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标题: 12月26日美文欣赏:Just Two For Breakfast [打印本页]

作者: icy_zhu    时间: 2010-12-25 20:43     标题: 12月26日美文欣赏:Just Two For Breakfast

hello,friends~pls read the story carefully and then translate the phrases which are marked in red or write  down your feeling to gain the score

Just   Two   For  Breakfast


         When my husband and I celebrated our 38th wedding anniversary at our favorite restaurant, Lenny, the piano player, asked, "How did you do it?"


         I knew there was no simple answer, but as the weekend approached, I wondered if one reason might be our ritual of breakfast in bed every Saturday and Sunday.

          It all started with the breakfast tray my mother gave us as a wedding gift. It had a glass top and slatted wooden side pockets for the morning paper e kind you used to see in the movies. Mother loved her movies, and although she rarely had breakfast in bed, she held high hopes for her daughter. My adoring bridegroom took the message to heart.

         Feeling guilty, I suggested we take turns. Despite grumblings -- "hate crumbs in my bed" ---Sunday morning found my spouse eagerly awaiting his tray. Soon these weekend breakfasts became such a part of our lives that I never even thought about them. I only knew we treasured this separate, blissful time  read, relax, forget the things we should remember.
  

       Sifting through the years, I recalled how our weekends changed,but that we still preserved the ritual. We started our family (as new parents, we slept after breakfast more than we read), but we always found our way back to where we started, just two for breakfast, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

        When we had more time, my tray became more festive. First it was fruit slices placed in geometric pattern; then came flowers from our garden metimes just one blossom sprouting from a grapefruit half. This arranger of mine had developed a flair for decorating, using everything from amaryllis to the buds of a maple tree. My husband said my cooking inspired him. Mother would have approved. Perhaps it was the Saturday when the big strawberry wore a daisy hat that I began to think, how can I top this? One dark winter night I woke with a vision of a snowman on a tray. That Sunday I scooped a handful of snow and in no time had my man made. With a flourish I put a miniature pinecone on his head.
  

         As I delivered the tray, complete with a nicely frozen snowman, I waited for a reaction. There was none but as I headed down the stairs I heard a whoop of laughter and then, "You've won! Yes, sir, you've won the prize!"

      

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作者: 龙楚红    时间: 2010-12-26 12:40

I knew there was no simple answer, but as the weekend approached, I wondered if one reason might be our ritual of breakfast in bed every Saturday and Sunday.

我知道没有那么简单,但是随着周末的来临,我疑惑是否有一个好的理由让我们周末在床上吃早餐。
Sifting through the years, I recalled how our weekends changed,but that we still preserved the ritual. We started our family (as new parents, we slept after breakfast more than we read), but we always found our way back to where we started, just two for breakfast, one on Saturday and one on Sunday.

这几年过得很快,我记得我们的周末的改变,但是我们还是保留那个习惯,我们开始一个家庭《比如新的父母,早餐后我们更多的是睡觉而不是读书》,但是我们总是可以找到回去的路,在我们开始的时候,仅仅我们吃早餐,一个在星期六,一个在星期天。
作者: eedhatt    时间: 2010-12-26 21:26

It's too hard for me
作者: icy_zhu    时间: 2010-12-26 21:36

just have a try~
keep on practicing English,you will find it is not so hard~
Come on!




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