3/8英文练写

一碗思念芝麻小汤圆外加一个汉堡，是儿子的早餐。本要买大的，没有，就只好用小的代替。不想却被袋子上印的广告词"小身材，也有料"逗乐了。这隐喻用的，可真够高的。吃完，我送他去学校。门口树上的鸟儿唧喳唧喳的叫声，是春天清灵的欢歌，可这空气还是冷若寒冰。难怪，21F，车上仪表盘给我了解释。

 

收音机里说的是明州今天要对弗洛伊德案的白人警察重审，两边的律师将展开一场獒战。为此，法院外已加强了警力布署，以应对可能发生的抗议或冲突。又想起昨天看的新闻，说前总统川普回纽约，将住川普大厦，为此纽约警察也加强了大厦周边的警力布署。

去年三月初新冠来康州，儿子的学校和周边几个镇的学区都在3/5-3/21号间陆续停课，至今差不多刚好一年了。这一年来，变化很多。主要的是疫情对人们生活的影响，还有总统大选在1/20尘埃落定。至今新总统拜登已入主白宫五十几天，但政治上的不安和躁动却还在继续，一声叹息。说来这些不安离我挺远，我们学校老师这周将完成疫苗注射。随着疫苗注射工程的快速进展，康州COVID-19感染人数持续下降，康长宣布在遵守一定的规范下，各行业基本上可恢复正常营业状态。LA和NYC是全美两个最大的电影票房市场，上周六纽约市的影院重新开业，据说是一票难求。可见人们多期待回归正常生活。

 

十分钟一个来回，鸟儿迎接我的回来，只是我的手指冻得发僵，亮锃锃的门把手和车钥匙都成了冷空气的帮凶。手只想抱着热水杯取暖，于是把我的半碗芝麻糊倒进大马克杯，又兑了些水，放进微波炉里热。吃着用剩饭加青菜香肠蛋做成的炒饭，配着热芝麻汤茶，我的手和心都暖起来了。新的一天又开始了，我的郁金香三天前就谢了，今天该去买盆新花。。。

Last Saturday we had beltfish, “do you know why Chinese like cooking a whole big fish for their New Year Eve feast?” “ Why?” “because the pronunciation of FISH in Chinese is exactly same as another Chinese word”余“, you should know this word, it means abundance, having extra,。FISH is a symbol of fortune, the bigger ,the better. “

“I see. I know how to write that word” He said with a smily face.

“The juice is “晶莹剔透“，after having a big mouth of cranberry juice, he said.

“wow, you surprised me by using this idiom.! How to explain this idiom in English?” I asked, trying to be a language teacher.

“Clear”

“Good, also transparent or crystal”

 

“Do you still remember these poems?” 春晓， 山行，望庐山瀑布…for me,  these poems I learned 40 years ago are not forgettable. for him, I am not sure, even he learned them 8 years ago.  He did remember, we recited together. It’s nice and fun. If a painter was with us, I will suggest him/her painting for us. Happiness and harmony will be the theme of the painting.

 

 

Sunday I had a conversation about the beltfish with my families in China. “it is the first time I saw such fresh and big beltfish. In my memory, there is no such thing of fresh beltfish. “3.99/lbs, the price is much lower than I predicted. They should cost more. “ I said. “

“Reasonable price” said my sister, ” Pre-frozen big beltfish was sold at RMB49.99斤in a supermarket of my neighborhood. “

 

"I think it a little bit pricy. “ I expressed my comment . “Beltfish is not a popular fish, or even not an edible fish for Americans, most likely it is the reason for the good price. I never saw them in American food markets. I think the bone of beltfish let Americans remove them from their tables. Whole fish is not popular in US. most people buy fish  fillets. I think forks and knives are not functional to have whole fish, at least it's one of the reasons.  

  

   

 

 

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回复 '暖冬cool夏' 的评论 : Thank you for putting your time on my writing. You know why? because I spent more time on this than other two, I think the time added up on this short essay should be almost 2 hours! For me, English writting is a time-consuming work, but I start enjoying it which is good.

His Chinese is much better than ABC since he was born in China and finished 2nd grade there before we moved here.we talked about "拔苗助长“：）so funny!

[暖冬cool夏]

Well-written！ Out of the three English posts, I like this one the best. It flows well. Your son's Chinese is great, to know 晶莹剔透！