时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读II


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[00:00.53]4.Dance with Me


[00:04.67]When we’re young and we dream of love and fulfillment, 


[00:08.92]we think perhaps of moon-drenched Parisian nights or walks along the beach at sunset. 


[00:15.56]No one tells us that the greatest moments of a lifetime are fleeting 1, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.


[00:24.71]Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her focused gaze. 


[00:33.63]She was starring at me with a faraway, trancelike expression.


[00:39.73]Apparently, completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as important as we first thought.


[00:47.47]I asked what she was thinking about.


[00:50.84]“Mommy,” she whispered, “I just can’t stop looking at your pretty face.”


[00:58.46]I almost dissolved on the spot.


[01:02.71]Little did she know how many trying moments the glow of her sincerely loving statement would carry me through over the following years.


[01:13.49]Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant department store, 


[01:19.04]where the melodic 2 notes of a classic love song drew us toward a tuxedoed 3 musician playing a grand piano. 


[01:26.45]Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, and he seemed as transfixed by the lilting theme as I was.


[01:34.40]I didn’t realize that Sam had stood up next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, 


[01:42.02]“Dance with me.”


[01:44.31]If only those women strolling under the Paris moon knew the joy of such an invitation made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth. 


[01:54.38]Although shoppers openly chuckled 4, grinned and pointed 5 at us as we glided 6 and whirled around the open atrium, 


[02:02.91]I would not have traded a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I’d been offered the universe.




1 fleeting
adj.短暂的,飞逝的
  • The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
  • Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝,于是让自已尽情地享受。
2 melodic
adj.有旋律的,调子美妙的
  • His voice had a rich melodic quality.他的音色浑厚而优美。
  • He spoke with a soft husky voice in a melodic accent.他微微沙哑的声音带着一种悠扬的口音。
3 tuxedoed
adj.穿无尾礼服的,穿(夜)小礼服的
4 chuckled
轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )
  • She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
  • She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情,她就轻轻地暗自发笑。
5 pointed
adj.尖的,直截了当的
  • He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
  • She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。
6 glided
v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 );掠过;(鸟或飞机 ) 滑翔
  • The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
  • They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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