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大学英语精读(第三版) 第三册:Unit5A The Day Mother Cried(4)

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My shock and embarrassment at finding Mother in tears on Wednesday was a perfect index of how little I understood the pressures on her. Sitting beside her on the couch, I began very slowly to understand.

星期三,当发现妈哭时我所感到的震惊和窘迫,完全表明了我对妈所承受的压力是多么的不理解。我坐在她的身旁,慢慢开始理解了。
“I guess we all have to fail sometime,” Mother said quietly. I could sense her pain and the tension of holding back the strong emotions that were interrupted by my arrival. Suddenly, something inside me turned. I reached out and put my arms around her.
“我想我们都不免有失败的时候,”妈平静地说。我可以感觉到她的痛苦,也感觉到她在极力抑制着由于我闯进来而被打断的强烈情感的发泄。突然,我心里一酸,伸开双臂,把妈搂在怀里。

She broke then. She put her face against my shoulder and sobbed. I held her close and didn't try to talk. I knew I was doing what I should, what I could, and that it was enough. In that moment, feeling Mother's back racked with emotion, I understood for the first time her vulnerability. She was still my mother, but she was something more: a person like me, capable of fear and hurt and failure. I could feel her pain as she must have felt mine on a thousand occasions when I had sought comfort in her arms.

妈再也控制不住了。她把脸贴着我的肩膀,抽泣着。我紧紧抱着她,没有说话。我明白我是在做我应该做的和我所能做的,这就够了。妈非常激动,我感到她的背在颤抖。就在那一时刻,我第一次明白妈也有弱点。她还是我的妈,但又不仅如此:她和我一样也是一个普通的人,会害怕,会受到伤害,会遭到失败。我感觉到她的痛苦,就像我千百次在她怀里寻求安慰时,她感到我的痛苦一样。

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shoulder ['ʃəuldə]

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n. 肩膀,肩部
v. 扛,肩负,承担,(用肩

 
embarrassment [im'bærəsmənt]

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n. 困窘,尴尬,困难

 
interrupted [intə'rʌptid]

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adj. 中断的;被打断的;不规则的 vt. 打断;中断

 
understand [.ʌndə'stænd]

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vt. 理解,懂,听说,获悉,将 ... 理解为,认为<

 
vulnerability [.vʌlnərə'biliti]

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n. 易受攻击,弱点,[计]漏洞

 
comfort ['kʌmfət]

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n. 舒适,安逸,安慰,慰藉
vt. 安慰,使

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capable ['keipəbl]

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adj. 有能力的,足以胜任的,有 ... 倾向的

 
tension ['tenʃən]

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n. 紧张,拉力,张力,紧张状态,[电]电压

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