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1、FourGenerationsJoyceMaynardJoyceJoyce&Augrey(daughterandgranddaughter)Fredelle(mother)GrandmotherSheisdyingfrompancreaticcancer(胰腺癌)inhospital.Sheiseighty-sevenyearsold.Sherefusedanoperationandnowshehasbeenhemorrhaging(大出血),andhasseverjaundice(黄疸).SoIbecamethemotherfora
2、moment,remindingher,reasonably,thatmygrand-motheris87,she’shadafulllife,shehasallherfaculties,andnoonewhoknowshercouldwishthatshelivelongenoughtolosethem.我就暂时成了母亲,像母亲那样很理智地劝慰她说,外婆已经87岁了。她的一生没有缺憾,耳不聋,眼不花。认识她的人谁也不希望她活到什么也不行了的时候。MoreaboutGrandmother:ShewasborninRussia,in18
3、92,inaJewishfamily.Shespentherchildhoodinpogroms(种族屠杀).HerfamilydeclinedandemigratedtoCanada.ShegotmarriedinCanadaandlatertookherchildrenasthecenterofherlife.Theirchildrenwerethecenteroftheirlife.Theylovedtheirchildrensomuchthattheywoulddowhateverthechildcoveted.Theysaw
4、toitthattheirchildhadgoodeducationalthoughtheywerenotrich.Theywereveryprotectiveofthechild.seetosomething/seetoitthat…Makesuresothingtobedone确保做到Willyouseetothearrangementofthenextmeeting?Willyouseetoitthatthemeetingroomisreadybefore3o’clock?SomeusefulExpressionsinParag
5、raph5Would:expressingahabitualactionorattitudeUsedtodosth:expressingapasthabitoractionPresentsth.assth:describe…as…把…说成…Thebookpresentstheplaceasheavenonearth.Thekingwaspresentedasacruel,greedyman.Atlength:inalonganddetailedway详尽地Everytime+时间状语从句EverytimehecomestoBeijin
6、g,hewillgoandvisithishighschoolteachers.Agoodmanyof=manyAgoodmanyofnewbooksofscientificfarminghasbeputout.Manynewbooksofscientificfarminghavebeenputout.独立结构表示伴随状态GrandmotherwaslyingflatwithanIVtubeinherarmandhereyesshut.我进屋时,他正睡得很想,手里拿着吧扇子,电视还开着。WhenIcamein,hewassleepin
7、gsoundly,withafaninhandandtheTVon.Audreyisjustone,butshehasseenenoughoftheworldtoknowthatpeopleinbedarenotmeanttobesostillandyellow,andshelookedfrightened.Ihadneverwantedmoreforherosmile.奥德莉刚一岁,但也观察这个世界足以知道躺在床上的人不意味着都那么僵直和发黄。看上去她被吓着了。我压根儿就没要求更多,想着让她笑。假设虚拟句Ihadthefeeling
8、,eventhen,thatifI’dsaid,“Audrey’slightingmatches,”Grandmawouldhaveshotuptorescueher.即便在当时那种情况下,我都会感觉到如果我说“奥德莉在