温馨夜读 PART3 04 One Hour 一小时

 

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[00:00.76]One Hour 一小时

[00:06.13]FAMILY= (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER, (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

[00:13.62]A man came home from work late, tired and irritated¹,

[00:18.28]to find his 5-year old son waiting for him at the door.

[00:23.02]“Daddy, may I ask you a question?”

[00:25.76]“Yeah sure, what is it?”replied the man.

[00:29.48]“Daddy, how much do you make an hour?”

[00:32.65]“That’s none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?”the man said angrily.

[00:38.78]“I just want to know. Please tell me, 

[00:42.00]how much do you make an hour?”pleaded the little boy.

[00:45.34]“If you must know, I make $20 an hour.”

[00:49.07]“Oh,”the little boy replied, with his head down.

[00:53.05]Looking up, he said,“Daddy, may I please borrow $10?”

[00:59.24]The father was furious,“If the only reason you asked that

[01:04.21]is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense,

[01:08.65]then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed.

[01:12.37]Think about why you are being so selfish. 

[01:15.25]I work hard everyday for such this childish² behavior.”

[01:19.59]The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

[01:23.75]The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy’s questions.

[01:29.54]How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

[01:33.48]After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down, and started to think:

[01:38.96]Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10

[01:43.25]and he really didn’t ask for money very often.

[01:46.28]The man went to the door of the little boy’s room and opened the door.

[01:51.10]“Are you asleep, son?”He asked.

[01:54.17]“No daddy, I’m awake,”replied the boy.

[01:57.77]“I’ve been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier,”said the man,

[02:02.37]“It’s been a long day and I took out my aggravation³ on you.

[02:06.74]Here’s the $10 you asked for.”

[02:09.80]The little boy sat straight up, smiling. “Oh, thank you daddy!”He yelled⁴.

[02:14.62]Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled⁵ bills.

[02:20.42]The man, seeing that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

[02:25.78]The little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father.

[02:30.81]“Why do you want more money if you already have some?”the father grumbled⁶.

[02:36.28]“Because I didn’t have enough, but now I do,”the little boy replied.

[02:41.42]“Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow.

[02:49.19]I would like to have dinner with you.”

1 irritated   

a.恼怒的

参考例句：

• His little affectations irritated her. 他的装腔作势令她不快。
• Her genteel accent irritated me. 她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。

2 childish   

adj.孩子的，孩子气的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• The little girl spoke in a high childish voice.这个小女孩用尖尖的童声讲话。
• We eventually ran out of patience with his childish behaviour.我们终于对他幼稚的行为忍无可忍。

3 aggravation   

n.烦恼，恼火

参考例句：

• She stirred in aggravation as she said this. 她说这句话，激动得过分。
• Can't stand the aggravation, all day I get aggravation. You know how it is." 我整天都碰到令人发火的事，你可想而知这是什么滋味。” 来自教父部分

4 yelled   

v.叫喊，号叫，叫着说( yell的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He yelled at the other driver. 他冲着另一位司机大叫。
• The lost man yelled, hoping someone in the woods would hear him. 迷路的人大声喊着，希望林子里的人会听见。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 crumpled   

adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。
• She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。

6 grumbled   

抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声

参考例句：

• He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
• The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏，水手们边干活边发着牢骚。