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Unit 3 Para. 6 医院里长夜漫漫，年轻的海军陆战队战士整夜坐在灯光昏暗的病房里，握着老人的手，给予老人希望与力量。护士偶尔会过来劝他休息一会儿，但他都拒绝了。 Para. 7 护士每次进来，海军陆战队战士都坐在那儿。对于护士的进出、医院晚上的各种响动——氧气瓶的撞击声、值夜班的医生护士打招呼时的笑声、其他病人的哭喊、呻吟声和呼吸声——他都置若罔闻。不时地，护士听见他柔声说着什么。弥留之际的老人则什么也没说，只是在那一夜大部分的时间里紧紧抓着儿子的手。 Para. 8 天快亮时老人去世了。海军陆战队队员把那只他一直握着的、现在已失去生命的手放回床上，然后去通知护士。在护士去做善后工作时，他抽了根烟，这是他进医院后抽的第一支香烟。 Para. 9 最后，护士回到了护士办公室，而他则一直等在那儿。护士开始安慰他，但他却打断了她，“那位老人是谁？” 他问。 Para. 10 “他是你父亲啊！” 她回答道，诧异万分。 Para. 11 “不，他不是，” 海军陆战队队员回答道。“我以前从没见过这个人。” Para. 12 “那我带你进去时，你为什么不说？” 护士问道。 Para. 13 “当时我就知道弄错了。但我同样也知道，他需要他的儿子，而他的儿子又恰好不在。当我发现他病得这么重，都认不出我不是他的儿子后，我想他确实是很需要我的。所以我留下来了。” Para. 14 说完这些话后，海军陆战队战士转过身，离开了医院。两天后，北卡罗来纳海军陆战队基地给布鲁克林红十字会发来一份通知：老人真正的儿子正在前往布鲁克林参加他父亲葬礼的路上。原来，军中恰好有两个海军陆战队队员同名同姓，并且编号相近。人事部的官员拿错了档案。 Para. 15 但是，这个假儿子在老人真正需要儿子的时刻却成了真正的儿子。而且他以一种非常人道的方式，证明了在这个世界上确实有人会关心自己同胞的遭遇。 hold to: give firm assent to;?adhere to strongly 抓住，握住；坚持，遵守 他紧紧地抓住栏杆以免失去平衡。 He held tightly to the handrail so as not to lose his balance. Para. 8 It was nearly dawn when the patient died. The marine placed the lifeless hand he had been holding on the bed, and went to inform the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he smoked a cigarette, his first since he got to the hospital. Para. 9 Finally, she returned to the nurse’s station, where he was waiting. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the marine interrupted her. “Who was that man?” he asked. Chinese N H C E 自测 技巧 Question 6 New Words Questions Choice Making 随 笔 inform: v. (of, about) give sb. knowledge (of sth.); tell sb. 通知；告诉；报告 他通知警方有些钱不见了。 He informed the police that some money was missing. “He was your father,” she answered, startled. Para. 11 “No, he wasn’t,” the marine replied. “I never saw him before in my life.” Para. 12 “Why didn’t you say something when I took you to him?” the nurse asked. Para. 13 “I knew immediately there’d been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. When I re