英語(yǔ)小達(dá)人每天10分鐘 403 A Letter

[00:00.01]A Letter 一封信 [00:00.11]Dear Mother and Dad, 親愛的爸爸媽媽： [00:02.42]Since I left for college I have been remise in writing 從我上大學(xué)以后就疏于寫信， [00:17.36]and I am sorry for my thoughtlessness in not having written before. 我為自己的粗心大意感到抱歉。 [00:22.57]I will bring you up to date now, but before you read on, please sit down. 我現(xiàn)在就會(huì)把一直到最近為止的情況都告訴你們，只是在讀信前，我請(qǐng)你們一定先坐下。 [00:29.02]You are not to read any further unless you are sitting down, okay? 你們要是不坐下就讀不下去了，好嗎？ [00:32.54]Well, then, I am getting along pretty well now. 現(xiàn)在，哎，我現(xiàn)在一切都好。 [00:38.14]The skull fracture and the concussion I got when I jumped out the window of my dormitory when it caught on fire shortly after my arrival here is pretty well healed now. 當(dāng)時(shí)我一到學(xué)校，我的宿舍就著火了，我從窗戶跳了出去。這一跳導(dǎo)致我頭骨骨裂還有腦震蕩，現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)基本上好了。 [00:50.02]I only spent two weeks in the hospital and now I can see almost normally 我只在醫(yī)院里待了兩個(gè)星期，現(xiàn)在我看東西已經(jīng)基本上恢復(fù)正常了， [00:55.17]and only get those sick headaches once a day. 而且討厭的頭痛一天也只會(huì)煩我一次了。 [00:59.27]Fortunately, the fire in the dormitory, and my jump, was witnessed by an attendant at the gas station near the dorm, 幸運(yùn)的是，我的宿舍著火和我從窗戶跳下這些事情都被一個(gè)附近加油站的工作人員看見了， [01:07.43]and he was the one who called the Fire Department and the ambulance. 是他報(bào)了火警，還叫了救護(hù)車。 [01:11.38]He also visited me in the hospital 后來他還到醫(yī)院看我， [01:15.35]and since I had nowhere to live because of the burnout dormitory, 而且因?yàn)槲业乃奚釤龤Я耍? [01:19.33]he was kind enough to invite me to share his apartment with him. 他還好心地邀請(qǐng)我搬進(jìn)他的公寓。 [01:24.52]It's really a basement room, but it's kind of cute. 那實(shí)際上只是一間地下室，不過還算精巧。 [01:28.23]He is a very fine boy and we have fallen deeply in love and are planning to get married. 他是個(gè)不錯(cuò)的男孩子，我們深深地相愛了，而且我們正準(zhǔn)備結(jié)婚。 [01:36.42]We haven't got the exact date yet, 我們還沒有定好具體的日子， [01:39.52]but it will be before my pregnancy begins to show. 不過一定是在我的肚子大起來之前。 [01:43.29]Yes, Mother and Dad, I am pregnant. 媽媽爸爸，是的，我懷孕了。 [01:47.30]I know how much you are looking forward to being grandparents and I know you will welcome the baby 我知道你們有多想要個(gè)孫子，我也知道你們一定會(huì)歡迎這個(gè)小寶寶， [01:55.58]and give it the same love and devotion and tender care you gave me when I was a child. 并且全心地愛他、照顧他，就向我小時(shí)候?qū)ξ夷菢印? [02:03.10]The reason for the delay in our marriage is that my boyfriend has a minor infection 我們推遲結(jié)婚日期的原因是我的男朋友得了傳染病， [02:10.03]which prevents us from passing our premarital blood tests 因此我們沒通過婚前的血液檢查， [02:14.32]and I carelessly caught it from him. 而我也不小心被他傳染了。 [02:18.08]I know that you will welcome him into our family with open arms. 我知道你們一定會(huì)張開雙臂熱誠(chéng)地歡迎他成為我們家庭的一員。 [02:23.23]He is kind and, although not well educated, he is ambitious. 雖然他沒受過良好的教育，不過他人很好，而且很有志氣。 [02:28.37]Although he is a different race and religion than ours, 他是有色人種而且信仰不同的宗教， [02:34.03]I know your often express tolerance will not permit you to be bothered by that. 不過你們經(jīng)常說要包容、要寬容，我相信你們一定會(huì)寬容地接納他的。 [02:39.56]Dear Mother and Dad, now that I have brought you up to date, 現(xiàn)在，親愛的爸爸媽媽，我來告訴你們我的近況。 [02:45.37]I want to tell you that there was no dormitory fire, 我要說的是我的宿舍沒著火， [02:49.17]I did not have a concussion or skull fracture, 我沒有頭骨骨裂或是腦震蕩， [02:52.47]I was not in the hospital, I am not pregnant, I am not engaged, 我沒住院，我沒懷孕，我沒訂婚， [02:58.03]I am not infected, and there is no boyfriend. 我沒被傳染，我甚至還沒有男朋友。 [03:01.50]However, I am getting a "D" in American History, and an "F" in Chemistry 只是我的美國(guó)史考了將將及格，化學(xué)不及格， [03:09.43]and I wanted you to see those marks in their proper perspective. 我想讓你們正確地看待我的這些分?jǐn)?shù)。 [03:15.08]Your loving daughter, 愛你們的女兒 [??:??.??]Sharon 莎倫

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