zip怎么读3分钟英语演讲稿-我的家人

2021年1月12日发(作者：钮捷航)
3分钟英语演讲稿-我的家人

my brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sisters
bureau and lifted out a tissue-wrapped package. this, he said,
is not a slip. this is lingerie. he discarded the tissue and
handed me the slip.

it was exquisite, silk, handmade and trimmed with a
cobweb of lace. the price tag with an astronomical figure on
it was still attached.

jan bought this the first time we went to new york, at
least 8 or 9 years ago. she never wore it. she was saving it
for a special occasion.

well, i guess this is the occasion.

he took the slip from me and put it on the bed, with the
other clothes we were taking to the mortician. his hands
lingered on the soft material for a moment, then he slammed
the drawer shut and turned to me, dont ever save anything for
a special occasion. every day you re alive is a special
occasion.

i remembered those words through the funeral and the days
that followed when i helped him and my niece attend to all
the sad chores that follow an unexpected death. i thought
about them on the plane returning to california from the
midwestern town where my sisters family lives. i thought
about all the things that she hadnt seen or heard or done. i
thought about the things that she had done without realizing
that they were special.