听美文故事记六级单词-第62期-祈盼清风.docx

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听美文故事记六级单词第62期:祈盼清风

3.WaitingfortheBreeze3.祈盼清风Lyinginbed,byanopenwindow,andlisten."Noair-conditioning,howcanyousleep?"myfiendasks,horrified.I'vejustrevealedthatmyfamilyhaddecidedtoshuttheair-conditioneroffandtrimourelectricbill.窗边静躺，细心聆听“不开空调？能睡得着吗？”听说家人要为了节省电费而把家里的空调关掉时，我的朋友一脸惊愕。“Nobodyopensawindow,dayornight,”warnsanotherfriend,whosewindowshavebeenpaintedshutforadecade.“Thisisthe1990s．It'snotsafe.”“不管是白天还是晚上都没有人开窗户”另一个朋友警告到，他的窗户都已经关了十年了。“现在是20世纪90年代。这可不安全”Onitsfirstnightofourcost-cuttingadventure,it'sonlyeighty-fivedegrees.We'renotgoingtosuffer,butthethreekidsgrumbleanyway.They'vegrownupin72-degreecomfort,insulatedfromtheworldoutside.在大胆尝试节电的第一天晚上，气温不过华氏85°而已，我们并不觉得难受，但三个孩子却怨声连天。他们一直在华氏72°的舒适温度下成长，与世隔绝。“Howdoyouopenthesewindows?”myhusbandasks．Jigglingthemetaltabs,hefinallyreleasesone.Apotpourriofbugbodiesdecoratesthesill.Aswespringthewindowsonebyone,thenightnoiseshowloutsideandin.“你怎么不开窗户啊？”我的丈夫问道。他摇动了金属杆，并打开了一扇窗。一片小虫群尸体遍布整个窗台。当我们把窗户一扇扇打开时，外面夜晚的喧嚣声进到了室内。"It'stoohottosleep."mythirteen-year-olddaughtmoans."I'mabouttodiefromthisheat!"herbrotherhollersdownthehall."Justtryittonight."Itellthem.Intruth,I'mtootiredtoargueforlong.Myfaceissweaty,butIliequietly,listeningtothecriketchoirsoutside.Thatremindmeofchildhood.Theneighbor'sdoghowls．Probablyatrespassingsquirrel．It'sbeenyearssinceI'vetakenthetimetoreallylistentothenight.“太热了！怎么睡啊！”我十三岁的女儿不停嘀咕着。“热死我啦！”他弟弟的牢骚声也从客厅的另一头传来。我只好说：“今晚就试着忍一忍，好吗？”其实我根本没有余力多做解释。脸上也出汗了。我静静地躺着，聆听着窗外蟋蟀的合奏曲，思绪被牵回到了童年时光。邻居家的狗叫着。也许是因为一直擅自闯入的小松鼠。我好多年都没有静下心来听一听夜晚的声音了。Ithinkaboutmygrandma,wholivedtoninety-twoandstillsupervisedmymom'sgardenuntiljustfewweeksbeforeshedied.AndthenI'mbackthereinherhouseinthesummerheatofmychildhood.Imovedmypillowtothefootofgrandma'sbedandangledmyfacetowardtheopenwindow.Iflippedthepillow,huntingforthecoollerside.这是我禁不住想起了外婆，她活到了92岁，直到去世前的几个礼拜，她一直都帮助妈妈照料着花园。回到童年炎热的夏天，回到了外婆的小屋，我把枕头移到外婆的床位，脸朝着窗。之后我又把枕头翻了过来，让比较凉爽的一头朝上。Grandmaseesmethrashing,"ifyoujustwatchforthebreeze,"shesays,