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eir auditorium because she was Black. Or because she was Colored, my father said as he told us the story. Except that what he probably said was Negro, because for his times, my father was quite progressive. 8. I was squinting because I was in that silent agony that characterized all of my childhood summers, from the time school let out in June to the end of July, brought about by my dilated and vulnerable eyes exposed to the summer brightness.9. I viewed Julys through an agonizing corolla of dazzling whiteness and I always hated the Fourth of July, even before I came to realize the travesty such a celebration was for Black people in this country.10. My parents did not approve of sunglasses, nor of their expense.11. I spent the afternoon squinting up at monuments to freedom and past presidencies and democracy, and wondering why the light and heat were both so much stronger in Washington ., than back home in New York City. Even the pavement on the streets was a shade lighter in color than back home.12. Late that Washington afternoon my family and I walked back down Pennsylvania Avenue. We were a proper caravan, mother bright and father brown, the three of us girls stepstandards inbetween. Moved by our historical surroundings and the heat of early evening, my father decreed yet another treat. He had a great sense of history, a flair for the quietly dramatic and the sense of specialness of an occasion and a trip.13. Shall we stop and have a little something to cool off, Lin? 14. Two blocks away from our hotel, the family stopped for a dish of vanilla ice cream at a Breyer39。t much of a graduation present after all.1. 我第一次去華盛頓是在那年剛?cè)胂模@個(gè)夏天也是我從此告別孩提時(shí)代的開始。我們打包就花了一個(gè)星期。有給我們吃的甜泡菜,有給爸爸吃的小茴香泡菜,還有長(zhǎng)著絨毛的桃子,每一只都分開來(lái)包,以免碰傷。他們要待在一家旅館里,菲利絲在那兒會(huì)“不開心的”,意思是說(shuō)他們不租房間給黑人,爸爸也是這么悄悄地對(duì)她解釋的。要么他很可能說(shuō)的是“黑人(Negro)”,因?yàn)樵诋?dāng)時(shí)我父親是相當(dāng)進(jìn)步的。我們儼然一個(gè)旅行團(tuán),媽媽白晳亮麗,爸爸棕色皮膚,我們?nèi)齻€(gè)女孩的膚色介于兩者之間,由淺至深。女服務(wù)員張口說(shuō)話,一開始誰(shuí)也沒(méi)聽懂她在說(shuō)什么,于是我們五個(gè)人就坐在那兒。我的怒火并沒(méi)人認(rèn)可,也沒(méi)人像我一樣憤怒。2. 若不是心寬似海,哪有人生風(fēng)平浪靜。你必須努力,當(dāng)有一天驀然回首時(shí),