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I have a good memory of my grandfather,Jack.He was sitting in his armchair in the front room.I sat next to him.We were reading aloud,our heads bent over the page in front of us,a finger marking the words;separated by seven decades,brought together by words.It's a common scene in British families;however,in our case,the usual order of things is reversed(颠倒).Grandad had been blind since I was tiny,so I was reading to him.
When reading aloud,people usually read something that's of interest to the listener.So I didn't read children's books;I read the sorts of things Grandad liked to hear about.Much of the vocabulary in Grandad's reading material was far beyond me.When I met unfamiliar words,I'd spell them out.Grandad would help me.It must have been painful for him to hear news;but he never hurried me along or complained.Our reading wasn't really about getting knowledge.It was a way for us to spend time together.
My grandfather wasn't always blind.He had been a good carpenter(木匠).The first Christmas of my parents' marriage,he built my mother a bookcase,which now belongs to my son Jonah,providing a link between four generations.
I was a fortunate child;I spent a lot of time with my grandfather,and he opened the world to me in a particular way.Reading was our way of building a relationship that has had a lasting effect on me.In the school holidays,I sometimes accompanied him on trips to the seaside with the local association for the blind.This might seem strange,but I felt that my personal value was realized because I could finally do something for Grandad.
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