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1、APlateofPeas原文欣赏 MygrandfatherdiedwhenIwasasmallboy,andmygrandmotherstartedstayingwithusforaboutsixmonthseveryyear.Shelivedinaroomthatdoubledasmyfather'soffice,whichwereferredtoasthebackroom.Shecarriedwithherapowerfularoma.Idon'tknowwhatkindofperfumesh
2、eused,butitwasthedoublebarreled,ninetyproof,knockdown,renderthevictimunconscious,moosekillingvariety.Shekeptitinahugeatomizerandapplieditfrequentlyandliberally.Itwasalmostimpossibletogointoherroomandremainbreathingforanylengthoftime.Whenshewouldleavetheho
3、usetogospendsixmonthswithmyAuntLillian,mymotherandsisterswouldthrowopenallthewindows,stripthebed,andtakeoutthecurtainsandrugs.Thentheywouldspendseveraldayswashingandairingthingsout,tryingfranticallytomakethepungentodorgoaway. This,then,wasmygrandmother
4、atthetimeoftheinfamouspeaincident. IttookplaceattheBiltmoreHotel,which,tomyeightyearoldmind,wasjustaboutthefanciesplacetoeatinallofProvidence.Mygrandmother,mymother,andIwerehavinglunchafteramorningspentshopping.Igrandlyorderedasalisburysteak,confidenti
5、ntheknowledgethatbeneaththatfancynamewasagoodoldhamburgerwithgravy.Whenbroughttothetable,itwasacpaniedbyaplateofpeas. Idonotlikepeasnow.Ididnotlikepeasthen.Ihavealwayshatedpeas.Itisapletemysterytomewhyanyonewouldvoluntarilyeatpeas.Ididnoteatthemathome.
6、Ididnoteatthematrestaurants.AndIcertainlywasnotabouttoeatthemnow. Eatyourpeas,mygrandmothersaid. Mother,saidmymotherinherwarningvoice.Hedoesn'tlikepeas.Leavehimalone. “Mygrandmotherdidnotreply,buttherewasaglintinhereyeandagrimsettoherjawthatsigna
7、ledshewasnotgoingtobe14)thwarted.Sheleanedinmydirection,lookedmeintheeye,andutteredthefatefulwordsthatchangedmylife:I'llpayyoufivedollarsifyoueatthosepeas. Ihadabsolutelynoideaoftheimpendingdoom.Ionlyknewthatfivedollarswasanenormous,nearlyunimaginablea
8、mountofmoney,andasawfulaspeaswere,onlyoneplateofthemstoodbetweenmeandthepossessionofthatfivedollars.Ibegantoforcethewretchedthingsdownmythroat. Mymotherwaslivid.Mygrandmotherhadthatselfsatisfiedlookofsomeonewhoha
