时空恋旅行 About time（英文）.docx

PAGE1 / NUMPAGES81 时空恋旅行 About time 1--I always knew we were a fairly odd family. 2--First there was me. 3--Too tall. Too skinny. Too orange. 4--My mum was lovely, but not like other mums. 5--There was something solid about her. 6--Something rectangular, busy and unsentimental. 7--Her fashion icon was the Queen. 8--Dad, well, he was more normal. He always seemed to have time on his hands. 9--After giving up teaching university students on his 50th birthday, 10--he was eternally available for a leisurely chat or 11--to let me win at table tennis. 12--Yes. 13--And then there was Mums brother, Uncle Desmond. 14--Always impeccably dressed. He spent the days just, well, 15--being Uncle Desmond. 16--He was the most charming and least clever man you could ever meet. 17--His mind was on other things, though we never found out what. 18--And then, finally there was Catherine. 19--Katie. Kit Kat. My sister. 20--In a household of sensible jackets and haircuts there was this, 21--well, what can I call her, nature thing. 22--With her elfin eyes, her purple T-shirts and her eternally bare feet, 23--she was then, and still is to me, 24--about the most wonderful thing in the world. 25--All in all, it was a pretty good childhood. Full of repeated rhythms and patterns. 26--By the time I was 21, we were still 27--having tea on the beach every single day. 28--Skimming stones and eating sandwiches, 29--summer and winter, no matter what the weather. 30--And every Friday evening, a film, 31--no matter what the weather. 32--And then once a year, the dreaded New Years Eve party. 33--Yeah, I might just get one. 34--Youre absolutely gorgeous. 35--Im Katie. What am I drinking? 36--This is very expensive stuff. 37--Cheers. Cheers. 38--Come on, its nearly midnight. 39--Were all going through. Were going through. 40--Look, Ive gotta find you a... 41--God! 42--Everyone makes little mistakes. Its fine. Come on. 43--6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. 44--Happy New Year! 45--Happy New Year. 46--Sorry. 47--And so I wo