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Unit 1III1 beneath2 disguised3 whistles4 restrain5 grasp6 longing7 praying8 faithful 9 pledge 10 drainIV1 tell …on you2 track down3 work it out4 picking on me5 reckoned with6 call on7 on his own8 get through9 in disguise 10 revolves aroundVG O D I K L B F A NVI1 advise2 level3 problems4 necessity5 skills6 experience7 solution8 value 9 tool 10 mannerVII1 air-conditioned(装空调的；有冷气的)2 handmade（手工制作的）3 thunderstruck（非常吃惊的）4 heartfelt（衷心的；诚挚的）5 data-based（基于数据的）6 self-employed （自主经营的）7 custom-built（定制的；定做的）8 weather-beaten（饱经风霜的）VIII1. well-informed（对……非常熟悉的）2 new-found（新获得的） 3 hard-earned（辛苦挣得的） 4 soft-spoken（说话温柔的） 5 newly-married（新婚的）6 widely-held（普遍认为的）7 well-meant（出于好意的）8 well-educated（受过良好教育的）IX1 no matter how different it may seem form any other substance2 no matter what a woman tries to do to improve her situation3 no matter what excuse he gives4 no matter what anyone else may think5 no matter how they rewrite historyX1 just as we gained fame in victory, we lost nothing in defeat2 just as the head teacher plays a significant role in the school, Jane plays a significant role f leader in the classroom.3 whoever was out there obviously couldn’t see him just as he couldn’t see them.4 she has been searching all her life for the perfect chocolate just as I have been searching for the perfect beer.5 you can make those kinds of comparisons just as you were doing the analyses a minute ago.XI1.No matter how experienced a speaker you are, and how well you have prepared yourspeech, you will have difficulty making a speech at such a noisy reception.2.Just as all his sister’s friends cared about him, Jimmy cared about them.3.Car manufacturers stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new carsto help track down stolen vehicles.4.If you dare tell on me when the teacher gets back I won’t say a word to you any more.5.Some elderly people prefer to live on their own while the great majority choose to livewith their children.6.Here is something that needs to be reckoned with: how to get the necessary finances toestablish the company.XII1. 每当有人帮了你，无论事情大小，无论他地位高低，你都应该对他说声“谢谢”。
新视野大学英语第二版第三册读写教程课文翻译篇一：新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第三册课文翻译新视野大学英语读写教程第三册课文翻译我哥哥吉米出生时遇上难产，因为缺氧导致大脑受损。
两年后，我出生了。
从此以后，我的生活便围绕我哥哥转。
伴随我成长的，是“到外面去玩，把你哥哥也带上。
”不带上他，我是哪里也去不了的。
因此，我怂恿邻居的孩子到我家来，尽情地玩孩子们玩的游戏。
我母亲教吉米学习日常自理，比如刷牙或系皮带什么的。
我父亲宅心仁厚，他的耐心和理解使一家人心贴着心。
我则负责外面的事，找到那些欺负我哥哥的孩子们的父母，告他们的状，为我哥哥讨回公道。
父亲和吉米形影不离。
他们一道吃早饭，平时每天早上一道开车去海军航运中心，他们都在那里工作，吉米在那搬卸标有彩色代号的箱子。
晚饭后，他们一道交谈，玩游戏，直到深夜。
他们甚至用口哨吹相同的曲调。
所以，父亲1991年因心脏病去世时，吉米几乎崩溃了，尽管他尽量不表现出来。
他就是不能相信父亲去世这一事实。
通常，他是一个令人愉快的人，现在却一言不发，无论说多少话都不能透过他木然的脸部表情了解他的心事。
我雇了一个人和他住在一起，开车送他去上班。
然而，不管我怎么努力地维持原状，吉米还是认为他熟悉的世界已经消失了。
有一天，我问他：“你是不是想念爸爸？”他的嘴唇颤抖了几下，然后问我：“你怎么看，玛格丽特？他是我最好的朋友。
”接着，我俩都流下了眼泪。
六个月后，母亲因肺癌去世，剩下我一人来照顾吉米。
吉米不能马上适应去上班时没有父亲陪着，因此搬来纽约和我一起住了一段时间。
我走到哪里他就跟到哪里，他好像适应得很好。
但吉米依然想住在我父母的房子里，继续干他原来的工作。
我答应把他送回去。
此事最后做成了。
如今，他在那里生活了11年，在许多人的照料下，同时依靠自己生活得有声有色。
他已成了邻里间不可或缺的人物。
如果你有邮件要收，或有狗要遛，他就是你所要的人。
当然，母亲的话没错：可以有一个家，既能容纳他的缺陷又能装下我的雄心。
新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第三册课后答案（完整版）Unit 1Ⅺ1.No matter how experienced a speaker you are, and how well you have prepared your speech, you will have difficulty making a speech at such a noisy reception.无论你是多么富有经验的演说家，无论你做了多磨充分准备，你都很难在这样嘈杂的招待会上发表演讲（no matter how)。
2.Just as all his sister’s friends cared about him, Jimmy cared about them.就像吉米妹妹的朋友都关心吉米一样，吉米也关心他们。
（just as)3.Car manufactures stamp a vehicle identification number at several places on new cars to help track down stolen vehicles.汽车生产商在新车的几处都印有汽车识别号码，以便帮助找回被盗的车辆。
（track down)4.If you dare tell on me when the teacher gets back I won’t say a word to you any more.老师回来时你敢告状的话，我就不再和你说话了。
（tell on)5.Some elderly people prefer to live on their own while the great majority choose to live with their children.有些老年人愿意独自过日子，但大多数老人选择和儿女一起生活。
（on one’s own)6.Here is something that needs to be reckoned with: how to get the necessary finances to establish the company.现在需要面对的事情是：如何筹集创建公司所需的资金。
第二版新视野大学英语读写教程第三册unit1~unit10课文翻译和课后答案Unit 11.我哥哥吉米出生时遇上难产，因为缺氧导致大脑受损。
两年后，我出生了。
从此以后，我的生活便围绕我哥哥转。
伴随我成长的，是“到外面去玩，把你哥哥也带上。
”不带上他，我是哪里也去不了的。
因此，我怂恿邻居的孩子到我家来，尽情地玩孩子们玩的游戏。
2.我母亲教吉米学习日常自理，比如刷牙或系皮带什么的。
我父亲宅心仁厚，他的耐心和理解使一家人心贴着心。
我则负责外面的事，找到那些欺负我哥哥的孩子们的父母，告他们的状，为我哥哥讨回公道。
3.父亲和吉米形影不离。
他们一道吃早饭，平时每天早上一道开车去海军航运中心，他们都在那里工作，吉米在那搬卸标有彩色代号的箱子。
晚饭后，他们一道交谈，玩游戏，直到深夜。
他们甚至用口哨吹相同的曲调。
4.所以，父亲1991年因心脏病去世时，吉米几乎崩溃了，尽管他尽量不表现出来。
他就是不能相信父亲去世这一事实。
通常，他是一个令人愉快的人，现在却一言不发，无论说多少话都不能透过他木然的脸部表情了解他的心事。
我雇了一个人和他住在一起，开车送他去上班。
然而，不管我怎么努力地维持原状，吉米还是认为他熟悉的世界已经消失了。
有一天，我问他：“你是不是想念爸爸？”他的嘴唇颤抖了几下，然后问我：“你怎么看，玛格丽特？他是我最好的朋友。
”接着，我俩都流下了眼泪。
5.六个月后，母亲因肺癌去世，剩下我一人来照顾吉米。
6.吉米不能马上适应去上班时没有父亲陪着，因此搬来纽约和我一起住了一段时间。
我走到哪里他就跟到哪里，他好像适应得很好。
但吉米依然想住在我父母的房子里，继续干他原来的工作。
我答应把他送回去。
此事最后做成了。
如今，他在那里生活了11年，在许多人的照料下，同时依靠自己生活得有声有色。
他已成了邻里间不可或缺的人物。
如果你有邮件要收，或有狗要遛，他就是你所要的人。
7.当然，母亲的话没错：可以有一个家，既能容纳他的缺陷又能装下我的雄心。
新视野大学英语读写教程第二版第三册课文翻译集团标准化办公室：[VV986T-J682P28-JP266L8-68PNN]U n i t1s e c t i o n A我哥哥吉米出生时遇上难产，因为缺氧导致大脑受损。
两年后，我出生了。
从此以后，我的生活便围绕我哥哥转。
伴随我成长的，是“到外面去玩，把你哥哥也带上。
”不带上他，我是哪里也去不了的。
因此，我怂恿邻居的孩子到我家来，尽情地玩孩子们玩的游戏。
我母亲教吉米学习日常自理，比如刷牙或系皮带什么的。
我父亲宅心仁厚，他的耐心和理解使一家人心贴着心。
我则负责外面的事，找到那些欺负我哥哥的孩子们的父母，告他们的状，为我哥哥讨回公道。
父亲和吉米形影不离。
他们一道吃早饭，平时每天早上一道开车去海军航运中心，他们都在那里工作，吉米在那搬卸标有彩色代号的箱子。
晚饭后，他们一道交谈，玩游戏，直到深夜。
他们甚至用口哨吹相同的曲调。
所以，父亲1991年因心脏病去世时，吉米几乎崩溃了，尽管他尽量不表现出来。
他就是不能相信父亲去世这一事实。
通常，他是一个令人愉快的人，现在却一言不发，无论说多少话都不能透过他木然的脸部表情了解他的心事。
我雇了一个人和他住在一起，开车送他去上班。
然而，不管我怎么努力地维持原状，吉米还是认为他熟悉的世界已经消失了。
有一天，我问他：“你是不是想念爸爸？”他的嘴唇颤抖了几下，然后问我：“你怎么看，玛格丽特？他是我最好的朋友。
”接着，我俩都流下了眼泪六个月后，母亲因肺癌去世，剩下我一人来照顾吉米。
吉米不能马上适应去上班时没有父亲陪着，因此搬来纽约和我一起住了一段时间。
我走到哪里他就跟到哪里，他好像适应得很好。
但吉米依然想住在我父母的房子里，继续干他原来的工作。
我答应把他送回去。
此事最后做成了。
如今，他在那里生活了11年，在许多人的照料下，同时依靠自己生活得有声有色。
他已成了邻里间不可或缺的人物。
如果你有邮件要收，或有狗要遛，他就是你所要的人。
当然，母亲的话没错：可以有一个家，既能容纳他的缺陷又能装下我的雄心。
最新新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第三册15选10和翻译新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第三册15选10及翻译Unit 1When I think of people in this world who have really made a difference, I think of my parents. 当我认真的思考在这个世界上真正做出贡献的人，我就会想到我的父母。
They were truly saints among ordinary people. 他们是活在平民百姓之中的圣人。
I was one of the ten children my parents adopted. 我是被我的父母被收养的这十个孩子之一。
They G )rescued（救助）each of us from a life of poverty（贫穷）and loneliness（寂寞）.他们救助了生活在贫穷和寂寞中的我们。
They were hardly able to O）restrain（制止）themselves from bringing home more children to care for.他们几乎无法控制他们自己将流浪的孩子带回家照顾。
If they had had the D）resources ,they certainly(无疑地)would have.（如果他们当时有足够的财力，他们一定会领养更多孩子。
Most people do not realize how much they I)appreciated someone until they pass away(去世).（大多数人在自己感激的人离开这个世界之后才意识到自己是多么的感激他My sisters and brothers and I did not want this to happen before weK）uttered the words "Thank you" to our parent（我的兄弟姐妹和我都不希望这种情况发生在我们身上，都不希望父母听不到自己说“谢谢”。
新视野大学英语第二版读写教程第三册15选10及翻译Unit 1When I think of people in this world who have really made a difference, I think of my parents. 当我认真的思考在这个世界上真正做出贡献的人，我就会想到我的父母。
They were truly saints among ordinary people. 他们是活在平民百姓之中的圣人。
I was one of the ten children my parents adopted. 我是被我的父母被收养的这十个孩子之一。
TheyG)rescued（救助）each of us from a life of poverty（贫穷）and loneliness（寂寞）.他们救助了生活在贫穷和寂寞中的我们。
They were hardly able to O）restrain（制止）themselves from bringing home more children to care for.他们几乎无法控制他们自己将流浪的孩子带回家照顾。
If they had had the D）resources ,they certainly(无疑地)would have.（如果他们当时有足够的财力，他们一定会领养更多孩子。
Most people do not realize how much theyI)appreciated someone until they pass away(去世).（大多数人在自己感激的人离开这个世界之后才意识到自己是多么的感激他My sisters and brothers and I did not want this to happen before weK）uttered the words "Thank you" to our parent（我的兄弟姐妹和我都不希望这种情况发生在我们身上，都不希望父母听不到自己说“谢谢”。
新视野第三册答案Unit 1Section A. The Expensive Fantasy of Lord Williams《读写教程III》:Ex. II, p. 91.Because this is a title bought with stolen money. The guy‘s real name is Anthony Williams.2.It‘s small, with a population of only 320.3.No. He looks like a Scottish noble, soft-spoken and wealthy.4.The truth is that the man with endless money and a friendly manner was not a lord at all but agovernment employee living out a fantasy that he was a Scottish noble and paying for it by stealing funds from Scottish Yard.5.He stole more than eight million pounds over eight years and poured about five millionpounds into the village.6.Most of the stolen money was supposed to be used to pay spies and conduct secret activitiesagainst the Irish Republican Army.7.He used the money to buy an estate, a beautiful home, and a dozen noble titles. But most of all,he sunk his dishonest gains into the village, buying multiple cottages, a pub and a run-down hotel and turning them into very good-looking places.8.His bank deposits were so large that they were noticed by the bank‘s management. The bankthen notified the police, who discovered that the criminal was one of their own.9.Because in the eyes of some villagers Williams is a helper, pouring most of his stolen moneyinto the village and giving jobs to 43 people.10.He said in an interview after he was arrested: ―I discovered this bloody huge amount of money.I went from the need to pay off a few debts to what can only be described as greed. There isno way to justify it.‖《读写教程Ⅲ》:Ex. Ⅲ, p. 91.suspicion2.restored3.considerate4.inherited5.furnish6.justify7.substantial8.fantastic《读写教程Ⅲ》:Ex. Ⅳ, p. 101.To his embarrassment he discovered2.like that3.strike deals with4.live it out5.falls upon dark days6.nothing but7.captured the heart of the little boy with8.raise a glass to《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅴ, p. 101.economy2.business3.campaign4.poll5.survey6.research7.lessons8.study《读写教程III》: Ex. VI, p. 111.well-advised (明智的)2.narrow-minded (心胸狭窄的)3.wide-eyed (眼睛睁大的)4.soft-spoken (说话温和的)5.big-headed (妄自尊大的)6.single-minded (专心致志的)7.well-meant (用意良好的)8.quick-tempered (易怒的)《读写教程III》: Ex. VII, p. 111.air-conditioned2.handmade3.thunder-struck4.heart-felt5.data-based6.self-employed7.custom-built8.weather-beaten《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. VIII, p. 121.Well-meant as it was, the decision spoiled the peace talk in the Middle East.2.Hard as he tried, he failed to deceive the police commissioner in London in the end.3.Poor as he was, she gave up the idea to marry him.4.Friendly as he may seem, I won‘t regard him as considerate.5.Suspicious as she was of him, she never came to the idea that the wealthy, soft-spoken,well-mannered man was a criminal.《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅸ., p. 121.Now (that) you have studied the above models and understood the meaning and usage of theexpression ―now that‖, you know how to do the following exercises.2.Now (that) I‘ve heard the music, I understand why you like it.3.Now that the hotel is beautifully restored, many travelers like to stay in it.4.Now that the criminal turned out to be one of their own, the London police commissionerpublicly apologized for poorly supervising his department.5.Now that you have got an MA degree, you are qualified for a PhD program.《读写教程Ⅲ》: Ex. Ⅹ, p. 131.My thanks go to those who still stuck by me when I fell upon dark days.2.Now that he has published a popular novel which earns him a large amount of money, he isable to buy a new house and a car.3.The police said that their suspicions were aroused because the girl had other marks on herbody.4.How can you talk to her like that? She is the one who brought you up and helped you finishschool.5.Hard as the road for these students after school will be, their prospects are bright.6.In order to have enough money to run the business, he sold his newly-bought house at auctioneven at a substantial loss.7.He is fully justified in criticizing the police commissioner for poorly supervising hisdepartment.8.These ancient buildings which are under protection have been restored beautifully to attractforeigners.《读写教程III》: Ex. XI, p. 131.周六晚，在―牢骚酒吧‖，村民依旧乐意向―威廉斯勋爵‖祝酒，尽管这个头衔现在只能引来阵阵笑声。
unit1When I think of people in this world who have really made a difference, I think of my parents. They were truly saints among ordinary people.I was one of the ten children my parents adopted. They rescue (挽救) each of us from a life of poverty and loneliness. They were hardly able to restrain（克制）themselves from bringing home more children to care for. If they had had the resources （资源）they certainly would have. Most people do not realize how much they appreciated（感激）someone until they pass away. My sisters and brothers and I did not want this to happen before we uttered（说）the words "Thank you" to our parents. Although we have all grown up and scattered（散落）about the country, we got back together to thank our parents. My brother Tom undertook（从事，承担）the task of organizing the event. Every Friday night, Mom and Dad have had the ham dinner special at the same restaurant for the last twenty years. That is where we waited without their knowing. When we first caught a glimpse （瞥一眼）of them coming across the street, we all hid underneath(在…之下）a big table. When they entered, we leapt out and shouted, "Thank you, Mom and Dad." My brother Tom presented（提供）them with a card and we all hugged. My Dad pretended that he had known we were under the table all along.当我想到的人在这个世界上真的有区别,我认为我的父母。
新视野大学英语3读写教程(第二版)Unit3--SectionA课文和翻译Unit3 SectionAThe Hyde School operates on the principle that if you teach students the merit of such values as truth, courage, integrity, leadership, curio sity and concern, then academic achievement naturally follows. Hyde School founder Joseph Gauld claims success with the program at the $18,000-a-year high school in Bath, Maine, which has received consi derable publicity for its work with troubled youngsters."We don't see ourselves as a school for a type of kid," says Malcolm Gauld, Joseph's son, who graduated from Hyde and is now headmast er. "We see ourselves as preparing kids for a way of life — by cultivat ing a comprehensive set of principles that can affect all kids." Now, Joe Gauld is trying to spread his controversial Character First i dea to public, inner-city schools willing to use the tax dollars spent on the traditional program for the new approach. The first Hyde public school program opened in September 1992. Within months the progr am was suspended. Teachers protested the program's demands and t he strain associated with more intense work.This fall, the Hyde Foundation is scheduled to begin a preliminary pu blic school program in Baltimore. Teachers will be trained to later wo rk throughout the entire Baltimore system. Other US school manager s are eyeing the program, too. Last fall, the Hyde Foundation opened a magnet program within a public high school in the suburbs of NewHaven, Connecticut, over parents' protests. The community feared th e school would attract inner-city minority and troubled students. As in Maine the quest for truth is also widespread at the school in Co nnecticut. In one English class, the 11 students spend the last five min utes in an energetic exchange evaluating their class performance for t he day on a 1-10 scale."I get a 10.""I challenge that. You didn't do either your grammar or your spelling homework.""OK, a seven.""You ought to get a six.""Wait, I put my best effort forth here.""Yeah, but you didn't ask questions today."Explaining his approach to education, Joe Gauld says the convention al education system cannot be reformed. He notes "no amount of cha nge" with the horse and carriage "will produce an automobile". The Hyde School assumes "every human being has a unique potential" th at is based on character, not intelligence or wealth. Conscience and h ard work are valued. Success is measured by growth, not academic ac hievement. Students are required to take responsibility for each other . To avoid the controversy of other character programs used in US sc hools, Gauld says the concept of doing your best has nothing to do with forcing the students to accept a particular set of morals or religious values.The Hyde curriculum is similar to conventional schools that provide preparation for college, complete with English, history, math and scie nce. But all students are required to take performing arts and sports, and provide a community service. For each course, students get a gr ade for academic achievement and for "best effort". At Bath, 97% of the graduates attend four-year colleges.Commitment among parents is a key ingredient in the Hyde mixture. For the student to gain admission, parents also must agree to accept a nd demonstrate the school's philosophies and outlook.The parents ag ree in writing to meet monthly in one of 20 regional groups, go to a ye arly three-day regional retreat, and spend at least three times a year i n workshops, discussion groups and seminars at Bath. Parents of Mai ne students have an attendance rate of 95% in the many sessions. Joe and Malcolm Gauld both say children tend to do their utmost when t hey see their parents making similar efforts. The biggest obstacle for many parents, they say, is to realize their own weaknesses.The process for public school parents is still being worked out, with a lot more difficulty because it is difficult to convince parents that it is worthwhile for them to participate. Of the 100 students enrolled in N ew Haven, about 30% of the parents attend special meetings. The lowattendance is in spite of commitments they made at the outset of the program when Hyde officials interviewed 300 families.Once the problems are worked out, Hyde should work well in public schools, says a teacher at Bath who taught for 14 years in public scho ols. He is optimistic that once parents make a commitment to the pro gram, they will be daily role models for their children, unlike parents whose children are in boarding schools.One former inner-city high school teacher who now works in the New Haven program, says teachers also benefit. "Here we really begin to focus on having a fruitful relationship with each student. Our focus is really about teacher to student and then we together deal with the…academics. In the traditional high school setting, it's teacher to the m aterial and then to the student." The teacher-student relationship is t aken even further at Hyde. Faculty evaluations are conducted by the students.Jimmy DiBattista, 19, is amazed he will graduate this May from the Bath campus and plans to attend a university. Years ago, he had seen his future as "jail, not college". DiBattista remembers his first days a t Hyde."When I came here, I insulted and cursed everybody. Every other sch ool was, 'Get out, we don't want to deal with you. 'I came here and th ey said, 'We kind of like that spirit. We don't like it with the negativeattitudes. We want to turn that spirit positive.'"海德中学的办学宗旨是：如果你向学生传授诸如求真、勇敢、正直、领导能力、好奇心和关心他人等美德的话，学生的学习成绩自然就会提高。
新视野大学英语3U1Love without limitationsMy brother, Jimmy, did not get enough oxygen during a difficult delivery, leaving him with brain damage, and two years later I was born. Since then, my life revolved around my brother’s. Accompanying my growing up was always “go out and play and take your brother with you”. I couldn’t go anywhere without him, so I urged the neighborhood kids to come to my house for some out-of-control kid-centered fun.My mother taught Jimmy practical things like how to brush his teeth or put on belt. My father, a saint, simply held the house together with his patience and understanding. I was in charge outside where I administered justice by tracking down the parents of the kids who picked on my brother, and telling on them. My father and Jimmy were inseparable. They ate breakfast together and on weekdays drove off to the navy shipping center every morning where they both worked-Jimmy unloaded color-coded boxes. At night after dinner, they would talk and play games late into the evening. They even whistled the same tunes. So when my father died of a heart attack in 1991, Jimmy was a wreck, beneath his careful disguise. He was simply in disbelief. Usually very agreeable, he now quit speaking altogether and no amount of words could penetrate the vacant expression he wore on his face. I hired someone to live with him and drive him to work, but no matter how much I tried to make things stay the same, even Jimmy grasped that the world he’d known was gone. One day I asked, ”You miss Dad, don’t you?” His lips quivered and then he asked, “What do you think, Margaret? He was my best friend.” Our tears began flow.My mother died of lung cancer six months later and I alone was left to look after Jimmy.He didn’t adjust to going to work wi thout my father right away, so he came and lived with me in New York City for a while. He went wherever I went and seemed to adjust pretty well. Still, Jimmy longed to live in my parents’ house and work at his old job and I pledged to help him return. Eventually, I was able to work it out. He has lived there for 11 years now with many different caretakers and blossomed on his own. He has become essential to the neighborhood. When you have any mail to be picked up or your dog needs walking, he is your man.My mother was right, of course: It was possible to have a home with room for both his limitations and my ambitions. In fact, caring for someone who loves as deeply and appreciates my efforts as much as Jimmy does has enriched my life more than anything else ever could have.This hit home a few days after the September 11th disaster on Jimmy’s 57th birthday. I had a party for him in my home in New York, but none of our familycould join us because travel was difficult and they were still reckoning with the sheer terror the disaster had brought. I called on my faithful friends to help make it a merry and festive occasion, ignoring the fact that most of them were emotionally drained and exhausted. Instead of the customary “No gifts, please”, I shouted, “Gifts! Please!”My friends-people Jimmy had come to know over the years-brought the ideal presents: country music CDs, a sweatshirt, one leather belt with “J-I-M-M-Y” on it, a knitted wool hat and a cowboy costume. The evening led up to the gifts and then the chocolate cake from his favorite bakery, and of course the ceremony wasn’t complete without the singing.A thousand times Jimmy asked, ”Is it time for the cake yet?” After dinner and the gifts Jimmy could no longer be restrained. He anxiously waited for the candles to be lit and then blew them out with one long breath as well all sang “Happy birthday”. Jimmy wasn’t satisfied with our effort, though. He jumped up on the chair and stood erect pointing both index fingers into the air to conduct us and yell ed, ”One…more…time!” We sang with all of the energy left in our souls and when we were finished he put both his thumbs up and shouted. “ That was super!”We had wanted to let him know that no matter how difficult things got in the world, there would always be people who cared about him. We ended up reminding ourselves instead. For Jimmy, the love with which we sang was a welcome bonus, but mostly he had just wanted to see everyone else happy again.Just as my father’s death had changed Jimmy’s world ov ernight, September 11th changed our lives; the world we’d known was gone. But, as we sang for Jimmy and held each tight afterward praying for peace around the world, we were reminded that the constant love and support of our friends and family would get us through whatever life might present. The simplicity with which Jimmy had reconciled everything for us should not have been surprising. There had never been limitations to what Jimmy’s love could accomplish.无限的爱我哥哥吉米出生时遇上难产，因为缺氧导致大脑受损。
