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优秀英语美文赏析
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永恒的承诺
In 1989 an
8.2 earthquake almost flattened America,
killing over 30,000 people in less than
four minutes. In the
midst of utter
devastation and chaos, a father left his wife
safely at home and rushed to the school
where his son was
supposed to be, only
to discover that the building was as
flat as a pancake.
1989
年,一次
8.2
级的地震几乎铲平美国,在短短不到
4
分钟的
时间里,夺去了
3
万多人的生命!在彻底的破坏与混乱之中,有位父
亲将他的妻
子在家里安顿好后,跑到他儿子就读的学校,而触目所见,
却是被夷为平地的校园。
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After
the unforgettably initial shock, he remembered the
promise he had made to his
son
:
matter what,
I’ll
always be there for
you!
As he looked at the pile of ruins
that once was the school,
it looked
hopeless, but he kept remembering his commitment
to
his son.
看到这令人伤心的一幕,他想起了以前对儿子所作的承诺:<
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不论
发生什么事,我都会在你身边。
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至此,父亲热泪满眶。目睹以前的学
校成为
了一堆瓦砾,真叫人绝望。但父亲的脑中仍然牢记着他对儿子
的诺言。
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He began to
direct his attention towards where he walked
his son to class at school each
morning. Remembering his son
s
classroom would be in the back right corner of the
building;
he rushed there and started
digging through the ruins.
他开始努力回忆每天早上送儿子上学的必经之路,终于记起儿
子
的教室应该就在那幢建筑物后面,位于右边的角落里,他跑到那儿,
< br>开始在碎石砾中挖掘,搜寻儿子的下落。
As he was digging, other
helpless parents arrived,
clutching
their hearts, saying
:
Other well meaning parents tried to
pull him off what was
left of the
school, saying
:
dead! You can’t help! Go
home! Come on, face reality, there
s
nothing you can do!
当这位父亲正在挖掘时,其他束手无策的学生家长赶到现场,
揪
心地叫着:
我的儿子呀!
我的女儿呀!
一些好意的
家长试图把这
位父亲劝离现场,告诉他
一切都太迟了!
他们全死了!
这样做没用
的
,
回去吧,这样做只会使事情更糟
。
To each parent he responded with one
line
:
going to
help me now?
son, stone by stone. The
fire chief showed up and tried to
pull
him off the school s ruins saying,
o
ut, explosions are
happening everywhere. You’re in danger.
We’ll take care of it. Go
home.
caring American father asked,
面对种
种劝告,这位父亲的回答只有一句话:
你们愿意帮我吗?
然后继续实行挖掘工作,在废墟中寻找他的儿子。消防队长出现了,<
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他也试图把这位父亲劝走,对他说:
火灾
频现,四处都在发生爆炸,
你在这里太危险了,这边的事我们会处理,你回家吧!
对此,这位慈
爱、关切的父亲仍然回答:
p>
你们要帮我吗?
The police came
and said,
s over. You’re endangering
others. Go home. We’ll handle
it!
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