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The days passed...
日子过得很快。
and I watched as he forgot how to walk and...
我看着他忘记怎么走路。
how to talk. What's my name?
怎么说话，我叫什么？　　
I'm Daisy
我叫黛丝。　　
Can you say Daisy?
你会说黛丝吗？　　
In 2002, they put up a new clock in that train station.
2002年，火车站装了新时钟。　　
And in the spring of 2003...
2003年春天。
he looked at me...
他看着我。
and I knew that he knew who I was.
我知道他知道我是谁。　　
And then he closed his eyes as if...
然后他就闭上眼睛。
to go to sleep.
好像睡着。　　
I wish I'd known him.
我真希望能认识他。　　
Now you do.
现在你认识他了。　　
Mom, I think I should go see what's going on.
我应该去看看发生什么事。　
They're expecting flash flooding, having a levy break...
我们预计会发生水灾。
and the current in the Ninth Ward.
九号码头的堤防被冲破。?　　
Some people are born to sit by a river.
有些人出生后注定要坐在河边。　　
Some get struck by lightning.
有些人注定会被闪电击中。　　
Some have an ear for music.
有些人有音乐天分。　　
Some are artists.
有些人是艺术家。　　
Some swim.
有些人很会游泳。　　
Some know buttons.
有些人很会做钮扣。　　
Some know Shakespeare.
有些人熟读莎翁名剧。　　
Some are mothers.
有些人是好母亲。　　
And some people dance.
有些人天生就会跳舞。

妙语佳句
1.put up
提供；建造；举起；推举，提名；供给…住宿
But they cannot risk the sort of capital that big banks will put up to facilitate trades in stocks.
但他们不能冒险将资本投到大银行用来为股票交易提供便利的用途上。
2.go on
继续；过去；继续下去；发生
If you go on living, you do so only through your capacity for objectification, your ability to free yourself, in writing, from the infinite strain.
如果你还要继续活下去，你只有通过自身客体化的能力，你能用写作从无限的拉力中解放你自己。
3.levy
n. 征收；征兵，征税
vt. 征收（税等）；征集（兵等）
vi. 征税；征兵
Some levy fees on certain products, akin to bottle deposits, to ensure they are disposed of safely.
有些地方对某种产品征收费用，确保它们得到适宜处置，例如废弃的瓶子。
4.struck
adj. 受罢工影响的
v. 罢工，打，打击（strike的过去式和过去分词）
This Christmas, we remember our fellow citizens who suffered from the hurricanes and other disasters that struck our nation this past year.
这个圣诞节, 我们怀念我们的同胞遭受飓风和其它自然灾害的袭击,我们国家在过去一年.
考考你
翻译
1.2002年，火车站装了新时钟。　
2.我应该去看看发生什么事。
上期答案
1.Many times, he would simply forget who or where he was.
2.I can see the graveyard where Mama's buried and all those other people.