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【正文】 y morning to evening was hard to spend. Time clock was snailing out of the day and the sun got hung up in mid air. Wind stopped on the surface of water and the shadows declined to shrink. She wished time was a horse with a tail on the forehead and she would pull it from its tail. She wished time was a dry leaf and she would through it in the windstorm of her heart. She wished time was a boat and she would sail it in the river of her eyes. But today, time that had always been a teacher to her, had turn into a teaser. It wasn39。t breathing at all, just holding its breath and teasing her more. She wanted the time to fly and it was crawling. She tried to make herself busy in house chores but her eyes quit supporting her hands as they were still looking at the sun. And the sun also kept glaring at her, all day. Finally the sun lost the battle and started going down. From the ventilator, it had skid to the window. No one in the family felt any change in her. Mike had to go to meet a client and was quite busy looking at himself and the kids were too involved looking at the TV. It was an hour to sunset and she was ready, wearing her best dress and wrapped in her favorite fragrance. She surrendered a couple of years from her face and brought back a few young smiles onto her lips. Where are you going dear? her preparation couldn39。t wage enough resistance against Mike39。s curiosity. Aa, well, actually I thought I would go for some shopping she hardly uttered. Mom! I would go with you. Nicole yelled as the idea of going out had removed her attention from the TV. The rest were too absorbed they didn39。t even listen the conversation. Yeah dear, why don39。t you take Nicole with you, she could be help. Tanya didn39。t feel fortable having a pany at that time but she didn39。t want to change Mike39。s curiosity in to suspicion so she said OK. All the way to the city center, Nicole kept telling her of all the stuff her friends had and what she wanted to buy in response. Tanya wasn39。t listening. She was just shaking her head in approval of whatever Nicole said. She couldn39。t possibly have said a word. Her heart was rumbling like a volcano, hitting the rib cage trying to get out to take a look at its long lost love. The sun was hurrying down now. She was afraid of getting late so she speeded up a little. Mom! Aren39。t we suppose to go to City Center? Nicole asked seeing her turning to a different street. Yes dear but I have to take care of something important before we go shopping, all right? she said. All right. It was OK for Nicole as long as it didn39。t alter their shopping plan. The bridge was getting closer and so was logic. Sanity had started perating her enthusiasm. The questio n of how should I do it? turned into why should I do it? The eclipse of her memories had started declining. She could see the bridge now. She stopped the car a hundred yards away from the bridge. Honey! You stay in the car, I39。ll be back in a few minut es. She said to Nicole without a slight touch of emotions. She didn39。t wait for her answer, stepped out of the car in a mechanical way and started walking towards the bridge. Larry was standing on the corner of the bridge, with his back to her. He was looking down the bridge into the running water. She walked for a few yards and then stopped. Larry turned his face towards her. Age seemed to have worn him out. He looked tired as if he had traveled a huge mileage of years. His presence sent no waves of fresh air to clean her heart from the mist of dissatisfaction. He disappointed her again. She hoped to find a ray of hope and he disappointed her hope. She looked back towards the car at her daughter. I have too much to lose, I don39。t want to lose my ten years. she decided and turned back. Larry ran after her but she had reached her car. Larry called her with a passionate cry, Tanya! She opened the door and sat in. Larry stopped abruptly with shock struck eyes. Tanya turned the car back. You are my wish Tanya! Larry murmured. She stepped on the car. Larry saw her going into the sunset. Who was he mommy? Nicole couldn39。t catch any idea out of it. He was a nobody my dear. Tanya kept driving into the sunset. Unit4 ： Big Tom If all the males in our pany’s dormitory, I felt the most affection for Tom. He was a genius, I thought, but the other guys took him for a nut. He came from far away, and at first had a strong Spanish accent. Now, after a year with the pany, he spoke English very well. But his English accent had an exaggerated precision that the other guys didn’t like. In the crude environment of the dormitory, Tom’s accent seemed artificial. But he was a big man, a giant, and strong as an ox, and the others feared him and left him alone. I on the other hand had a weak constitution. I couldn’t digest any real food and lived on little more than coffee. My arms and legs were as thin as stems. And what work did I do there, you may well ask. I was chief garbage man for the dormitory. Our pany had a big project to build a reinforced concrete reservoir out I a suburb surrounded by hills. At night a portion of the project was closed to us by means of a big square gate made of brass. One cold evening I was depositing the garbage from supper behind our dormitory when I saw a torch and the shape of a man passing through the grass gate. I walked over. “I knew it was you,” I said to Tom. “It’s open,” he said. “Shall we go in?” “Don’t you know we shouldn’t ?” I said. “You still haven’t adjusted to the pany.” “Adjust?” he said. “I’d rather quit. Come. What are you afraid of? Don’t you want to investigate this portion?” He knew I did. Already it seemed inevitable that I would to with him. I only feared that the torch would be noticeable on the TV monitor of the chief