
The kids get Christmas decorations out of a well-loved cardboard box with great care. Jenny stands beside them, softly explaining each treasure. She and Bob built their collection piece by piece during each year's after — Christmas sale.
We first met Bob and Jenny in the early days of our marriage. Someone had been returning our garbage cans to the garage each garbage day. Then one day we spotted him: an elderly man who lived across the street. I left cookies outside the garage with a thank-you note. Later that day, a typed letter had replaced the gift. It was from Bob and explained how he would come to walk the neighborhood on garbage day, returning cans for people he barely knew. Back when he had been fighting a war, his young wife, Jenny, had found herself living alone. Neighbors had taken the time to handle her garbage cans so she didn't have to.
A few years after we had moved in, Bob died. We told Jenny how special Bob had been to us. When Jenny invited us over to look through Christmas ornaments, I realized how hard it was to part with that box, a piece of Bob.
These days, we're piling up boxes of our own. We're planning a move. The house that seemed so huge six years ago is fully filled with furniture and books and, of course, people. We know it's time to go, and yet we can't seem to stick the For Sale sign up.
It's not just Jenny. It's the man who lets our kids pick peaches in his front yard. It's the ladies who leave overflowing baskets for our kids on Easter. It's the officer who smiles and makes me feel a little safer when Jim's away. Thank you, I'll say. For teaching us what it means to be a neighbor.
孩子们小心翼翼地从一个深受喜爱的纸箱里取出圣诞装饰品。珍妮站在他们旁边,温柔地解释着每一件珍宝。她和鲍勃在每年的圣诞后拍卖会上一件一件地制作他们的收藏品。
我们第一次见到鲍勃和珍妮是在结婚初期。每天都有人把我们的垃圾桶还给车库。然后有一天我们发现了他:一个住在街对面的老人。我把饼干和感谢信忘在车库外了。当天晚些时候,一封打字的信代替了礼物。这是鲍勃写的,他解释了自己是如何在垃圾日来附近散步的,为他几乎不认识的人归还罐头的。当他参加战争时,他年轻的妻子珍妮发现自己一个人生活。邻居们花时间处理她的垃圾桶,这样她就不用这么做了。
我们搬进来几年后,鲍勃去世了。我们告诉珍妮鲍勃对我们来说有多特别。当珍妮邀请我们去看圣诞饰品时,我意识到很难放弃那个盒子,一块鲍勃。
这些天,我们在堆放自己的箱子。我们正在计划搬家。六年前看起来如此巨大的房子里摆满了家具和书籍,当然还有人。我们知道是时候走了,但我们似乎无法坚持待售的注册。
不仅仅是珍妮。是那个让我们的孩子在自家前院摘桃子的人。是女士们在复活节给我们的孩子们留下了满溢的篮子。吉姆不在的时候,是那个警官微笑着让我感到更安全。谢谢你,我会说。因为教会了我们做邻居意味着什么。
句子成分分析:
The kids get Christmas decorations [out of awellloved cardboard box] [with great care].
句子语法结构详解:
* get 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* the 为定冠词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
1) 从……中获得(有益的东西) 2) 逼某人供出...,(强行)盘问出,获取 | |
1) 非常小心地, 非常谨慎地, 非常仔细地 2) 精心地, 费心地 |
Vocabulary:
kid [kid] | n. | 1) 小孩,年轻人 2) 小山羊 |
Christmas ['krismәs] | n. | 圣诞节 |
decoration [,dekә'reiʃәn] | n. | 1) 装饰品 2) 装饰图案 |
cardboard ['kɑ:dbɔ:d] | n. | 硬纸板 |
box [bɔks] | n. | 1) 盒,箱,匣 2) 一盒,一箱(东西) |
句子成分分析:
It was from Bob and explained | how he would come towalk the neighborhood [on garbage day], returning cans
[for people (he barely knew)].
句子语法结构详解:
(knew 为 know 的过去式。)
* was 为系动词作谓语,采用一般过去时。
* explained 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* how 为连接副词,引导宾语从句。
* come 为谓语,采用一般过去将来时。
* to walk 为不定式,作状语。
* returning 为现在分词,作状语。
* 第2个 he 开头为定语从句,引导词 that 被省略。
* knew 为谓语,采用一般过去时。
* would 为情态动词。he 为人称代词主格。the 为定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
be from... | 1) 来自(某地) 2) (信等)是(某人)寄来的 |
Vocabulary:
bob [bɔb] | n. | 1) 快速的点头(或鞠躬) 2) (女式)齐短发型 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
explain [ik'splein] | vt. | 1) 解释,说明,阐明 2) 说明(……的)原因,解释(……的)理由 |
come [kʌm] | vi. | 1) 来, 来(做某事), 来临 2) 到, 到达, 抵达 3) 发生 |
walk [wɔ:k] | vt. | 1) 陪伴……走,护送……走 2) 遛(动物), 牵着(动物)走,赶着……走 |
neighborhood ['neibәhud] | n. | 1) 附近地区,邻里 2) 街区,城区 |
garbage ['gɑ:bidʒ] | n. | 1) 垃圾 2) 垃圾场,垃圾桶 |
day [dei] | n. | 1) 天, 一日,一天 2) 白天,日间 3) 时代;时期 |
return [ri'tә:n] | vt. | 1) 归还, 退还 2) 带回,送回 |
can [kæn] | n. | 1) 罐头 2) 容器 |
people ['pi:pl] | n. | 1) 人,人们,大家 2) 国民,人民,臣民,群众 |
barely ['bєәli] | ad. | 1) 几乎不;几乎没哟 2) 仅仅;刚刚;勉强可能 |
know [nәu] | vt. | 1) 熟悉,认识,了解 2) 知道,知悉,了解 |
句子成分分析:
Back || when he had been fighting a war, || his young wife, <Jenny>, had found herself living [alone].
句子语法结构详解:
(found 为 find 的过去分词。)
* 开头为祈使句。
* back 为谓语。
* when 为连词,引导时间状语从句。
* fighting 为谓语,采用过去完成进行时。
* his 开头为陈述句。
* Jenny 为同位语
* found 为谓语,采用过去完成时。
* living 为现在分词,作宾语补足语(即构成复合宾语)。
* he 为人称代词主格。his 为形容词型物主代词。herself 为自身代词。had, been 为助动词。a 为不定冠词。
句子相关词汇解释:
Vocabulary:
back [bæk] | vi. | 后退,倒退 |
fight [fait] | vt. | 1) 与...作斗争,争取克服 2) 参加,进行 |
war [wɔ:] | n. | 1) 战争 2) 对抗,冲突 |
young [jʌŋ] | a. | 1) 年轻的,岁数不大的,相对年轻的 2) 幼小的,未成熟的 |
wife [waif] | n. | 妻子,太太 |
jenny | n. | 母驴 |
find [faind] | vt. | 1) (意外或偶然地)发现,碰到 2) 找到,找回 |
herself [hә:'self] | pron | 她自己 |
live [liv] | vi. | 1) 生活,过活 2) 活,活着,生存 |
alone [ә'lәun] | ad. | 1) 单独地; 独自地 2) 仅仅; 单; 只 (用于名词或代词后以加强语气) |
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