英語翻譯
不要直譯 小弟先謝謝了
I was a freshman in college when I met the Whites.They were completely different from my own family,yet I felt at home with them instantly.Jane White and I became friends at school,and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin.
In my family,it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.
"Who did this " My mother would yell about a mess in the kitchen.
"This is all your fault,Katharine," My father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.
From the time we were little,my sister,brothers and I told on each other.We set a place for blame at the dinner table.
But the Whites didn't worry about who had done what.They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives.The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer that Jane died.
Mr.and Mrs.White had six children:three sons and three daughters.One son had passed away in childhood,which may be why the surviving five children remained so close.
In July,the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New York.The two oldest,Sarah and Jane,were college students,and the youngest,Amy had recently turned sixteen.The proud possessor of a brand-new driver's license (駕照),Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip.She showed off her license to everyone she met.
The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah's new car during the first part of the trip,but when they reached less populated areas,they let Amy take over.Somewhere in South Carolina,we pulled off the highway to eat.After lunch,Amy got behind the wheel.She came to an intersection (道路交叉點) with a stop sign.Whether she was nervous or just didn't see the sign no one will ever know,but Amy continued into the intersection without stopping.The driver of a large truck,unable to brake (剎車) in time,plowed into our vehicle.
Jane was killed instantly.
I survived the accident with only a few bruises (傷痕).The most difficult thing that I've ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died.As painful as it was for me to lose a good friend,I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child.
When Mr.and Mrs.White arrived at the hospital,they found their two surviving daughters sharing a room.Sarah's head was wrapped in bandages; Amy's leg was in a cast (石膏).They hugged us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters.They wiped away the girls' tears and teased a few giggles (咯咯笑) out of Amy as she learned to use her crutches (雙拐).