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大学英语综合教程第一册 Unit 5a

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[00:00.00] A letter or telephone call comes from someone you have not met,

[00:05.20]and you find yourself imaginging what the person looks like,

[00:09.64]putting a face to the hidden voice.

[00:13.27]Are you any good at this?Sometimes it is easy to get it wrong.

[00:19.15]John Blanchard stood up from the bench,straightened his Army uniform,

[00:25.18]and studied the crowd of people making their way through Grand Central Station

[00:31.40]He looked for the girl whose heart he knew,

[00:35.34]but whose face he didn't the girl with the rose.

[00:40.49]His interest in her had begun twelve months before in a Florida library.

[00:46.86]Taking a book off the shelf

[00:49.61]he soon found himself absorbed, not by the words of the book,

[00:55.20]but by the notes penciled in the margin.

[00:59.25]The soft handwriting reflected a thoughtful soul and insightful mind.

[01:06.61]In the front of the book,

[01:09.17]he disovered the previous owner's name,Miss Hollis Maynell.

[01:14.14]With time and effort he located her address.She lived in New York City.

[01:20.27]He wrote her a letter introducing himself

[01:23.83]and inviting her to correspond.

[01:27.35]The nest day he was shipped overseas for service in World WarⅡ.

[01:32.63]During the next year the two grew to know each other through the mail.

[01:38.95]Each letter was a seed falling on a fertile heart.A romance was budding.

[01:45.43]Blanchard reaquested a photograph,but she refused.

[01:49.84]She explained: "If you feeling for me has any reality,

[01:54.89]any honest basis,what I look 1ike won't matter.

[01:59.82]Suppose I'beautiful.I'd always be haunted

[02:04.37]by the feeling that you had heen taking a chance on just that,

[02:09.38]and that kind of love would disgust me

[02:13.15]Suppose I'm plain(and you must admit that this is more likely).

[02:18.45]Then I'd always fear that you were going on writing to me

[02:23.78]only because you were lonely and had no one else.

[02:28.43]No,don't ask for my picture.

[02:32.06]When you come to New York,you shall see me and then you shall make your decison

[02:38.43]Remember,both of us are free to stop or to go on after that-Whichever we choose

[02:45.93]When the day finally came for him to return from Europe,

[02:50.27]they scheduled their first meeting

[02:53.90]7:00 p.m.at Grand central station,New York.

[02:58.34]"You'll recognize me,"she wrote,"by me red rose I'1l be wearing on my lapel.

[02:59.27]"So,at7:00p.m he was in the station looking for a girl

[03:06.04]who had filled such a special place in his life for the past 12 months,

[03:12.41]a girl he had never seen,

[03:15.10]yet whose wriren words had been with him and sustained him unfailingly

[03:20.88]I'1l let Mr.Blanchard tell you what happened:

[03:25.14]A young woman was coming toward me,her figure long and slim

[03:30.49]Her golden hair lay back in curls from her delicate ears;

[03:35.79]her eyes were blue as flowers.

[03:39.03]Her lips and chin had a gentle firmness,

[03:43.19]and in her pale green suit she was like springtime come alive.

[03:48.51]I started toward her,

[03:50.76]entirely forgetting to notice that she was not wearing a rose

[03:56.22]As I moved,a small,provocative smile curved her lips.

[04:01.68]"Going my way,sailor?"she murmured.Almost uncontrollably

[04:08.05]I made one step closer to her,and then I saw Hollis Maynell.

[04:13.80]she was standing almost directly behind the girl.

[04:18.16]A woman well past40,she had graying hair pinned up under a woun hat

[04:24.77]She was more than a little overweight,

[04:27.93]her thick-ankled feet thrust into low-heeled shoes

[04:32.19]The girl in the green suit was walking quickly away.

[04:36.11]I felt as though I was split in two,so keen was my desire to follow her

[04:43.76]and yet so deep was my longing for the woman whose spirit had truly companioned me and upheld my own.

[04:52.31]And there she stood.Her pale,round face was gentle and sensible,

[04:58.44]her gray eyes had a warm and kindly glow.

[05:02.42]I did not hesitate.

[05:04.45]My fingers gripped the small worn blue leather copy

[05:09.99]of the book that was to identify me to her

[05:14.25]This would not be love,but it would be something precious,

[05:19.00]something perhaps even better than love

[05:22.66]a friendship for which I had been and must ever be grateful.

[05:28.82]I squared my shoulders and saluted and held out the book to the woman

[05:34.39]Even though white I spoke I felt choked by the bitterness of my disappointment

[05:40.45]I'm Lieutenant John Blanchard and you must be Miss Maynell

[05:46.38]I am so glad you could meet me;may I take you to dinner?”

[05:50.82]The woman's face broadened into a smile.

[05:54.45]"I don't know what this is about,son,"she answered,

[05:58.68]But the young 1ady in the green suit who just went by,

[06:03.10]she begged me to wear this rose on my coat

[06:06.75]And she said if you to ask me out to dinner,

[06:10.59]I should go and tell you that she is waiting for you

[06:14.72]in the big restaurant acrossthe street.She said it was some kind of test!"

[06:20.63]It's not diffcult to understand and admire Miss Maynell's wisdom

[06:26.29]The true nature of a heart is seen in its response to the unattractive.

[06:32.64]Tell me whom you love,"Houssaye wrote, "and I will tell you who you are."

[06:38.70]valentine\ straighten\ make one's way go\ grand

[06:47.11]absorb\ margin\ handwriting\ reflect

[06:54.58]thoughtful\ insightful\ previous\ owner

[07:02.74]locate\ correspon\ overseas\ fertile

[07:11.70]romance\ bud\ haunt\ take a chance

[07:21.44]disgust\ schedule\ lapel\ sustain

[07:28.31]slim\ blonde\ curl\ delicate

[07:34.97]chin\ provocative\ cure\ go sb's way

[07:42.34]sailor\ murmur\ gray\ tuck

[07:49.57]more than a little\ overweight\ ankel\ thrust

[07:56.97]heel\ split\ keen\ longing

[08:03.50]companion\ uphold\ sensible\ glow

[08:11.15]hesitate\ grip\ leather\ identify

[08:18.20]grateful\ salute\ lieutenant\ broaden

[08:25.44]wisdom\ response\ in response do\ attractive

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