时间:2019-02-09 作者:英语课 分类:英语美文


英语课

 The Circus 


  Once, when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing 1 in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between us and the ticket counter.
  This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of money.
  Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands. They were excitedly jabbering 2 about the clowns, elephants, and other acts they would see that night.
  One could sense they had never been to the circus before. It promised to be a highlight of their young lives. The father and mother were at the head of the pack, standing proud as could be.
  The mother was holding her husband's hand, looking up at him as if to say, "You're my knight 3 in shining armor."
  He was smiling and basking 4 in pride, looking back at her as if to reply, "You got that right."
  The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly responded, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus."
  The ticket lady quoted the price. The man's wife let go of his hand, her head dropped, and his lip began to quiver. The father leaned a little closer and asked, "How much did you say?"
  The ticket lady again quoted the price. The man didn't have enough money.
  How was he supposed to turn and tell his eight kids that he didn‘t have enough money to take them to the circus? Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand in his pocket, pulled out a bill and dropped it on the ground. (We were not wealthy in any sense of the word!)
  My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket."
  The man knew what was going on. He wasn't begging for a handout 5 but certainly appreciated the help in a desperate, heartbreaking, embarrassing situation. He looked straight into my dad's eyes, took my dad's hand in both of his, squeezed tightly onto the bill, and with his lip quivering and a tear running down his cheek, he replied, "Thank you, thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family."
  My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn't go to the circus that night, but we didn't go without.

n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
  • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
  • They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
v.急切而含混不清地说( jabber的现在分词 );急促兴奋地说话;结结巴巴
  • What is he jabbering about now? 他在叽里咕噜地说什么呢?
  • He was jabbering away in Russian. 他叽里咕噜地说着俄语。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.骑士,武士;爵士
  • He was made an honourary knight.他被授予荣誉爵士称号。
  • A knight rode on his richly caparisoned steed.一个骑士骑在装饰华丽的马上。
v.晒太阳,取暖( bask的现在分词 );对…感到乐趣;因他人的功绩而出名;仰仗…的余泽
  • We sat basking in the warm sunshine. 我们坐着享受温暖的阳光。
  • A colony of seals lay basking in the sun. 一群海豹躺着晒太阳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.散发的文字材料;救济品
  • I read the handout carefully.我仔细看了这份分发的资料。
  • His job was distributing handout at the street-corner.他的工作是在街头发传单。
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