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1、英语爱情故事:我们的初恋OurFirstLoveAsurgeofadrenalin,arushofblood,athingofinnocenceandpainthatlastsalifetimeIrememberthewaythelighttouchedherhair.Sheturnedherhead,andoureyesmet,amomentaryawarenessinthatraucousfifth-gradeclassroom.IfeltasthoughI’dbeenstruckablowu
2、ndertheheart.Thusbeganmyfirstloveaffair.HernamewasRachel,andImoonedmywaythroughgradeandhighschool,strickenatthemeresightofher,tongue-tiedinherpresence.Doesanyone,anymore,lingerintheshadowsofevening,drawnbythepalelightofawindow-herwindow-likesomehaples
3、ssummerinsect?Thatdeliriousswooning,asexualbuturgentandobsessive,thatmademeawkwardandmyvoicecrack,islikesomeimpossibledreamnow.IknowIwassoafflicted,butIcannotactuallybelievewhatmemoryinsistsIdid.Whichwastosuffer.Exquisitely.Iwouldcatchsightofher,walki
4、ngdownanaisleoftreestoorfromschool,andI’dbecomeparalyzed.Shealwaysseemedsopoised,soself-possessed.Athome,I’drelieveeachencounter,writhingatthethoughtofmyinadequacies.Evenso,asweenteredourteens,Isensedheraffectionatetoleranceforme.“Goingsteady”implieda
5、maturitywestilllacked.HerOrthodoxJewishupbringingandmyownCatholicscruplesimposedacelibategracethatmadeevenkissingadistantprospect,howeverferventlydesired.Imanagedtoholdheronceatadance-chaperoned,ofcourse.Ourembracemadehergiggle,asoundsotrustingthatIha
6、tedmyselfforwhatI’dbeenthinking.Atanyrate,myloveforRachelremainedunrequited.Wegraduatedfromhighschool,shewentontocollege,andIjoinedtheArmy.WhenWorldWarIIengulfedus,Iwassentoverseas.Foratimewecorresponded,andherletterswerethehighlightofthosegrinding,en
7、dlessyears.Onceshesentmeasnapshotofherselfinabathingsuit,whichdrovemetothewildestoffantasies.Imentionedthepossibilityofmarriageinmynextletter,andalmostimmediatelyherrepliesbecamelessfrequent,lesspersonal.ThefirstthingIdidwhenIreturnedtotheStateswastoc
8、allonRachel.Hermotheransweredthedoor.Rachelnolongerlivedthere.Shehadmarriedamedicalstudentshe’dmetincollege.“Ithoughtshewroteyou,”hermothersaid.Her“DearJohn”letterfinallycaughtupwithmewhileIwasawaitingdischarge.Shegentlyexplainedtheimpossibili