英语美文赏析：Going Home 回家
<p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="heard">heard</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="girl">girl</span> <span word="I">I</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="met">met</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Greenwich">Greenwich</span> <span word="Village">Village</span>. <span word="Probably">Probably</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="story">story</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="mysterious">mysterious</span> <span word="bits">bits</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="folklore">folklore</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="reappear">reappear</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="told">told</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="another">another</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="I">I</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="think">think</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="happen">happen</span>, <span word="somewhere">somewhere</span>, <span word="sometime">sometime</span>.</p><p>几年前我在纽约的格林尼治村从一位遇到的姑娘那儿第一次听到这个故事。它也许是那种隔几年就会改头换面地被重新传播一次的神奇的民间传说。然而我仍然愿意想象它是个某地某时真正发生过的事。</p><p><span word="They">They</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Fort">Fort</span> <span word="Lauderdalethree">Lauderdalethree</span> <span word="boys">boys</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="girls">girls</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="boarded">boarded</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="carrying">carrying</span> <span word="sandwiches">sandwiches</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wine">wine</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="paper">paper</span> <span word="bags">bags</span>, <span word="dreaming">dreaming</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="golden">golden</span> <span word="beaches">beaches</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gray">gray</span> <span word="cold">cold</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="York">York</span> <span word="vanished">vanished</span> <span word="behind">behind</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p><p>三个男孩和三个女孩带着纸袋装的三明治与葡萄酒，登车前往佛罗里达的劳德达拉要塞。他们向往着金色的海滩，将灰蒙蒙的寒冷的纽约甩在了身后。</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="bus">bus</span> <span word="passed">passed</span> <span word="through">through</span> <span word="New">New</span> <span word="Jersey">Jersey</span>, <span word="they">they</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="notice">notice</span> <span word="Vingo">Vingo</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="sat">sat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="front">front</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span>, <span word="dressed">dressed</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="plain">plain</span>, <span word="ill">ill</span>-<span word="fitting">fitting</span> <span word="suit">suit</span>, <span word="never">never</span> <span word="moving">moving</span>, <span word="his">his</span> <span word="dusty">dusty</span> <span word="face">face</span> <span word="masking">masking</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="age">age</span>. <span word="He">He</span> <span word="kept">kept</span> <span word="chewing">chewing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="lip">lip</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span>, <span word="frozen">frozen</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="personal">personal</span> <span word="cocoon">cocoon</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="silence">silence</span>.</p><p>当他们穿过新泽西州时，坐在前排的一个叫温格的男人引起他们的注意。他穿着一套不起眼亦很不合身的衣服，一动不动，满脸灰尘掩盖了他的年龄，他不停地咬着下嘴唇，陷入沉思中。</p>
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