Peggy's Paper Dolls

黑龙江克东一中 胡永启

精彩导读

佩吉是一个患了癌症的小女孩，在临终前，她积攒了自己做的62个纸娃娃，以代表自她住院以来去世的所有孩子。她早已接受了疾病和死亡，并把它们视为自己生命的一部分。她勇敢地面对多数人最恐惧的事，决心让活着的每一天都过得有意义。从她死去的那一天起，她的哥哥布莱恩学会了不再沉溺于生活的低谷，而是去寻找那些有时隐藏在恐惧阴影中的积极因素。

As Brian entered Room 32,Peggy's face lit up with a bright smile.Peggy was Brain's little sister,and was dying of cancer.She was a lovely girl,who charmed（迷住）everyone with her undying enthusiasm（热情）.She would talk non-stop to a listening ear,and she seldom cried,though she was only 7 years old.

Brian loved Peggy very much and each day that passed was like a ticking（嘀嗒作响的）time bomb to him.However,Peggy amazed Brian with her creativity （创造力）.She had a collection of pa per dolls that she had made.All 62 were tacked（钉住）on the wall behind her bed.Brian had asked her about the dolls,but she would always just smile,and say happily that they were her friends.

Day by day,Peggy's body grew weaker and weaker,but her spirit remained strong.Each one of her smiles pierced（刺穿）Brian's heart.When he wasn't at the hospital,he would spend most of his time alone in his room,crying as if it was him that was dying.

It was two weeks after Peggy's eighth birthday that she died.Though expected,it broke Brian's heart.

As Brian forced himself to walk into Room 32 to collect Peggy's things,he saw the tiny paper dolls smiling back at him from the wall.Unable to throw them away,Brian found a shoe box to put them in.One by one he removed them from the wall,seeing for the first time the inscriptions （署名）on the back of each:Terrah,Ivy,Nicole,Amy,Justin,Chris...and on and on.There was one name that stuck in his mind:Jessie.Jessie had been Peggy's first and best friend in the hospital,who had died about one year ago.Then Brian began to recognize more names,and he realized why they seemed so familiar（熟悉）.

Peggy's paper dolls were all the children that had died since she had arrived.When Brian finally pulled the 62nd doll off the wall with a quivering（颤抖）hand,he suddenly realized that there was still one that he had never seen before.It was purple,Peggy's favorite color,with a wide crayon（蜡笔）smile.As Brian turned the doll over and read the back,he was snapped out of（突然摆脱某种不好的状态）his state of denial（否认）.Tears flooded his eyes as the name,scrawled （乱涂；潦草地写）in crayon,“Peggy”,screamed at him—She had known.

Brian could still hear the sweet voice that he had known for so long,but for the first time he understood her.All the time he had been pretending that everything would turn out all right.All along,Peggy knew that she was going to die,yet not once did she say that it wasn't fair.

As the memories of Peggy reeled(旋转)through Brian's head,he realized that he could not remember a time when she had been truly unhappy.Peggy,only a child,had accepted her disease and death as a part of her life.She faced most people's worst fear with courage,and determined（下定决心）to make each day that she lived worthwhile.The dolls were a means of remembrance and symbols of life.

Brian looked down at the small paper doll in his hand through salty tears,and he realized that as a big brother,he had known so little about his sister,the bravest girl on earth.Yet it was not too late,he could still follow in her footsteps,and learn how to seek out the best in any situation.

From that day on,Brian learned not to dwell upon （老是想着；深思）life's downsides,but to search for the positives（积极因素）that were sometimes hidden in the shadows of his fears.

阅读扫障

Ⅰ.热词积累

1.flood vt.淹没；泛滥；大量涌入

2.light up 照亮；变快活

3.die of死于；因……病而死

4.force oneself to do强迫某人自己…

5.throw away 扔掉；抛弃；浪费；失去

6.for the first time 第一次

7.all the time一直

8.turn out结果；生产

9.seek out挑出；找到；搜寻出

10.from that day on从那天起

11.search for寻找

Ⅱ.难句分析

1.When he wasn't at the hospital,he would spend most of his time alone in his room,crying as if it was him that was dying.当他不在医院的时候，他大都会独自一人待在屋里哭泣，就好像即将离世的人是他一样。

When he wasn't at the hospital引导的是时间状语从句；crying as if it was him that was dying为现在分词短语在句中作伴随状语,as if引导的是方式状语从句。

2.Though expected,it broke Brian's heart.尽管这在意料之中，但也令布莱恩悲痛欲绝。

Though expected相当于“Though it was expected”。在时间、原因，及让步等状语从句中，当主从句主语一致时，可将从句的主语和be同时省略。Ⅲ.读后创写

阅读文章，结合以下名句，按要求用英文写作。

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing:the freedom to choose his attitude in any given set of circumstances.

我可以拿走人的任何东西，但有一样东西不行，这就是在特定环境下选择自己的生活态度的自由。要求：

1.无需写标题；

2.除诗歌外，文体不限；

3.内容必须结合你生活中的具体事例；

4.可以根据自己对文章的理解，从其他角度进行创写；

5.词数不少于 120，如引用名句，则不计入总词数。

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译文助读

布莱恩一走进32号病房，佩吉就灿烂地笑了起来，显得容光焕发。佩吉是布莱恩的小妹妹，患了癌症，生命垂危。她是个可爱的小女孩，她时刻充满着热情，令周围的所有人着迷。只要有人愿意听她说，她就会一直讲个不停。她也很少哭鼻子，尽管她才7岁。

布莱恩非常爱佩吉。对他来说逝去的每一天都像一个嘀嗒嘀嗒作响的定时炸弹。不过，佩吉的创造力令布莱恩惊叹不已。她攒了一套自己做的纸娃娃，一共62个，都用图钉钉在床后的墙上。布莱恩曾问过她做这些娃娃干什么，但佩吉只是笑笑，高兴地说这些娃娃是自己的朋友。

日子一天天过去了，佩吉的身体越来越虚弱，但她的精神依然坚强。她的每个微笑都刺痛着布莱恩的心。当他不在医院的时候，他大都会独自一人待在屋里哭泣，就好像即将离世的人是他一样。

佩吉8岁生日过后只过了两周，就离开了人世。尽管这在意料之中，但也令布莱恩悲痛欲绝。

当布莱恩强迫自己走进32号病房，收拾佩吉的遗物时，看到了墙上那些冲他微笑的小小的纸娃娃们。布莱恩不忍扔掉那些娃娃，就找了个鞋盒来装它们。他把纸娃娃们一个一个从墙上取了下来。他第一次注意到每个纸娃娃背面都写了字：泰拉、艾维、妮可、艾米、贾斯丁、克里斯，等等。一个名字闪过了他的脑海：杰西。杰西是佩吉住院后第一个也是最要好的一个朋友，大约一年前去世的。接着，布莱恩开始认出了更多的名字。他明白了为什么这些名字显得这么熟悉。

佩吉的纸娃娃代表自她住院以来去世的所有孩子。当布莱恩颤抖着手把第62个纸娃娃从墙上取下来时，他突然发现那儿还有一个纸娃娃，是自己从未见过的。纸娃娃是紫色的，佩吉最喜欢的颜色，上面还用蜡笔画了一个大大的笑脸。当布莱恩把纸娃娃翻过来看背面时，突然一下从拒绝接受现实的状态中振作了起来。蜡笔涂写的名字“佩吉”是那么扎眼，他的眼泪“唰”地涌了上来——佩吉早就知道了。

布莱恩仿佛仍能听到那熟悉已久的甜美声音，但生平第一次，他理解了妹妹。他一直都假装一切都会好起来。而自始至终，佩吉都知道自己将会死去，却不曾抱怨过一次命运的不公。

当对佩吉的回忆在布莱恩的脑海里萦绕时，他意识到在他印象中的佩吉根本没有真正不开心的时候。佩吉不过是个小孩，却早已接受了疾病和死亡，把它们视为自己生命的一部分。她勇敢地面对多数人最恐惧的事，决心让活着的每一天都过得有意义。纸娃娃们就是她对生命的纪念和象征。

透过咸咸的泪水，布莱恩低头看着手中小小的纸娃娃，意识到自己作为哥哥，他对妹妹，这个世上最勇敢的女孩，了解得那么少。不过还不算太迟，他仍然可以循着她走过的路，学会如何在任何情况下都寻求最好的一面。

从那一天起，布莱恩就学会了不再沉溺于生活的低谷，而是去寻找那些有时隐藏在恐惧阴影中的积极因素。