(no.1)2013高三英语阅读素材 Life Together
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LifeTogether
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Onefineday,anoldcouplearoundtheageof70,walkedintothelawyer'soffice.Appearntly,theyweretheretofileadivorce.Thelawyerwasvery
puzzled.Afterhavingachatwiththem,hegottheirstory--thecouplehadbeenquarrelingalltheir40yearsofmarriageandnothingeverseemedtogoright.
Theyhadhungonsolongbecauseoftheirchildren,afraidthatitmightaffecttheirup-bringing.Now,alltheirchildrenhadgrownup,andhadtheirown
families,sotheoldcouplehadnothingtoworryabout.Alltheywantedwastolivetheirownlives,freefromyearsofunhappiness.Sobothagreedonadivorce.Thelawyerwashavingahardtimetryingtogetthepapersdone,becausehecouldn'tunderstandwhy,after40yearsofmarriageandage70,theoldcouplewantedadivorce.Whiletheyweresigningthepapers.thewifetoldthehusband,"Ireallyloveyou,butIreallycan'tcarryonanymore,I'msorry.""It'sOkay,I
understand,"saidthehusband.Lookingatthis,thelawyersuggestedadinnertogether,justthethreeofthem.Thewifeagreed,whynot,sincetheywillstillgoingtobefriendsanyway.
Atthediningtable,therewasanawkwardsilence.Thefirstdishwasroastedchicken.Immediately,theoldmantookadrumstickfortheoldlady."Takethis,it'syourfavorite."Lookingatthis,thelawyerthoughtmaybethere'sstillachance.Butthewifewasfrowningwhensheanswered,"Thisisalwaystheproblem.Youalwaysthinkhighlyofyourself,andneverthinkhowIfeel.Don'tyouknowthatIhatedrumsticks?"
Littledidsheknowthat,overtheyears,thehusbandhadtriedmanywaystopleaseher.Littledidsheknowthatdrumstickswerethehusband'sfavoritefood.Littledidheknowthatshethoughtheneverunderstoodheratall.Littledidheknowthatshehatesdrumsticks,eventhoughallhewanedwasthebestforher.
Thatnight,bothofthemtossedandturnedandcouldn'tsleep.Afterafewhours,theoldmancouldn'ttakeitanymore.Heknewthathestilllovedher,andhecouldn'tcarryonlifewithouther.Hewantedherback,hewantedtotellher,hewassorry,hewantedtotellher"Iloveyou".Hepickedupthephone,anddialedhernumber.Althoughthecallswentunanswered,heneverstoppeddialing...
Ontheothersideofthetown,shewassad.Shecouldn'tunderstoodhowafterall
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theseyears,hestilldidn'tunderstandheratall.Shelovedhimalot,butshejustcouldn'ttakeitanymore.Asthephonerang,sherefusedtoanswerit,knowingthatitwashim."What'sthepointoftalkingno 