小学英语

~ 01
谱写生命的乐章

Suppose someone gave you a pen - a sealed, solid-colored pen.
假如有人送你一支笔，一支不可拆卸的单色钢笔
.
You couldn't see how much ink it had. It might run dry after the first few tentative words or
last just long enough to create a masterpiece (or several) that would last forever and make
a difference in the scheme of things. You don't know before you begin.
里面究竟有多少墨水看不出。
或许在你试探性地写上几个字后它就会枯干，
或许足够用来创
作一部影响深远的不朽巨著
(
或是几部
)
。而这些，在动笔前，都是无法得知的。

Under the rules of the game, you really never know. You have to take a chance! Actually,
no rule of the game states you must do anything. Instead of picking up and using the pen,
you could leave it on a shelf or in a drawer where it will dry up, unused.
在这个游戏规则下，
你真的永远不会预知结果。你只能去碰运气！
事实上，
这个游戏里没有
规则指定你必须要做什幺。
相反，
你甚至可以根本不去动用这支笔，
把它扔在书架上或是抽
屉里让它的墨水干枯。

But if you do decide to use it, what would you do with it? How would you play the
game?Would you plan and plan before you ever wrote a word? Would your plans be so
extensive that you never even got to the writing?
但是，如果你决定要用它的话，你会用它来做什幺呢？你将怎样来进行这个游戏呢
?
你会不
写一个字，老是计划来计划去吗？你会不会由于计划过于宏大而来不及动笔呢
?
Or would you take the pen in hand, plunge right in and just do it, struggling to keep up with
the twists and turns of the torrents of words that take you where they take you?
或者你只是手里拿着笔，
一头扎进去写，
不停地写，
艰难地随着文字汹涌的浪涛而随波逐流？

Would you write cautiously and carefully, as if the pen might run dry the next moment, or
would you pretend or believe (or pretend to believe) that the pen will write forever and
proceed accordingly?
你会小心谨慎的写字，
好象这支笔在下一个时刻就可能会干枯；
还是装做或相信这支笔能够
永远写下去而信手写来呢？

And of what would you write: Of love? Hate? Fun? Misery? Life? Death? Nothing?
Everything?
你将会写些什么呢
?:
爱情
?
恨
?
悲伤？生命？死亡？无从下笔？所有一切

Would you write to please just yourself?Or others? Or yourself by writing for others?

你写时是为了取悦自己
?
他人
?
还是通过写他人来取悦自己
?

Would your strokes be tremblingly timid or brilliantly bold? Fancy with a flourish or plain?
你落笔时会是颤抖胆怯的，还是鲜明果敢的？花里胡哨还是朴实无华？

Would you even write? Once you have the pen, no rule says you have to write.

你会写作吗？即使你拥有笔，没有规定说你必须写作。

Would you sketch? Scribble? Doodle or draw?
你会素描？信笔涂鸦？画画？

Would you stay in or on the lines, or see no lines at all, even if they were there? Or are
they?

你会呆在线里还是线上
,
或者根本看不到线
,
即使他们就在那里
?
或者他们在吗
?

There’s a lot to think about here, isn’t there? Now, suppose someone gave you a life…

还有许多值得思考的事情，不是吗？现在，假如有人给予你一支生命的笔
...

02
生死相依

十月的一个刮大风的日子，
妈妈打电话到学校里告诉我外公死了。
和外婆一样，
他也是患中
风死的。
我这才明白，
我和他在池塘钓鱼的那天早晨，
为何他解释天鹅之死时显得那么艰难。

The end of my sophomore year was approaching. Mom called me at the dorm one
muggy evening during the last week of May. My summer break would be spent with
grandma and grandpa, helping out around their farm. The arrangement made good sense
to all the family. I wasn't fully convinced of that myself but figured it was just one summer.
Next year would be my little brother's turn
。

大学二年级就快结束了。五月最后一个星期一个闷热的晚上，母亲打电话到我宿舍来，
想让我去外公外婆那儿度暑假，
帮他们做做农场的活。
她说这样安排对全家都有好处。
虽然
我并不这样认为，但想想不过是一个夏天而已。

明年就该轮上我弟弟去了。

I packed my car after my last exam and said my good-byes until the fall. My friends
would keep until then. Most of them were going home for the summer any-way
。

最后一场考试考完我将打好的行装放进车里，
跟大家告别时说秋天见。
我的朋友们到那
时才能见到，他们多数人也要回家过暑假。

The farm was about a three-hour drive from school. My grandparents were both in
their 70s, and I knew they really needed the help around the farm. Getting in the hay
would be something grandpa couldn't do by himself. He also needed help with repairs to
the barns and a host of other chores
。

从学校到农场开车去约三个小时。

我的外公外婆都七十多岁了。我知道他们农场确实
也需要个帮手。

把干草收进来外公一个人是干不了的。他也需要人帮他修理谷仓以及干其
他许多经常要干的杂活。

I arrived late that afternoon. Grandma had fixed more food than the three of us could
possibly eat. She doted over me entirely too much. I figured all the attention would taper
off once she got used to having me around, but it didn't. Grandpa wanted to bring me up to
date on literally everything. By the time I settled in for bed that night, I'd decided things
would be okay. After all, it was just for one summer
。

那天下午我到得晚，
外婆做了许多吃的，
我们三人根本就吃不完。
外婆疼我疼得过分了。
我想等我呆久了，她习惯了，就不会这样操心了，可情况并非如此。外公想让我了解一切，
什么都不漏地和我讲。
晚上到了睡觉的时候，
我告诉自己一切都会很顺利，
不会有什么问题。
毕竟，只是一个夏天而已。

The next morning, Grandpa fixed breakfast for the two of us. He told me Grandma
had tired herself out yesterday and was going to rest in bed a little longer. I made a mental
note to myself to not ask her to do things for me while I was there. I was there to help, not
be a burden
。

第二天早晨，外公为我们俩准备了早餐。

他对我说外婆昨天累着了，今天要多睡一会
儿。

我心里记住在这儿的日子里千万不要她再为我操劳了。我是来帮忙的，不是为他们增
加负担的。

Grandpa surprised me that morning. Once we were out of the house, he seemed
more in his own element. The farm was his domain. Despite his age, there was
confidence in the way he moved about the place. He didn't seem like the same person
who had fallen asleep last night on the couch before the six o'clock news was finished. As
we walked the pastures getting a close-up look at the livestock, Grandpa seemed to know
each cow. And there were nearly 200 of them!

那天上午，
外公让我吃了一惊。
我们一离开家，他看上去就颇为得意。
农场就是他的领
地。
尽管年纪大了，
他走到哪儿都信心十足的样子
.
他好像完全换了一个人，
不像昨晚那样，

六点钟的
新闻
还没有播完他就在躺椅上睡着了。
我们走过牧场去查看放牧的牲畜，
外公似乎
认得每一头母牛。牧场的牲口差不多有二百头呢！

We didn't do much real work that first day, but I gained a sense of appreciation for
what Grandpa had done all those years before I was even born. He wasn't an educated
man, but he had raised and provided for four children on this farm. I was impressed by
that
。

第一天我们没有干多少活，
但我对外公这么多年所干的事情，
甚至我出生前干过的事情，
开始有点认识了。
他没有念过书，
但就在这农场上他养育了四个子女，
这一点使我印象很深。

Weeks passed. By June we had already baled one cutting of hay and gotten it safely
into the barn. I gradually settled into a routine of daily work with Grandpa. He had a mental
schedule of things that needed doing, and we worked on part of it each day. In the
evenings I usually read or talked with Grandma. She never grew tired of hearing about
college or anything I was involved in. She told me stories about her childhood, family and
the early years after she and Grandpa had married
。

几周过去了。
到六月份我们已经砍了第一批干草并打成捆，
安全运进谷仓了。
我和外公
一起干活已逐渐上了轨道，
每天例行的事也熟悉了。
要做的事外公在脑子里都想好了，
每天
做一部分。晚上我一般看看书或和外婆聊聊天。我和她讲大学里的事，讲我自己的一些事，
她都爱听。她和我谈她的童年，她的娘家，她和外公结婚最初几年的情况。

The last Saturday in June, Grandpa suggested we go fishing, since we were caught
up on everything. The pond was in a low pasture near the woods. Years before, Grandpa
had stocked it with fish. We drove the pickup to the pond that day, looking over the
livestock as we went. We hadn't expected what we saw when we got to the pond that
morning: One of the swans was dead. Grandpa had given the pair of swans to Grandma
on their 50th anniversary. "Why don't we see about buying another one," I suggested,
hoping the situation could somehow be righted. Grandpa thought for a few moments
before answering
。

六月最后一个星期六，
外公提议去钓鱼，
因为事情都赶着做完了。
几年前外公已经在里
面放了鱼苗。
那天我们开了那辆小货车去池塘，
一路上还查看了牲畜的情况。
那天上午到达
池塘时见到了一件意外的事：
一只天鹅死了。
这是一对中的一只，
这对天鹅是他们结婚五十
周年时外公送给外婆的。我说：
“
干吗不再买一只？
”
希望那可以弥补一下这种状况。
Swans
Mate for Life
生死相依

He finally said, "no... it's not that easy, Bruce. You see, swans mate for life." He
raised his finger to point, holding the fishing pole in his other hand. "There's nothing we
can do for the one that's left. He has to work it out for himself."

外公想了一会儿才回答。他说：
“
不，
……
没那么简单，布鲁斯。你知道吗，天鹅是终
生为伴。
”
他一手拿着钓竿，另一手抬起来指了一指。
“
对于留下来的这只我们无能为力，
只好靠它自己了。
”
We caught enough fish that morning for lunch. On the way back to the
house, Grandpa asked me not to tell Grandma about the swan. She didn't get down to the
pond much anymore, and there was no sense in her knowing about it right away
。

那天上午我们钓了不少鱼供午餐用。
回家的路上，
外公要我别向外婆提及天鹅的事。
她
现在不常来池塘这边，没有必要让她马上知道。

A few days later, we drove by the pond while doing our morning check on the cows.
We found the other swan lying near the same spot we had found the first one. It, too, was
dead
。

几天以后的一个清晨，
我们驱车去查看母牛时从池塘边走过。
在离第一只天鹅死的地方
不远，我们见到另一只天鹅躺在那儿。它也死了。

The month of July started with me and Grandpa putting up a new stretch of fence.
Then July 12 came. That was the day Grandma passed away. I'd overslept that morning.
Grandpa had not knocked on my door, either. It was nearly eight o'clock by the time I
could hurriedly dress myself and get down to the kitchen. I saw Dr. Morgan sitting at the
kitchen table. He was a neighbor of my grandparents' age, long since retired. He'd come
to the house several times before on social calls. I immediately knew something was
wrong. This morning, his tattered old black bag was by his feet, and my grandfather was
obviously shaken. Grandma had died suddenly that morning of a stroke. By the afternoon,
my parents were there. The old house was soon crowded with relatives and Grandpa's
friends
。

七月初我和外公建造了一堵新围栏。
七月十二那天，
外婆过世了。
那天早晨我睡过了头。
外公也没有敲我的门。
差不多八点了我才匆匆穿好衣服，
下楼来到厨房。
我见到摩根医生坐
在厨房桌子边。
他是外公家邻居，和外公差不多年纪，也早就退休了。
他曾来过外公家串过
几次门。我立刻感到出了事。那天早晨，他脚边放着他那破旧的黑包，外公的身子直发抖。
外婆那天早晨突然患中风逝世了。
下午我父母来了。
那间老屋一下子亲友云集，
显得很拥挤。

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