VOA慢速英语:'The Boarded Window' by Ambrose Bierce

短语讲解：

1. These details I learned from my grandfather.

learn from 向…学习，从…获得[吸取]; 效法
例句：Old and young cadres learn from each other and encourage each other.
新老干部相互学习, 相互激励。

2. That closes the final part of this true story, except for the incident that followed many years later.

except for 除…之外; 若不是
例句：The carpet is good except for its price.
地毯很好，只是价钱太高。

3. They loved each other and were happy.

each other 互相，彼此
例句：Work and play shaded into each other.
工作和娱乐渐渐地融合起来。

4. So Murlock tried to take care of his wife and return her to good health.

take care of 照顾
例句：Good-bye. Take care of yourself.
多多保重，再见。

5. And others which he did correctly were done over and over again.

over and over again 一再地; 来回来去; 再三再四
例句：Over and over again he drew that face.
他一次又一次地画着那张脸。

6. "Tomorrow," he said out loud, "I shall have to make the coffin and dig the grave; and then I shall miss her, when she is no longer in sight.

no longer 不再，已不
例句：He could no longer hold back his tears.
他再也忍不住自己的眼泪。