愛是一條雙行道

陸友軍

①A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced（宣布）， “Dad， because this is your birthday and you’re 55 years old， I’m going to give you 55 kisses， one for each year！” When the boy started ②making good on his word， the father exclaimed（驚叫，呼喊）， “Oh， Andrew， don’t do it now. I’m too busy！”

③The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes. Apologically the father said， “You can finish later.”

The boy said nothing but quietly walked away， disappointment（失望） written over his face. That evening the father said， “Come and finish the kisses now， Andrew！” But the boy didn’t respond（回應）.

Unluckily， a few days later after this incident， the boy had an accident and was drowned（淹死）. His heartbroken father wrote：

“If only I could tell him how much I regret（懊悔） my thoughtless words， and could be assured（確定的） that he knows how much my heart is aching.”

Love is a two-way street. ④Any loving act must be warmly accepted or it will be taken as rejection（拒絕） and can leave a scar（傷痕）. If we are too busy to give and receive love， we are too busy！ Nothing is more important than responding with love to the cry（迫切需要） for love from those who are near and precious（珍貴的） to us. Because...there may be no chance at all as ⑤in the case of the little boy.

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父親坐在辦公桌旁，正盯著那些堆積了一個月的賬單。這時，他的小兒子沖了過來，大聲宣布：“爸爸，因為今天是你55歲的生日，我想給你55個吻，一年一個！”當男孩正要兌現諾言時，他爸爸大聲說道：“哦，安德魯，現在不行，我太忙了！”

小男孩馬上不吭聲了，藍色的大眼睛里涌滿了淚水。父親深表歉意地說：“過會兒有空再親吧。”

男孩什么也沒說，只是靜靜地走開了，臉上流露出失望的神情。那天晚上，父親說：“來吧，安德魯，現在可以親了！”但是，孩子卻沒有做出回應。

不幸的是，這件事剛過去幾天，小男孩出了事故溺水身亡了。傷心欲絕的爸爸寫道：

“如果我早告訴他，對于那些無心的話，我是多么后悔，他一定會明白我的心有多么痛。”

愛，是一條雙行道。對于愛的表示一定要熱心地接受，否則對方會以為你拒絕了，從而留下一道傷痕。如果我們忙得連給予和接受愛的時間都沒有，那未免也忙得太過分了！對于那些在我們身邊、對我們彌足珍貴的人，用愛去回應他們愛的渴望，這最重要不過了。因為……如果發生像小男孩這樣的情況，即使后悔也沒有機會了。

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①A father sat at his desk poring over his monthly bills when his young son rushed in and announced（宣布），...

pore over 鉆研，仔細閱讀

poring over his monthly bills是現在分詞短語，在句中作伴隨狀語。例如：

We throw snowballs at each other， screaming and laughing.

我們互相扔雪球，又叫又笑。

②make good on 兌現，履行（諾言等）

③The youngster immediately fell silent as tears welled up in his big blue eyes.

well up 涌出，冒出，流出，溢出

big blue eyes 這一短語中eyes前有兩個形容詞，常見形容詞的順序為：大小、長短、高低→形狀→年齡、新舊→顏色。例如：

She has long black hair.她有一頭長長的黑發。

④Any loving act must be warmly accepted or it will be taken as rejection（拒絕） and can leave a scar（傷痕）.

句中兩處出現被動語態：must be warmly accepted和will be taken， 分別是含有情態動詞的被動語態、一般將來時的被動語態。例如：

More trees will be planted next year.明年將種更多的樹。

⑤in the case of 假使，如果發生

（作者單位：江蘇省興化市安豐初級中學）