【英语习作】- A Bio Poem

 《A Pair of Tickets》  by Amy Tan

A Bio Poem written by 仲夏百合

Jing-Mei

Confused, fearful, hesitant, eager

Sister of two strangers.

Lover of her parents, friends, and half-sisters

Who feels joys, sorrows, wonderful

Who needs facts, details, and a pair of tickets.

Who gives hopes, happiness, and reality of her mother’s dream

Who fears loss of inherence, tradition, and root

Who would like to see her confusion is finally let go

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Wu

（2002年10月）

仲夏百合 发表评论于
谢谢来访。我也看过电影[Joy Luck Club]，很喜欢。谢谢分享电影道白。
你主持的美语世界论坛很精彩。祝越办越好。
林贝卡 发表评论于
写得好，谢谢分享。

曾经看过电影[Joy Luck Club]，喜欢电影开始时的道白，和你分享。

The Joy Luck Club

Jing-Mei 'June' Woo: [opening naration] The old woman remembered a swan she had bought many years ago in Shanghai for a foolish sum. "This bird", boasted the market vendor, "was once a duck that stretched its neck in hopes of becoming a goose. And now look, it is too beautiful to eat!" Then the woman and the swan sailed across an ocean many thousands of lei wide, stretching their necks toward America.

On her journey, she cooed to the swan, "In America, I will have a daughter just like me. But over there, nobody will say her worth is measured by the loudness of her husbands belch. Over there, nobody will look down on her because I will make her speak only perfect American English. And over there, she will always be too full to swallow any sorrow. She will know my meaning because I will give her this swan, a creature that became more than what was hoped for."

But when she arrived in the new country the immigration officials pulled the swan away from her, leaving the woman fluttering her arms and with only one swan feather for a memory. For a long time now, the women had wanted to give her daughter the single swan feather and tell her; "This feather may look worthless, but it comes from afar and carries with it all my good intentions."

周末快乐。
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