上外版大学英语写作精选第五册(6)

    If you want something baby written，

    You must let it go free.

    If it comes back to you，

    It's yours.

    If it doesn't，

    You really never had it anyway.

    （Anonymous）

    He ran out of his apartment， refusing to believe that Amy might no longer be in her home. As he was running towards her apartment， he kept hearing a roar in his ears： "You must let it go free； you must let it go free."

    But he thought： I can't risk it， she is mine， can't just let go， can't give her a chance not to belong to me， can't let her think she doesn't need me， she must need me. Oh God， I have to have her.

    But her apartment was empty. Somehow in the hours overnight， she had packed —— by herself - and moved by herself. The rooms were now impersonal； their cold stillness could not respond when he fell to the floor and sobbed.

    By the middle of August he had heard nothing from Amy. He lay often on his bed with her letter on his chest and counted the minute cracks in his ceiling； he went often to the park but scrupulously avoided looking for the white bird. Sometimes he would sit for hours there in the wind under a tree and not even notice that he was outside， that life went on around him.

    September came and had almost gone before he finally received an envelope of familiar stationery. The handwriting was not beautiful but it was without question hers. The postmark was that of a city many miles distant. With a shock of feeling returning to his heart， he tore open the envelope and at first thought it was empty. Then he noticed on his desk a single white feather that had fallen from it. In his mind， the white bird rose in flight and its wings let fly one feather. Were it not for the feather lost in departure， no one would have known that the white bird had ever been. Thus he knew Amy would not be back， and it was many hours before he let the feather drop out of his hand.

    NEW WORDS

    float vt. move on a current of air or water 飘动；漂浮

    sunlit a.  lighted by the sun

    shadowy a.  full of shade

    collapsible a.  that can be folded 可折叠的motorize vt. equip with a motor

    pond n.  a body of water that is smaller than a lake 池塘

    shove vt. push with force

    wheelchair n.  a chair mounted on wheels used by people who are sick or who cannot walk 轮椅

    assistance n.  help； aid

    assist vt.

    handicap n.  a disability of the body or the mind； a disadvantage that makes achievement or success difficult

    clumsy a.  awkward in moving or acting； not graceful

    bump v.  knock or strike； move along in an uneven way

    aisle n.  a narrow passage， as between rows of seats in a theater （座席间的）纵直通道，走道

    qualm n.  a sudden， disturbing feeling in the mind； uneasiness； a feeling of faintness or sickness， esp. of nausea， that lasts for just a moment  疑虑，不安；一阵眩晕；一阵恶心

    loneliness n.  the condition or the feeling of being lonely

    rim n.  the border， edge， or margin of sth.

    white-rimmed a.  with white rims  白边的

    moveable a.  capable of being moved