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1、Passage1(Unit1,BookI:Love.Shortstory.Family.Love)After21yearsofmarriage,mywifewantedmetotakeanotherwomanouttodinnerandamovie.Shesaid,"Iloveyou,butIknowthisotherwomanlovesyoutoo,andshewouldlovetospendsometimewithyou."TheotherwomanthatmywifewantedmetovisitwasmyMOTHER,whohasbeenawi
2、dowfor19years,butthedemandsofmyworkandmythreechildrenhadmadeitpossibletovisitheronlyoccasionally.ThatnightIcalledtoinvitehertogooutfordinnerandamovie."What'swrong,areyouwell?"sheasked.Mymotheristhetypeofwomanwhosuspectsthatalatenightcallorasurpriseinvitationisasignofbadnews."Ith
3、oughtthatitwouldbepleasanttospendsometimewithyou,"Iresponded."Justthetwoofus."Shethoughtaboutitforamoment,andthensaid,"Iwouldlikethatverymuch."ThatFridayafterwork,asIdroveovertopickherup,Iwasabitnervous.WhenIarrivedatherhouse,Inoticedthatshe,too,seemedtobenervousaboutourdate.She
4、waitedinthedoorwithhercoaton.Shehadcurledherhairandwaswearingthedressthatshehadworntocelebrateherlastweddinganniversary.Shesmiledfromafacethatwasasradiantasanangel's."ItoldmyfriendsthatIwasgoingtogooutwithmyson,andtheywereimpressed,"shesaid,asshegotinto thecar. "Theycan'twaittoh
5、earaboutourmeeting."Wewenttoarestaurantthat,althoughnotelegant,wasveryniceandcozy.MymothertookmyarmasifsheweretheFirstLady.Afterwesatdown,Ihadtoreadthemenu.Hereyescouldonlyreadlargeprint.Halfwaythroughtheentries,IliftedmyeyesandsawMomsittingtherestaringatme.Anostalgicsmilewasonh
6、erlips."ItwasIwhousedtohavetoreadthemenuwhenyouweresmall,"shesaid."Thenit'stimethatyourelaxandletmereturnthefavor,"Iresponded.Duringthedinner,wehadanagreeableconversation-nothingextraordinarybutcatchinguponrecenteventsofeachother'slife.Wetalkedsomuchthatwemissedthemovie.Aswearri
7、vedatherhouselater,shesaid,"I'llgooutwithyouagain,butonlyifyouletmeinviteyou."Iagreed."Howwasyourdinnerdate?"askedmywifewhenIgothome."Verynice.MuchmoresothanIcouldhaveimagined,"Ianswered.Afewdayslater,mymotherdiedofamassiveheart attack.IthappenedsosuddenlythatIdidn'thaveachancet
8、odo anythingforher.Sometimelater,Ireceivedanenv
