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英语沙龙:幸福的回忆

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A Beautiful Memory

Er...the loveliest house that I've ever lived in was one that I lived in with my grandparents when I was a child. And the name of the house was Crosslands. And I have some very happy memories of Crosslands. It was, it seemed, so huge to me as a child. And it had a lovely living room with a piano in it and a lovely sort of hall with lots of carpets and chests1 and antiques2 and so on. And there was a mysterious room, it was the drawing room, and we only used it on Sundays, or when the vicar came for tea, or Christmas Day or Easter Day, and I was used to be amazed3 about this room because it had the best furniture in it but it was covered up with sheets- it was as if all the furniture was wearing clothes- and it seemed to me ridiculous4 that we couldn't enjoy this beautiful furniture all the week through really.

And probably my favorite room was the kitchen. It had a lovely red flagstone floor, which was always highly5 polished6, and an Aga, you know, one of those big cookers that heats the whole room so it was always warm there, and there was a kind of clothes horse above it that we used to hang all our clothes on, and it was just lovely. It was a very warm room with baked bread and my grandmother used to make ice cream and we'd eat it in there and... there was a vegetable garden leading from there

so I spent a lot of time in the vegetable garden picking peas7 and eating them—my grandmother used to get really cross with me because I used to pick all the vegetables and the fruit for our meals and then I'd eat half of them, because they tasted so delicious coming fresh from the garden.

Now, I went back to it a few years ago and it was a big mistake. They've modernized8 it inside, they've got rid of those lovely old fire-places...have just gone. And they've knocked a wall down so the drawing room and the living room have become one big modern plastic kind of room.

But I think what upset me most about it was the feeling that the house had shrunk9, it had become smaller and that my memory of this lovely large warm comfortable house had turned into an old house with modernized rooms inside it. And it taught me a lesson really, that you can't go back on the past and recapture it. But there's a beautiful memory there.


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1 chests a323686faa69a7a15043257f441d961d     
n.胸部( chest的名词复数 );(常为木制的)箱子;有…胸的;胸部…的
参考例句:
  • The special agents broke into his room and rummaged through chests and cupboards but couldn't find anything suspicious. 那些特务冲进他的房间翻箱倒柜地搜了一遍,但没有发现任何可疑的东西。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
  • I particularly liked the wooden chests and chairs. 我格外喜欢木箱子和木椅子。 来自辞典例句
2 antiques 9ce870d6afe5197dfabec02850f48aa0     
n.古玩,古董,古物( antique的名词复数 )
参考例句:
  • The room was furnished with antiques. 房间里摆放了古董。
  • a priceless collection of antiques 价值连城的古文物收藏
3 amazed 9zYzBk     
adj.吃惊的,惊奇的v.使大为吃惊,使惊奇( amaze的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • Just the size of the place amazed her. 仅仅地方之大就使她十分惊奇。
  • I was amazed at her knowledge of French literature. 她的法国文学知识之丰富使我大为惊奇。
4 ridiculous RCTzv     
adj.荒谬的,可笑的;荒唐的
参考例句:
  • It is simply ridiculous to attempt such a thing.试图干这种事,简直可笑。
  • It's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard in my life.这是我有生以来听到的最为荒唐可笑的事。
5 highly XdFxR     
adv.高度地,极,非常;非常赞许地
参考例句:
  • It is highly important to provide for the future.预先做好准备非常重要。
  • The teacher speaks very highly of the boy's behaviour.老师称赞这个男孩的表现。
6 polished 1lbzDF     
adj.磨光的,擦亮的;完美的,精良的;优雅的v.使光滑,擦亮(polish的过去式和过去分词)
参考例句:
  • The boxer polished off his opponent in the first round. 那个拳击手在第一个回合就把他的对手击倒了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The silver will need to be polished up for the dinner party. 为了宴会,这些银器需要擦得光亮。 来自《简明英汉词典》
7 peas lmBzWX     
豌豆
参考例句:
  • My little sister picked up many green peas in the field. 小妹从田野里拾到许多豌豆。
  • The twin brothers are as like as two peas. 那两个兄弟毫无二致。
8 modernized 4754ec096b71366cfd27a164df163ef2     
使现代化,使适应现代需要( modernize的过去式和过去分词 ); 现代化,使用现代方法
参考例句:
  • By 1985 the entire railway network will have been modernized. 等到1985年整个铁路网就实现现代化了。
  • He set about rebuilding France, and made it into a brilliant-looking modernized imperialism. 他试图重建法国,使它成为一项表面华丽的现代化帝业。
9 shrunk shrunk     
shrink的过去式和过去分词:收缩,缩短,皱缩,退避
参考例句:
  • I confess it with shame--shrunk icily into myself, like a snail. 我羞愧地忏悔了——冷冰冰地退缩,像个蜗牛。
  • The peasantry has shrunk from 74.6 millions to 65.5. 农民人数已从7460万减至6550万。
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