Temperature is part of my married romance.
36 to New York from Baltimore——where there is just one small snowstorm each year——I was seated by a fireplace in my new home, with fires
37 all day, just as what ancient people did at a wedding.
My husband, Peter, comes from northern Ontario(加拿大的安大略省), where winter
38 from September to May and cold wind is
39 . “When Canadians have -30℃, they
40 it bravely,” he says, “Cold wind is for crybabies.(愛哭的人)”
So to marry this man I had to learn to
41 for serious cold. To get me from Baltimore’s Inner Harbor to Albany’s frozen Hudson, Peter piled me
42 jackets and sweaters, scarves and gloves, even a hat with earflaps. The gift of Sorel boots——comfortably warm at Canada’s 30 below, was a
43 meaning getting serious.
That first winter together, living in upstate New York, I thought I’d
44 . My boots were good below freezing, but my fingers could
45 tie them. Physical adaptation is real, but it came slowly. And there is also emotional
46 to cold. Some days I tell myself that I have enough beach memories to stick to on
47 days and other days I am reminded that living cold does indeed build
48 .
49 , having a warm house is important. After my first marriage ended, for years I
50 went on a second date with a man whose response to my “I’m cold.” was, “Put on a sweater.” Now I’m married to a man who
51 that cold hands do not mean a warm heart, and that a big oil bill is better than roses. But surprisingly, I’ve grown, too. I am
52 , in this new life and climate, to go and look for that cost-saving sweater.
The word comfortable did not
53 refer to being satisfied. It’s from Latin, comfortare, meaning to strengthen. The Holy Spirit is Comforter;not
to make us comfortable, but to make us
54 . We
55 not be warm but we are indeed comforted.
小題1: | A.Coming | B. Having been coming | C. To come | D. Came |
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小題2: | A.lightning | B. burning | C. going | D. flashing |
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小題3: | A.a(chǎn)ppears | B. starts | C. keeps | D. runs |
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小題4: | A.something | B. everything | C. nothing | D. none |
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小題5: | A.suggest | B. face | C. neglect | D. love |
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小題6: | A.drink | B. receive | C. dress | D. ride |
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小題7: | A.under | B. over | C. inside | D. with |
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小題8: | A.remark | B. sign | C. comment | D. show |
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小題9: | A. sleep | B. forget | C. die | D.continue |
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小題10: | A. hardly | B. easily | C. tightly | D. loosely |
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小題11: | A.health | B. reaction | C. feelings | D. adaptation |
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小題12: | A.rainy | B. freezing | C. sunny | D. happy |
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小題13: | A.character | B. love | C. hope | D. hardship |
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小題14: | A.Meanwhile | B. However | C. Therefore | D. Besides |
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小題15: | A.merely | B. ever | C. never | D. just |
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小題16: | A.wonders | B. knows | C. states | D. decides |
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小題17: | A.unable | B. accustomed | C. interested | D. willing |
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小題18: | A.originally | B. exactly | C. actually | D. namely |
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小題19: | A.wild | B. cold | C. strong | D. warm |
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小題20: | A.will | B. must | C. can | D. may |
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