2013高中英语阅读素材：The greatest of these 最伟大的是真爱.docVIP

The greatest of these 最伟大的是真爱 “昨天，这个女孩已是歇斯底里。她的父母正在打离婚战。她对我说她不想活了，然后双手紧捂着脸大声地喊‘没有人是爱我的。”“我还以为你是想跟我谈乔纳森的事呢，”我说道。“是啊，请听下去。”她拂了下我的袖子接着说，“今天乔纳森径直走向了那女孩儿，递给了她一束粉嫩可爱的花并轻声耳语道‘我爱你’。”My day began on a decidedly sour note when I saw my six-year-old wrestling with a limb of my azalea bush. By the time I got outside, hed broken it. Can I take this to school today? he asked. With a wave of my hand, I sent him off. I turned my back so he wouldnt see the tears gathering in my eyes. I loved that azalea bush. I touched the broken limb as if to say silently, Im sorry.I wished I could have said that to my husband earlier, but Id been angry. The washing machine had leaked on my brand-new linoleum. If hed just taken the time to fix it the night before when I asked him instead of playing checkers with Jonathan. What are his priorities anyway? I wondered. I was still mopping up the mess when Jonathan walked into the kitchen. Whats for breakfast, Mom? I opened the empty refrigerator. Not cereal, I said, watching the sides of his mouth drop. How about toast and jelly? I smeared the toast with jelly and set it in front of him. Why was I so angry? I tossed my husbands dishes into the sudsy water.It was days like this that made me want to quit. I just wanted to drive up to the mountains, hide in a cave, and never come out.Somehow I managed to lug the wet clothes to the laundromat. I spent most of the day washing and drying clothes and thinking how love had disappeared from my life. Staring at the graffiti on the walls, I felt as wrung-out as the clothes left in the washers.As I finished hanging up the last of my husbands shirts, I looked at the clock. 2:30. I was late. Jonathans class let out at 2:15. I dumped the clothes in the back seat and hurriedly drove to the school.I was out of breath by the time I knocked on the teachers door and peered through the glass. With one finger, she motioned for me to wait. She said something to Jonathan and handed him and two other children c