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I sat there like a guilty child as the woman continued complaining. "It's your fault," she shouted. I couldn't protest. My knees began to shake. I choked back my tears.
我像個犯了錯的孩子一樣，坐在那兒聽著那婦人不停地抱怨。“全怪你！”她尖叫道。我無法反駁，雙腿發抖，強忍著眼淚。
Do you have insurance? Can you pay for this? Who are you? she kept asking. "Who are you?"
“你有保險嗎？你賠得起嗎？你是誰？”她不停地問，“你是誰？”
I panicked and, without thinking, shouted, "I'm Doctor Eppley's son."
我害怕起來，想也沒想就叫道，“我是埃普利醫生的兒子?！?/div>
I sat there stunned. I couldn't believe what I had just said. Almost immediately, the woman's frown became a smile of recognition. "I'm sorry," she replied, "I didn't realize who you were."
我坐在那里驚呆了。我簡直不相信我自己會這么說。幾乎同時，婦人皺起的眉頭變成了似曾相識的笑容。“對不起?！彼鸬溃拔覄偛挪恢滥闶钦l?！?/div>
An hour later, I drove my father's battered new car back home. With my head down and my knees still shaking, I trudged into the house. I explained what had happened.
一小時后，我開著被撞破的新車回了家。我低著頭，雙腿仍在發抖，拖著沉重的步子走進家門。我解釋了所發生的一切。
Are you hurt? he asked.
“受傷了嗎？”他問。
No, I replied.
“沒有?！蔽一卮鸬?。，
Good, he answered. Then he turned and headed toward the door. "Harold," he said as he was leaving, "Hold your head up."
“那就好?！彼鸬?，然后轉身向門口走去?！肮_德，抬起頭來。”他邊走邊說。
That night was New Year's Eve, and my family attended a small party with friends to celebrate the beginning of another year. When midnight arrived, people cheered and greeted each other. Across the room I saw my father. I stepped toward him. My father and I rarely hug. But recalling the day's events, I wrapped my arms around his shoulders. And I spoke his real name for the first time in years. I said, "Thank you, Dad. Happy New Year."
那晚是除夕之夜，我們全家與朋友參加了一個小型晚會慶祝新年。午夜來臨，每個人都歡呼并互相祝福。我看到父親在房間的另一頭，我向他走去。父親與我很少擁抱，但我想起了白天的事，我用雙臂摟著他的肩膀，很多年來第一次用他“真實的”名字來稱呼他。我說，“謝謝你，爸爸。新年快樂！”
| 重點單詞 | 查看全部解釋 | |||
| fault | [fɔ:lt] |
想一想再看 n. 缺點，過失，故障，毛病，過錯，[地]斷層 |
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| insurance | [in'ʃuərəns] |
想一想再看 n. 保險，保險費，安全措施 |
聯想記憶 | |
| guilty | ['gilti] |
想一想再看 adj. 有罪的，內疚的 |
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| celebrate | ['selibreit] |
想一想再看 v. 慶祝，慶賀，頌揚 |
聯想記憶 | |
| spoke | [spəuk] |
想一想再看 v. 說，說話，演說 |
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| protest | [prə'test] |
想一想再看 n. 抗議，反對，聲明 |
聯想記憶 | |
| frown | [fraun] |
想一想再看 n. 皺眉，不悅 |
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| recognition | [.rekəg'niʃən] |
想一想再看 n. 認出，承認，感知，知識 |
