瘋狂英語口語：讓昨日隨風(fēng)OnSaturday,February12twothousand,twothingshappenedthatchangedeverythinginmylife.Thefirstwasthatonthisdaymybabysisterwasmarried.

Shewastwentysixthisday,andyettomeshewasstillmybabysister.IsupposethatIpicturedherasalittlegirl,andtreatedherlikeoneinordertoholdontoandpreservemyownyouth.UntilIsawherinherweddingdressIstillhadavisionofherwithchubbylittlecheeksandlong,darkbrownpigtailsblowinginthewind,perhapsevenapermanentsmudgeofchocolatearoundherpinklips.Iguessit”struethatyouseeonlywhatyouwanttosee.Wheredidthisbeautifulwomanwiththeglowingcomplexionandgentle_____1_____comefrom?

Iwashappythatday,andalsosad.Gonewerethedaysofmebossingheraroundandtellingherwhatsheshoulddowithherlife.MybossybehaviorhadearnedmethenicknameLucy.IfyouareaPeanutsfanthenyoucanclearlyimaginemybehaviorasanoldersister.Tomeitwasn”tan____2_____;IratherlikethenicknameLucy.IhappentothinkthatLucyisstrongandhasincredibleselfconfidence,althoughsheisalittleoverbearingattimes.Ididmybesttoliveuptothestandardssetforthbythisdynamiccartooncharacter.

Ileftthe_____3____togetsomeairbecausesuddenlyIwasovercomewithgriefattherealizationthatIwasnolongerachild.Iwentoutsideandwalkedtoanearbyplayground

wheretherewerechildrenplayingontheslide,theswingsanddigginginthedirt.Therewasalittlegirltwirlingaroundonabar,onekneewrappedtightlyaroundthebarandfashionedbehindherknee.ItwasallIcoulddotositthereandjustwatch,forItoowantedtogetonthatbarwithherandseeifIcouldstillholdtheall-timetwirlingrecord(ninety-ninetimesinfifthgrade).SomewhereinsideIknewthatIwouldbreakmyneck,andIwaswearingabridesmaiddress.Notexactlyplaygroundmaterial.AndsoIsatwatchingthechildrenplay.I”mnotsurehowlongIsattherebeforemysistercameandjoinedme.Wetalkedabouthowwearegrownupnowandshedafewtearsforourchildhooddaysgoneby.Asshewipedatearfrommyeyeshelovinglysaid,“________4_________.“

Wehugged.

【答案(Thekey)】

Curves

Insult

Reception

you”llalwaysbeLucytome

【詞匯解析】

chubbya.圓胖的

【例句用法】

Achubbyorfatperson.

胖子肥胖的人或胖得得意的人

Aperson,especiallyachild,withaninnocentorchubbyface.

天真的人尤指兒童等長著天真或胖乎乎的臉蛋的人

smudgen.污點,漬痕v.弄臟vt.涂臟

例句用法:

You”vegotasmudgeofsootonyourcheek.

你臉上有塊煤灰污跡.

Wetinksmudgeseasily.

墨水沒乾很簡單弄出污跡.

Washyourhandsoryou”llmakesmudgesonthewritingpaper.

把手洗乾凈,別把寫字的紙弄臟了.

【譯文】

2022年2月12日，星期六，那天發(fā)生的兩件事轉(zhuǎn)變了我的此后的生活。第一件是小妹妹那天結(jié)婚了。當(dāng)時她已經(jīng)26歲了，但對我來說，她還是我的小妹妹。我總是把她看作小女孩，也把她當(dāng)一個小女孩來對待。我想這是由于我盼望通過這種方式來永葆青春。直到看到她身著婚紗的那一刻，出現(xiàn)在我腦海的還是那個小圓臉蛋，長長的褐色馬尾巴在風(fēng)中搖擺的小女孩；或許還有一塊巧克力總是粘在她那粉紅色的嘴唇上。我想人總是觀察自己想看的東西。眼前這位容光煥發(fā)、線條美麗的女人是誰呢？

那天我既快樂又難過。過去我對她呼來喚去，告知她生活應(yīng)當(dāng)怎樣過的日子已經(jīng)一去不回了。由于獨斷蠻橫我得到了露西這個外號。假如你也喜愛看《花生》這部動畫片，那你肯定可以想象我作為一個大姐姐的樣子。我不覺得這個外號是一種污辱，反倒很喜愛它。我有時還想，強大的露西自信得令人難以置信，雖然她有時也讓人難以忍受。我努力向這個生氣勃勃的卡通形象看齊。

我離開了婚禮現(xiàn)場，到外面去呼吸些新奇空氣。我突然傷感不已，由于自己已經(jīng)不再是個孩子了。我走到外面，來到四周的一個運動場邊，小孩子正在那里玩滑梯、蕩秋千、玩泥沙。有個小女孩正在一個杠上快速地轉(zhuǎn)動，一條腿緊緊地勾在杠上。而我所能做的只是坐