Unit 2 Home and Family 家和家人 passage-2/4 Hints: Freckleton World War II
Dad was pushing 80. But he always laughed off my concerns. Now the cancer came back. He had a month, two at most, he said, and merely asked me to save my strength for the golf course. We played a course near the English village of Freckleton. During World War II my father had served in an army on the outskirts of the village. A local told us, "There was quite a memorial service because of the bomber." I glanced at Dad. "Do you know the bomber?" His complexion had turned pale. "Yes. Come with me." I followed him to a burying ground at the rear of a church. "How did these folks die?" I asked. "They weren't folks. They were children. Four and five-year-olds. 38 in all. One of our bombers crashed into the school." He shut his eyes. "God, what a sight! I remember pulling away pieces of the plane, bricks and all these precious kids inside..."
父親快80了。但他總是對我的關心一笑置之?，F(xiàn)在，癌癥復發(fā)。他還有一個月，最多兩個月時間，他說，僅僅讓我在高爾夫球場上多省點兒勁。 我們在近弗萊可頓的英國村莊打了一場。二戰(zhàn)期間父親曾經(jīng)在村莊外圍服役。 當?shù)厝烁嬖V我們，“因為那次的轟炸機，這里有很多追悼活動?！? 我盯著父親?！澳阒擂Z炸機嗎？” 他的面色蒼白?！爸?。跟我來?！? 我跟著他來到教堂后身的墓地。 “這些人是怎么死的？”我問。 “他們不是大人。他們都是孩子。四、五歲的。總計38人。其中的一駕轟炸機在校園墜毀?！彼]著眼睛?！吧系郏靡粋€慘狀! 我還記得拖走飛機殘骸，磚瓦和所有那些寶貴的孩子們....”