美国国家公共电台 NPR What One Family Lost In Pulse Nightclub A Year Ago
时间：2019-01-17 作者：英语课 分类：2017年NPR美国国家公共电台6月
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DAVID GREENE, HOST:
So it has been a year now since a gunman killed 49 people at the Pulse 1 nightclub in Orlando. And today on StoryCorps, we're going to remember Deonka Drayton, one of the people murdered that night. She was 32 at the time. And she had a son with her partner Emily Addison. Addison came to StoryCorps to talk about what it has been like to lose her.
EMILY ADDISON: She had a beautiful voice, the most amazing smile and she smelled so good all the time. We moved down here in Florida in 2012 together. But the heat - she couldn't stand the heat. But it did not matter how hot it was outside, she would go outside and play ball with our son. And she used 2 to always tell me that as long as she was alive, our son and I would never want for anything.
And she kept her word. She texted me that night. She said that she was scared, people were shot 3. But when our son is asleep, we turn our ringers off. And I feel like I wasn't there for her when she needed me the most. I tried to text her. Her phone was going straight to voicemail. And I prayed 4 so hard my knuckles 5 were white.
But she was one of the ones that was murdered in the bathroom. The closer it gets to the one year anniversary 6, all it's doing is reminding 7 me of the last time I saw her. I can tell you what was in her stomach because I made the last meal. She loved my cooking. She loved my cooking. My son, he's 3 now. And every night when we're going to bed, we walk up the stairs, he'll turn to her picture and say, night, night, Mommy.
I don't know how to get him to understand that she's never coming back. And I miss her so much. That feeling is constant 8. Like, I need her to call me. I need to see her. I will always love her no matter what. There will never be an end.
GREENE: Emily Addison remembering her partner Deonka Drayton, who was killed at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla. Her interview will be archived at the Library of Congress
- His pulse is low,but his heart is still active.他脉搏很弱,但心脏还跳着。
- The patient's pulse quickened.病人的脉搏加快了。
- I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
- He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。
- He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
- All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。
- They knelt down and prayed. 他们跪下来祷告。
- Aunt Polly knelt down and prayed for Tom so touchingly. 波莉姨妈跪下来，为汤姆祈祷，很令人感动。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He gripped the wheel until his knuckles whitened. 他紧紧握住方向盘，握得指关节都变白了。
- Her thin hands were twisted by swollen knuckles. 她那双纤手因肿大的指关节而变了形。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。
- Today is my parents'30th wedding anniversary.今天是我父母结婚30周年纪念日。
- Thanks for reminding. I'd forgotten all about his coming this afternoon. 谢谢你提醒我，我完全忘了他今天下午要来。
- The scenery here has great charm, reminding one of the land of Guilin. 这里山清水秀，宛然桂林风光。