Unit-1-Never-Say-Goodbye-課文翻譯-綜合教程一精品名師資料

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 with the laughter and tears of four generations.when the final day came, i ran to

2、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 looked up to see my grandfather. it isnt easy, is it, billy? he said softly, sitting down on the steps beside me.grandpa, i replied through my tears, how can i

3、 ever say goodbye to you and all my friends?for a 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 common: sadness.i continued to look i

4、nto 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 conspicuously alone.what do you see here, billy? he asked.i looked at the flower, not knowing what to say, and then answe

5、red, i see something soft and beautiful, grandpa.kneeling, he pulled me close. it isnt just the roses that are beautiful, billy. its that special place in your heart that makes them so.h is eyes met mine again. billy, i planted these roses a long, long time agobefore your mother was even a dream. i

6、put them into the soil the day my first son was born. it was my way of saying thank-you to god. that boys name was billy, just like yours. i used to watch him pick roses for his mother.h saw my grandfathers tears. i had never seen him cry before. his voice became hoarse.one day a terrible war came,

7、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 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

8、up. dont ever say goodbye, billy. dont ever 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 youin that place in your heart where summ

9、er 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.a year and half later, my grandfather became gravely ill. when he returned from several weeks in the hospital, he wanted his bed next to the window, where he could see his b

10、eloved rosebush.then the family was summoned and i returned to the old house. it was decided that the oldest grandchildren would be allowed to say their goodbyes.when it came to my turn, i noted how tired he looked. his eyes were closed and his breathing was slow and hard.i took his hand as gently a

11、s he had once taken mine.hello, grandpa, i whispered. his eyes slowly opened,hello, my friend, he said, with a brief smile. his eyes closed again and i moved on.i was standing by his rosebush when an uncle came to tell me that my grandfather had died. remembering grandpas words, i reached deep withi

12、n me for those special feelings that had made up our friendship. suddenly, and truly, i knew what he had meant about never saying goodbyeabout refusing to give in to the sadness.永遠(yuǎn)不要說(shuō)“再見(jiàn)”十歲時(shí)，我突然面臨著搬家的痛苦，要搬離我自小認(rèn)識(shí)的、唯一的家。到那個(gè)時(shí)候?yàn)橹梗?我簡(jiǎn)短的人生都是在那個(gè)古老的大房子里度過(guò)的。在那里，我們四世同堂，有過(guò)歡聲笑語(yǔ)， 也有過(guò)悲傷的印記。那天終于到來(lái)的時(shí)侯，我跑到屋子后面的小門廊下這

13、里是我的避難所獨(dú)自一人 坐在那里顫抖著，淚水從內(nèi)心深處涌出。突然間，我感到有一只手放到我的肩上。我抬起頭， 看見(jiàn)了祖父?！安皇悄敲慈菀装。遣皇?，比利？”他柔聲說(shuō)道，坐在了我旁邊的臺(tái)階上?！盃敔敚蔽伊髦鴾I答道，“可是，我怎么能夠跟你，還有我所有的朋友說(shuō)再見(jiàn)啊？” 他一直注視著遠(yuǎn)處的蘋果樹(shù)，“再見(jiàn)是多么令人悲傷的字眼，”他說(shuō)，“對(duì)朋友們用這個(gè)詞似乎太絕對(duì)、太冰冷了。好像我們有很多不同的道別方式，但他們有一個(gè)共同點(diǎn)，那就是 悲傷?！蔽依^續(xù)看著他的臉，似乎想要從他的臉上讀出些什么。他輕輕地把我的手放到他的手心 里?！拔业呐笥?，跟我來(lái)?！彼p聲說(shuō)。我們手牽手走進(jìn)前院里他最喜歡的地方，在那兒獨(dú)自種著的

14、一大叢紅色的玫瑰十分顯 眼?！霸谶@兒你看到了什么，比利？”他問(wèn)道。我看著那些花兒，不知道該說(shuō)些什么。然后答道，“我看見(jiàn)了柔和美麗的東西，爺爺?！?他跪了下來(lái)，把我拉得更近，說(shuō)道，“不僅僅是因?yàn)檫@些玫瑰本身的美麗，比利，是你內(nèi)心的某個(gè)特別的地方，使得他們?nèi)绱嗣利??！彼哪抗庠俅谓佑|到我的?！氨壤液芫煤芫靡郧熬头N下了這些玫瑰那個(gè)時(shí)候甚至還沒(méi)有你媽媽呢。在我的第一個(gè)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(duì)上帝表達(dá)我的感激。那個(gè)男孩的名字叫做比利，和你一樣。過(guò)去我常常看著他給他 媽媽摘玫瑰花?！蔽铱匆?jiàn)了祖父的眼淚。以前我從未見(jiàn)過(guò)他流淚。他的聲音開(kāi)始變得有些沙啞?！坝幸惶?，可怕的

15、戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)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(gè)月后，來(lái)了一封電報(bào)說(shuō)，我的兒子戰(zhàn)死在意大利的一個(gè) 小村莊里。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(jiàn)?！弊娓妇従彽恼酒饋?lái)說(shuō)，“永遠(yuǎn)不要說(shuō)再見(jiàn)，比利。永遠(yuǎn)不要屈服于那個(gè)詞所帶來(lái)的悲傷 和孤獨(dú)。相反，我要你記住那些你第一次跟朋友們說(shuō)“你好”的時(shí)侯心里的那種歡樂(lè)。記住 那個(gè)特別的問(wèn)候，把他們保存在心里，這樣你的內(nèi)心就會(huì)永遠(yuǎn)充滿夏天般的快樂(lè)和幸福。當(dāng) 你不得不和朋友們分離時(shí)，我想讓你在內(nèi)心深處重新找回第一次的問(wèn)候?！币荒臧胍院?，祖父病得很嚴(yán)重。幾個(gè)星期以后，他從醫(yī)院回來(lái)，想把床挪到窗邊，因?yàn)?在那兒他可以看見(jiàn)他心愛(ài)的玫瑰叢。然后，整個(gè)家族被召集到一起，我回到了那個(gè)老房子。大