新视野大学英语读写教程听力 第四册 课文 4t03b

[-1:-3.00]"The nails highlight each elegant movement of their hands.
[-1:-4.00]It's a delightful effect."
[-1:-5.00]He smiled and nodded."How wonderful —
[-1:-6.00]I would love to touch one of those golden nails."
[-1:-7.00]The first performance ended just as we finished dessert,
[-1:-8.00]and I excused myself and went to talk to the theater manager.
[-1:-9.00]Upon returning,I told my companion,"You've been invited backstage."
[-1:10.00]A few minutes later he was standing next to one of the dancers,
[-1:11.00]her little crowned head hardly reaching his chest.
[-1:12.00]She shyly extended both hands toward him,
[-1:13.00]the brass fingernails shining in the overhead light.
[-1:14.00]His hands,four times as large,
[-1:15.00]reached out slowly and held them as though they were holding up two tiny birds.
[-1:16.00]As he felt the smooth,curving sharpness of the metal tips,
[-1:17.00]the girl stood quite still,
[-1:18.00]gazing up into his face with an expression of wonder.
[-1:19.00]A lump formed in my throat.
[-1:20.00]After taking a cab back to the inn,
[-1:21.00]with my Chinese guest still with the others,
[-1:22.00]the blind man patted my shoulder,
[-1:23.00]then pulled me toward him and embraced me tightly.
[-1:24.00]"How beautifully you saw everything for me," he whispered.
[-1:25.00]"I can never thank you enough."
[-1:26.00]Later I thought:I should have thanked him.
[-1:27.00]I was the one who had been blind,
[-1:28.00]my eyes merely skimming the surface of things.
[-1:29.00]He had helped me lift the veil that grows so quickly
[-1:30.00]over our eyes in this busy world,
[-1:31.00]to see a whole new realm I'd failed to appreciate before.
[-1:32.00]About a week after our trip,
[-1:33.00]the chairman told me the Chinese executive
[-1:34.00]had called to express great satisfaction with the trip.
[-1:35.00]"Well done,"the chairman said,smiling.I knew you could do the magic."