高频通用词 第 240 级 · 阅读短文

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My father called one evening and said the scan had found a tumor.父亲有天晚上打电话来，说检查发现了一个「肿瘤」。 It was small, he said, and the doctors were hopeful.他说它很小，医生们抱有希望。 My brother, a boy of ten, asked a naked question at dinner.我弟弟才十岁，晚饭时问了一个「赤裸」的问题。 Nobody answered him that night.那晚没有人回答他。

For months my father hedged every gross detail about his health.有好几个月，父亲都避开自己身体上那些「令人难受」的细节。 His calm was a thin hedge against fear.他的平静只是一道薄薄的「防备」，挡着恐惧。 My mother kept a careful stack of papers and bills.母亲把预约单和账单整理成整齐的一「叠」。 At the hospital, doctors spoke in the realm of numbers.在医院里，医生们用数字的「领域」说话。 That language helped us, and it frightened us.那种语言帮了我们，也吓了我们。

One nurse said nasty cells can still be punched by treatment.一位护士说，那些「讨厌的」细胞仍然可以被治疗「重击」。 Then the last scan showed the tumor was gone.后来最后一次检查显示，「肿瘤」不见了。 My father did not punch the air; he sat down and cried.父亲没有对着空气「挥拳」；他只是坐下哭了。 We drove home through rain, and the radar in my mind went quiet.我们冒雨开车回家，我脑子里的「雷达」安静了下来。

That spring we planted a tree against the ghost.那年春天，我们种下一棵树，用来挡住那个「幽灵」。 We water it weekly, and it stands as our sign of unity.我们每周给它浇水，它立在那里，是我们「团结」的标志。 Illness took a liter of his strength, but not his humor.病夺走了他一「升」的力气，却没有夺走他的幽默。