父亲开枪

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One cold winter day, something frightening happened on our street. 一个寒冷的冬日，我们街上发生了一件可怕的事情。

A dog came walking slowly down the road. 一只狗慢慢地沿着路走过来。

It moved in a strange, sick way. 它以一种奇怪、病态的方式移动着。

Calpurnia saw it and grew afraid. 卡尔普尼亚看到了它，变得害怕起来。

"That dog is mad!" “那只狗疯了！”

she cried. 她喊道。

A mad dog was very dangerous. 一只疯狗非常危险。

She ran to warn all the neighbors to stay inside. 她跑去警告所有邻居待在家里。

The sheriff, Mr. Heck Tate, arrived with a gun. 警长赫克·泰特先生带着枪来了。

But then he did a surprising thing. 但接着他做了一件令人惊讶的事情。

He handed the gun to our father. 他把枪递给了我们的父亲。

"You take the shot, Mr. Finch," he said. “芬奇先生，你来开枪，”他说。

"You're the best." “你是最棒的。”

Jem and I were amazed. 杰姆和我惊呆了。

Our quiet, gentle father, with a gun? 我们安静、温和的父亲，拿着枪？

Atticus did not want to. 阿蒂克斯不想这么做。

But the dog was close, and there was no time. 但那只狗已经很近了，没有时间了。

He lifted the gun, aimed carefully, and fired once. 他举起枪，仔细瞄准，然后开了一枪。

The dog fell down dead. 那只狗倒地死了。

We learned that day that Atticus had once been the best shot in the whole county. 那天我们才知道，阿蒂克斯曾经是全县枪法最好的人。

He had never told us. 他从未告诉过我们。

He did not think it was something to brag about. 他不认为这有什么值得炫耀的。

Real courage is quiet; it does not need to show off. 真正的勇气是安静的；它不需要炫耀。

We saw our father with new eyes. 我们用新的眼光看待我们的父亲。

But his greatest test was still to come. 但他最大的考验还在后头。