超越恐懼雙語美文

　　有時候自己會對某種事物感到害怕，恐懼，那麼我們要用什麼辦法來解決它呢?接下來，小編給大家準備了 ,歡迎大家參考與借鑑。

　　When I was told last year that my 2-year-old son had an illness that threatened his life, I tried to strike a bargain with fate――I would do anything, I would trade my old life away, if only he would get better. We learned that our son would need months of treatment, maybe even a year, before we would know whether he would recover. My husband and I settled into a deadening routine; one night at the hospital, the next night at home to be with our daughter, then right back to the hospital. The days and nights were a blur of medical reports. Fear and despair engulfed me.

　　去年當我得知兩歲的兒子患了一種危及生命的疾病時，我努力跟命運抗爭--只要他能好起來，我什麼都願意做，甚至改變我以前的生活。我們得知，兒子需要治療好幾個月、甚至一年後，才知道是不是能康復。我和我丈夫陷入了一種呆板的生活中：頭一晚在醫院，第二天晚上在家陪女兒，然後又一晚待在醫院。日日夜夜都是治療報告。恐懼和絕望吞沒了我。

　　I watched the other mothers at the hospital. I saw the mother of the child with cystic fibrosis faithfully administer physical therapy, heard the hollow thump-thump-thump as she pounded the child's chest, her efforts a talisman of dedication, hope and pain. I ached for the mother whose infant twins both had cancer and who managed somehow to write thank-you notes to the nurses after the babies' many hospitalizations. 　　I worried that I could not live up to these mothers' heroism. They did what good mothers are supposed to do,what mothers of sick children have to do,and what I did, too.

　　我觀察了一下醫院裡的其他母親。有一個孩子囊性纖維變性，他母親盡職地幫他進行理療，在孩子胸上連續敲打，聽砰砰的聲音。她的努力裡面飽含著奉獻、希望和痛苦。我敬重那位母親，她的一對雙胞胎嬰兒得了癌症，她在孩子們多次治療之後還能強忍悲痛給護士們寫感謝信。

　　I worried that I could not live up to these mothers' heroism. They did what good mothers are supposed to do,what mothers of sick children have to do,and what I did, too.

　　我擔心自己可能做不到像這些母親那樣堅強。她們做的正是好母親該做的，也是病兒母親不得不做的，也是我所做的。

　　But I did not feel selfless, the way those other mothers seemed to feel. I was ashamed to admit it, but mingled with my terror and grief. After the first three weeks, we realized we were only at the start of a marathon. The friends who knew me best started telling me I should go back to work. It would be good for you to get a break, they said. I resisted. Good mothers, I thought, do not abandon their sick children for work. Yet when my son's doctor told me he thought it would be fine, that he could E-mail his assessments, I tore myself away.

　　但我並不像其他母親那樣覺得無私。我很羞愧地承認這一點，同時感到恐懼和悲傷。頭三週過後，我們意識到這只是一場馬拉松的開頭。瞭解我的朋友開始對我說，我應該繼續工作。他們說，換換環境對我有好處。可我拒絕了。我認為好母親不會丟下生病的孩子去工作。然而兒子的醫生也告訴我那樣做會好一些，他可以用電子郵件向我傳遞治療報告，我只好忍痛離開了。

　　I could not work a normal schedule――far from it. But as the months of my son's treatment dragged on, he was able to stay out of the hospital for longer periods. My husband and I still took turns at the outpatient clinic or at the hospital. I was lucky that my family and my baby sitter could also relieve me so that my son was never alone.

　　我無法正常工作--遠遠不能。但兒子的治療捱過了一個月又一個月，他可以出院在外待較長時間了。我和我丈夫仍然輪流去門診所或是醫院。幸運的是，我的家人和保姆也能減輕我的負擔，所以兒子一直有人陪著。

　　There were still long stretches when I needed to drop everything to be with him. But to my surprise, I found that going to work when I could eased my sense of helplessness. I could be distracted: there were phone calls and deadlines and a rhythm to be swept into. I could be in control of something.

　　雖然是這樣，可仍有很長一段時間我得拋開一切事情陪在他身邊。但讓我吃驚的是，我發現只有在工作的時候才能減輕我的無助感。我可以分散注意力，因為有那麼多電話要處理，那麼多緊急的和日常的工作要去做。我還能夠管理某些事情。

　　擴充套件：留學申請專業術語

　　Maintenance：基本維持費用;在學校中通常指學費之外的花費，包括住宿、書本、衣物、交通等費用。

　　Matriculation：錄取入學;大學的入學考試。

　　Major：主修。學生所選擇專攻的領域。

　　Master's Degree：碩士學位。

　　Minor：輔修;相對於主修科目，學生專攻課程之外的科目。

　　Non-resident：非學校所在州的州民。

　　Notarization：公證。

　　Open admission：開放式入學。也就是不管申請者條件如何都會給他入學許可。

　　Pass/fail grading system：一種以通過/不通過來計分的方式，有的學校全用此係統，有的則只用於某特別課程或學生。

　　Placement test：安置測驗;學生到校後的程度考試，如果考的好可直接上較高的課程。