
We took a rare family road trip to the Adirondacks in late August,and it was as refreshing and exhausting as family vacations tend to be.Toward the end of our long drive home, even the kids were leaning forward in their seats urging my lead foot on.At that point in a road trip,even sixty-five miles per hour feels slow. We have become numb to our speed and numb to the road signs flashing by.
My family lives on the edge of Lancaster County. Only thirty miles from home,I hit the brakes,and we began to roll,slowly,behind a horse-draw n carriage. We began to open our eyes again.We saw familiar green hills and the farm with the best watermelons. I rolled down the windows, and we breathed again.Just-cut hay and a barn full of dairy cattle.
At five miles per hour,you rememb er what you forget at sixty-five.You are thinking about a place,even when you are moving from place to place.
I am a placemaker. A homemaker, too. I am a mother of a young kid at home,and also a writer and a gardener.But,for me,those roles are wrapped up with the one big thing I want to do with the rest of my life:I want to cultivate a place and share it with others.
The place I make with my family is a red-brick farmhouse built in l880. It has quite a few nineteenth-century bedrooms and a few acres of land,and we love nothing more than to fill them with neighbors and friends. We grow vegetables and flowers,keep a baker’s dozen of egg—laying chickens,and,since we moved in three years ago,we have planted many,many trees.
Living with my life’s purpose does not allow for much travel. I need to be here,feeding the chickens and watering the tomatoes. Any extra in the budget,and we spend it on trees.[来源:Zxxk.Com]
But I learned something at the end of our family road trip.Travel can help me in the task of caring for my own place.When I slow down and pay attention to the road between here and there,travel tells me the connections between my place and all the other places.
8月底,我们罕见地进行了一次前往阿迪朗达克的家庭公路旅行,这和家庭度假一样令人耳目一新和疲惫。在我们漫长的回家之旅即将结束时,甚至孩子们都在座位上前倾,催促我继续前行。在公路旅行的那一刻,即使是每小时65英里也感觉很慢。我们已经对自己的速度和闪烁的路标感到麻木。
我家住在兰开斯特郡的边缘。离家只有三十英里,我踩下了刹车,我们开始慢慢地在一辆马车后面滚动。我们又睁开眼睛,看到了熟悉的青山和种着最好西瓜的农场。我摇下窗户,我们又呼吸了。只是割下干草和一个装满奶牛的谷仓。
以每小时5英里的速度,你会记住65岁时忘记的东西。你在想一个地方,即使你在从一个地方移动到另一个地方。
我是一个占位符。一个家庭主妇。我是家里一个孩子的母亲,也是一名作家和园丁。但对我来说,这些角色都与我余生想做的一件大事有关:我想培养一个地方,并与他人分享。
我和家人住的地方是一座建于1880年的红砖农舍。它有很多19世纪的卧室和几英亩的土地,我们最喜欢的就是让它们充满邻居和朋友。我们种蔬菜和鲜花,养了一打鸡蛋——下蛋的鸡,自从三年前搬进来以来,我们种了很多很多树。
按照我的人生目标生活不允许有太多的旅行。我需要在这里,喂鸡,给西红柿浇水。预算中的任何额外部分,我们都会花在树上[来源:Zxxk.Com]
但在我们的家庭公路旅行结束时,我学到了一些东西。旅行可以帮助我照顾自己的地方。当我放慢脚步,注意这里和那里之间的道路时,旅行告诉我的地方和所有其他地方之间的联系。
句子成分分析:
We have become numb [to our speed] and numb [to the road signs] flashing by.
句子语法结构详解:
(become 为过去分词,与其动词原形拼写相同。)
* become 为系动词作谓语,采用现在完成时。
* 第1个 numb 为形容词作表语。
* 第2个 numb 为形容词作表语。
* flashing 为现在分词,作状语。
* we 为人称代词主格。our 为形容词型物主代词。have 为助动词。the 为定冠词。
相关语法知识:
系动词
时态
表语
并列连词
现在分词
人称代词 | 助动词 | 物主代词
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
road sign | 路标 |
Vocabulary:
become [bi'kʌm] | vi. | 变化,变成 |
numb [nʌm] | a. | 1) 麻木的,失去知觉的 2) 麻木的,迟钝的,呆滞的 |
speed [spi:d] | n. | 1) 速度 2) 进度 |
and [ænd] | conj. | 1) 和, 与, 同, 并 2) 然后,接着 |
flash [flæʃ] | vi. | 1) 闪耀,闪光 2) 飞速运动,掠过 |
by [bai] | ad. | 1) (走,跑,飞)过, 经过 2) 在附近 |
句子成分分析:
Living [with my life's purpose] does not allow for much travel.
句子语法结构详解:
* Living 为动名词,在句中作主语。
* allow 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* my 为形容词型物主代词。does 为助动词。life's 为名词所有格。
相关语法知识:
动名词
时态
many, much 的用法
物主代词 | 名词所有格 | 助动词
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
live with... | 1) 忍受..., 容忍... 2) 和...住在一起 |
allow for... | 考虑到..., 顾及..., 计算...在内 |
Vocabulary:
life [laif] | n. | 1) 生活,生活经历 2) 生命,性命 3) 一生,终生 |
purpose ['pә:pәs] | n. | 1) 意图,目的,用途,目标 2) (purposes)情势的需要 |
much [mʌtʃ] | a. | 许多,大量 |
travel ['trævl] | n. | 1) 旅行,旅游,游历 2) (travels)(出国)旅游,旅行 |
句子成分分析:
Living [with my life's purpose] does not allow for much travel.
I
句子语法结构详解:
* Living 为动名词,在句中作主语。
* allow 为谓语,采用一般现在时。
* I 为人称代词主格。my 为形容词型物主代词。does 为助动词。life's 为名词所有格。
相关语法知识:
动名词
时态
many, much 的用法
物主代词 | 名词所有格 | 助动词 | 人称代词
句子相关词汇解释:
Phrase:
live with... | 1) 忍受..., 容忍... 2) 和...住在一起 |
allow for... | 考虑到..., 顾及..., 计算...在内 |
Vocabulary:
life [laif] | n. | 1) 生活,生活经历 2) 生命,性命 3) 一生,终生 |
purpose ['pә:pәs] | n. | 1) 意图,目的,用途,目标 2) (purposes)情势的需要 |
much [mʌtʃ] | a. | 许多,大量 |
travel ['trævl] | n. | 1) 旅行,旅游,游历 2) (travels)(出国)旅游,旅行 |
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