【现代大学英语精读】（第一册）第一课 半天(5/5)

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选自美国作家Naguib Mahfous的短篇小说《半天》的一到七段。文章描述了一个小学生去学校学习的半天，然而回来却已经翻天覆地的变化了，甚至自己还有外孙了，耐人寻味。Good God! I was in a daze. My head spun. I almost went crazy. How could all this have happened in half a day, between early morning and sunset? I would find the answer at home with my father. But where was my home? I hurried towards the crossroads, because I remembered that I had to cross the street to reach our house, but the stream of the cars would not let up. Extremely irritated. I wondered when I would be able to cross.
　　I stood there a long time, until the young boy employed at the ironing shop on the corner came up to me.
　　He stretched out his arm and said, "Grandpa, let me take you across. "