精品閱讀：倘若鳥兒未飛還 (1)_跨考網(wǎng)

　　精品閱讀：倘若鳥兒未飛還 (1)

　　小編物語：9月不覺來臨，又即將悄然逝去，他終于收到了另一封熟悉的來信。無疑是她的筆跡。郵戳標明寄自另一個遙遠的城市。他撕開信封，最初還以為里面空無一物，隨后才發(fā)現(xiàn)有一根從信封中飄落的潔白羽毛。他的腦海里幻化出那只小白鳥，它振翅飛翔，一片羽毛從它的翅上抖落。倘若不是鳥兒在離去時留下這片羽毛為證，有誰會知道小白鳥曾經(jīng)來過?他幡然醒悟：艾米再也不會回來了。不知過了多久，他才讓那根羽毛從手中悄然滑落。我甚至孤身一人住在離家?guī)子⒗镞h的城市，強迫自己獨立，一切都由自己動手。但把我放在船上等于剝奪了我所獲得的一切，而我不想讓自己感到懦弱無助。

　　Charles saw them both at the same time: a small white bird and the girl wheeling down the walk. The bird glided downward and rested in the grass; the girl directed the chair smoothly along the sunlit, shadowy walk. She stopped to watch the ducks on the pond and when she shoved the wheels again, Charles stood up. "May I push you?" he called, running across the grass to her. The white bird flew to the top of a tree.

　　查爾斯是在同一時刻看到他們倆的：一只白色的小鳥和坐著輪椅沿著小徑悠然而來的女孩。小鳥滑翔而下，棲息在草地上;女孩則平穩(wěn)地駕著輪椅，穿行在陽光下婆娑的樹影之間。她停下來看了看池塘里的鴨子，當她再次用手推動輪椅時，查爾斯一下子站了起來?！拔襾硗颇愫脝?”他一邊喊道，一邊穿過草地朝她奔去。那只小鳥嗖地飛上了樹梢。

　　It was mostly he who talked and he seemed afraid to stop for fear she'd ask him to leave her by herself. Nothing in her face had supported the idea of helplessness conveyed by the wheelchair, and he knew that his assistance was not viewed as a favor. He asked the cause of her handicap.

　　大部分時間都是他在喋喋不休，他似乎害怕話一停，她就會請他離開，好讓她獨自呆著。從她的臉上看不出有任何緣于輪椅的無助表情，因而他知道，他的幫助并沒有被看作是一種恩惠。他問起她致殘的原因。

　　"It was an automobile accident when I was 12," Amy explained.

　　“我12歲那年出了一場車禍，”艾米解釋說。

　　They went for lunch, and he would have felt awkward except that she knew completely how to take care of herself.

　　他們一起去吃午餐。幸好她能完全照料自己，不然他可就尷尬了。

　　"Do you live with someone?" he asked the next day when they met.

　　“你和什么人住在一起嗎?”第二天見面時他問。

　　"Just myself," she answered. Asking the question made him feel uneasy because of his own loneliness even though he was hoping for this answer.

　　“就我自己，”她答道。盡管他希望得到這樣一個答案，但是問這個問題仍然讓他有些不安，因為他自己也過得很孤獨。