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Dad's Kiss 爸爸的吻
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  • The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand up and jostled the table, spilling his coffee over his notes. "How embarrassing. I am getting so clumsy in my old age."

    Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who sat quietly listening to the others. Someone said, "Come on, Frank. Tell us your most embarrassing moment."

    Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. "I grew up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home."

    He looked at us and said, "I wish you could have met my Dad. He was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled like the ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and his bibbed overalls1. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow. No matter how much my Mother washed them, they would still smell of the sea and of fish."

    Frank's voice dropped a bit. "When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in his fishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheeze2 and rattle3 down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. As he would drive toward the school,I would shrink down into the seat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stop and the old truck would belch4 a cloud of smoke. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing5 around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me goodbye!"

    He paused and then went on, "I remember the day I decided6 I was too old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, 'No, Dad.'

    It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face.

    I said, 'Dad, I'm too old for a goodbye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss.'

    My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up. I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked out the windshield. 'You're right,' he said. 'You are a big boy....a man. I won't kiss you anymore.'"

    Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to well up in his eyes, as he spoke7. "It wasn't long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of the fleet stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed. They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. He must have gotten into a gale8 and was trying to save the nets and the floats."

    I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down his cheeks. Frank spoke again. "Guys, you don't know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek....to feel his rough old face....to smell the ocean on him....to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbye kiss."

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    1 overalls ['əʊvərɔ:lz] 2mCz6w   第11级
    n.(复)工装裤;长罩衣
    参考例句:
    • He is in overalls today. 他今天穿的是工作裤。
    • He changed his overalls for a suit. 他脱下工装裤,换上了一套西服。
    2 wheeze [wi:z] Ep5yX   第11级
    n.喘息声,气喘声;vt.喘息着说;vi.喘息;呼哧呼哧地响
    参考例句:
    • The old man managed to wheeze out a few words. 老人勉强地喘息着说出了几句话。
    • He has a slight wheeze in his chest. 他呼吸时胸部发出轻微的响声。
    3 rattle [ˈrætl] 5Alzb   第7级
    vt.&vi.飞奔,碰响;激怒;n.碰撞声;拨浪鼓
    参考例句:
    • The baby only shook the rattle and laughed and crowed. 孩子只是摇着拨浪鼓,笑着叫着。
    • She could hear the rattle of the teacups. 她听见茶具叮当响。
    4 belch [beltʃ] GuazY   第11级
    vt.&vi.打嗝,喷出
    参考例句:
    • Cucumber makes me belch. 黃瓜吃得我打嗝。
    • Plant chimneys belch out dense smoke. 工厂的烟囱冒出滚滚浓烟。
    5 standing [ˈstændɪŋ] 2hCzgo   第8级
    n.持续,地位;adj.永久的,不动的,直立的,不流动的
    参考例句:
    • After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing. 地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
    • They're standing out against any change in the law. 他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。
    6 decided [dɪˈsaɪdɪd] lvqzZd   第7级
    adj.决定了的,坚决的;明显的,明确的
    参考例句:
    • This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents. 这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
    • There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting. 英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。
    7 spoke [spəʊk] XryyC   第11级
    n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说
    参考例句:
    • They sourced the spoke nuts from our company. 他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
    • The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre. 辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
    8 gale [geɪl] Xf3zD   第8级
    n.大风,强风,一阵闹声(尤指笑声等)
    参考例句:
    • We got our roof blown off in the gale last night. 昨夜的大风把我们的房顶给掀掉了。
    • According to the weather forecast, there will be a gale tomorrow. 据气象台预报,明天有大风。

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