為你讀英語美文·第283期：你是我一生中最華麗的冒險 | 為你讀《飛屋環(huán)游記》 主播：永清 如果說去旅行去冒險是為了遇見不曾見過的美妙景色，經(jīng)歷不曾想過的充實人生， 那么與你的相遇相守就是我能想到的最華麗的冒險。 --豆瓣 《飛屋環(huán)游記》節(jié)選 作者： 美國迪士尼公司 版權(quán)方： 華東理工大學(xué)出版社有限公司 They worked on the house every day, and the days turned into weeks. Sometimes they took a break. 卡爾和艾莉日復(fù)一日地對房子進(jìn)行著改造、翻新工作，一干就是好幾個星期。偶爾，他們也會忙里偷閑，休息一下。 They would sit in two comfy chairs that were placed side by side in the living room. Other times they would climb to the top of their favorite hill and have a picnic. 有時，他們會坐在客廳里并排的舒適扶手椅上。有時，他們會爬上兩人最喜愛的小山坡去野餐。 They liked to lie in the grass, stare up at the sky, and watch the clouds transform into different shapes, like turtles and elephants. 卡爾和艾莉喜歡躺在草坪上，望著天空，看著云朵變幻，形狀萬千，一會兒像海龜，一會兒像大象。 Ellie got a job at the local zoo, taking care of the animals in the South America House. Carl worked at the zoo, too. He sold balloons from a cart.艾莉在當(dāng)?shù)氐膭游飯@里找了份工作，負(fù)責(zé)照料南美洲館的動物?？栆苍趧游飯@工作，不過，他是推著手推車賣氣球。 Sometimes Carl had so many balloons, the cart would rise right off the ground! 有時候，卡爾攜帶的氣球太多，它們的浮力會把車子輕微抬起，脫離地面。 The weeks turned into months. Ellie and Carl looked through her adventure book and dreamed of traveling to Paradise Falls. Ellie painted a lovely picture of their house atop the tepui. 幾個月過去了。艾莉和卡爾翻看著艾莉的探險書，夢想著有一天能到天堂瀑布去旅行。艾莉畫了一幅美好的畫——在特普伊山的平頂上，坐落著他們的房子。 They hung the picture over the fireplace. Carl added a poster of South America. Ellie put up a hand-woven rug, a piece of pottery, and a figurine of a tropical bird. 他們把這幅畫掛在壁爐上方?？栐诋嫷呐赃厭炝艘环厦乐薜暮?。艾莉又掛上了一塊手工編織的小毯子，擺了一件陶器和一只熱帶鳥的雕像。 For the finishing touch, Carl placed a toy blimp on the mantel and a glass jar on the table. A label on the jar read PARADISE FALLS. Carl and Ellie tossed their spare change into the jar whenever they could. 卡爾把一架玩具飛船放到壁爐架上，還在桌上放了一只玻璃瓶，這為他們的裝飾工作畫上了休止符。玻璃瓶上的標(biāo)簽寫著四個字：天堂瀑布。一有機(jī)會，卡爾和艾莉就把零錢投進(jìn)瓶子里存起來。 But they never had much money. And they always seemed to need to spend the money they had—a new tire for the car, a cast for Carl’s broken leg, a new roof for the house. But Carl and Ellie didn’t worry. They knew they would get to South America someday. 但他們并沒有存下多少錢。因為他們總有很多地方需要花錢——為車子換新輪胎，為卡爾摔斷的腿打石膏，為房子更換新屋頂……但卡爾和艾莉并不擔(dān)心。因為他們相信，總有一天他們會到南美洲去。 The months turned into years. 時間過得飛快，一轉(zhuǎn)眼，幾年過去了 Carl sold his balloons, and Ellie cared for the zoo animals. At night, they danced in the living room. They always had fun together. 卡爾還在賣氣球，艾莉仍在動物園里照料動物。晚上，他們就在客廳里跳舞。只要兩人在一起，他們總是很開心。 One day, when they had been married more than thirty years, Carl realized that they had been waiting long enough. He decided to surprise Ellie. 結(jié)婚三十多年后的一天，卡爾意識到他們已經(jīng)等得太久了。他決定給艾莉一個驚喜。 He bought two plane tickets to South America and tucked them into a picnic basket. But when they were on the way up their favorite hill, Ellie fell down. 于是，他買了兩張飛往南美洲的機(jī)票，并把它們?nèi)M(jìn)了野餐籃里。但是，在兩人一起攀登他們最喜愛的那座小山坡時，艾莉摔倒了。 Ellie went to the hospital, and for a while it looked as if she might get better. But she didn’t. Instead, Carl went to her funeral with a bouquet of blue balloons. 艾莉住進(jìn)了醫(yī)院，有段時間她的身體狀況看起來還不錯，好像很快就能痊愈。但天不如人愿，艾莉最終還是永遠(yuǎn)地離開了。卡爾帶著一大束藍(lán)色氣球參加了她的葬禮。 Then he went home. For the first time since he was eight years old, Carl was completely alone. 隨后卡爾回了家。這是他八歲以來，第一次孤零零的一個人。 ▎主播介紹 永清：畢業(yè)于西安外國語大學(xué)，現(xiàn)居北京 主播，制作：永清 文字，音樂，圖片非商業(yè)用途，版權(quán)歸作者或版權(quán)方所有