谁搬到哪儿，添了个小孙子，都是这类事 —— 可一直都没正儿八经地写过信什么的。”
29 \Your friendship over the years has meant an
awful lot to me, more than I can say because I'm not good at saying things like that.\I found myself
nodding in agreement. \didn't it?\
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“这一处写得好，”我说，“这里写道：?你多年的友谊对我非常重要，远比我能说出来的重要得多，因为我不擅长
说这样的话。?”我颔首称是。“这话准让你听着开心，是吧？”
30 The driver said something that I couldn't understand because he seemed to be all choked up,
so I continued: \from my oldest friend.\
司机说了句什么，可我没听明白，因为他似乎哽噎得厉害。于是我接着说：“我也真想收到这样一封老朋友的来 信。”
31 We were getting close to our destination so I skipped to the last paragraph. So I thought you'd
like to know that I was thinking of you. And it was signed, Your Old Friend, Tom.
我们快到目的地了，于是我跳到最后一段。“因此我想你一定想知道我惦记着你。”信末署名： “老朋友汤姆”。
32 I handed back the letter as we stopped at my hotel. \
my suitcase out of the cab. Tom? The letter was signed Tom? 我们在我的旅店前停下，我把信递了回去。“很高兴能和你聊聊，”我将衣箱从车上提下时说。汤姆？信的署名 是汤姆？
33 \sign it Tom?\
“我记得你朋友叫埃德，”我说，“为什么他署名汤姆呢？”
34 \It's a letter I wrote to him before I knew he'd died. So I never mailed it.\
“这封信不是汤姆写给我的，”他解释说，“我是汤姆。这是我在得知他去世前写给他的信。所以我一直没寄出。”
35 He looked sort of sorrowful, or as if he were trying to see something in the distance. \I should have written it sooner.\
他神情有点悲伤，似乎想看清远处什么东西。“我想我真该早些写这封信。”
36 When I got to my hotel room I didn't unpack right away. First I had to write a letter ─ and mail it.
我进了旅馆房间之后，没有马上打开箱包。首先我得写封信 —— 而且要寄出去。
Part Ⅲ Text B Never Let A friend Down
If I don't make it, my friend will die out there, Bill McIntosh, the old hunter, told himself over and over.
如果我不能挺住的话，我的朋友就会死在那里，老猎手比尔·麦金托什一次又一次地告诫自己。
Never Let a Friend Down Jim Hutchison
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1 \asked 59-year-old Royce Wedding
as they drank beer at the Eureka Hotel in the Australian town of Rainbow. Royce shook his head. \
promised Mom I'd burn off the weeds on one of our fields.\决不抛弃朋友 吉姆·赫奇森
“下午去看足球赛吗？”比尔·麦金托什问59岁的罗伊斯·韦丁。他们两人正在澳大利亚的虹镇尤里卡饭店喝啤酒。
罗伊斯摇摇头。“我答应我妈给我家的一块地烧荒。”
2 Bill, who was thin but strong, looking far less than his 79 years, peered outside at the heat. A
light breeze was blowing from the north, making conditions perfect for the burn. But Bill felt uneasy
about Royce doing the job alone. The farmer had a bad leg and walked with great difficulty.
比尔瘦削而结实，79岁，但看上去远没有那么老。他望着外面的炎热空气。一阵轻风自北向南吹，这条件最适
宜烧荒了。不过比尔对罗伊斯独自干这活不放心。这个农夫有条腿不好，行走很费劲。
3 The pair had been best of friends for 30 years, ever since the days when they traveled together
from farm to farm in search of work. Now, living alone 12 miles east of town, Bill scraped a living
hunting foxes and rabbits. Once a fortnight he went to town to buy supplies and catch up with Royce,
who helped run the Wedding family's farm. \hand,\
两人曾一起从一个农场走到另一个农场寻些活儿干，迄今已是30年的好朋友了。如今比尔独自一人住在镇东
12英里处，靠打狐狸和野兔勉强过活。他两个星期一次前来小镇购物，会会帮着经管自家的农场的罗伊斯。“我帮 你一把，”比尔说。
4 The pair set off in Royce's car. Soon they were bumping over a sandy track to the weed-choked
120-acre field. \get rid of this stuff,\said Bill as they tied an old tire to the tow
bar with a 50-foot chain. Soaking the tire with gasoline, Bill put a match to it and jumped in the car.
两人坐着__________罗伊斯的车动身了。没多一会儿他们就颠簸在一条沙土路上，朝一块面积120公顷、杂草丛生的田地
开去。“火是除去这玩意儿的惟一办法，”比尔说。他们用根50英尺长的链条把一个旧轮胎绑在牵引杆上。比尔在轮
胎上浇透汽油，划根火柴一点，便跳进车里。
5 Driving slowly from the southern edge of the field, they worked their way upwind, leaving a line
of burning weeds in their wake. Half way up the field, and without warning, the car pitched violently forward, plowing into a hidden bank of sand.
两人从农田的南边缓缓开车逆风而行，所过之处留下一条燃着的草带。开到地当中，车猛地朝前一颠，没等察 觉，就陷进了一个被草遮着的沙堆。
6 The breeze suddenly swung around to their backs and began to gather strength. Fanned to white
heat, the fire line suddenly burst into a wall of flame, heading directly toward them. \here!\
微风突然转向，朝两人身后吹来，而且越吹越强。火仗风势，烧得炽热，一条火带顿时就变成一道火墙，直扑
两人而来。“咱们快离开这儿！”罗伊斯说道。
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7 Desperately he tried to back the car out of the sand bank. But the wheels only spun deeper in the soft sand.
他拼命想把车倒出沙堆。可车轮在软沙里越转陷得越深。
8 Suddenly the fire was on them. Bill pushed open his door only to find himself flung through the air
as, with a roar, the gasoline tank exploded and the car leapt three feet off the ground. When it crashed
back down Royce found himself pinned against the steering wheel, unable to move. The car's seats
and roof were now on fire.
火顿时就扑到两人身上。比尔推开车门，却听得一声巨响，油箱爆炸了，车子飞离地面三英尺，他自己则被抛
到空中。车子摔回地面后，罗伊斯发现自己被方向盘卡住，动弹不得。这时，车座和车顶也都烧着了。
9 Bill lay where he fell, all the breath knocked out of him. The front of his shirt, shorts, bare arms
and legs were soaked in burning gasoline. Then the sight of the car in flames brought him upright with
a start. \for the car.
比尔躺在跌落的地方，摔得气都喘不过来。他的衬衣前襟、短裤、光裸的手臂和双腿都浸在燃烧着的汽油里。
接着汽车着火了，见此情景他惊坐起来。“罗伊斯！”他边喊边挣扎着站起身来，向汽车冲去。
10 Pulling open the door, he seized Royce's arms through the smoke. \yourself away!\他拉开车门，在烟雾中抓住罗伊斯的手臂。“我给卡住了，”罗伊斯说，“你快走！” 11 (1) The fire bit at Bill's arms, face and legs, but he tightened his grip on Royce. \you here,\
(1)火舌舔着比尔的双臂、脸和双腿，但他紧紧地抓住罗伊斯不放。“我不会把你丢弃在这儿的，”他说道。
12 Now Bill dug his heels into the sand and pulled as hard as he could. Suddenly he fell backward.
Royce was free and out of the car. As soon as he had dragged him away he patted out the flames on
Royce's body and on his own legs and arms with his bare hands.
比尔两个脚跟扎在沙堆里，拼命用力拉。突然他仰面倒下，罗伊斯被拉出了汽车。他一把将罗伊斯拉开，便赶
紧赤手去扑灭罗伊斯身上以及自己腿上、手臂上的火。
13 Royce saw a second explosion rock the car, as it was eaten up by flames. I'd be ashes now if Bill
hadn't gotten me out, he thought. Looking down, Royce was shocked by the extent of his injuries. His
stomach and left hip were covered in deep burns. Worse still, his fingers were burned completely out of shape.
罗伊斯看着又一次爆炸把汽车震得直晃，车一下子被火苗吞噬。“要不是比尔把我拉出来，我这会儿就烧成灰了，”
他暗想。他低头一看，身上伤势之严重令他大为惊讶。他腹部及左臀严重烧伤。更糟糕的是，手指被烧得完全变了