Burned Bread 烤煳的面包

曲永華

包容是一種智慧，一種氣度。金無足赤，人無完人。對他人的包容，正是建立在對他人的體諒和理解之上。藺相如對廉頗的包容，成就了“將相和”的佳話;鮑叔牙對管仲的包容，成就了“九合諸侯，一匡天下”的壯舉;李世民對魏征的包容，成就了“貞觀之治”的盛世。我們要用包容之心去接納周圍的人和事，這樣才能更和諧地生存與成長。請看下文中爸爸對烤煳的面包是什么態度。

When I was a little child， my mom liked to make food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night① in particular when she had made supper after a long， hard day at work.

On that evening so long ago， my mom placed a plate of eggs， sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed！ Yet all my dad did was ②reach for his biscuit， smile at my mom and ask me how my day was at school. I don’t remember what I told him that night， but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that biscuit and eat every bite！

When I got up from the table that evening， I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning the biscuits. And I’ll never forget what he said： “Baby， I love burned bread.”

Later that night， I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his bread burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said， “Your Momma put in a hard day at work today and she’s real tired. Besides， a little burned bread never hurt anyone！”

Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. I’m not the best housekeeper or cook. ③What I’ve learned over the years is that learning to accept each other’s faults and choosing to celebrate each other’s differences is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy， growing， and lasting relationship.

精彩譯文

當我是孩子時，媽媽經常為我們做飯。我特別記得有一天晚上，她在辛苦工作了一天后，為我們做好了晚餐。

那是很久以前的一天晚上，媽媽把一盤雞蛋、香腸和烤煳了的面包放在爸爸面前。我等著看是否有人注意到面包烤煳了。然而，爸爸全然不覺，一邊伸手拿面包吃，一邊向媽媽微笑并且問我今天在學校的情況。我不記得我告訴他什么，但我確實記得看著他在面包上涂抹黃油和果醬，有滋有味地一口一口吃著那烤煳的面包。

那天晚上，當我從桌上起身離開時，我記得聽到媽媽為烤煳的面包向爸爸道歉。我永遠不會忘記他說的話：“寶貝，我愛吃烤煳的面包?！?/p>

后來那天晚上，我去向爸爸行晚安吻，我問他是否真的喜歡吃烤煳的面包。他把我抱在懷里，說：“你媽媽辛苦地工作了一天，今天她真的很累了。而且，吃有點烤煳的面包不會傷害任何人?！?/p>

生活中充滿了不完美的事和不完美的人。我不是最好的管家，也不是廚師。但是經過這么多年的生活，我了解到的是：接受彼此的缺點，選擇慶祝彼此的差異，這是創建一個健康、成長和持久關系的關鍵之一。

難點解讀

單詞：

1. sausage [?s?sid?] n. 香腸;臘腸

2. extremely [iks?tri：mli] adv. 極端地;非常;很

3. smear [smi?] v. 涂抹;敷

4. wrap [r?p] vt. 包;纏繞

5. imperfect [?m?p?：f?kt] adj. 有缺點的;不完美的

短語及句子：

①in particular特別地;尤其是。例如：

I am interested in Chinese in general， and in ancient Chinese in particular.

總的來說，我對漢語感興趣，尤其是古漢語。

②reach for 伸出……以觸及。

③本句中含有What引導主語從句作整個句子的主語，that引導表語從句，而且表語從句中是動名詞learning...and choosing...作主語。

What引導主語從句。例如：

What caused the accident remains unknown. 事故的起因尚不清楚。

What we need are good doctors.我們需要的是好醫生。

動名詞作主語。例如：

Seeing is believing.眼見為實。