09 難忘的一天
I will always remember New Year's Day in 2001.
我將永遠記得2001年的元旦。
Early that morning my sister and I received a phone call.
那天一大清早，我姐姐和我接到一個電話。
We were told Grandma had fainted and was being taken to a hospital in Taichung.
電話中我們得知祖母昏倒后正被送到臺中一家醫(yī)院。
The moment we received the message, my uncle drove us to the hospital as fast as he could.
一接到這個消息，叔叔便盡快地載我們到醫(yī)院去。
It was a long iournev from Taipei.
從臺北到臺中路很長。
While we were on the road, holiday bumper-to-bumper traffic slowed us down to a snail's pace and a car accident the previous day made the congestion worse.
一路上，假日大排長龍的車流使我們慢得如蝸牛一般，而前一天的一場車禍使塞車更為嚴重。
Consequently, we got stuck for more than six hours on the highway.
因此，我們在高速公路上被困了六個多小時。
We were worried about Grandma the whole time.
我們一直擔心祖母。
As soon as we arrived at the Taian Rest Area, we anxiously phoned home.
一到泰安休息區(qū)，我們滿懷焦慮地打電話回家。
However, Grandma had died of heart failure just half an hour before we called.
然而，在我們打電話前半小時，祖母已因心臟衰竭而去世。
短語解析:
1.get stuck陷于;受困
例:Mr. Wang got stuck in a traffic jam and missed his flight.
上周日王先生被困在車陣中而錯過了班機。
2.be worried about...擔憂……
例:Christina is worried about her son in France.
克里斯蒂娜擔心她在法國的兒子.
3. die of…死于...因...(疾病)而死
例:Wendy's father died of cancer two years ago.
溫迪的父親兩年前死于癌癥.
