时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


英语课

 



[00:00.40]11.A Mother’s Letter to a Son Starting Kindergarten


[00:05.73]Dear George,


[00:07.48]When your big brother and your little dog and I walked you up to school today, you had no idea how I was feeling.


[00:15.86]You were so excited, you had packed and unpacked 1 the washable markers and safety scissors in your backpack a dozen times.


[00:25.33]I am really going to miss those lazy mornings when we waved your brother and sister off to school. 


[00:31.76]I’d settle in with my coffee and newspaper, handing you the comics to color while you watched Sesame Street.


[00:38.95]Because you are my youngest, I had learned a few things by the time you came along. 


[00:44.50]I found out that the seemingly 2 endless days of babyhood are gone like lightning. 


[00:49.95]I blinked 3, and your older siblings 4 were setting off for school as eagerly as you did this morning.


[00:56.37]You didn’t go to preschool and I’m not exactly Maria Montessori. 


[01:01.05]I hope that doesn’t hold you back. 


[01:03.34]You learned numbers by helping 5 me count the soda 6 cans we returned to the store. 


[01:07.58]And you do a fine job of writing your name on the sidewalk in chalk, in capitals to make it look more important. 


[01:14.23]Just the other day, you asked me why I always call you “Honey” when we’re reading stories and “Bud” when you’re helping with chores. 


[01:22.61]My explanation of the difference between a cuddly 7 mood and a matey one seemed to satisfy you.


[01:28.71]I have to admit that in my mind’s eye, an image of myself while you’re in school has developed. 


[01:36.23]I see myself updating all the photo albums and starting the novel I always wanted to write. 


[01:41.78]As the summer wound down and more frequent quarrels erupted between you and your siblings, I looked forward to today.


[01:48.53]And then this morning, I walked you to your classroom with a picture of the president on one wall and of Bambi on the opposite. 


[01:56.92]You found the coat hook 8 with your name above it right away, and you gave me one of your characteristically fierce, too-tight hugs. 


[02:05.65]This time you were ready to let go before I was.


[02:09.04]Maybe someday you will deliver a kindergartner with your own wide-set eyes and sudden grin 9 to the first day of school. 


[02:16.70]When you turn at the door to wave good-bye, he or she will be too deep in conversation with a new friend to notice.


[02:23.91]And then, you’ll know.


[02:26.10]Love, Mom




1 unpacked
v.从(包裹等)中取出(所装的东西),打开行李取出( unpack的过去式和过去分词 );拆包;解除…的负担;吐露(心事等)
  • I unpacked my bags as soon as I arrived. 我一到达就打开行李,整理衣物。
  • Our guide unpacked a picnic of ham sandwiches and offered us tea. 我们的导游打开装着火腿三明治的野餐盒,并给我们倒了些茶水。 来自辞典例句
2 seemingly
adv.从表面上看起来,似乎是
  • Seemingly,we can do nothing to prevent this from happening.我们似乎没有什么办法阻止这件事发生。
  • For several seemingly interminable seconds no one spoke.有几秒钟没有人讲话,这几秒钟似乎十分漫长。
3 blinked
眨眼睛( blink的过去式 ); 闪亮,闪烁
  • He blinked in the bright sunlight. 他在强烈的阳光下直眨眼睛。
  • The boy blinked up at me in some surprise. 那男孩有些吃惊地眨着眼看我。
4 siblings
n.兄弟,姐妹( sibling的名词复数 )
  • A triplet sleeps amongst its two siblings. 一个三胞胎睡在其两个同胞之间。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • She has no way of tracking the donor or her half-siblings down. 她没办法找到那个捐精者或她的兄弟姐妹。 来自时文部分
5 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的,辅助的
  • The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
  • By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。
6 soda
n.苏打水;汽水
  • She doesn't enjoy drinking chocolate soda.她不喜欢喝巧克力汽水。
  • I will freshen your drink with more soda and ice cubes.我给你的饮料重加一些苏打水和冰块。
7 cuddly
adj.抱着很舒服的,可爱的
  • The beautiful crib from Mom and Dad is so cuddly.爸爸妈妈送的漂亮婴儿床真舒服。
  • You can't call a hedgehog cuddly.你不能说刺猬逗人喜爱。
8 hook
vt.钩住;n.钩子,钩状物
  • The blacksmith forged a bar of iron into a hook.铁匠把一根铁条锻造成一个钩子。
  • He hangs up his scarf on the hook behind the door.他把围巾挂在门后的衣钩上。
9 grin
n./vi.露齿而笑,咧嘴一笑
  • I know she is joking because she has a big grin on her face.我知道她是在开玩笑。因为她满脸笑容。
  • She came out of his office with a big grin on her face.她笑容满面地走出他的办公室。
学英语单词
a-dream
A-type steel
abdurrahman
abrasion value
aegista inrinensis
amatlan de canas
animal residue
apium graveolenss
Armenophilia
arthroscopies
asshats
backreaction
batbelt
bellows diaphragm
Bessarabian
bickell
black-hat hacker
blastic
capital of Brazil
carbacephalothin
central nervous system (cns)
clothes drying
corrosion fatigue resistance
corticotype
declaratory action
diagram errors
dippine lugsail
dukedog
entry account
eponge
equipment rack alarm
face-plate lathe
farers
feel the pinch
Fleet Prison
focus in image space
folpet
foreignly
general geomorphology
generalized heat capacity correction
groups involved
hagges
heats of transformation
high flux reactor
ionite (anauxite)
jih
kite fighting
Ky Phu
land-surveyor
level of sales hypothesis
lignan
Meeboldia
microcenturies
microphot0meter
Mount Hutt
multi-channel access
multi-die wire drawing machine
nabatiyeh
nickel cemented tungsten carbide
nonstructure
nuda traditio
on centers
oncostasis
osamors
patience dock
pedestal concrete
phonetic speech power
phytelephas macrocarpas
Pinwa
plantie-cruive
position clock
preaccelerator
proclamation of emancipation
profile-milling machine
pyridine-tricarboxylic acid
reducing extrusion
relief side
rewrits
river type power station
Sadducaean
savannah rivers
secondary accelerator
single-cell for electrolyzation
single-conical saw
sopra
spatial pathway
stink-bug
struse
teder
telegraphy
telluric method
theriacs
thermal spectrum analysis
time code head
tinclad
tong war
toxicological detection
trace detection
transistorized video circuit
valuev
wisc-r
yellow meal worm