大学英语 预备级.doc

第四单元 When spoken words fail，written ones can keep us close .当言语无法表达时，文字让我们心贴心。 My daughter , My friend 我的女儿，我的朋友 When my daughter Julie was six years old ,she wrote a letter to the tooth fairy and put it under her pillow with her tooth .我女儿朱莉6岁那年，给牙齿仙女写了封信，把信和牙齿一起放在枕头下。I wrote back ,telling her to be a good girl and to always brush her teeth carefully.我给她回了信，告诉她要做一个乖女孩，一定要好好刷牙。I didnt know we were starting a tradition.没想到我们从此开创了一个传统。 By the time Julie was in fourth grade, she had figured out that handwritten notes could do more than welcome the tooth fairy .朱莉上四年级时候就已经明白，除了欢迎牙齿仙女以外写字条还有其他用途。Once after a heated discussion wed had about why she couldnt buy a pair of clogs ,Julie wrote the following:有一次我们就为什么她不可以买双木屐激烈地争论了一番，事后朱莉写下了这样的一个字条： Dear Mom亲爱的妈妈： Here are the reasons I want clogs : 以下是我想要木屐的原因： 1.You wanted boots for a long time and you finally got them .你很久以来一直想要一双靴子，最后总算是到手了； 2.If clogs hurt my feet thats my problem .如果木屐伤脚的话，那是我自己的事情； 3.When Grandma gave us money for Christmas she said we could get whatever we wanted with it.奶奶给我们钱过圣诞节时说，我们可以用它买任何想要的东西。 Love,Julie 爱你的女儿，朱莉 I gave in--and Julie learned the power of the written word.我让步了--由此朱莉领会到了书面语的力量。 Over the next years ,Julie and I exchanged notes about boys ,homework ,phone calls and helping with housework .在其后数年中，朱莉和我互相写字条，交流我们关于男孩子、家庭作业、打电话和帮忙做家务等方面的看法。Some notes were apologies after shouting matches .Others were just happy thoughts spilling onto paper .有的字条是激烈争吵后的道歉，其他的字条只是将欢快的心绪倾泄在纸上。When Julie was in eighth grade ,she responded to a note of mine :朱莉上八年级时，她给我写的一张字条作了如下回复： Dear Mom ,亲爱的妈妈： Your letters make me feel great ,no matter what kind of mood Im in.无论我心情如何，你的信都让我感到好极了。Sometimes they even make me cry because they touch me so deeply .有时这些信都让我哭了，因为我被深深的感动了。 Im really glad we have the kind of relationship that we do ,even though we have our arguments.尽管我们有争吵，但是我非常高兴我们之间能够维系这种书信来往的关系。 I love you .Julie 我爱你，朱莉 P.S. Writing down my feelings to you is much easier for me than trying to speak about them