大學(xué)英語四級閱讀選讀：送給羅絲的玫瑰

大學(xué)英語四級閱讀選讀：送給羅絲的玫瑰Redroseswereherfavorites,hernamewasalsoRose.Andeveryyearherhusbandsentthem,tiedwithprettybows.Theyearhedied,therosesweredeliveredtoherdoor.Thecardsaid,"BemyValentine,"likealltheyearsbefore.紅玫瑰花是她的最愛，她的名字也叫Rose。每年她的丈夫都要送她打了可愛蝴蝶結(jié)的紅玫瑰。他去世的那年，玫瑰花送到了她的門口，卡片上寫著："我的情人節(jié)禮物"，跟往年一樣。Eachyearhesentherroses,andthenotewouldalwayssay,"Iloveyouevenmorethisyear,thanlastyearonthisday.""Myloveforyouwillalwaysgrow,witheverypassingyear."Sheknewthiswasthelasttimethattheroseswouldappear.Shethought,heorderedrosesinadvancebeforethisday.Herlovinghusbanddidnotknow,thathewouldpassaway.Healwayslikedtodothingsearly.Then,ifhegottoobusy,everythingwouldworkoutfine.Shetrimmedthestems,andplacedtheminaveryspecialvase.Then,satthevasebesidetheportraitofhissmilingface.Shewouldsitforhours,inherhusband’sfavoritechair.Whilestaringathispicture,andtherosessittingthere.每年他為她送紅玫瑰，卡片上總這樣說："我今年更愛你，比去年的今天更愛。""隨著逝去的歲月，我對你的愛一直在增長。"她知道這將是最后一次收到玫瑰花。她想，他是提前訂了玫瑰花。她親愛的丈夫不知道，他將走了。他總喜歡把事情做在前頭，這樣，如果他很忙的話，每件事都照樣做得妥妥當(dāng)當(dāng)。她整理好花莖，把它們插進一個特別的花瓶，然后，將花瓶放在他滿臉笑容的像片旁，她會在她丈夫喜歡的椅子上坐上好幾個小時，看著他的相片，玫瑰花放在那兒。中華考試網(wǎng)Ayearwentby,anditwashardtolivewithouthermate.Withlonelinessandsolitude,thathadbecomeherfate.Then,theveryhour,asonValentinesbefore,thedoor－bellrang,andtherewereroses,sittingbyherdoor.Shebroughttherosesin,andthenjustlookedattheminshock.Then,wenttogetthetelephone,tocallthefloristshop.Theowneranswered,andsheaskedhim,ifhewouldexplain,whywouldsomeonedothistoher,causinghersuchpain？一年過去了，沒有他的日子很難過。孤獨和寂寞，成了她的命運。然而，在情人節(jié)這天，跟以往送花的時間相同，門鈴響了，在她的門口放著玫瑰花。她將玫瑰拿進屋，吃驚地看著它們。然后，撥通了花店的電話。她問店主能否向她解釋一下，為什么有人要這么做，引起她的痛苦？"Iknowyourhusbandpassedaway,morethanayearago,"Theownersaid,"Iknewyou’dcall,andyouwouldwanttoknow.""Theflowersyoureceivedtoday,werepaidforinadvance.""Yourhusbandalwaysplannedahead,heleftnothingtochance.""我知道你的丈夫一年多前去世了，"店主說："我知道你會打電話來，你想知道是怎么回事。""今天你收到的花，已經(jīng)提前付了錢。""你的丈夫總是提前計劃，他做事從來不碰運氣。""Thereisastandingorder,thatIhaveonfiledownhere.Andhehaspaid,wellinadvance,you’llgetthemeveryyear.Therealsoisanotherthing,thatIthinkyoushouldknow.Hewroteaspeciallittlecard...hedidthisyearsago.""我的存檔里有一個固定的訂單，他已經(jīng)提前付了錢，你每年都會收到玫瑰花。還有另外一件事，我想你應(yīng)該知道，他寫了一張?zhí)貏e的小卡片……他幾年前就寫好了的。""Then,shouldever,Ifindoutthathe’snolongerhere.That’sthecard...thatshouldbesent,toyouthefollowingyear.""這樣，如果我發(fā)現(xiàn)他已不在人世的話，這張卡片……這張卡片將在下一年送給你。"Shethankedhimandhungupthephone,hertearsnowflowinghard.Herfingersshaking,assheslowlyreachedtogetthecard.Insidethecard,shesawthathehadwrittenheranote.Then,asshestaredintotalsilence,thisiswhathewrote："Hellomylove,Iknowit’sbeenayearsinceI’vebeengone,Ihopeithasn’tbeentoohardforyoutoovercome.""Iknowitmustbelonely,andthepainisveryreal.Forifitwastheotherway,IknowhowIwouldfeel.Thelovewesharedmadeeverythingsobeautifulinlife.Ilovedyoumorethanwordscansay,youweretheperfectwife."她謝了他，掛了電話，眼淚奪眶而出，當(dāng)她慢慢地伸手去拿卡片時，她的手指在顫抖。在卡片里，他看到了他寫給她的短信。她默默地看著，他是這樣寫的："親愛的，我知道我離開你已經(jīng)一年了，我希望你所度過的這段日子不是太難。""我知道你肯定很孤獨，而且這種痛苦是如此的真切。因為如果這樣的事發(fā)生在我身上，我知道我會有怎樣的感受。我們分享的愛讓生命中的每件事都是那么的美好，我對你的愛無法用言語表達，你是最完美的妻子。""Youweremyfriendandlover,youfulfilledmyeveryneed.Iknowit’sonlybeenayear,butpleasetrynottogrieve.Iwantyoutobehappy,evenwhenyoushedyourtears.Thatiswhytheroseswillbesenttoyouforyears.""你是我的朋友和愛人，你總能滿足我的每一個需求。我知道才過了一年，但是請你盡可能不要悲傷。我希望你快樂，即使流著淚。這就是為什么在今后的歲月里每年都會送玫瑰給你?""Whenyougettheseroses,thinkofallthehappinessthatwehadtogether,andhowbothofuswereblessed.IhavealwayslovedyouandIknowIalwayswill.But,mylove,youmustgoon,youhavesomelivingstill.""當(dāng)你收到這些花時，請想想我們一起度過的所有的幸福時光，我們是怎樣受到祝福的。我一直愛著你，我知道我將永遠愛著。但是，親愛的，你必須繼續(xù)生活下去，你還有好多日子要過。"Please...trytofindhappiness,whilelivingoutyourdays.Iknowitisnoteasy,butIhopeyoufindsomeways.Theroseswillcomeeveryyear,andtheywillonlystopwhenyourdoor’snotanswered,whenthefloriststopstoknock.""請你……在你的生活中努力去尋找歡樂，我知道并不容易，但我希望你能找到一些方式。玫瑰每年都會送來，而且，只有當(dāng)你不再應(yīng)門時，只有當(dāng)花店店主停止敲門時，它們才不會再來。""Hewillcomefivetimesthatday,incaseyouhavegoneout.But