英语阅读：My Average Uncle 艾默大叔——一个普普通通的人.docVIP

美联英语提供：英语阅读：My Average Uncle 艾默大叔——一个普普通通的人 两分钟做个小测试，看看你的英语水平 /test/kuaisu.aspx?tid=16-73675-0 He stood out splendidly above all my uncles because he did not stand out at all. That was his distinction. He was the averagest man I ever knew. 在我众多的叔叔大爷中，他是最突出的一个，原因就在于他从不突出自己。这就是他与众不同之处。他是我见过的最普通的人。 You would never pick him out in a crowd. He became just another man the minute he was in one. So many more pounds of man. Good solid pounds,but just pounds. You would never remember his hair or his chin, or the shape of his ears. If he said something, you would agree with it, and, an hour later, you would be sure you had said it yourself. 他在人群里一点也不显眼。他一混人人海就和周围的人没什么两样了，他长得敦敦实实，体重超过常人许多磅，但也仅此而已。你永远也想不起他头发是什么颜色，他的下巴、耳朵是什么样子。如果他说些什么，你会表示同意，过一个小时，你会觉得这话就是你自己说的。 Sometimes I think men like that get along about the best . They are the easiest on their houses, their wives, and their children. They are easiest on the world. They slide along without having to do anything about it as small boys do on their breeches after they have slid on them enough to wear them down smooth. The world is all so much pine needles under them. 有时我想，正是这种人才活得轻松自在。他们对住房、对妻子、对儿女总是那么宽宏大量，从不挑剔。他们是世界上最宽容的人。他们总是那么顺其自然地活着，从不为任何事情操心，就像小孩子坐滑梯把裤裆磨破了也不在乎。这个世界就像铺在身子底下的松针一样，柔软舒适。 Uncle Amos was easy on his wives and children. He had three of them, in all. Wives, I mean. I never did get the count of his children straight, there were too many assortments of them. Three wives. It seemed surprising to me at the time. With all the trouble I had, myself, having to stand on my head and work my legs, or bung stones at cherrybirds, to keep the attention of just one girl for a month. I often wondered how Uncle Amos, who never stood on his head or whittled out even a butterpat, could attract so many women as he did. Wlth hair a little thin on his head, and legs that could not possibly do more than three and a half miles an hour on the road, there he was with three families behind him. Of course, he had the families spaced. The wi