During a visit to my mother' s home, I joined her in the living room to talk, read and watch television. Facing a bookcase that has been in the same spot since I was a child, I let my eyes wander over the familiar volumes, many of which now have faded covers and frayed bindings.



　　"These books look so sad," I remarked. "Maybe we should go through them and toss some."



　　My mother stood up and went over to the shelves. She took down several books, turned a few pages and replaced them. Then she returned to her chair and quietly said, 'They are just fine. The stories are still in them.



Notes:



　　(1) bookcase n.書(shū)架



　　(2) wander v.漫游；徘徊



　　(3) faded adj.退色的



　　(4) frayed adj.磨破的



　　(5) go through檢查；搜查



Exercises:



根據(jù)短文填空：



　�、� I let my eyes_____ the familiar Volumes.



　　② Many of them now have_____ covers and _____bindings.



　�、� Maybe we should go them and toss some.



　�、� My mother stood up and went_____ to the shelves.



　�、� She took _____several books, turned a few pages and replaced them.



97.故事還在里面



　　我回娘家期間，我和母親一起在起居室里交談、讀書(shū)、看電視。對(duì)面是一個(gè)從我孩童時(shí)代就原地未動(dòng)的書(shū)架。我的眼睛看著那些熟悉的卷冊(cè)，其中許多都已封面褪色、書(shū)脊磨破了。



　　“這些書(shū)看起來(lái)真慘，”我說(shuō)，“或許我們應(yīng)該翻檢一下，扔掉一些。”



　　母親站起來(lái)，走到書(shū)架處。她拿下幾本書(shū)，翻了幾頁(yè)又重新放了回去。然后她坐回到椅子上，平靜地說(shuō)：“很好，故事還都在里面。”



練習(xí)參考答案：



① wander; over ② faded; frayed ③ through ④ over ⑤ down

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