温馨夜读 PART4 12 Run Through The Rain 冒雨跑过去

 

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[00:00.98]Run Through The Rain 冒雨跑过去

[00:06.56]She had been shopping with her Mom in Wal-Mart.

[00:09.63]She must have been 6, a beautiful brown-haired, freckle-faced girl.

[00:14.00]It was pouring outside. The rain was in a hurry to hit the Earth; 

[00:18.52]it has no time to flow out the spout¹.

[00:21.33]We all stood there under the awning² and just inside the door of the Wal-Mart.

[00:26.27]We waited. Some patiently, 

[00:28.42]others irritated³ because nature messed up their hurried day.

[00:32.29]I am always mesmerized⁴ by rainfall.

[00:35.35]I get lost in the sound and sight of the heavens 

[00:38.69]washing away the dirt and dust of the world.

[00:41.37]Memories of running, splashing⁵ so carefree as a child

[00:45.79]come pouring in as a welcome reprieve⁶ from the worries of my day.

[00:49.79]Her voice was so sweet as it broke the trance we were all caught in.

[00:54.28]“Mom, let’s run through the rain,”she said.

[00:57.45]“What?”Mom asked.

[00:59.86]“Let’s run through the rain!”she repeated.

[01:02.70]“No, honey. We’ll wait until it slows down a bit,”Mom replied.

[01:07.40]This young child waited about another minute and repeated: 

[01:11.91]“Mom, let’s run through the rain.”

[01:14.41]“We’ll get soaked if we do,”Mom said.

[01:17.58]“No, we won’t, Mom, That’s not what you said this morning,”

[01:21.06]the young girl said as she tugged⁷ at her Mom’s arm.

[01:24.67]“This morning? When did I say we could run through the rain and not get wet?”

[01:30.25]“Don’t you remember? When you were talking to daddy about his cancer,

[01:34.90]you said,‘we can get through anything!’”

[01:38.02]The entire crowd stopped dead silent.

[01:41.19]I swear you couldn’t hear anything but the rain. We all stood silently.

[01:46.56]No one came or left in the next few minutes.

[01:50.16]Mom paused and thought for a moment about what she would say.

[01:54.32]Now some would laugh it off and scold her for being silly.

[01:58.91]Some might even ignore what was said. But this was a moment of affirmation.

[02:03.51]“Honey, you are absolutely right. Let’s run through the rain.

[02:08.11]If we get wet, maybe we just need washing.”Mom said.

[02:11.83]Then off they ran. We all stood watching,

[02:15.18]smiling and laughing as they darted⁸ past the cars and yes through the puddles⁹.

[02:21.01]They held their shopping bags over their heads just in case.

[02:25.07]They got soaked. But they were followed by a few

[02:28.64]who screamed and laughed like children all the way to their cars.

[02:32.07]And Yes, I did. I ran, I got wet. I needed washing.

1 spout   

v.喷出，涌出；滔滔不绝地讲；n.喷管；水柱

参考例句：

• Implication in folk wealth creativity and undertaking vigor spout.蕴藏于民间的财富创造力和创业活力喷涌而出。
• This acts as a spout to drain off water during a rainstorm.在暴风雨季，这东西被用作喷管来排水。

2 awning   

n.遮阳篷；雨篷

参考例句：

• A large green awning is set over the glass window to shelter against the sun.在玻璃窗上装了个绿色的大遮棚以遮挡阳光。
• Several people herded under an awning to get out the shower.几个人聚集在门栅下避阵雨

3 irritated   

a.恼怒的

参考例句：

• His little affectations irritated her. 他的装腔作势令她不快。
• Her genteel accent irritated me. 她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。

4 mesmerized   

v.使入迷( mesmerize的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The country girl stood by the road, mesmerized at the speed of cars racing past. 村姑站在路旁被疾驶而过的一辆辆车迷住了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• My 14-year-old daughter was mesmerized by the movie Titanic. 我14岁的女儿完全被电影《泰坦尼克号》迷住了。 来自互联网

5 splashing   

v.使（液体）溅起( splash的现在分词 )；（指液体）溅落；击水声

参考例句：

• Water was splashing down from a large hole in the roof. 雨水从房顶上的一个大洞里倾泻下来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The children love splashing water over each other. 儿童喜欢互相泼水。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 reprieve   

n.暂缓执行（死刑）；v.缓期执行；给…带来缓解

参考例句：

• He was saved from the gallows by a lastminute reprieve.最后一刻的缓刑令把他从绞架上解救了下来。
• The railway line, due for closure, has been granted a six-month reprieve.本应停运的铁路线获准多运行6 个月。

7 tugged   

v.用力拉，使劲拉，猛扯( tug的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She tugged at his sleeve to get his attention. 她拽了拽他的袖子引起他的注意。
• A wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth. 他的嘴角带一丝苦笑。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 darted   

v.投掷，投射( dart的过去式和过去分词 )；向前冲，飞奔

参考例句：

• The lizard darted out its tongue at the insect. 蜥蜴伸出舌头去吃小昆虫。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The old man was displeased and darted an angry look at me. 老人不高兴了，瞪了我一眼。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 puddles   

n.水坑， （尤指道路上的）雨水坑( puddle的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The puddles had coalesced into a small stream. 地面上水洼子里的水汇流成了一条小溪。
• The road was filled with puddles from the rain. 雨后路面到处是一坑坑的积水。 来自《简明英汉词典》