He helped me purchase my first home. He showed my son a taste of my childhood and the dusty summer days on country roads, taking him to meet and visit dozens of relatives and friends.
This past year, he trusted me and my skill with words to help him record his memoirs.
And now that his days are over, I wish I had thanked him more. For being my father. For giving me so many memories. For being magic.
Vocabulary
1. corner store: 街头小店。
2. curvy: 弯曲的,曲线美的;cooler: 冷却器,冷藏箱。
3. manure: 粪便。
4. inhale: 吸入;surreptitiously: 偷偷摸摸地,暗中进行地;encounter: 遇到。
5. 我和我的兄弟们就是那样去了解我们的父亲的——在安大略省西南部一个叫艾尔迈拉镇的嘈杂农场上,他做了40多年的大型动物兽医。backdrop: 背景;Elmira: 艾尔迈拉镇;Ontario: (加拿大的)安大略省;veterinarian: 兽医。
6. 夏天是最好的季节:不用上学,在宽广的乡间,开着车在蜿蜒的碎石路上疾驰,还要模仿别人将胳膊伸到车窗外面去。bomb: 疾行,飞驶;winding: 蜿蜒的,弯曲的;gravel: 砂砾,碎石;kink: (使)弯曲,(使)扭结。
7. odometer: 里程表。
8. 大约在我六岁的时候,有一次他带着我去接生小牛。calve: 生小牛。
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