《英语流行话题阅读:语境识词3500》Unit 8 只因为一个微笑
时间：2018-12-04 作者：英语课 分类：英语语境识词
Unit 08
Just a Little Smile
Mike was walking home from school one day when he noticed a boy ahead of him had tripped and dropped all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a baseball bat, a glove and a tape recorder. Mike knelt 1 down and helped the boy pick up the scattered 2 articles. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry part of the burden 3.
As they walked, Mike discovered the boy's name was James, that he loved video games, baseball and history, and that he was having lots of trouble with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at James' home first, and Mike was invited in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed pleasantly with a few laughs and some shared small talk, then Mike went home.
They continued to see each other around school, had lunch together once or twice, then both graduated from junior high school. They ended up in the same high school where they had brief contacts over the years.
Finally the long awaited 4 senior 5 year came and three weeks before graduation, James asked Mike if they could talk.
James reminded him of the day years ago when they first met. "Did you ever wonder why I was carrying so many things?" asked James. "You see, I cleaned out my locker 6 because I didn't want to leave a mess for anyone else. I stored away some of my mother's sleeping pills. I was going home to commit 7 suicide 8. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, I realized that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others might follow. So you see, Mike, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more for me. You saved my life."
- They knelt down and prayed. 他们跪下来祷告。
- She knelt in supplication. 她跪地祷求。
- Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。
- The burden fell on the eldest son.担子落在了长子身上。
- Too much praise is a burden.太多的赞扬是一种负担。
- A stack of files awaited me on my desk. 我桌上有一堆文件正待我去处理。
- her long-awaited new novel 她的令人期待已久的一部新小说
- My brother is senior to me by two years.我哥哥比我年长两岁。
- They are senior students.他们是高年级学生。
- At the swimming pool I put my clothes in a locker.在游泳池我把衣服锁在小柜里。
- He moved into the locker room and began to slip out of his scrub suit.他走进更衣室把手术服脱下来。