By Nicole/寧菊花（譯注）

◆語(yǔ)篇導(dǎo)讀

在生日那天，收到生日禮物本來(lái)是件讓人開心的事兒。不過(guò)一位叫Johnny Crow的美國(guó)少年，他16歲生日那天卻因收到一份意外的生日禮物而當(dāng)場(chǎng)淚崩，這是怎么回事呢？

Everyone has a dream，and so does Johnny Crow from Michigan in the US.Johnny fell in love with the guitar at a young age.He dreams of being a musician in the future so he often takes guitar lessons at a music center.His 49-year-old father was a huge supporter of Johnny’s music dream.However，he passed away in April this year after suffering a heart attack，making Johnny very sad.

The first birthday after losing a loved one is always hard.Johnny turned 16 two months after his father’s death.On his birthday，Johnny’s sister Chandler Crow picked up her brother from school and drove him to the music center.In the music center，Johnny was given a birthday card that was signed by his father.Johnny was very moved and his voice was shaking by the time he fin-ished reading the card.However，what made him burst into tears was the birthday present—an expensive electric guitar.Johnny’s loving father knew he had always wanted the guitar，so he bought it in advance for him and asked the teachers at the center to keep it a secret.

Chandler knew the secret one month earlier than Johnny.“When one teacher showed me my dad’s preent for Johnny，I dropped to my knees and couldn’t believe it.But I had to keep it a secret until his birthday，”she said.Chandler filmed Johnny opening the guitar box and put the video on the Internet.Over 12 million watched it.Chandler said that her father said Johnny would be famous for his music one day.

If anything，he and his father are now famous for their heartwarming bond—the guitar displayed in the video.

◆詞語(yǔ)積淀

supporter/s?'p??rt?（r）/n.支持者

pass away去世；消失

suffer/'s?f?（r）/v.遭受；患病

a heart attack心臟病發(fā)作

sign/sa?n/v.簽署；簽名

burst into tears放聲大哭

in advance提前；預(yù)先

drop to one’s knees 跪下

bond/b?nd/n.聯(lián)系；紐帶

◆典句賞析

1.His 49-year-old father was a huge supporter of Johnny’s music dream.49歲的父親非常支持Johnny的音樂(lè)夢(mèng)想。

該句是一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)的簡(jiǎn)單句。49-year-old是復(fù)合形容詞，用來(lái)修飾名詞，意為“49歲的”；be a supporter of是固定詞組，意為“是……的支持者”，相當(dāng)于動(dòng)詞support。

【即時(shí)嘗試】作為一個(gè)八歲的男孩，他有了他自己的音樂(lè)夢(mèng)。

2.In the music center，Johnny was given a birthday card that was signed by his father.在音樂(lè)中心，Johnny得到一個(gè)由他父親簽名的生日卡片。

這是含有定語(yǔ)從句的復(fù)合句，card作為先行詞，that是關(guān)系代詞，引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句，并在從句中作主語(yǔ)，此時(shí)that不可以省略；主從句中的兩個(gè)句子（...was given和...was signed）均為一般過(guò)去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)形式。

【即時(shí)嘗試】我喜歡歌詞好的歌曲。

3.If anything，he and his father are now famous for their heartwarming bond—the guitar displayed in the video.總之，現(xiàn)在他和他父親因?yàn)檫@個(gè)暖心的紐帶——被展示在視頻里的吉他而家喻戶曉了。

if anything是常見(jiàn)的詞組形式，意為“更可能的是；總之”；displayed是display的過(guò)去分詞，在句中作定語(yǔ)，修飾前面的名詞guitar。

【即時(shí)嘗試】莫言寫的這本小說(shuō)非常暢銷。

譯文助讀

每個(gè)人都有夢(mèng)想，來(lái)自美國(guó)密歇根州的Johnny Crow也是如此。他很小的時(shí)候就喜歡上了吉他。他夢(mèng)想未來(lái)成為一名音樂(lè)家，因此他經(jīng)常去音樂(lè)中心上吉他課。49歲的父親非常支持Johnny的音樂(lè)夢(mèng)想。然而，他父親在今年四月因心臟病發(fā)作而離開了人世，這使得Johnny非常難過(guò)。

失去親人后的第一個(gè)生日總是很艱難的。在他父親去世后兩個(gè)月，Johnny16歲了。在他生日那天，他姐姐Chandler Crow開車把他從學(xué)校接到音樂(lè)中心。在音樂(lè)中心，Johnny得到一張由他父親簽名的生日賀卡。當(dāng)他看完賀卡后感動(dòng)得聲音顫抖。然而讓他淚崩的是生日禮物——一把昂貴的電吉他。慈愛(ài)的父親知道Johnny一直想要吉他，因此他提前為他買好并要求音樂(lè)中心的老師將此事保密。

Chandler比Johnny早一個(gè)月知道這個(gè)秘密。她說(shuō)：“當(dāng)一位老師把父親送給Johnny的禮物拿給我時(shí)，我跪下了，我簡(jiǎn)直不敢相信。但是我依然不得不把這個(gè)秘密保守到他生日那天?！盋handler拍下了Johnny打開吉他盒子的情景，并將視頻上傳到網(wǎng)絡(luò)上。1200多萬(wàn)人觀看了視頻。Chandler說(shuō)她父親曾經(jīng)說(shuō)過(guò)Johnny總有一天會(huì)因?yàn)樗囊魳?lè)而出名的。

總之，現(xiàn)在他和父親因?yàn)檫@個(gè)暖心的紐帶——被展示在視頻里的吉他而家喻戶曉了。