英语小达人每天10分钟 403 A Letter

[00:00.01]A Letter 一封信 [00:00.11]Dear Mother and Dad, 亲爱的爸爸妈妈： [00:02.42]Since I left for college I have been remise in writing 从我上大学以后就疏于写信， [00:17.36]and I am sorry for my thoughtlessness in not having written before. 我为自己的粗心大意感到抱歉。 [00:22.57]I will bring you up to date now, but before you read on, please sit down. 我现在就会把一直到最近为止的情况都告诉你们，只是在读信前，我请你们一定先坐下。 [00:29.02]You are not to read any further unless you are sitting down, okay? 你们要是不坐下就读不下去了，好吗？ [00:32.54]Well, then, I am getting along pretty well now. 现在，哎，我现在一切都好。 [00:38.14]The skull fracture and the concussion I got when I jumped out the window of my dormitory when it caught on fire shortly after my arrival here is pretty well healed now. 当时我一到学校，我的宿舍就着火了，我从窗户跳了出去。这一跳导致我头骨骨裂还有脑震荡，现在已经基本上好了。 [00:50.02]I only spent two weeks in the hospital and now I can see almost normally 我只在医院里待了两个星期，现在我看东西已经基本上恢复正常了， [00:55.17]and only get those sick headaches once a day. 而且讨厌的头痛一天也只会烦我一次了。 [00:59.27]Fortunately, the fire in the dormitory, and my jump, was witnessed by an attendant at the gas station near the dorm, 幸运的是，我的宿舍着火和我从窗户跳下这些事情都被一个附近加油站的工作人员看见了， [01:07.43]and he was the one who called the Fire Department and the ambulance. 是他报了火警，还叫了救护车。 [01:11.38]He also visited me in the hospital 后来他还到医院看我， [01:15.35]and since I had nowhere to live because of the burnout dormitory, 而且因为我的宿舍烧毁了， [01:19.33]he was kind enough to invite me to share his apartment with him. 他还好心地邀请我搬进他的公寓。 [01:24.52]It's really a basement room, but it's kind of cute. 那实际上只是一间地下室，不过还算精巧。 [01:28.23]He is a very fine boy and we have fallen deeply in love and are planning to get married. 他是个不错的男孩子，我们深深地相爱了，而且我们正准备结婚。 [01:36.42]We haven't got the exact date yet, 我们还没有定好具体的日子， [01:39.52]but it will be before my pregnancy begins to show. 不过一定是在我的肚子大起来之前。 [01:43.29]Yes, Mother and Dad, I am pregnant. 妈妈爸爸，是的，我怀孕了。 [01:47.30]I know how much you are looking forward to being grandparents and I know you will welcome the baby 我知道你们有多想要个孙子，我也知道你们一定会欢迎这个小宝宝， [01:55.58]and give it the same love and devotion and tender care you gave me when I was a child. 并且全心地爱他、照顾他，就向我小时候对我那样。 [02:03.10]The reason for the delay in our marriage is that my boyfriend has a minor infection 我们推迟结婚日期的原因是我的男朋友得了传染病， [02:10.03]which prevents us from passing our premarital blood tests 因此我们没通过婚前的血液检查， [02:14.32]and I carelessly caught it from him. 而我也不小心被他传染了。 [02:18.08]I know that you will welcome him into our family with open arms. 我知道你们一定会张开双臂热诚地欢迎他成为我们家庭的一员。 [02:23.23]He is kind and, although not well educated, he is ambitious. 虽然他没受过良好的教育，不过他人很好，而且很有志气。 [02:28.37]Although he is a different race and religion than ours, 他是有色人种而且信仰不同的宗教， [02:34.03]I know your often express tolerance will not permit you to be bothered by that. 不过你们经常说要包容、要宽容，我相信你们一定会宽容地接纳他的。 [02:39.56]Dear Mother and Dad, now that I have brought you up to date, 现在，亲爱的爸爸妈妈，我来告诉你们我的近况。 [02:45.37]I want to tell you that there was no dormitory fire, 我要说的是我的宿舍没着火， [02:49.17]I did not have a concussion or skull fracture, 我没有头骨骨裂或是脑震荡， [02:52.47]I was not in the hospital, I am not pregnant, I am not engaged, 我没住院，我没怀孕，我没订婚， [02:58.03]I am not infected, and there is no boyfriend. 我没被传染，我甚至还没有男朋友。 [03:01.50]However, I am getting a "D" in American History, and an "F" in Chemistry 只是我的美国史考了将将及格，化学不及格， [03:09.43]and I wanted you to see those marks in their proper perspective. 我想让你们正确地看待我的这些分数。 [03:15.08]Your loving daughter, 爱你们的女儿 [??:??.??]Sharon 莎伦

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