The Limits of Love

by Author Unknown

翻譯：Jasmine

母愛神圣而無私。母親不僅給予我們生命，哺育我們成長，還是我們心靈的依靠，力量的源泉。在各種各樣的“愛”中，“母愛”最獨特。它總是不問回報，不求索取，在我們叛逆、脆弱、艱難之時，伸出最溫暖的手，對我們永不言棄。

After the1)divorce, her teenage daughter became more and more2)rebellious.

Very late one night, the police called her. They told her that she had to come to the police station to pick up her daughter who was3)arrested for drunk driving.

The mother and the daughter didn’t speak to each other until the next afternoon.

Mom broke the ice by giving her daughter a small gift box.

Her daughter4)unwillingly opened it and found a small piece of a rock.

She5)rolled her eyes and said, “Mom, what’s this for?”

“Here’s the card,” Mom said.

Her daughter took the card out of the6)envelope and read it. Then7)tears started to run down her8)cheeks.

She got up and gave her mom a very big hug as the card fell to the floor.

On the card were these words:

“This rock is more than 2009)million years old.And it will take that long before I give up on you.”

1) divorce [d?'v??s] n. 離婚

2) rebellious [r?'belj?s] adj. 反叛的，難于對付的

3) arrest [?'rest] v. 逮捕，拘留

4) unwillingly ['?n'w?l??l] adv. 不愿意地，不情愿地

5) roll [r??l] v. 滾動，轉(zhuǎn)動

6) envelope ['env?l??p] n. 信封

7) tear [t??] n. 淚滴，眼淚

8) cheek [t?i?k] n. 頰，面頰

9) million ['m?lj?n] num. 百萬

參考譯文

自從離婚后，她那個十多歲的女兒越來越叛逆。

一天夜里很晚的時候，她接到了警局的電話。他們跟她說，需要她到警察局一趟，將她女兒接走。她女兒因為醉駕被捕了。

母親和女兒都不跟對方說話，這種僵局一直持續(xù)到第二天下午。

母親打破了僵局，將一個小小的禮物盒放到女兒面前。

女兒不情愿地打開，發(fā)現(xiàn)里面是一小塊石頭。

她翻著白眼說：“媽，這是干嗎用的？”

“卡片在這。”母親說。

女兒從信封里拿出卡片，讀了起來。接著，眼淚從她的雙頰流下。

她站起來，給了她的母親一個大大的擁抱，卡片掉落在地上。

卡片上寫著這樣一段話：

“這塊石頭的‘年齡’超過兩億年。而要我放棄你，也要等那么長的時間。”

詞組加油站

★more and more

越來越……

★break the ice

打破沉默，打破僵局

★give up on sb.

放棄某人

名師考點小結(jié)

1. pick up 意為“（車輛等）中途搭（人）”，例如：

I’ve got to pick up my daughter from school at four o’clock. 我四點鐘得去學校接我女兒。

拓展：pick up還有“提起；拿起”的意思。例如：

The phone rang and I picked it up. 電話響了，我（拿起聽筒）接了。

I picked up the rubbish and threw it into the trash can. 我拾起垃圾，扔進了垃圾桶。

2. more than 意為“超過，多于”，相當于over，其后常與數(shù)詞連用。例如：He is more than fifty years old. 他50多歲了。

拓展：more than還有“不僅”的意思，與no more than（僅僅）相對。例如：She is more than a teacher. She is our close friend. 她不僅是一位老師，還是我們的親密朋友。