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双语美文：你才是我的幸福
She was
dancing. My crippled grandmother was dancing. I
stood in the living
room
doorway
absolutely stunned. I
glanced at the kitchen table and sure
enough-right under a small, framed
drawing on the wall-was a
freshly
baked peach
pie.
她在跳舞。
我那身有残疾的
祖母居然在跳舞。
我站在客厅的门口，
被彻底惊呆了。
我扫了一
眼厨房的餐桌，果不其然，在餐桌上——墙上那幅小小的镶框画
像的正下方——有一块新
鲜出炉的烤蜜桃派。
I heard her sing when I opened the door
but did not want to interrupt the beautiful
song by yelling I had arrived, so I
just tiptoed to the living room. I looked at how
her
still-lean body bent beautifully,
her arms greeting the sunlight that was pouring
through the window. And her
legs
…
Those legs
that had
stiffly
walked,
aided with
a cane,
insensible
shoes as long as
I could remember. Now she was wearing
beautiful dancing shoes and her legs
obeyed her perfectly. No limping. No stiffness.
Just beautiful, fluid motion. She was
the pet of the dancing world. And then
she
’
d
had her
accident and it was all over. I had read that in
an old newspaper clipping.
当我推门进屋的时候，
我听到了她在唱歌，
但我不想大喊自己回来了，
不想打断那美妙的歌
声，
于是我踮着脚尖走到客厅。
我看着她那依然消瘦的身体优雅地弯下，
她的手臂迎向从窗
口倾泻而入的阳光。而她的腿……自我能记事以来，她总是拄着拐杖，穿着便鞋，走起路来
腿脚僵硬。可现在，她正穿着美丽的舞鞋，而她的双腿完全听从着她的支配。不再蹒跚，不
再僵硬。只有优美、流畅的动作。她曾是舞蹈界的宠儿。可是后来她遭遇了一场意外，舞蹈
生涯因此而结束。我是从一张老旧的剪报中读到这个的。
She turned around in a slow
pirouette
and saw me
standing in the doorway. Her
song
ended, and her beautiful movements with it, so
abruptly that it felt like being
shaken
awake from a beautiful dream. The sudden silence
rang in my ears.
Grandma looked so much
like a kid caught with her hand in a cookie jar
that I
couldn
’
t
help myself, and a slightly nervous laughter
escaped. Grandma sighed and
turned
towards the kitchen. I followed her, not believing
my eyes. She was walking
with no
difficulties in her beautiful shoes. We sat down
by the table and cut
ourselves big
pieces of her delicious peach pie.
她缓缓地
转身做了一个足尖旋转，
见到我站在门口。
她的歌声嘎然而止，
还有她那优美的动
作，
一切停止得如此
突然，
感觉像是从一场美梦中被人摇醒了。
突如其来的寂静冲击
着我的
耳朵。
祖母看起来很像是一个伸手从饼干罐里偷吃却被抓
了个正着的小孩，
我不禁发出了一
阵略带一丝紧张的大笑。
祖母叹了口气，
转身走向厨房。
我跟在她身
后，还是不敢相信自己
的眼睛。她穿着那双美丽的舞鞋，行走自如。
我们坐在了桌边，从她那美味的蜜桃派中切出
了大大的几块，俩人一起吃。
“
So
…”
I blurted,
“
How
did your leg heal?
”
“那么……”我脱口而出道，“你的腿是怎么好了的？”
“
To tell you the
truth
—
my legs have been well
all my life,
”
she
said.
“跟你说实话吧——我的腿一直都挺好的，”她说。
“
But I
don
’
t
understand!
”
I
said,
“
Your dancing
career
…
I
mean
…
You
pretended
all these years?
“
可是我不明白！”我说，“你的舞蹈事业……我是说……难道这些年来你一直在假装？”
“
Very much
so,
”
Grandmother
closed her eyes and
savored
the peach pie,
“
And
for a very good
reason.
”
“的确如此，”祖
母闭上眼睛，品尝着蜜桃派，“而且是因为一个非常好的理由。”
“
What
reason?
”
“什么理由？”
“
Your
grandfather.
”
“你的祖父。”
“
You mean he told you not to
dance?
”
“你是说，他让你不要再跳舞了？”
“
No, this was my choice. I
am sure I would have lost him if I had continued
dancing.
I weighed fame and love
against each other and love
won.
”
“不，
< br>这是我自己的选择。我确信如果我再继续跳舞的话，我就会失去他了。我权衡名利和
爱情孰轻孰重之后，选择了爱情。”
She
thought for a while and then continued.
“
We were talking about
engagement
when your grandfather had to
go to war. It was the most horrible day of my life
when he left. I was so afraid of losing
him, the only way I could stay sane was to
dance. I put all my energy and time
into practicing
—
and I became
very good.
Critics praised me, the
public loved me, but all I could feel was the ache
in my heart,
not knowing whether the
love of my life would ever return. Then I went
home and
read and re-read his letters
until I fell asleep. He always ended his letters
with
‘
You
are my
Joy. I love you with my
life
’
and after
that he wrote his name. And then one
day a letter came. There were only
three sentences:
‘
I have
lost my leg. I am no
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