温馨夜读 PART2 04 A Good Friend 好朋友

 

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[00:00.53]A Good Friend 好朋友

[00:05.89]In kindergarten your idea of a good friend was the person

[00:11.46]who let you have the red crayon 

[00:13.65]when all that was left was the ugly black one.

[00:16.93]In primary school your idea of a good friend was the person

[00:21.20]who went to the bathroom with you;

[00:23.28]held your hand as you walked through the scary halls;

[00:26.78]helped you stand up to the class bully¹;

[00:29.51]shared his lunch with you when you forgot yours on the bus;

[00:33.12]saved a seat on the back of the bus for you;

[00:35.96]knew who you had a crush on and never understood why.

[00:40.12]In secondary school your idea of a good friend was the person

[00:45.48]who let you copy their social studies homework;

[00:48.15]went to that “cool” party with you

[00:50.89]so you wouldn't wind up being the only fresher there;

[00:54.27]did not let you lunch alone.

[00:56.57]In pre-university your idea of a good friend was the person

[01:01.49]who gave you rides in his new car;

[01:03.79]convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded;

[01:07.29]consoled you when you broke up with Nick or Susan;

[01:10.68]found you a date to the prom or went to the prom with you (both without dates);

[01:16.48]helped you pick a university and assured you 

[01:19.60]that you would get into that university;

[01:21.51]helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time letting you go.

[01:26.21]On the threshold² of adulthood³ your idea of a good friend was the person

[01:31.46]who was there when you just couldn't deal with your parents;

[01:34.96]assured you that now that you and Nick or you and Susan were back together,

[01:39.66]you could make it through anything;

[01:41.74]just silently hugged you as you looked through blurry⁴ eyes at 18 years of memories;

[01:47.76]and reassured⁵ you that you would make it in university 

[01:51.56]as well as you had these past 18 years;

[01:54.75]and most importantly sent you off to university, making you feel loved.

[02:00.34]Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person

[02:03.94]who gives you the better of the two choices;

[02:06.25]holds your hand when you're scared;

[02:08.00]helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you;

[02:11.50]thinks of you at times when you are not there;

[02:14.01]reminds you of what you have forgotten;

[02:16.52]helps you put the past behind you but understands

[02:20.52]when you need to hold on to it a little longer;

[02:23.03]stays with you so that you have confidence;

[02:26.10]goes out of his way to make time for you;

[02:29.16]helps you clear up your mistakes;

[02:31.46]helps you deal with pressure from others;

[02:34.41]smiles for you when you are sad; helps you become a better person...

[02:39.44]And most importantly loves you!

1 bully   

n.恃强欺弱者，小流氓；vt.威胁，欺侮

参考例句：

• A bully is always a coward.暴汉常是懦夫。
• The boy gave the bully a pelt on the back with a pebble.那男孩用石子掷击小流氓的背脊。

2 threshold   

n.界限，门槛，入口，开端

参考例句：

• I'll never cross the threshold of your house again.我再也不进你的家门了。
• He stopped at the threshold of the bedroom.他在卧室门口停住了。

3 adulthood   

n.成年，成人期

参考例句：

• Some infantile actions survive into adulthood.某些婴儿期的行为一直保持到成年期。
• Few people nowadays are able to maintain friendships into adulthood.如今很少有人能将友谊维持到成年。

4 blurry   

adj.模糊的；污脏的，污斑的

参考例句：

• My blurry vision makes it hard to drive. 我的视力有点模糊，使得开起车来相当吃力。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The lines are pretty blurry at this point. 界线在这个时候是很模糊的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

5 reassured   

adj.使消除疑虑的；使放心的v.再保证，恢复信心( reassure的过去式和过去分词)

参考例句：

• The captain's confidence during the storm reassured the passengers. 在风暴中船长的信念使旅客们恢复了信心。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• The doctor reassured the old lady. 医生叫那位老妇人放心。 来自《简明英汉词典》