父亲给儿子的一封信：当我日渐老去的时候
Dear son...
孩子…..
The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to
understand me …
哪天你看到我日渐老去,身体也渐渐不行,请耐着性子试着了解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I can not dre… have patience.
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
如果我吃的脏兮兮,如果我不会穿衣服……
有耐性一点……
你记得我曾花多久时间教你这些事吗?
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one
times… do not interrupt me… listen to me
如果,当我一再重复述说
同样的事情…不要打断我,听我说….
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same
story until you get to sleep…
When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
你小时候,我必须一遍又一遍的读着同样的故事,直到你静静睡着……..
当我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要责骂我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order
that you wanted to bath…
When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the neceary time
and not look at me with your
mocking smile…
你记得小时后我曾编出多少理由,只为了哄你洗澡…..
当你看到我对新科技的无知,给我一点时间,不要挂着嘲弄的微笑看着我
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good, to dre well… to confront
life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃,好好的穿…
如何面对你的生命……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our
conversation… let me have the neceary time to remember… and if I cannot
do it,
do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my
conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
如果交谈中我忽然失忆不知所云,给我一点时间回想…
如果我还是无能为力,
请不要紧张…..
对我而言重要的不是对话,而是能跟你在一起,和你的倾听…..
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me.I know well when I need
to and when not.
当我不想吃东西时,不要勉强我.
我清楚知道该什么时候进食
When my tired legs do not allow me walk...
当我的腿不听使唤….
… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
扶我一把….
如同我曾扶着你踏出你人生的第一步….
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more…
that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…
当哪天我告诉你不想再活下去了….请不要生气….
总有一天你会了解…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
试着了解我已是风烛残年,来日可数.
Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted
the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you..
有一天你会发现,
即使我有许多过错,我总是尽我所能要给你最好的…
当我靠近你时不要觉得感伤,生气或无奈
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you.You
must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when
you started living.
Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience.I will
pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
你要紧挨着我,如同我当初帮着你展开人生一样的
了解我,帮我….
扶我一把,用爱跟耐心帮我走完人生…
我将用微笑和我始终不变无边无际的爱来回报你
I love you son…
我爱你孩子
Your father
你的父亲
[英语美文] 美文：为母亲祈祷
Dear God,
Now that I am no longer young, I have friends whose mothers have paed away.I have heard these sons and daughters say they never fully appreciated their mothers
until it was too late to tell them.如今我不再年轻，一些朋友的母亲已经去世。我曾听这些子女们说过，他们从没有向母亲充分表
达过他们的感激之情，而待到要告诉时为时已晚了。
I am bleed with the dear mother who is still alive.I appreciate her more each day.My mother does not change, but I do.As I grow older and wiser, I realize what an extraordinary person she is.How sad that I am unable to speak these words in her
presence, but they flow easily from my pen.
幸运的是，我亲爱的母亲依然健在。我对她的感情与日俱增。母亲没有变，而我却变了。随着年岁的增长，我越来越懂事了，我认识道她是个非常了不起的人。这些话在她面前我难以启齿，但
在笔下却可以轻易地写出来，这令我感到多么难过。
How does a daughter begin to thank her mother for life itself? For the love, patience and just plain hard work that go into raising a child? For running after a toddler, for understanding a moody teenager, for tolerating a college student who knows everything? For waiting for the day when a daughter realizes her mother really is?
一个女儿该怎样开口感谢她的母亲所给予的生命？感谢她在抚养孩子时所付出的爱、耐心以及无私的辛勤劳动？感谢她跟在蹒跚学步的孩子身后奔跑，对情绪不定的少女的理解，以及对一个自
以为是的大学生的宽容？感谢她等待女儿认识到她真实一位好母亲的这一天？
How does a grown woman thank for a mother for continuing to be a mother? For being ready with advice(when asked ) or remaining silent when it is most appreciated? For not saying:”I told you so”, when she could have uttered these words dozens of times? For being eentially herself—loving, thoughtful, patient,
and forgiving?
一个成年女子该怎样感谢母亲依然如故的角色？感谢在被问到时她会及时提供良言，而在不需要时她会保持沉默？感谢她没有说：“我告诉过你，”而她本来可以说上许多次？感谢她始终不变的
爱心、体贴周到、耐心与宽容厚道？
I don’t know how, dear God, except to ble her as richly as she deserves and to help me live up to the example she has set.I pray that I will look as good in the eyes
of my children as my mother looks in mine.
我不知道该怎样来表达，亲爱的上帝，除了请求你好好地保佑她——那时她该得到的——并帮助
我朝她作出的榜样看齐。我祈愿在孩子的眼里我会如同母亲在我眼里一般好。
A daughter
一个女儿
