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人生珍品中英譯文
人生珍品 My Irreplaceable Treasure
[1]Recently I gave a dinner party for some close friends. To add a touch of elegance to the evening, I brought out the good stuff--my white Royal Crown Derby china with the fine blue-and-gold border. When we were seated, one of the guests noticed the beat-up gravy boat I'd placed among the newer, better dinnerware. "Is it an heirloom?" she asked tactfully.
I admit the piece does look rather conspicuous. For one thing, it matches nothing else. It's also old and chipped. But that little gravy boat is much more than an heirloom to me. It is the one thing in this world I will never part with.
The story begins more than 50 years ago, when I was seven years old and we lived in a big house along the Ohio River in New Richmond, Ohio. All that separated the house from the river was the street and our wide front lawn. In anticipation of high water, the ground floor had been built seven feet above grade.
Late in December the heavy rains came, and the river climbed to the tops of its banks. When the water began to rise in a serious way, my parents made plans in case the river should invade our house. My mother decided she would pack our books and her fine china in a small den off the master bedroom.
The china was not nearly as good as it was old. Each piece had a gold rim and a band of roses. But the service had been her mother's and was precious to her. As she packed the china with great care, she said to me, "You must treasure the things that people you love have cherished. It keeps you in touch with them."
[1]最近我舉辦了一次晚宴，招待幾位親密的朋友。為了給那個(gè)晚上增添一點(diǎn)優(yōu)雅的情趣，我擺出了一件奇珍異寶----繪有精美藍(lán)邊和金邊的白色王冠德比牌的瓷器。大伙兒就座后，其中一位客人注意到了這只殘破的船形肉鹵盤----我已把它放在了滿桌新穎而別致的餐具當(dāng)中�！斑@是一件傳家寶么？”她機(jī)敏地問(wèn)道。
我承認(rèn)這只盤子看起來(lái)確實(shí)惹人注目。首先，它跟其他任何東西都不相匹配；再者，它古老而且傷痕累累。但對(duì)我而言，這只小小的船形肉鹵盤絕不只是一件傳家之寶。它是這個(gè)世界上我一生都不會(huì)放棄的珍愛(ài)之物。
故事發(fā)生在50多年前，當(dāng)時(shí)我才七歲，我們家住在俄亥俄州新里士滿俄亥俄河邊的一幢大房子里。房子跟河水只隔著一條街道和房前寬闊的草坪�？紤]到河水有上漲的可能，房子一樓的地板安裝得比地面高出七英尺。
12月下旬下起了大暴雨，河水漲到河沿上。河水剛開(kāi)始猛漲時(shí)，我爸媽就作出了各種應(yīng)急方案，以防河水淹進(jìn)我們的房子。媽媽決定將我們所有的書(shū)籍以及她的精美瓷器搬出大臥室，放在樓上的小書(shū)齋里。
這些瓷器絲毫也顯不出年代久遠(yuǎn)的痕跡。每一件都繪有金邊和玫瑰花束。這套餐具是我外婆遺留下來(lái)的，對(duì)我媽來(lái)說(shuō)十分珍貴。她一邊小心翼翼地把它們包好，一邊對(duì)我說(shuō)：“你必須珍惜這些你所愛(ài)的人曾經(jīng)珍惜過(guò)的東西。這可以保持你同他們的聯(lián)系。”
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