精美英文欣赏:我永远都会在你的身边(下)

To each parent he responded¹ with one line: "Are you going to help me now?"

面对种种劝告，这位父亲的回答只有一句话："你们愿意帮我吗？"

And then he continued to dig² for his son, stone by stone.

然后继续进行挖掘工作，在废墟中寻找他的儿子。

The fire chief showed up and tried to pull him off the school s ruins saying, "

消防队长出现了，他也试图把这位父亲劝走，对他说：

Fires are breaking out, explosions³ are happening everywhere. You re in danger. We ll take care of it. Go home."

"火灾频现，四处都在发生爆炸，你在这里太危险了，这边的事我们会处理，你回家吧！"

To which this loving, caring American father asked, "Are you going to help me now?"

对此，这位慈爱、关切的父亲仍然回答："你们要帮我吗？"

The police came and said, "You re angry, anxious and it s over. You're endangering⁴ others. Go home. We'll handle it!"

警察赶到现场，对他说："你现在又气又急，该结束了，你在危及他人，回家吧！我们会处理一切的。"

To which he replied, "Are you going to help me now?" No one helped.

这位父亲依旧回答："你们愿意帮我吗？" 然而，人们无动于衷。

Courageously⁵ he went on alone because he needed to know for himself: "Is my boy alive or is he dead?"

为了弄清楚儿子是死是活，这位父亲独自一人鼓起勇气，继续进行他的工作。

He dug⁶ for eight hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38th hour, he pulled back a large stone and heard his son's voice.

他挖掘了8小时，--12小时，24小时，36小时--38小时后，父亲推开了一块巨大的石头，听到了儿子的声音。

He screamed his son's name, "ARMAND!" He heard back, "Dad!?! It s me, Dad! I told the other kids not to worry.

父亲尖叫着："阿曼德！"儿子的回音听到了："爸爸吗？是我，爸，我告诉其他的小朋友不要着急。

I told them that if you were alive, you'd save me and when you saved me, they'd be saved.

我告诉他们如果你活着，你会来救我的。如果我获救了，他们也就获救了。

You promised, No matter what happens, I'll always be there for you! You did it, Dad!" "What s going on in there? How is it?" the father asked.

你答应过我， 不论发生什么，我永远都会在你的身边， 你做到了，爸！""你那里的情况怎样？"父亲问。

"There are 14 of us left out of 33, Dad. We're scared, hungry, thirsty and thankful you re here.

"我们有33个，只有14个活着。爸，我们好害怕，又渴又饿，谢天谢地，你在这儿。

When the building collapsed⁷, it made a triangle, and it saved us."

教室倒塌时，刚好形成一个三角形的洞，救了我们。"

"Come out, boy!"

"快出来吧！儿子！"

"No, Dad! Let the other kids out first, cause I know you ll get me! No matter what happens, I know you'll always be there for me!"

"不，爸，让其他小朋友先出来吧！因为我知道你会接我的！不管发生什么事，我知道你永远都会来到我的身边！"

1 responded   

回答，回报，响应( respond的过去式和过去分词 )； 有反应； 有效果； 有影响

参考例句：

• Most of the staff who responded to the questionnaire were supportive. 回答了问卷的职员大多数表示支持。
• She responded to the news by bursting into tears. 她听到那个消息后眼泪夺眶而出。

2 dig   

v.挖（洞，沟等）；掘

参考例句：

• It is difficult to dig the ground when it is frozen.地面冻住了就不易挖掘。
• In those days we often went to dig for wild vegetables.那时候我们常常出去挖野菜。

3 explosions   

爆炸( explosion的名词复数 )； 爆发； 激增； （感情，尤指愤怒的）突然爆发

参考例句：

• Soon afterwards five explosions were heard from the area. 此后不久从那个地方传来五次爆炸声。
• They were monitoring the upper air to collect evidence of atomic explosions. 他们正在检测高空空气以收集原子爆炸的证据。

4 endangering   

危及，使遭受危险( endanger的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• Old people often try to economize on heating, thus endangering their health. 老年人常常想方设法节约用暖气，结果损害了他们的健康。
• Endangering their lives will be regarded as a crime against humanity. 危害他们的生命将被视为犯下了反人类罪。

5 courageously   

ad.勇敢地，无畏地

参考例句：

• Under the correct leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the army and civilians in flooded areas fought the floods courageously, reducing the losses to the minimum. 在中共中央、国务院的正确领导下，灾区广大军民奋勇抗洪，把灾害的损失减少到了最低限度。
• He fought death courageously though his life was draining away. 他虽然生命垂危，但仍然勇敢地与死亡作斗争。

6 dug   

n.动物的乳房[乳头]v.挖，掘( dig的过去式和过去分词 )；（如用铲、锨或推土机等）挖掘；挖得；寻找

参考例句：

• He dug a deep hole in the garden. 他在花园里挖了个深坑。
• We dug a deep pit in the yard. 我们在院子中挖了个深洞。

7 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。