话题04 离家出走女孩的借宿
It was a Saturday in June, 1988. Out of a 16-year-old’s early summer boredom, I had t up a tent in our rural yard and intended to sleep in it, but I stayed in the hou to finish watching the Lakers’ play-off game. It was almost midnight and Dad had been asleep upstairs for hours when someone knocked at the front door. It never occurred to me not to answer it.
To my surpri, it was a girl about my age with a bloody cut on her forehead. “Hi, I’m Maria. What’s wrong with you?” I asked her with concern. Awkward and embarrasd, she replied: “I’m Jane. I…” she hesitated and then asked me carefully, “May I stay here for the night? I’ll be off tomorrow morning.” Seeing her uneasiness, I comforted her, “Take it easy,Jane. Stay with me tonight.” I invited her into the hou.
Looking around, Jane appeared to have calmed down. “Let me treat your injury first,” I said and she agreed.
I cleand and bandaged (包扎) her injured forehead and then gave her some bread and bacon to eat. “Want to sleep in my tent?” I asked her and she nodded. Having left her in the bathroom, I went to look for another sleeping bag. When I returned, Jane was ated on the sofa, her face clouded by sadness.
Walking across the dark yard, I accompanied Jane into the tent. We lay down side by side. Seized by curiosity and concern, I constantly turned over, wondering what had happened to her and how she came here. Jane emed to have nd that and started to speak.
Jane’s father died of cancer years before. Her mother did odd cleaning jobs to rai her. Money was tight but her mother tried to do what she could to satisfy Jane. Several weeks before, Jane accidentally saw a fancy white dress in the store window, which she fell in love with at first sight. She excitedly told her mother about that, who promid to buy it as her birthday gift. From then on, Jane was looking forward to it.
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Jane’s 16th birthday came but her mother didn’t get home until the evening.Thirsty for the dress, Jane got extremely disappointed when eing her mother back empty-handed. She stormed out before her mother could stop her. Jane walked angrily and aimlessly only to find herlf in an unknown place hours later. Wor still, she fell down in the dark, hurting her forehead. Painful and hungry, she came to realize she shouldn’t have been so willful, but there was nobody around she could turn to for help. So she had to move on until she saw the light from our hou.
Having told her story, Jane said she regretted being inconsiderate to her mom.I kept comforting her until we fell asleep. When Dad awoke us and was told the whole story the next morning, he said to Jane riously, “It’s dangerous to run away from home. Your mom must be anxious about your safety. I’ll drive you home immediately.” After an hour’s ride, we reached Jane’s home, in front of which stood a worried woman. Jane rushed over and hugged her tightly, saying tearfully, “Sorry, M om.” Witnessing this, Dad and I breathed a sigh of relief.
1.It never occurred to me.
亮点：It never occurred to me 我从来没想过…
例句：It never occurred to me that my boss would referred to my uncle at the meeting.
2.Awkward and embarrasd, she replied
亮点：尴尬窘迫可以用awkward and embarrasd表达状态做非谓语
3.Seeing her uneasiness, I comforted her
4.Jane was ated on the sofa, her face clouded by sadness
亮点：her face clouded by sadness独立主格结构“Jane坐在沙发上，脸上笼着难过的神情”
5.Seized by curiosity and concern, I constantly turned over, wondering what had happened to her
亮点：ized by curiosity and concern 受好奇心和担心的驱使=driven by curiosity and concern=curiosity and concern got the better of me
6.eing her mother back empty-handed
亮点：e sb coming back empty-handed “看到妈妈空着手回来” eing非谓语+宾语+宾补描述形神兼备7.Jane walked angrily and aimlessly, only to find herlf in an unknown place hours later
亮点：only to do 表示出乎意料的结果
例句：he came back home after the war, only to find his wife had left years ago.
8.…in front of which stood a worried woman
亮点：非限制性定语从句+倒装句的表达
9.Dad and I breathed a sigh of relief
