鏂拌閲庡ぇ瀛﹁嫳璇涓夊唽璇炬枃缈昏瘧
Unit1 A
My
brother,
Jimmy,
did
not
get
enough oxygen
during
a difficult
delivery,
leaving
him
with
brain
damage,
and
two
years
later
I
was
born.
Since
then,
my
life
revolved
around
my brother
鈥?/p>
s. Accompanying my growing up was always
鈥?/p>
go out and play and take your
brother with you
鈥?/p>
. I couldn
鈥?/p>
t go anywhere without him, so I urged the neighborhood
kids to come to my house for some out-of-control kid-centered fun
鎴戝摜鍝ュ悏绫冲嚭鐢熸椂閬囦笂闅句骇锛屽洜涓虹己姘у鑷村ぇ鑴戝彈鎹熴�備袱骞村悗锛屾垜鍑虹敓浜?/p>
.
浠庢浠ュ悗锛屾垜鐨勭敓娲?/p>
渚垮洿缁曟垜鍝ュ摜杞�備即闅忔垜鎴愰暱鐨勶紝鏄�滃埌澶栭潰鍘荤帺锛屾妸浣犲摜鍝ヤ篃甯︿笂銆傗�濅笉甯︿笂浠栵紝鎴戞槸鍝噷
涔熷幓涓嶄簡鐨勩�傚洜姝わ紝鎴戞�傛伩閭诲眳鐨勫瀛愬埌鎴戝鏉ワ紝灏芥儏鍦扮帺瀛╁瓙浠帺鐨勬父鎴忋�?/p>
My mother taught Jimmy practical things like how to brush his teeth or put on belt.
My
father,
a
saint,
simply
held
the
house
together
with
his
patience
and
understanding.
I was in charge outside where I administered justice by tracking down the parents of
the kids who picked on my brother, and telling on them.
鎴戞瘝浜叉暀鍚夌背瀛︿範鏃ュ父鑷悊锛?/p>
姣斿鍒风墮鎴栫郴鐨甫浠�涔堢殑
.
鎴戠埗浜插畢蹇冧粊鍘氾紝
浠栫殑鑰愬績鍜岀悊瑙ｄ娇涓�
瀹朵汉蹇冭创鐫�蹇冦�傛垜鍒欒礋璐ｅ闈㈢殑浜嬶紝鎵惧埌閭ｄ簺娆鸿礋鎴戝摜鍝ョ殑瀛╁瓙浠殑鐖舵瘝锛屽憡浠栦滑鐨勭姸锛屼负鎴?/p>
鍝ュ摜璁ㄥ洖鍏亾銆?/p>
My father and Jimmy were inseparable. They ate breakfast together and on weekdays
drove off to the navy shipping center every morning where they both worked-Jimmy
unloaded
color-coded
boxes.
At
night
after
dinner,
they
would
talk
and
play
games
late
into the evening. They even whistled the same tunes.
鐖朵翰鍜屽悏绫冲舰褰变笉绂汇�備粬浠竴閬撳悆鏃╅キ锛屽钩鏃舵瘡澶╂棭涓婁竴閬撳紑杞﹀幓娴峰啗鑸繍涓績锛屼粬浠兘鍦ㄩ偅
閲屽伐浣滐紝鍚夌背鍦ㄩ偅鎼嵏鏍囨湁褰╄壊浠ｅ彿鐨勭瀛愩�傛櫄楗悗锛屼粬浠竴閬撲氦璋堬紝鐜╂父鎴忥紝鐩村埌娣卞銆備粬
浠敋鑷崇敤鍙ｅ摠鍚圭浉鍚岀殑鏇茶皟銆?/p>
So
when
my
father
died
of
a
heart
attack
in
1991,
Jimmy
was
a
wreck,
beneath
his
careful
disguise. He was simply in disbelief. Usually very agreeable, he now quit speaking
altogether and no amount of words could penetrate the vacant expression he wore on
his face. I hired someone to live with him and drive him to work, but no matter how
much I tried to make things stay the same, even Jimmy grasped that the world he
鈥?/p>
d
known was gone. One day I asked,
鈥?/p>
You miss Dad, don
鈥?/p>
t you?
鈥?/p>
His lips quivered and
then
he
asked,
鈥?/p>
What
do
you
think,
Margaret?
He
was
my
best
friend.
鈥?/p>
Our
tears
began
flow.
鎵�浠ワ紝鐖朵翰
1991
骞村洜蹇冭剰鐥呭幓涓栨椂锛屽悏绫冲嚑涔庡穿婧冧簡锛屽敖绠′粬灏介噺涓嶈〃鐜板嚭鏉ャ�備粬灏辨槸涓嶈兘鐩?/p>
淇＄埗浜插幓涓栬繖涓�浜嬪疄銆傞�氬父锛屼粬鏄竴涓护浜烘剦蹇殑浜猴紝鐜板湪鍗翠竴瑷�涓嶅彂锛屾棤璁鸿澶氬皯璇濋兘涓嶈兘
閫忚繃浠栨湪鐒剁殑鑴搁儴琛ㄦ儏浜嗚В浠栫殑蹇冧簨銆傛垜闆囦簡涓�涓汉鍜屼粬浣忓湪涓�璧凤紝寮�杞﹂�佷粬鍘讳笂鐝�傜劧鑰岋紝
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鏄笉鏄兂蹇电埜鐖革紵鈥濅粬鐨勫槾鍞囬ⅳ鎶栦簡鍑犱笅锛岀劧鍚庨棶鎴戯細鈥滀綘鎬庝箞鐪嬶紝鐜涙牸涓界壒锛熶粬鏄垜鏈�濂界殑
鏈嬪弸銆傗�濇帴鐫�锛屾垜淇╅兘娴佷笅浜嗙溂娉�?/p>
My
mother
died
of
lung
cancer
six
months
later
and
I
alone
was
left
to
look
after
Jimmy.
鍏釜鏈堝悗锛屾瘝浜插洜鑲虹檶鍘讳笘锛屽墿涓嬫垜涓�浜烘潵鐓ч【鍚夌背銆?/p>
He didn
鈥?/p>
t adjust to going to work without my father right away, so he came and lived
with me in New York City for a while. He went wherever I went and seemed to adjust
pretty well. Still, Jimmy longed to live in my parent
s鈥?/p>
house and work at his old