Unit16
EverydayIsaGift
Mybrother-ihebottomdrawerofmysister’sbureauaissue-ackage。“This”,hesaid,“isnotaslip。Thisislingerie(女士内衣)。”Hediscardedthetissueaheslip。
Itwasexquisite(精致的),silk,harimmedwithacobricetagwithanastronomicalfigureonitwasstillattached。
“JanboughtthisthefirsttimewewenttoNewYork,atleast8o。She。Shewassavingitforaspecialo。”
Well,Iguessthisistheo。
&heslipfrommeandputitoheotherclothesweweretakii(殡仪业者)。Hishahesoftmaterialforamoment,thenheslammedthedrawershutaome,“Don’teversaveanythingforaspecialo。Everydayyou’realiveisaspecialo。”
IrememberedthhthefuhedaysthatfollowedwhenIhelpedhimaendtoallthesadchoresthatfolloecteddeath。IthoughtaboutthemontheplaotheMidwesterntower’sfamilylives。Ithoughtaboutallthethingsthatshehadn’tseenorheardordohoughtaboutthethingsthatshehaddorealizingthattheywerespecial。
I’mstillthinkingabouthiswords,andthey’vegedtheweedsinthegarden。I’mspehmyfamilyandfrieimeiings。Wheneverpossible,lifeshouldbeapatterosavor(品尝),ryihesemomentsnowahem。
I’mnot“saving”anything;weuseooddcrystalforeveryspetsuchaslosingapouhesinkuhefirstcamellia(山茶)blossoodblazer(男式便上装)tothemarketifIfeellikeit。MytheoryisifIlookprosperous,Ishellout$28。49foronesmallbagofgrocerieswithoutwing(畏缩)。I’mnotsavingmygoodperfumeforspecialparties;hardwarestoresandtellersinbahatfunasartygoingfriends。
“Someday”ahesedays”arelosingtheirgriponmyvocabulary。Ifit’sw,Iwanttoseeandhearanddoitnow。I’mmysisterwould’vedohatshewouldhetomorrowwealltakefranted。
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Ithinkshewouldhavecalledfamilymembersandafewclosefriehavecalledafewformerfriendstoapologize,andmendfencesforpastsquabbles。Iliketothinkshewouldhavegoforaesediefood。I’mguessing。I’llneverknow。
It’sthoselittlethiuwouldmakemeangryifIkmyhourswerelimited。AngrybecauseIputoffseeinggoodfriendswhomIwasgoioueday。AngrybecauseIhadaiIieohesedays。
AngryandsorrythatIdidn’ttellmyhusbandaenenoughhowmuchItrulylovethem。
I’mtryingveryhardnottoputoff,holdback,orsaveanythingthatwouldaddlaughteraoourlives。AndeverymwhenIopeellmyselfthateveryday,everymihtruly,is。。。agiftfromGod。
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1。v。覆盖,裹,包
Iedtherugaroundthesi'slegstokeephim>
我用毯子把病人的腿包了起来,让他暖和一点儿。
Theplansforthenewspaarestillunder>
新的太空宇航计划仍未公开。
2。discardv。丢弃,抛弃
Historydiscardedhim。
他被历史所抛弃。
You’vegottodiscardbeforeyoupiothercard。
你得先打出一张牌,才能拿另一张牌。
3。trimv。整理,修剪
I’llhavemyhairtrimmedtomorrow。
明天我要修剪头发。
&otrimourcostifwewanttoincreaseourprofit。
我们如果想增加利润,就必须削减开支。
4。attachv。附上,系上,贴上
&achedalabeltohisbaggage。