We have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. The little seaside villages are , one by one. "There is my grandmother's house," I say, across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) memory for me. Lise was one of the mobile children, from house to house in childhood. She longs for a sense of , and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors for 200 years.
We soon by the house and I tell her what it was like here, the memories back, swift as the tide (潮水).
Suddenly, I long to walk again in the where I was once so gloriously a child. It still a member of the family, but has not been lived in for a while. We cannot go into the house, but I can still walk 11 the rooms in memory. Here, my mother in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. I can still see the enthusiastic family into and out of the house. I could never have enough of being them. However, that was long after those childhood days. Lise attentively as I talk and then says, " So this is where I 1 ; where I belong. "
She has her roots. To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human To be rooted is "to have an origin". We need origin. Looking backward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the of "I". We must all go home again—in reality or memory.
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A.appearing |
B.moving |
C.exposing |
D.expanding |
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A.referring |
B.travelling |
C.pointing |
D.coming |
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A.shared |
B.short |
C.fresh |
D.treasured |
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A.passed |
B.raised |
C.moved |
D.sent |
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A.home |
B.duty |
C.reality |
D.relief |
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A.built |
B.lived |
C.remained |
D.explored |
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A.catch up |
B.pull up |
C.step down |
D.come down |
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A.falling |
B.turning |
C.rushing |
D.bringing |
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A.yard |
B.village |
C.room |
D.house |
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A.adapts to |
B.appeals to |
C.belongs to |
D.occurs to |
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A.across |
B.through |
C.along |
D.past |
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A.lay |
B.played |
C.stood |
D.sat |
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A.marching |
B.looking |
C.breaking |
D.pouring |
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A.between |
B.with |
C.near |
D.behind |
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A.wonders |
B.listens |
C.reacts |
D.agrees |
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A.began |
B.grew |
C.studied |
D.stayed |
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A.deepened |
B.recognized |
C.accepted |
D.found |
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A.heart |
B.rights |
C.interest |
D.behaviors |
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A.one |
B.its |
C.that |
D.every |
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A.meaning |
B.expression |
C.connection |
D.background |
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