英文短篇故事（纽约）244 A Lucky Blind Person

 　　Samantha and Ira bumped¹ into each other on the sidewalk. Ira apologized. "No, no, I apologize," said Samantha. Ira said, "Believe me, it's not your fault. I'm always bumping² into things or people. I'm blind." Samantha said, "You're blind?! Guess what? I'm blind too. I've never bumped into a blind person before. How long have you been blind?" Ira said, "I lost my sight last year. I had a skateboarding accident." Samantha said, "I'm sorry to hear that. How old are you?" Ira said he was 15. Samantha said she was 16. She said she was born blind. Ira said, "You were born blind? Then you've never seen anything. You've never seen yourself. You've never seen the sky. But you know what? You're lucky. You don't know what you're missing³." Samantha said, "No, you're the lucky one. You at least have seen people and things. You have those wonderful memories."

1 bumped   

凸起的，凸状的

参考例句：

• In the dark I bumped into a chair. 我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。
• I bumped against an old friend in town today. 我今天在城里偶然碰见了一个老朋友。

2 bumping   

爆沸； 突沸； 放气； 崩沸

参考例句：

• The circulation of the magazine has been bumping along for some time at around 30, 000. 一段时间以来，杂志的销量一直在三万份上下摇摆。
• "Yes, "and shipped his oars without bumping the boat. "来啦，"说着从桨架上取下双桨，没有让船颠簸一下。

3 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。