高频通用词 第 261 级 · 阅读短文

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My mother takes a calcium pill at breakfast each morning.我妈妈每天早上吃一片「钙」片。 Her doctor said her bones had grown weak over the years.医生说，她的骨头在多年里变弱了。 He called it a chronic problem, common in women her age.他把它叫做「慢性」问题，在她这个年纪的女性中很常见。

Behind our town stands an old factory that made rubber parts.我们镇子后面有一座旧工厂，当年生产橡胶零件。 It closed before I was born, and the story is obscure.它在我出生前就关了，它的故事十分「鲜为人知」。 A bizarre auction last spring sold the tools inside its fence.去年春天有一场「古怪的」「拍卖会」，卖掉了围墙里面的工具。 My mother worked there two years as a young woman.我妈妈年轻时在那里工作过两年。 A blood test then found mercury in her body.一次验血在她的体内发现了「汞」。

The doctor said even a trace can inhibit the growth of new bone.医生说，哪怕一点点也能「抑制」新骨头的生长。 That inhibition, he explained, may also cause anemia.他解释说，这种「抑制」作用也可能引起贫血。 Old rubber parts slowly degrade in air and rain.旧的橡胶零件在空气和雨水里会慢慢「降解」。 When they break down, the elastic bands inside lose all elasticity.它们分解时，里面的「弹性」带就会失去全部的「弹性」。

The factory sign was still nominal until last summer.直到去年夏天，工厂的招牌还「名义上」挂在那里。 Now the land is bare, and weeds cover the broken walls.如今那块地空了，野草盖住了破墙。 My mother never speaks of those years without looking away.我妈妈每次说到那几年，目光都会移开。 The past does not disappear. It waits.过去不会消失，它只是等在那里。