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实验班寒假双语阅读（8）编辑：黄汉明 （1） 如向日葵般高高站立 Stand Tall Like The Sunflower I?find?it?humorous?sometimes?that?even?the?most mundane?occurrences?can?have?an?impact?on?ourawareness. 有时候我觉得很有意思，甚至连最平凡的事情都能够对我们的认识产生影响。 My?wife,?daughter,?and?I?moved?into?our?home?nineyears?ago?and?we?spent?a?lot?of?time?and?energy?inthe?yard?to?get?it?looking?like?it?does?today.?We?liveon?a?corner,?higher?than?street?level,?and?the?entireside?of?the?yard?is?encased?by?a?professionally?builtrock?wall.?The?front?of?the?house?though?is?anotherstory?because?instead?of?a?wall?along?the?sidewalk,?the?rocks?appear?to?be?just?thrown?up?ontothe?dirt?as?if?someone?were?in?a?hurry?to?finish. 九年前，我的妻子、女儿和我搬进了现在的家，我们花了大量的时间和和精力整修我们的院子，让它看起来像今天这个样子。我们住在一个拐角处，比街道的水 平面要高。院子的外侧围着一面砌得很讲究的石墙。尽管房子的前边是另一码事——因为沿人行道修建的不是一面墙，而是在泥地上草草垒起来的石头堆，好像是什 么人匆忙赶工完成的。 We?did?the?best?we?could?with?what?we?had?to?work?with?and?called?this?area?our?‘rock?garden’.Whenever?we?had?leftover?flowers?or?plants,?Denise?or?I?would?stick?them?out?front,?just?tobring?some?color?to?the?area. 我们竭尽所能做我们必须做的工作，并把这个地方叫做我们的“岩石花园”。每当我们在这里种上花或其他植物，丹尼斯或者我就会让它们伸到墙外，为了给这个地方增添一些色彩。 I?still?do?all?of?my?own?yard?work,?even?the?dreaded?weed-pulling.?After?putting?on?my?kneepads?I??the?position?to?clear?the?yard?of?weeds,?even?in?the?rock?garden. 我还在做自己的庭院劳作，包括让人生畏的拔杂草工作。我带上护膝后，我便着手清理庭院杂草，即使是在岩石花园里。 Last?summer?I?had?reached?the?end?of?the?rock?garden?and?found?a?tiny?little?plant?that?I?couldnot?immediately?,?I?knew?I?didn’t?plant?it?and?Denise?claimed?that?she?didn’t?either.?Wedecided?to?let?it?continue?growing?until?we?could?figure?out?what?it?was. 去年夏天，我走到岩石花园的一端，发现一株我不能立刻认出来的小植物。我知道我没有在那里种植它。丹尼斯说她也没有种过。我们决定让它继续生长，直到我们能搞清楚，它到底是什么植物。 Weeks?passed?and?as?I?made?my?way?back?to?the?mystery?plant,?it?appeared?to?be?a?Sunflower.It?was?spindly?looking?with?a?tall?skinny??and?only? one?head?on?it.?I?decided?to?baby?italong?and?weed?around?it.?As?I?pulled?rocks?from?the?area?to?get?to?the?weeds,?I?noticedsomething?u