#贝壳田园红学社[超话]#
59.
会意
take the hint

➣周瑞家的会意，慌的蹑手蹑脚的往东边房里来，只见奶子正拍着大姐儿睡觉呢。（第七回 送宫花周瑞叹英莲 谈肄业秦钟结宝玉）

➣Taking the hint, Mrs. Chou tiptoed in and found a nurse patting His-feng’s daughter to sleep. （杨宪益译本）

➣Taking the hint, Zhou Rui’s wife tiptoed quietly into the room opposite, where she found the baby’s nurse patting her rhythmically to make her sleep. （霍克斯译本）
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these dreams die, but other nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true. - Woodrow Wilson.

今天是美国的劳动节，许多人从内心深处感谢过去的一年多，辛勤工作在抗疫一线的医护人员，以及食品，卫生，邮递员，公安等部门人员。

由于太辛苦，又危险，有的护士选择提前退休，但后来又不忍心看着同伴这么辛苦，又回去上班……

今天给儿子打电话，他正在佛罗里达迈阿密的医院临床前线，他们的医院还住着几百名COViD-19重症患者。他显得很无奈，因为这些人大部分都是拒绝接种疫苗的人。很少批评人的他，今天抱怨说“他们应该对自己的行为负责”。

今天，还看到一位年轻人在机场里拒绝戴口罩，还口出恶言，并煽动民众起来抗争，反对口罩。最后在在几位妇女的强烈要求下，灰溜溜，很不情愿地离开了，一路还骂着脏话……

Every single day doing the same thing over and over again, and you just never think there’s going to be an end.” So commented a critical care nurse at a Florida hospital facing a surge in hospitalizations of covid-19 patients. “They are all super sick, intubated, sedated and on their bellies, it’s disheartening,” 。