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1、精品资料A-Good-Heart-to-Lean-on-善心可依........................................精品资料AGoodHearttoLeanon善心可依英汉对照WhenIwasgrowingup,Iwasembarrassedtobeseenwithmyfather.Hewasseverelycrippledandveryshort,andwhenwewouldwalktogether,hishandonmyarmforbalance,peoplewouldstare
2、.Iwouldinwardlysquirmattheunwantedattention.Ifheevernoticedorwasbothered,heneverleton.Itwasdifficulttocoordinateoursteps--hishalting,mineimpatient--andbecauseofthat,wedidn'tsaymuchaswewentalong.Butaswestartedout,healwayssaid,"Yousetthepace.Iwilltrytoadjustto
3、you."Ourusualwalkwastoorfromthesubway,whichwashowhegottowork.Hewenttoworksick,anddespitenastyweather.Healmostnevermissedaday,andwouldmakeittotheofficeevenifotherscouldnot.Amatterofpride.Whensnoworicewasontheground,itwasimpossibleforhimtowalk,evenwithhelp.At.
4、.......................................精品资料suchtimesmysistersorIwouldpullhimthroughthestreetsofBrooklyn,NY,onachild'ssleightothesubwayentrance.Oncethere,hewouldclingtothehandrailuntilhereachedthelowerstepsthatthewarmertunnelairkeptice-free.InManhattanthesubw
5、aystationwasthebasementofhisofficebuilding,andhewouldnothavetogooutsideagainuntilwemethiminBrooklyn'onhiswayhome.WhenIthinkofitnow,Imarvelathowmuchcourageitmusthavetakenforagrownmantosubjecthimselftosuchindignityandstress.Andathowhedidit--withoutbitternessor
6、complaint.Henevertalkedabouthimselfasanobjectofpity,nordidheshowanyenvyofthemorefortunateorable.Whathelookedforinotherswasa"goodheart",andifhefoundone,theownerwasgoodenoughforhim.NowthatIamolder,Ibelievethatisaproperstandardbywhichtojudgepeople,even.........
7、...............................精品资料thoughIstilldon'tknowpreciselywhata"goodheart"is.ButIknowthetimesIdon'thaveonemyself.Unabletoengageinmanyactivities,myfatherstilltriedtoparticipateinsomeway.Whenalocalsandlotbaseballteamfounditself
8、withoutamanager,hekeptitg
9、oing.HewasaknowledgeablebaseballfanandoftentookmetoEbbetsFieldtoseetheBrooklynDodgersplay.Helikedtogotodancesandparties,wherehecouldhaveagoodtimejustsittingandwatching.Ononememorableoccasionafig