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1、TheCakeCindyglancednervouslyattheclockonthekitchenwall.Fiveminutesbeforemidnight.“Theyshouldbehomeanytimenow,”shethoughtassheputthefinishingtouchesonthechocolatecakeshewasfrosting.Itwasthefirsttimeinher12yearsshehadtriedtomakeacakefromscratch,andtobehonest,itwasntexactlyanaesthetictriumph.Thecakewas

2、well,lumpy.Andthefrostingwasbitter,asifshehadrunoutofsugarorsomething,which,ofcourse,shehad.Andthentherewasthewaythekitchenlooked.Imagineahugeblenderfilledwithallthefixingsforchocolatecake-includingtherequisitebowls,pansandutensils.theidea?ButCindywasntthinkingaboutthemess.Shehadcreatedsomething,ave

3、ritablephoenixofflourandsugarrisingoutofthekitchenclutter.Shewasanxiousforherparentstoreturnhomefromtheirdatesoshecouldpresentheranniversarygifttothem.Sheturnedoffthekitchenlightsandwaitedexcitedlyinthedarkness.Whenatlastshesawtheflashofthecarheadlights,shepositionedherselfinthekitchendoorway.Bythet

4、imesheheardthekeyslidingintothefrontdoor,shewasTHISCLOSEtoexpolding.Herparentstriedtoslipinquietly,butCindywouldhavenoneofthat.Sheflippedonthelightsdramaticallyandtrumpeted:”Ta-daaa!”shegesturedgrandlytowardthekitchentable,whereaslightlyoff-balancetwo-layerchocolatecakeawaitedtheirinspection.Butherm

5、otherseyesnevermadeitallthewaytothetable.“Justlookatthismess!”shemoaned.“HowmanytimeshaveItalkedtoyouaboutcleaningupafteryourself?”“ButMom,Iwasonly”“Ishouldmakeyoucleanthisuprightnow,butImtootiredtostayupwithyoutomakesureyougetitdoneright,”hermothersaid.“Soyoulldoitfirstthinginthemorning.”“Honey,”Ci

6、ndysfatherinterjectedgently,“takealookatthetable.”“Iknow-itsamess,”hiswifesaidcoldly,“Thewholekitchenisadisaster,Icantstandtolookatit.”Shestormedupthestairsandintoherroom,slammingthedoorshutbehindher.ForafewmomentsCindyandherfatherstoodsilently,neitheroneknowingwhattosay.Atlastshelookedupathim,herey

7、esmoistandred,“Sheneversawthecake,”shesaid.Unfortunately,CindysmotherisnttheonlyparentwhosuffersfromSituationalTimbercularGlaucomatheoccasionalinabilitytoseetheforestforthetrees.Fromtimetotimeweallallowourselvestobeblindedtoissuesoflong-termsignificancebystuffthatseemsawfullyimportantrightnow,butisn

8、t.Muddyshoes,lostlunchmoneyandmessykitchensarstroublesome,andtheydeservetheirplaceamonglifesfrustrations.Butwhatslittlemudevenonnewcarpet-comparedtochildsself-esteem?Isalostdollarmorevaluablethanayoungstersemergingdignity?Andwhilekitchensantationisimportant,isitworththesacrificeoftenderfeelingsandre

9、lationships?Imnotsayingthatourchildrendontneedtolearnresponsibility,ortooccasionallysufferthepainfulconsequencesoftheirownbadchoices.Thoselessonarevital,andneedtobecarefullytaught.Butasparents,wemustneverforgetthatwerenotjustteachinglessons-wereteachingchildren.Thatmeanstherearetimeswhenwereallyneed

10、toseethemessinthekitchen,andtimeswhenweonlyneedtoseethecake.譯文：蛋糕辛迪緊張地瞥了一眼廚房墻上的鐘表。還差5分鐘就是子夜了。“他們此刻應(yīng)當(dāng)快回家了”，她內(nèi)心一邊想著，一邊把做好的裝點物放在她覆上糖霜的巧克力蛋糕上。這是她12年來第一次試試自己從零開始著手做蛋糕，并且坦誠的說，從美學(xué)看法看，蛋糕做得其實不十分紅功。這蛋糕有點，粗笨的，并且覆的糖霜味有點苦，仿佛她的糖都用光了，的確，她已經(jīng)用光了。當(dāng)時廚房看起來是這樣的。想像一下一個填滿了各樣巧克力蛋糕配料的巨大的食品攪拌器包含必備的碗，盤子，和其余器皿。此刻再想像一下，這個食品攪拌器啟

11、動了，高速運行著，還沒有蓋蓋子。你弄理解了嗎？可是辛迪并無考慮這類凌亂的情況。她創(chuàng)建出了什么東西，一只由面粉和糖制成的貨真價實鳳凰從廚房里一堆凌亂的東西中高聳出來。她憂慮不安地等候她父親母親約會回來，而后她就能夠把這個周年齡念日的禮品送給父親母親。她關(guān)掉了廚房的燈，而后在黑暗中激動地等候著。終于，她看到汽車頭燈在閃，她站到了廚房門口。當(dāng)聽到鑰匙插進(jìn)門鎖的聲音時，她的心幾乎要蹦出來了！她的父親母親試圖靜靜地進(jìn)來，可是辛迪可不想這樣。她按下燈開關(guān)，吹響小喇叭：“噠噠噠！”她朝廚房桌子驕傲地做了一個手勢，桌子上擺著一個略微不太均衡的二層巧克力蛋糕，它在待候著父親母親的檢查。可是她媽媽的眼睛根本沒往桌

12、子上看?！翱茨闩眠@一團(tuán)糟！”媽媽訴苦說。“我跟你說過多少次了要自己打掃潔凈！”“可是，媽媽，我不過”“我本應(yīng)當(dāng)要你此刻就把這里清理潔凈，可是我很累了，不可以和你熬夜來保證你把它弄好，”媽媽說，“因此你明日一早第一件事就是打掃這里?！薄坝H愛的，”辛迪的爸爸平和地插了句話，“看一下桌子上?！薄拔抑酪粓F(tuán)亂，”他老婆冷冷地說道?！罢麄€廚房就像是一場災(zāi)害。我不可以忍耐看到這樣。”她氣呼呼地走上樓，而后進(jìn)了她的房間，砰的一聲關(guān)上了門。辛迪和她爸爸靜靜地站了幾分鐘，他倆誰也不知道該說什么。最后，她仰頭看了看爸爸，她雙眼微濕還有點紅?！八谎垡矝]看看這蛋糕，”辛迪說。不幸的是，其實不是只有辛迪的媽媽患有情境結(jié)核性青光眼即有時會只見樹木不見叢林。因為那些目前貌似極其重要但并不是重要的事情，我們有時會對擁有長久意義的事情置若罔聞。弄臟的鞋子，丟了的午餐錢，紛亂的廚房，這些都是令人煩憂的，它們也的確在人生中令人喪氣的事情中據(jù)有一席之地?？墒且粋€小泥點即便是沾到了新地毯上那和孩子的自尊心對比又算得了什么呢？