“The ”“d”“ in ”“grandpa ”“ has been lost by assimilation to ”“p”“.”

“grandpa”“中的”“d”“因受”“p”“的同化而不发音”

“Okay. ”I replied shyly,already wondering how I would get across the street.Surely Grandpa was going tocome with me.

“好的。”我害羞地回答说，已经在想着该怎样穿过马路，祖父当然会跟我一块。

“Stop right there, ”he yelled. One or two cars sped by me, and once again, Grandpa stepped off the curb.“Come on,now, ”he said,“run. ” I did.Cool brown foam sprayed my hands.

“停在那儿，”一两辆车在我面前飞驶而过，祖父再次走下马路沿儿，“现在过来，”他说，“跑过来!”我跑了起来，冰凉的棕色泡沫溅在我的手上。

“ ”Well that just doesn’t sit well with me, “ said my grandpa .. ”My friend is depending on me. I can’t exactly let my neighbor’s harvest rot in the field, can I?“

“我不能那样做，”爷爷说。“朋友既然托付了我，我就不能看着别人的庄稼烂在地里不管，对不对?”

Grandpa has given up smoking.

爸爸已经戒烟了。

Grandpa switched us when we were disobedient

不听话的时候,祖父就用鞭子抽我们。

Not so with our F, who only knows to bore into her grandpa ’s arms.

不像我们F，就知道往姥爷怀里钻。

Cherry-scented smoke from Grandpa ’ s pipe kept the hungry mosquitoes at bay while gray, wispy swirls danced around our heads.

从祖父烟斗里喷出的白色烟雾在我们脑袋周围上下旋绕，它们散发的樱桃香味使贪婪的蚊子不敢靠近。

Give my regards to Mary, John and by especial to Grandpa .

代我向玛丽、约翰,尤其向爷爷问好。

The master switch was fixed in grandpa ’s room

但是总电门是安在祖父的屋里的。

Come down to the ground floor, your grandpa is waiting for you here

到底层来，你爷爷在这里等你。

Oh right, Little D, don’t forget, when the time comes, call C’s fraternal grandpa and grandma, and wish them a Happy New Year, and extend our greetings to them.

对了，小D呀，你可别忘了，到时候给C的爷爷奶奶挂个电话拜拜年，代我们问个好。

The tenant’s family came to see grandpa and, dropping to their knees, tearfully related their troubles. Grandpa unharnessed the two chestnut horses and returned them to the tenant

房客的家属们哭着诉说着，向我的祖父跪了下来，于是祖父把两匹棕色的马从车上解下来还了回去。

Tell grandpa the good news so that he can share our joy

告诉爷爷这个好消息，叫他老人家也高兴高兴。

To Grandpa and Grandma: Merry New Year!

给爷爷和奶奶:新年快乐!

Then the odds of being able to help out his neighbor got even worse; the factory where grandpa worked began to require overtime. In order to keep his job there he had to leave the farm before dawn and didn’ t get home until well after sunset.

后来情况变得使爷爷更难帮助他的那个朋友，因为他工作的那个工厂要求加班。为了那里的工作他得天不亮就离开农场，天黑了才回来。

She and her brothers and sisters grew up hearing my grandpa ’s motto:“ The cream rises!”

她和她的兄弟姐妹们从小到大都听着我姥爷的格言:“天才们成长起来了!”

She also bequeathed them the deed to her house, her bank account,afew shares of stock in the local Gas and Electric Company, as well as the American flag she was presented with at Grandpa Edwin’s military funeral.

她还给他们留下了她的房契、银行户头、少许当地天然气及电气公司的参股，还有她出席埃德温姥爷军事葬礼时获赠的美国国旗。

It’s your day to relax and let Grandpa take care of you.

今天是您休息的日子,让爷爷好好照顾您。

And so a few days later, after a long shift at the factory,my grandpa made his way to the field where my grandma met him in the truck with dinner and a steaming thermos of strong, black coffee.

就这样，几天之后，在工厂加班加点忙了一整天的爷爷来到了那片玉米地。奶奶在卡车里等着他，带着晚餐和一暖瓶浓浓的苦咖啡。

Casy’s strong fingers blundered over to Grandpa ’s wrist…

凯绥有力的指头无意中又摸到爷爷的手腕子上。

Come and sit on grandpa ’s lap!

来,坐在爷爷的腿上!

May I ask how old you are, Grandpa ?

老大爷，您今年高寿?

The teacher’s attention was momentarily on grandpa , down the street

老师一时只顾顺着街去看爷爷。

Ling Ling is the apple of her grandpa ’s eye

玲玲是她爷爷的掌上明珠

Mary came into a big fortune when her grandpa died.

玛丽在她祖父去世后得到一大笔财产。

An Old Grandpa of American Music8 Dello and His Piano Sonata No.3

美国音乐的老寿星-迪勒和他的《第三钢琴奏鸣曲》

He had promised to harvest a few ribbons of corn that wound around the hills on a friend’ s farm, but after harvesting his own corn,Grandpa ’s little corn picker coughed, sputtered and quit.

那年他答应了一个朋友为他收割一片坡地上的玉米。可是刚刚收完自己的庄稼，爷爷的小收割机就累得上气不接下气，垮了。

You’ 11 learn how romantic and beautiful a real man can be. To truly understand Grandpa ’s character, read the personal note Jack Pershing wrote me when he heard that Edwin was killed in action.

你可以感受到一个真正的男人是可以浪漫，多么美丽。要想真正了解你姥爷的性格，你可读读杰克·潘兴得知你姥爷阵亡后写给我的私人信件。

Grandpa Edwin was a soldier, a professional Army officer who chased Pancho Villa back to Mexico with John J. Pershing.

你姥爷埃德温是个军人，一个与约翰J．潘兴一起追击潘乔·比亚迫使其返回墨西哥的职业军官。

grandpa bandit

强盗爷爷，老年强盗