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中英文本
WHEN TYRA DAMM lost her husband, Steve Damm, to brain cancer in 2009 after 15 years of marriage,
2009年,蒂拉·达姆结婚的第16年,丈夫史蒂夫·达姆死于脑癌 。
her heart broke for herself and her kids, then ages four and eight.
她和当时4岁和8岁的孩子心痛不已 。
And in the opaque blur of that first year, one day stood out: his birthday.
在去世第一年模模糊糊的记忆中,有一天格外引人注目:丈夫的生日 。
It was the hardest day of them all, full of unbelievable grief.
这是蒂拉和孩子过的最艰难的一天,充满了悲伤 。
Almost out of desperation, she hatched a plan for Steve's next birthday.
几乎到了绝望,她为史蒂夫的下一个生日制定了计划 。
She would use it to help people she'd never met.
她会用这一天帮助她从未见过的人 。
On November 4, 2011, Tyra asked friends in her Texas community to perform random acts of kindness in Steve's honor.
2011年11月4日,蒂拉邀请她在德克萨斯州的朋友为史蒂夫做一些善事 。
Hundreds of people responded.
数百人响应蒂拉的邀请 。
A movement—and the hashtag #dammkind—was born.
一场带着标签# dammkinde的运动诞生了 。
In the years since, #dammkind has been passed along and expanded, moving people Tyra has never met to do good deeds:
在那之后的几年里,“dammkind”得以传承和推广,人们从未见过蒂拉,但在蒂拉的感召下做善事
buying coffee or ice cream for a person in line behind them, leaving a note of gratitude and a large tip for a waiter,
这些人给在后面派对的人买咖啡或冰淇淋,给服务员留下感谢的字条和一大笔小费 。
baking cookies for Meals on Wheels.
为上门送餐服务烘培饼干 。
"November 4," says Tyra, a 46-yearold middle school teacher and parenting columnist for the Dallas Morning News,
“11月4日,”46岁的蒂拉说,她是一名中学教师,也是《达拉斯晨报》的育儿专栏作家 。
"is my favorite day of the year."
“这一天是一年中我最开心的一天 。”
重点讲解
1.in one's honor 为纪念;向...表示敬意;为庆祝...
In ancient Palestine, offenses against one's honor were met with an escalating response.
在古巴勒斯坦,冒犯别人尊严的人会受到升级的报复 。
2.passed along 传承下去
Call the customized logging service: This information is passed along with the log message to the WebSphere Lombardi generic logger service, which needs to be mapped.
调用定制日志服务:此信息与日志消息一起传递到 WebSphere Lombardi 常规记录器服务,该服务需要被映射 。
3.out of desperation 出于绝望
Out of desperation you shove a few banknotes into his hand, hoping that you're neither given too much or too little.
最终,你近乎绝望地把几张钞票塞进他手里,心中暗暗希望你给的小费不多也不少 。
4.stood out 突出;出色;坚持
"One of the things that stood out was overuse of chemicals, despite fertile soil," said Inui.
“突出的问题之一是,尽管土质肥沃,仍过量使用了化肥,”乾佑哉说 。
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