unit 1 never say goodbye 課文翻譯 綜合教程一

1、Unit 1 Never Say GoodbyeWhen I was ten I was suddenly confronted with the anguish of moving from the only home I had ever known. My whole life, brief as it was, had been spent in that big old house, gracefully touched wi

2、th the laughter and tears of four generations.When the final day came, I ran to the haven of the small back porch and sat alone, shuddering, as tears welled up from my heart. Suddenly I felt a hand rest on my shoulder. I

3、 looked up to see my grandfather. “It isn't easy, is it, Billy?“ he said softly, sitting down on the steps beside me.“Grandpa,“ I replied through my tears, “how can I ever say goodbye to you and all my friends?“For a

4、 moment he just stared off into the apple trees. “Goodbye is such a sad word,“ he said. “It seems too final, too cold, for friends to use. We seem to have so many ways of saying goodbye and they all have one thing in com

5、mon: sadness“.I continued to look into his face. He gently took my hand in his. “Come with me, my friend,“ he whispered.We walked, hand in hand, to his favorite place in the front yard, where a huge red rosebush sat cons

6、picuously alone.“What do you see here, Billy?“ He asked.I looked at the flower, not knowing what to say, and then answered, “I see something soft and beautiful, Grandpa.“Kneeling, he pulled me close. “It isn't just t

7、he roses that are beautiful, Billy. It's that special place in your heart that makes them so.“His eyes met mine again. “Billy, I planted these roses a long, long time ago—before your mother was even a dream. I put th

8、em into the soil the day my first son was born. It was my way of saying thank-you to God. That boy's name was Billy, just like yours. I used to watch him pick roses for his mother.“I saw my grandfather's tears. I

9、 had never seen him cry before. His voice became hoarse.“One day a terrible war came, and my son, like so many sons, went away to fight a great evil. He and I walked to the train station together ... Three months later a

10、 telegram came. My son had died in some tiny village in Italy. All I could think of was that the last thing I said to him in this life was goodbye.“Grandpa slowly stood up. “Don't ever say goodbye, Billy. Don't e

11、ver give in to the sadness and the loneliness of that word. I want you to remember instead the joy and the happiness of those times when you first said hello to a friend. Take that special hello and lock it away within y

12、ou—in that place in your heart where summer is an always time. When you and your friends must part, I want you to reach deep within you and bring back that first hello.“內(nèi)心的某個特別的地方，使得他們?nèi)绱嗣利悺?”他的目光再次接觸到我的。 “比利，我很久很久以前就種下了這

13、些玫瑰——那個時候甚至還沒有你媽媽呢。在我的第一個兒子出生的那天，我把它們種到了土里。這是我在用自己的方式對上帝表達我的感激。那個男孩的名字叫做比利，和你一樣。過去我常?？粗o他媽媽摘玫瑰花。 ”我看見了祖父的眼淚。以前我從未見過他流淚。他的聲音開始變得有些沙啞。“有一天，可怕的戰(zhàn)爭爆發(fā)了。我的兒子，象許多其他人的兒子們一樣，去與邪惡作戰(zhàn)。他和我一起走到火車站。 。 。 。 。 。三個月后，來了一封電報說，我的兒子戰(zhàn)死在意大利的一個小

14、村莊里。我所能想起的只有在他的生命中我跟他講的最后一句話——再見。 ”祖父緩緩的站起來說， “永遠不要說再見，比利。永遠不要屈服于那個詞所帶來的悲傷和孤獨。相反，我要你記住那些你第一次跟朋友們說“你好”的時侯心里的那種歡樂。記住那個特別的問候，把他們保存在心里，這樣你的內(nèi)心就會永遠充滿夏天般的快樂和幸福。當你不得不和朋友們分離時，我想讓你在內(nèi)心深處重新找回第一次的問候。 ”一年半以后，祖父病得很嚴重。幾個星期以后，他從醫(yī)院回來，想把床挪

15、到窗邊，因為在那兒他可以看見他心愛的玫瑰叢。然后，整個家族被召集到一起，我回到了那個老房子。大人們決定，年紀大一些的孫子們可以向他道別。輪到我時，我發(fā)現(xiàn)他看起來相當疲倦。他的眼睛閉著，呼吸緩慢而艱難。我輕輕的拿起他的手，就像以前他牽著我的手一樣?！澳?，爺爺， ”我輕輕的說。他的眼睛緩慢的睜開了。“你好，我的朋友。 ”他說道，帶著短暫的微笑。他的眼睛再一次閉上，我離開了房間。那時我正站在祖父的玫瑰叢邊，叔叔過來告訴我說，祖父已經(jīng)去世了。