2020-12-26每日美文阅读和英语学习(第271天)

英语学习

In the Wink of an Eye

About ten years ago when I was an undergraduate in college, I was working as an intern at my university's Museum of Natural History.

One day while working at the cash register in the gift shop, I saw an elderly couple come in with a little girl in a wheelchair.

As I looked closer at this girl, I saw that she was kind of perched on her chair.

I then realized she had no arms or legs, just a head, neck and torso. She was wearing a little white dress with red polka dots.

As the couple wheeled her up to me I was looking down at the register.

I turned my head toward the girl and gave her a wink.

As I took the money from her grandparents, I looked back at the girl, who was giving me the cutest, largest smile I have ever seen

眨眼间

大约十年前，当我还是一名大学生的时候，我在我大学的自然历史博物馆实习。

一天，当我在礼品店的收银机工作时，我看到一对老年夫妇带着一个坐轮椅的小女孩进来。

当我走近看这个女孩时，我发现她好像坐在椅子上。

然后我意识到她没有胳膊和腿，只有头、脖子和躯干。她穿着一件有红色圆点的白色小礼服。

当那对夫妇把她推到我面前时，我正低头看着收银机。

我把头转向那个女孩，向她眨了眨眼。

当我从她爷爷奶奶那里接过钱时，我回头看了看那个女孩，她给了我从未见过的最可爱、最大的微笑

All of a sudden her handicap was gone and all I saw was this beautiful girl, whose smile just melted me and almost instantly gave me a completely new sense of what life is all about.

She took me from a poor, unhappy college student and brought me into her world: a world of smiles, love and warmth.

That was ten years ago.

Whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world, I think about that little girl and the remarkable lesson about life that she taught me.

突然间，她的残疾消失了，我看到的是一个美丽的女孩，她的笑容融化了我，几乎立刻让我对生活有了全新的认识。

她把我从一个贫穷、不快乐的大学生身边带到了她的世界：一个充满微笑、爱和温暖的世界。

那是十年前的事了。

每当我下来思考这个世界的烦恼时，我就会想起那个小女孩和她教给我的关于生活的非凡一课。

㈠苦瓜之味，不是人人都喜欢，喜欢的人，也不会从小喜欢，大概要三十五岁以后才会喜欢。

也许是到了一定年纪，知道回味比“前味”更重要了；也许是在人世的苦海中沉浮久了，已经习惯苦味并从心底接受了。

母亲说，苦瓜可以煮汤。我说，那汤不是很苦吗？

母亲说，苦瓜的汤并不苦，苦瓜有个特点，和别的菜煮在一起，不会让和它在一起的食材变苦。“它不苦别人，只苦自己，所以它有个别名，叫作‘君子菜’。”

不苦别人，只苦自己。我从未听过对君子这么简洁的定义。从厨房出来，在厅里站着想了一会儿，我几乎落下泪来。

㈡深秋，每天窗外的风景都不一样。我的客厅有十二扇窗，也就切割出十二个画面。秋天比春天更有变化，也更五彩斑斓，因为春花是陆续开的，秋叶却几乎能同步，在几天之间就千变万化。

每天坐在窗前看秋风起、黄叶飘零，尤其是槐树的叶子纷纷掉落的时候，还以为天上飘下了雪花。叶子不断告别枝头，树梢也就一天比一天稀疏。悲秋不同于伤春，因为春花之后，还有夏叶，像樱花，一边落英缤纷，一边新绿已经像是绿色的火焰点燃。

看窗外的黄叶、红叶飘零，觉得每片叶子都是一分一秒的岁月，落下的不是秋叶，而是逝去的光阴。

实在舍不得这美丽的景色渐渐消退，于是把画具一样样搬到客厅，用茶几做画桌，临窗写生。落下的秋叶、流逝的年华，终于变成色彩笔墨，留在我的册页当中……