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美联英语提供：英语阅读：Because of His Love 因爱之名 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 Job was not a brilliant man. He swept floors for a living. He believed that Tarzan was a real man，and that all those movies were really documentary of Tarzan’s life. He was the butt of many jokes, yet he taught me about the essence of a “real man”： love and respect for women, honor, kindness and gentleness. 乔布并不起眼，他以打扫楼道为生。他相信在现实生活中， 人猿泰山是真实存在的，所有的那些电影都是泰山生活的真实 记录片。他是大家取笑的对象，然而他教会了我“真正的人”应有的品质：爱护与尊重女性、荣耀、善良和亲切。 Job embraced life in unexpected, simple ways. He showed up for work, on time. He never bragged about himself,and he loved only one woman — his wife, Molly. Job filled a void in my life. He was principled and straightforward in my world of dishonor and lies. He loved me as his very own grandchild, even though he was a year younger than my father. 乔布用出人意料的简单方式拥抱生活。他工作准时，从不 吹噓自己，而且只爱一个女人——他的妻子莫莉。乔布填补了 我生命中的空白。在我那满布谎言和耻辱的世界里，他是如此 有原则和正直。他像爱自己的孙女一样爱我,尽管他比我父亲 还小一岁。 I will never forget my graduation from high school. That was a day of hopeless inevitability for me. My father,who was a heavy drinker, began his celebration very early in the day. By the time we congratulated in the high school gymnasium my father had congratulated himself through nearly a case of beer. 我永远也忘不了我高中毕业时的情形。那天对我来说本 是注定让人绝望的。我的酒鬼父亲，那天一大早就开始自己狂 欢了。当我们在学校体育馆集中庆祝时，他已经浸在几乎一箱 啤酒里自己作乐了。 I tried to be invisible within a sea of faces. I wanted to run away and disappear. Most of all I wanted was no one to guess whose kid I was. I was betraied by my last name, which began with the letter“A”，so I was the first graduate on the first row.Being a redhead gave me even more exposure, and the baccalaureate speaker, who had never met me, decided to use me as his audiovisual aid. 我尽力让自己在人海里显得毫不起眼。我想逃走。我想消 失。我最希望的，就是没人知道我是谁的孩子。可我的姓氏出 卖了我。我姓氏的首字母是“A”，因此我是第一排的第一个毕 业生。满头的红发让我更加显眼，而那个与我从未谋面的毕业 致词者，决定把我当作辅助他“教学的工具”。 “This young lady, this bright young lady with the bright red hair. His voice rolled through the auditorium in sonor