温馨夜读II PART3 15.Love Knows No Boundaries

 

[00:00.29]15.Love Knows No Boundaries

[00:04.86]Stepping out into the crisp morning air, feeling the crackle of frost underneath¹ his shoes.

[00:10.86]It had been a long night, filled with thought and memories; both good and bad.

[00:16.19]He so loved her!

[00:18.48]Why did she have to be so hardheaded!

[00:21.85]He kept trying to tell her the truth but she would not listen.

[00:26.42]A man, collected and well-dressed; strong and logically-minded, madly in love with a wild child.

[00:36.67]A woman who walked her own way, looked at life her own way.

[00:41.46]In so many ways, they were total opposites and in far more ways, they were exactly alike.

[00:48.43]Stubborn, determined² and ambitious³ as any person could be.

[00:53.33]She stood on one side of the line in her free style ways and he stood on the other side of the line in goals to achieve.

[01:01.71]She trusted too many things to chance in his opinion and she gently chided that he needed to relax more.

[01:09.23]It caused a deep sense of friction⁴ between them. They loved each other but their worlds often collided⁵.

[01:17.28]In both of their opinions, the collisions had come too often.

[01:22.18]He was grieved⁶ as he set off to work, leaving his house, watching the watercolor sunrise and his thoughts lost deeply in the fog of the night’s exchanged words.

[01:33.07]He turned back to check the back door of the house and admire the modern beauty of his home.

[01:38.74]Then in quiet reflection, he thought of her old house in the older part of the city.

[01:44.18]It is old and accompanied by her and the two cats.

[01:47.88]Her old car against his new one.

[01:50.82]His modern exercise equipment against her old pedal⁷ bike.

[01:55.51]Each the same...each different.

[01:58.12]No matter what...the love remained.

[02:01.71]He reached for his cell phone, dialed her number.

[02:05.52]It rang and a soft voice said “Hello.”

[02:08.89]“Hi, good morning. How are you?” he answered.

[02:12.94]He heard a long pause and then the reply “I am doing good. How are you?”

[02:19.71]“I’m great. Just wanted to say I love you.” he said gently.

[02:26.28]He could almost feel her smile as she said “I love you, too!”

[02:31.42]They hung up and he set on about his day, thinking to himself “Love knows no boundaries!”

1 underneath   

adj.在...下面，在...底下；adv.在下面

参考例句：

• Working underneath the car is always a messy job.在汽车底下工作是件脏活。
• She wore a coat with a dress underneath.她穿着一件大衣，里面套着一条连衣裙。

2 determined   

adj.坚定的；有决心的

参考例句：

• I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
• He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。

3 ambitious   

adj.有雄心的，劲头十足的，有野心的

参考例句：

• One may be poor but never ceases to be ambitious.人穷志不穷。
• He is an ambitious young man full of enthusiasm and vitality.他是个充满热情与活力的有远大抱负的青年。

4 friction   

n.摩擦，摩擦力

参考例句：

• When Joan returned to work,the friction between them increased.琼回来工作后，他们之间的摩擦加剧了。
• Friction acts on moving bodies and brings them to a stop.摩擦力作用于运动着的物体，并使其停止。

5 collided   

v.相撞( collide的过去式和过去分词 )；碰撞；冲突；抵触

参考例句：

• The car and the van collided head-on in thick fog. 那辆小轿车和货车在浓雾中迎面相撞。
• The car collided with a stationary vehicle. 小汽车撞到一辆停着的车上。

6 grieved   

伤心的

参考例句：

• He grieved to know that his mother had passed away. 得知母亲去世，他很悲痛。
• The uncalled-for criticism grieved her. 无缘无故的批评使她伤心。

7 pedal   

n.踏板；adj.脚的，踏脚的；v.用脚踏动，踩踏板

参考例句：

• He pressed down the accelerator pedal of his car.他踩下汽车的加速器踏板。
• I saw him pedal to school every morning.我看到他每天早晨骑自行车上学。