温馨夜读II PART2 4.Dance with Me

 

[00:00.53]4.Dance with Me

[00:04.67]When we’re young and we dream of love and fulfillment, 

[00:08.92]we think perhaps of moon-drenched Parisian nights or walks along the beach at sunset. 

[00:15.56]No one tells us that the greatest moments of a lifetime are fleeting¹, unplanned and nearly always catch us off guard.

[00:24.71]Not long ago, as I was reading a bedtime story to my seven-year-old daughter, Annie, I became aware of her focused gaze. 

[00:33.63]She was starring at me with a faraway, trancelike expression.

[00:39.73]Apparently, completing The Tale of Samuel Whiskers was not as important as we first thought.

[00:47.47]I asked what she was thinking about.

[00:50.84]“Mommy,” she whispered, “I just can’t stop looking at your pretty face.”

[00:58.46]I almost dissolved on the spot.

[01:02.71]Little did she know how many trying moments the glow of her sincerely loving statement would carry me through over the following years.

[01:13.49]Not long after, I took my four-year-old son to an elegant department store, 

[01:19.04]where the melodic² notes of a classic love song drew us toward a tuxedoed³ musician playing a grand piano. 

[01:26.45]Sam and I sat down on a marble bench nearby, and he seemed as transfixed by the lilting theme as I was.

[01:34.40]I didn’t realize that Sam had stood up next to me until he turned, took my face in his little hands and said, 

[01:42.02]“Dance with me.”

[01:44.31]If only those women strolling under the Paris moon knew the joy of such an invitation made by a round-cheeked boy with baby teeth. 

[01:54.38]Although shoppers openly chuckled⁴, grinned and pointed⁵ at us as we glided⁶ and whirled around the open atrium, 

[02:02.91]I would not have traded a dance with such a charming young gentleman if I’d been offered the universe.

1 fleeting   

adj.短暂的，飞逝的

参考例句：

• The girls caught only a fleeting glimpse of the driver.女孩们只匆匆瞥了一眼司机。
• Knowing the life fleeting,she set herself to enjoy if as best as she could.她知道这种日子转瞬即逝，于是让自已尽情地享受。

2 melodic   

adj.有旋律的，调子美妙的

参考例句：

• His voice had a rich melodic quality.他的音色浑厚而优美。
• He spoke with a soft husky voice in a melodic accent.他微微沙哑的声音带着一种悠扬的口音。

3 tuxedoed   

adj.穿无尾礼服的，穿（夜）小礼服的

参考例句：

4 chuckled   

轻声地笑( chuckle的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• She chuckled at the memory. 想起这件事她就暗自发笑。
• She chuckled softly to herself as she remembered his astonished look. 想起他那惊讶的表情，她就轻轻地暗自发笑。

5 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。

6 glided   

v.滑动( glide的过去式和过去分词 )；掠过；（鸟或飞机 ） 滑翔

参考例句：

• The President's motorcade glided by. 总统的车队一溜烟开了过去。
• They glided along the wall until they were out of sight. 他们沿着墙壁溜得无影无踪。 来自《简明英汉词典》