新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第三册课文及翻译

新视野大学英语读写教程(第二版)第三册课文及翻译

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Love without limitations

My 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