共 18 句 · 中英对照 · 对应本级 10 个目标词
开始练这一级 →The small bar run by my father had to close.我父亲经营的那家小酒吧不得不关门。 The city took our street for a new building.城市把我们那条街拿去盖新楼了。 That closure gave him a deep anxiety.那次「关闭」给他留下了很深的「焦虑」。 The empty street became a wall around him.空荡的街道成了他面前的一堵墙。
He was ashamed that a bar could break him so.他很「羞愧」，一家酒吧竟能这样击垮他。 He stayed home for weeks and would not see his old friends.他在家待了好几周，不肯见老朋友。 Then they called him again and again.后来他们一遍又一遍地给他打电话。 They said a group wanted to acquire a hall.他们说有个团体想「获得」一个厅。
A quiet hall, some music, one open door.一个安静的厅、一点音乐、一扇开着的门。 Nobody thought music could attract anyone at all.没人认为音乐能「吸引」到任何人。 But people came, and the plan began to advance.但人们来了，计划开始「推进」。 That simple attraction made him well.那种简单的「吸引力」让他好了起来。 The group never asked for approval from the city.这个团体从没向城市申请过「批准」。
The city did not have to approve the alcohol or the chairs.城市不必「批准」那些「酒」或椅子。 The attraction was not the room but the people.真正的「吸引力」不在房间，而在人。 Now he sits in that hall every night.如今他每晚都坐在那个厅里。 Nothing there was attractive, but it was warm.那里并不「吸引人」，但很温暖。 He is not ashamed of that small place, and that wall was only his own anxiety.他不再为那个小地方感到「羞愧」，那堵墙只是他自己的「焦虑」。
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