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It was a chilly Friday night,and I had just returned from climbing one of the
red rocks of Sedona.My father telephoned me as I walked through the arches
to my dorm room and told me that my mother had been in a terrible car crash
and had been taken to the intensive care unit(重症监护病房)of a nearby
hospital.
那是一个寒冷的星期五晚上,我刚从塞多纳的一块红色岩石上爬回来。当
我穿过拱门来到宿舍时,父亲打电话给我,告诉我母亲遭通了一场可怕的
车祸,被送往重症监护室(重症监护病房)附近一家医院。
When I got to the hospital,my father led me down a wide hallway with
machines all around.A strong smell of medicine brought a sick feeling to my
already turning stomach.As I turned into my mother's ward,the cadaverous
形容枯槁的)condition of her body shocked me.Her face had swollen,her eyes
had huge dark bruise,and she had tubes down her throat and in her
arms.Gently holding her cold swollen hands,I said "hi"in a calm
voice,controlling my urge to cry out.
当我到达医院时,父亲领我穿过一条宽阔的走廊,走廊里到处都是机器。
一股浓烈的药味使我已经反胃的胃感到恶心。当我转入母亲的病房时,尸
体(形容枯槁的)她的身体状况令我震惊。她的脸肿了,眼晴有巨大的黑色淤
青,喉咙和手臂上都插着管子。我轻轻地握住她冰冷肿胀的双手,用平静
的声音说“嗨”,控制住了我想哭出来的冲动。
She kept looking at me as she pounded her hand against the bed,looking
painful.I turned my face away from her,trying to hide the tears that were
rolling down my face.That was when it struck me that I really might lose my
mother.
她一直看着我,用手捶着床,看起来很痛苦。我把脸从她身上移开,试图
掩饰我脸上滚落的泪水。就在那时,我突然想到我真的可能会失去我的母
亲。
From that night on,my life completely changed.Up to that point,I'd had the
luxury of just being a kid,having to deal with only the exaggerated
melodramas of teenage life.As my mother struggled first to stay alive and then
to relearn to walk,my sense of priorities changed sharply.My mother needed
me.The trials and trouble of my daily life at school,which had seemed so
important before,now appeared insignificant.My mother and I had faced death
together,and life took on a new meaning for both of us.
从那天晚上开始,我的生活彻底改变了。在那之前,我只是一个孩子,只
需要处理青少年生活中夸张的情节剧。当我母亲先是挣扎着活下去,然后
又重新学会走路时,我的优先顺序发生了急剧变化。我母亲需要我。我在
学校的日常生活中的磨难和麻烦,以前看起来如此重要,现在却显得微不
足道。我和母亲一起面对死亡,生活对我们俩