【美聯(lián)英語】雙語閱讀：太太,你富有嗎

1、 小編給你一個美聯(lián)英語官方免費(fèi)試聽課申請鏈接:美聯(lián)英語提供:太太,你富有嗎They huddled inside the storm door - two children in ragged outgrown coats."Any old papers, lady?"I was busy. I wanted to say no - until I looked down at their feet.Thin little sandals, sopped with sleet."Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot

2、cocoa."There was no conversation. Their soggy sandals left marks upon the hearthstone.I served them cocoa and toast with jam to fortify against the chill outside.Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget.The silence in the front room struck through to me. I looked

3、 in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice," Lady . are you rich?""Am I rich? Mercy, no!" I looked at my shabby slipcovers. The girl put her cup back in its saucer - carefully."Your cups match your saucers."Her voice was

4、old, with a hunger that was not of the stomach. They left then, holding their bundles of papers against the wind. They hadn't said thank you. They didn't need to. They had done more than that. Plain blue pottery cups and saucers. But they matched.I tested the potatoes and stirred the gravy.

5、Potatoes and brown gravy, a roof over our heads, my man with a good steady job - these things matched, too.I moved the chairs back from the fire and tidied the living room. The muddy prints of small sandals were still wet upon my hearth. I let them be.I want them there in case I ever forget again ho

6、w very rich I am.他們蜷縮著相互偎依在我家的擋風(fēng)門棟里兩個衣衫襤褸的孩子,他們的衣服小得不能再小了?！疤?請問您有舊報紙嗎?”當(dāng)時,我正忙著,本來想對他們說沒有,但當(dāng)我看到他們腳上只穿著一雙被冰雪浸濕得再單薄不過的便鞋時,我再也說不出口了?！斑M(jìn)屋來吧,我來給你們煮一杯熱可可茶?！蹦厮麄兏疫M(jìn)了屋,爐邊他們浸濕的便鞋留下了一串腳印。我給他們端上可可茶和果醬面包,我想這能幫助他們抵御外面的風(fēng)寒。然后我回到了廚房,像往常一樣,為了明天的生活而精打細(xì)算。前屋里沒有一點聲音,這讓我感到很奇怪。我向屋里望去,小女孩手里正端著那個已經(jīng)喝完了的茶杯,認(rèn)真地凝視著,“太太,您富有嗎?”男孩子語氣平緩地問道?！拔腋挥袉?”我看了看沙發(fā)上那寒酸的裝飾布,回答說,“天哪,我可算不上。”這時,那個小女孩非常小心地把杯子放回到茶碟里?！澳谋雍筒璧浅Ｏ嗯??！彼f話的聲音聽起來不像是個孩子,帶著一種對食物以外的東西的渴望。然后,他們抱 著舊報紙,頂著風(fēng)雪離開了。他們甚至沒有說一聲“謝謝”,是的,他們根本沒有必要說,實際上他們所做的比道謝更重要。非常平常的一對蘭色陶瓷杯碟,但它們確實很相配。我查看了一下鍋里煮著的土豆然后又?jǐn)嚢枇藥紫氯庵?。有土豆和棕色?/p>