I am Greek, and my family go to Greece every summer. Uncle Spyro and Aunt Aspa lived about 45 minutes outside of Athens. Every summer when we travelled to Greece, we would spend a couple of days with them.
I remember all the fun things we would do there. We would shake almonds (杏仁) off of the branches of Uncle Spyro’s almond trees. Using his strong arms, he would break the shells off, and present us with the shiny white nut. With Aunt Aspa, we would pick lemons off her lemon trees and carry them inside the small house with the help of Uncle Spyro. Drinking the fresh lemonade and eating the delicious almonds, we would sit on the porch and talk. Uncle Spyro and Aunt Aspa didn’t speak English, and my Greek wasn’t and still isn’t perfect. But those peacefully quiet time on the porch were the time that I miss most.
Uncle Spyro developed cancer from smoke for most of his life and he became very sick. We didn’t go to Greece in 2009, but we planned on going again in 2010. But just in the late spring of 2010, we found out that Uncle Spyro was in the hospital shortly before we left for Greece. My mother, Alethea, and I wanted to see him. But he passed away before we could get there. We were deeply grieved to hear the news. Now, I wish that we had seen him for the last time. But my uncle didn’t wait for us to go.
We still visit Aunt Aspa and we still pick almonds and lemons. We still drink the fresh lemonade and eat the delicious almonds on the porch. But somehow the lemonade isn’t as fresh, and the almonds aren’t as delicious as before.
I think I’m still here to comfort Aunt Aspa and that I’m still here to finish my life. I’m not afraid of death any more like some people. And I know that when I do die, I’ll just be going up to Uncle Spyro, and we’ll eat almonds and drink lemonade, just like before.
【小题1】The writer did some fun things except ________.| A．picking lemons off the lemon trees | B．breaking the shells off the almonds with hands |
| C．shaking almonds off the almond tree | D．drinking fresh lemonade and eating the delicious almonds |
| A．didn’t like to wait for the writer | B．went travelling before the writer arrived |
| C．went to hospital after the writer reached Greece | D．died before the writer went to see him |
| A．the lemonade and the almonds aren’t fresh |
| B．Uncle Spyro can’t stay with him any longer |
| C．the lemonade and the almonds have been stored for a long time |
| D．Aunt Aspa doesn’t know how to make the lemonade |
| A．excited | B．angry | C．sad | D．proud |
