Rowan Torrez will never be able to bear his late(已故的)father tell him that he loves him, but yesterday he 【A1】 received his dad's love in writing, a postcard 【A2】 by his father nearly eight years ago.
On March 7，just days before the two-year anniversary(纪念日)of the 【A3】 of Joseph Torrez, his wife Julie and his ten-year-old son Rowan, received a postcard in the mail from Joseph. The postcard was 【A4】 June 10, 2007. When Joseph Torrez was 【A5】 and working, be would often send postcards to them from 【A6】 places, which he had been to for business 【A7】. And one of them arrived in their mailbox nearly eight years 【A8】 he sent it.
“Hello from Boston, the postcard 【A9】. “I love you and I 【A10】 you so much. See you soon. Love, Daddy."
Rowan and his mother have no 【A11】 how the postcard just showed 【A12】 at their home in Littleton, Colorado. But they are thankful 【A13】 one more gift from Joseph, 【A14】 died on March 13, 2013 from a rare brain disease. Such a disease usually 【A15】 a person after he is sixty years old, 【A16】 Joseph died when he was only forty-one.
The latest postcard is now one of the most 【A17】 gifts that Rowan has received from his father. He will 【A18】 it, adding it to his scrapbook(剪贴簿)【A19】 he keeps all the other postcards from him. They help Rowan 【A20】 his father after losing him at such a young age.
【A1】
unexpectedly出乎意料地，意外地，unfortunately不幸地，responsibly负责地，frequently频繁地。该句表示他出乎意料地收到了父亲的明信片。
【A2】
过去分词表被动
【A3】
该句想表达的是逝世两周年，所以为death。
【A4】
The postcard is dated. 明信片的日期为…
【A5】
asleep睡着的，alive活着的，dead死亡的，active积极的
【A6】
该句意思是，他经常从不同的地方给他们寄明信片。
【A7】
for business reason因为工作的原因
【A8】
after表示…之后
【A9】
read表示明信片上写着…
【A10】
miss想念、思念
【A11】
have no idea表示没有想法，不知道怎么回事
【A12】
show up出现
【A13】
be thankful for对…表示感谢
【A14】
非限制性定语从句，先行词为人，关系代词用who
【A15】
strike表示疾病、灾难降临到…
【A16】
but表转折，该句意思为这种病通常在任60岁之后才会发生，但是他的父亲年仅41就得病去世了。
【A17】
precious珍贵的，careful仔细的，nervous紧张的，useless没用的
【A18】
treasure珍惜，珍存，explain解释，vanish消失，resist抗拒
【A19】
定语从句，关系副词where表示地点
【A20】
remember记住，forget忘记，surprise使…吃惊，receive接受。