, when I had finished school and proudly accepted a job as a newspaper reporter, she had already been a journalist with our home town paper for six months. The old green typewriter sits in my office now, unrepaired. It memento, but what it recalls for me is not quite what it recalled for Mother. When I39。爸爸還沒下班，妹妹不在家， 媽媽剛找到一份新工作，在一小時內(nèi)是不會回家的，我跳上臺階，沖進起居室，啪的一聲打開電燈。我以前從沒見她哭過。沒什么大不了的事。”我重復(fù)了媽媽對我說過 的一百遍的那句話?，F(xiàn)在我仍然認為在多數(shù)情況下我能做到。幾年前，當(dāng)我們賣掉農(nóng)場，搬到城里來住的時候， 媽媽決定開一所日托所。我認 為這是理所當(dāng)然的，是媽媽能力的體現(xiàn)。時間過得真快。這臺打字機跳字，鍵盤也很松。”從那天開始，只要桌子一收拾，碗一洗，媽媽就會消 失到她的縫紉房里練習(xí)打字。 一點也不覺得有什么特別，媽媽卻高興極了。 星期二，爸爸做飯，收拾廚房。“她需要練習(xí)。 “你也許 得再多干點。這完全說明我一點不理解她身上的擔(dān)子。 她再也抑制不住了，把臉帖著我的肩，抽泣著。她仍是我媽媽，但她身上有了更多的東西：她和我一樣，也害怕，也有失敗的時候。但是晚上她仍舊坐在那臺破舊的綠色打字機旁練習(xí)打字。我不得不相信，媽媽以她奇特的方式從失敗中學(xué)到的東西和我學(xué)到的東西一樣多。但它給我?guī)淼幕貞洸粌H僅是對媽媽的回憶。 NEW WORDS anticipation expectation [ ] n. 1. 預(yù)期 ,期望 。預(yù)料 [+ving][+that][+wh] It is impossible to anticipate when it will happen. 不可能預(yù)料這事何時發(fā)生。 3. 先于 ...前行動 ,先發(fā)制 (人 )。 issue 發(fā)行物 (刊物的 )一期 [ ] vt. 1. 發(fā)行 。 4. 誕生 ,傳代 His difficulties issue from his lack of knowledge. 他遇到的困難是由缺少知識造成的。爭議 [C] They have published a lot of new books on international issues. 他們已經(jīng)出版了很多論述國際問題的新書。s an article about Jamaica in this issue. 在這一期里有一篇關(guān)于牙買加的文章。 draw together into a 北京工商大學(xué) 專升本 會計學(xué)專業(yè) 大學(xué)英語 3 電子版復(fù)習(xí)課件 整理 :王和平 359076395 如果有發(fā)現(xiàn)錯誤或補充請聯(lián)系我 .謝謝大家 mail: small space 塞 (進 )。 4. 使折疊 ,卷起 ,挽起 The man tucked up his trousers for wading. 那人卷起褲子 ,準(zhǔn)備涉水。 vi. 1. 縫褶裥 2. 折疊 。 n. 1. (衣服等的 )褶裥 。 2. 彈回 The ball bounded from the wall. 球從墻上彈了回來。 2. 輕彈 。使高興 vi. 1. (用指 )輕彈 。急促地轉(zhuǎn)動 She flipped to the index and found the information she needed. 她翻到索引 ,找到了所需的資料。 5. 擲硬幣 (以作決定 ) 6. 【美】【俚】 (因激動 ,憤怒等 )失去自我控制 。(跳水或體操時的 )空翻 北京工商大學(xué) 專升本 會計學(xué)專業(yè) 大學(xué)英語 3 電子版復(fù)習(xí)課件 整理 :王和平 359076395 如果有發(fā)現(xiàn)錯誤或補充請聯(lián)系我 .謝謝大家 mail: flip [ ] a. 1. 【口】無禮的 ,魯莽 的 。牢的 [ ] a. 1. 緊的 ,不松動的 。 3. 緊身的 ,緊貼的 The shoes are too tight for me. 我覺得鞋子太緊。 5. 密封的 。排得緊的 10. 整潔的 ,整齊的 11. 吝嗇的 The old man is tight with his money. 老人對錢很吝嗇。牢牢地 The doctor tied the bandage too tight. 醫(yī)生把繃帶綁得太緊。堅決地 I shall tell her firmly that it is not any business of hers. 我將毫不含糊地告訴她這不關(guān)她的事 couch a long fortable seat with a back and arms on which more than one person may sit。 3. 端著 (槍 ,矛等 )準(zhǔn)備進攻 4. (釀造 )在麥芽床上鋪上麥粒 vi. 1. 躺著 2. 蹲著 。即將達到 n. 1. 接近 ,靠近 。 4. 接近的表示 ,接洽 [P1][(+to)] cautiously very carefully 細心地 。 The boss is cautious about making promises. 北京工商大學(xué) 專升本 會計學(xué)專業(yè) 大學(xué)英語 3 電子版復(fù)習(xí)課件 整理 :王和平 359076395 如果有發(fā)現(xiàn)錯誤或補充請聯(lián)系我 .謝謝大家 mail: 老板對承諾持謹慎態(tài)度。