【每日英语故事9月14日】——你爱我什么
[p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]John was waiting for the girl whose heart he knew, but whose face he didn[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]t, the girl with the rose. Thirteen months ago, in a Florida library he took a book off the shelf and found himself intrigued with the notes in the margin. The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and [/font][/size][url=http://dict.cn/insightful][size=10.5pt][b][color=#0000ff]insightful[/color][/b][/size][/url][size=10.5pt]mind.[/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]In front of the book, he discovered the [/size][url=http://dict.cn/previous][size=10.5pt][b][color=#0000ff]previous[/color][/b][/size][/url][size=10.5pt]owner[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s name, Miss Hollis Maynell. With time and effort he located her address. He wrote her a letter introducing himself and inviting her to correspond.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]During the next year and one-month the two grew to know each other through the mail. A Romance was budding. John requested a [/size][url=http://dict.cn/photograph][size=10.5pt][b][color=#0000ff]photograph[/color][/b][/size][/url][size=10.5pt], but she refused. She felt that if he really cared, it wouldn[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]t matter what she looked like. Later they scheduled their first meeting[/font][font=Times New Roman]—[/font][font=Verdana]7:00 pm at Grand Central Station in New York.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]"You[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]ll recognize me, [/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]she wrote, [/font][font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]by the red rose I[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]ll be wearing on my lapel.[/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]So at 7:00 he was in the station looking for the girl with the red rose.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]A young woman in a green suit was coming toward him, her figure long and slim and her eyes were blue as flowers. Almost [/size][url=http://dict.cn/uncontrollably][size=10.5pt][b][color=#0000ff]uncontrollably[/color][/b][/size][/url][size=10.5pt]he made one step closer to her, and just at this moment he saw Hollis Maynell[font=Times New Roman]—[/font][font=Verdana]a woman well past 40. The girl was walking quickly away. He felt as though he split in two, so keen was his desire to follow her, and yet so deep was his longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned him and upheld his own.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]He did not [/size][url=http://dict.cn/hesitate][size=10.5pt][b][color=#0000ff]hesitate[/color][/b][/size][/url][size=10.5pt]. He squared his shoulders and said, [font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]I[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]m John, and you must be Miss Maynell. I am so glad you could meet me; may I take you to dinner?[/font][font=Times New Roman]”[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]The woman smiled, [font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]I don[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]t know what this is about, son,[/font][font=Times New Roman]” [/font][font=Verdana]she answered, [/font][font=Times New Roman]“[/font][font=Verdana]but the young lady in the green suit begged me to wear this rose on my coat. And she said if you were to ask me out to dinner, I should tell you that she is waiting for you in the restaurant across the street. She said it was some kind of test![/font][font=Times New Roman]”[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]It[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s not difficult to admire Miss Maynell[/font][font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s [/font][/size][url=http://dict.cn/wisdom][size=10.5pt][b][color=#0000ff]wisdom[/color][/b][/size][/url][size=10.5pt]. The true nature of a heart is seen in it[font=Times New Roman]’[/font][font=Verdana]s response to the unattractive.[/font][/size][size=10.5pt][/size][/p][p=30, 2, left][size=10.5pt]**** Hidden Message *****[/size][/p] Miss Maynell is really a clever girl. I always like a girl If we are companioned with each other, it would not matter what we looked like [b]回复 [url=http://bbs.tingroom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=849983&ptid=483700]3#[/url] [i]klenglish[/i] [/b]I cannot understand what you mean. [b]回复 [url=http://bbs.tingroom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=849978&ptid=483700]2#[/url] [i]tingroom[/i] [/b]
I hope we can be as clever as her . [i=s] 本帖最后由 Easton 于 2012-9-17 09:59 编辑 [/i]
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Yes,she is. :qq85]like mark 水平还太差，半知半解。 [b]回复 [url=http://bbs.tingroom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=857428&ptid=483700]11#[/url] [i]luigichli[/i] [/b]
多读几遍，慢慢就熟悉了。 I admires she is clever girl and it is a test for the wholehearted man. Suddenly I thinks now a few net friends see light dead. It was a kind of test,but not many times. I always like a girl [b]回复 [url=http://bbs.tingroom.com/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=863928&ptid=483700]14#[/url] [i]Jeff_hu[/i] [/b]
you are right. but the cleaver men always have their own way . I like the man. 我喜欢男孩的诚实，女孩的睿智 the man passedhe test and obtained a true love.
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