新视野大学英语第二版第二册第四单元.doc

Six minutes to six, said the digital clock over the information desk in Grand Central Station. 大中央车站问询处桌子上方的数字钟显示：差六分六点。 John Blandford, a tall young army officer, focused his eyesight on the clock to note the exact time. 约翰·布兰福德，一个年轻的高个子军官，眼睛盯着大钟，看确切的时间。 In six minutes he would see the woman who had filled a special place in his life for the past thirteen months, a woman he had never seen, yet whose written words had been with him and had given him strength without fail. 六分钟后，他将见到一位在过去 个月里在他生命中占有特殊位置的女人，一位他素未谋面、却通过书信始终给予他力量的女人。 Soon after he volunteered for military service, he had received a book from this woman. 在他自愿参军后不久，他收到了一本这位女子寄来的书。 A letter, which wished him courage and safety, came with the book. 随书而来的还有一封信，祝他勇敢和平安。 He discovered that many of his friends, also in the army, had received the identical book from the woman, Hollis Meynell. 他发现自己很多参军的朋友也收到了这位名叫霍利斯·梅内尔的女子寄来的同样的书 And while they all got strength from it, and appreciated her support of their cause, John Blandford was the only person to write Ms. Meynell back. 他们所有的人都从中获得了勇气，也感激她对他们为之战斗的事业的支持，但只有他给梅内尔女士回了信。 On the day of his departure , to a destination overseas where he would fight in the war, he received her reply. 在他启程前往海外战场战斗的那天，他收到了她的回信。 Aboard the cargo shi that was taking him into enemy territory , he stood on the deck and read her letter to him again and again. 站在即将带他进入敌人领地的货船甲板上，他一遍又一遍地读着她的来信。 For thirteen months, she had faithfully written to him. 个月来，她忠实地给他写信。 When his letters did not arrive, she wrote anyway, without decrease . 即使没有他的回信，她仍然一如既往地写信给他，从未减少过。 During the difficult days of war, her letters nourished him and gave him courage. 在那段艰苦战斗的日子里，她的信鼓励着他，给予他力量。 As long as he received letters from her, he felt as though he could survive. 收到她的信，他就仿佛感到自己能存活下去 After a short time, he believed he loved her, and she loved him. It was as if fate had brought them together. 一段时间后，他相信他们彼此相爱，就像是命运让他们走到了一起。 But when he asked