2024考研英语：《经济学人》中英读译Day177

英语阅读能力依靠什么？必然是词汇的积累，但，仅仅是词汇的积累是不够了，更应该了解英语句式，不同句型所表达意义。如何培养自己的阅读语感呢？那么就跟着聚创考研网小编每天学一点英语，一起为考研筑起坚实的地基。阅读是需要积累的，就像我们需要经常和人沟通才会促进我们的表达能力一样~小伙伴跟着小编一起，每天坚持打卡，培养英语阅读能力及语感，了解文章一些经典词汇的用法。

经济学人:他们生活中的聚会(2)

"I remember a mom came with her two kids," Davis says."It was their first night at the shelter, and her child had a birthday.We had an extra gift for her—pink headphones.The little girl was so excited. She was jumping up and down.And her sister was so excited. And I'm so excited. And her mom ... she's crying.'You have no idea what we've been through for the last 24 hours,' she told me.'Yesterday was her birthday. I had nothing to give her.

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“我记得一位母亲带着她的两个孩子来过，”戴维斯说。“这是他们在庇护所的第一个晚上，她的孩子过生日。我们为她准备了一份额外的礼物——粉红色耳机。小女孩非常兴奋，上蹿下跳的。她姐姐很兴奋，我也非常兴奋。她的妈妈......哭了。‘你不知道我们在过去的24小时里经历了什么，’她告诉我，‘昨天是她的生日。我没有礼物送给她。’

 

We went through so much trauma, and today we're here in a shelter.I never imagined we would ever need to be in a shelter.I didn't know what to expect.But I really didn't expect a birthday party for my child.'I had to walk away and wipe away some tears."Doing her best to normalize these kids' lives is both heartwarming and bittersweet, Davis says."We're on this rooftop. It's this beautiful view. The sky is gorgeous.You're above everything. But if you look down, you see homeless person after homeless person on the street,and it reminds you that these kids don't get to leave this area after the party."

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我们经历了太多的创伤，今天我们在这个庇护所。我从没想过我们会需要去庇护所。我不知道会发生什么，但我真的没想到我的孩子会有一个生日聚会。’我不得不走开，擦去留出的眼泪。”戴维斯说，她尽最大努力让这些孩子过正常的生活，这既温暖人心，又苦乐参半。“我们在屋顶上，景色迷人，天空很美，你站在高处。但如果往下看，你会看到街上一个又一个无家可归的人，这会提醒你，这些孩子不能在聚会结束后离开这个地区。”

 

It may be why, after throwing 88 parties, she still cries after each one."I want to bring all these kids home, but we have a very small apartment," she jokes.Davis suffered a second miscarriage before finally having a child—she and Kadin have two now, ages two and fourBut she credits the kids in the shelter with helping her hold on to hope."We didn't realize how much joy they were going to bring us," she told CBS News. "And that was so healing for me."

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也许这就是为什么在举办了88场派对之后，她仍然会在每个派对后哭泣。“我想把这些孩子都带回家，但我们的公寓很小，”她开玩笑说。戴维斯第二次流产后终于有了孩子，她和卡丁现在有两个孩子，分别是两岁和四岁。但她相信庇护所里的孩子们给了她希望。“我们没有意识到他们会给我们带来多少快乐，”她告诉CBS新闻，“这对我来说真是太好了。”