最新四级晨读主题美文100篇 22

A Brother Like That　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　A friend of mine named Paul received an automobile¹

from his brother as a Christmas present. On Christmas Eve

when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin² was

walking around the shiny new car, admiring it.

　　"Is this your car, Mister?" he said.

　　Paul nodded. "My brother gave it to me for Christmas."

The boy was astounded³. "You mean your brother gave it

to you and it didnt cost you nothing? Boy, I wish . . ."

He hesitated.

　　Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for. He

was going to wish he had a brother like that. But what the

lad said jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

　　 "I wish," the boy went on, "That I could be a brother

like that."

　　Paul looked at the boy in astonishment⁴, then

impulsively⁵ he added, "Would you like to take a ride in my

car?"

　　 "Oh yes, Id love that."

　　After a short ride, the boy turned with his eyes aglow⁶

, said, "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my

house?"

　　Paul smiled a little. He thought he knew what the lad

wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride

home in a big automobile. But Paul was wrong again. "Will

you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.

　　He ran up the steps. Then in a little while Paul heard

him coming back, but he was not coming fast. He was

carrying his little crippled brother. He sat him down

on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him

and pointed⁷ to the car.

　　"There she is, Buddy⁸, just like I told you

upstairs. His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it

didnt cost him a cent. And some day Im gonna give you

one just like it . . . then you can see for yourself all

the pretty things in the Christmas windows that Ive been

trying to tell you about."

　　Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of

his car. The shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside

him and the three of them began a memorable⁹ holiday ride.

　That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus meant when

he said: "It is more blessed to give . . . "

1 automobile   

n.汽车，机动车

参考例句：

• He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
• The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

2 urchin   

n.顽童；海胆

参考例句：

• You should sheer off the urchin.你应该躲避这顽童。
• He is a most wicked urchin.他是个非常调皮的顽童。

3 astounded   

v.使震惊(astound的过去式和过去分词)；愕然；愕；惊讶

参考例句：

• His arrogance astounded her. 他的傲慢使她震惊。
• How can you say that? I'm absolutely astounded. 你怎么能说出那种话？我感到大为震惊。

4 astonishment   

n.惊奇，惊异

参考例句：

• They heard him give a loud shout of astonishment.他们听见他惊奇地大叫一声。
• I was filled with astonishment at her strange action.我对她的奇怪举动不胜惊异。

5 impulsively   

adv.冲动地

参考例句：

• She leant forward and kissed him impulsively. 她倾身向前，感情冲动地吻了他。
• Every good, true, vigorous feeling I had gathered came impulsively round him. 我的一切良好、真诚而又强烈的感情都紧紧围绕着他涌现出来。

6 aglow   

adj.发亮的；发红的；adv.发亮地

参考例句：

• The garden is aglow with many flowers.园中百花盛开。
• The sky was aglow with the setting sun.天空因夕阳映照而发红光。

7 pointed   

adj.尖的，直截了当的

参考例句：

• He gave me a very sharp pointed pencil.他给我一支削得非常尖的铅笔。
• She wished to show Mrs.John Dashwood by this pointed invitation to her brother.她想通过对达茨伍德夫人提出直截了当的邀请向她的哥哥表示出来。

8 buddy   

n.（美口）密友，伙伴

参考例句：

• Calm down,buddy.What's the trouble?压压气，老兄。有什么麻烦吗？
• Get out of my way,buddy!别挡道了，你这家伙！

9 memorable   

adj.值得回忆的，难忘的，特别的，显著的

参考例句：

• This was indeed the most memorable day of my life.这的确是我一生中最值得怀念的日子。
• The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.这个老兵参加过许多难忘的战斗。