All you remember about your child being ten is managing the school fund raisers.
孩子10岁时,你所记得的,是怎么组织学校的募捐者。
You sold wrapping paper for paint, T shirts for new furniture,
你们为重新粉刷学校兜售包装纸,为购置新家具兜售体恤衫,
and magazine subscriptions for shade trees in the school playground.
为在学校操场上种植遮阳树劝人订阅各种杂志。
You remember storing a hundred cases of candy bars in the garage to sell so the school band could get new uniforms,
你记得你在车库里存放了上百盒糖果等待出售,得到钱后学校的乐队就可以购置新制服,
and how they melted together on an unseasonably warm spring afternoon.
可是那些糖果竟在一个暖和得过头的春天的下午全都融化在一起了。
You wished your child would grow out of playing an instrument.
你多希望孩子长大,不再演奏什么乐器了。
All you remember about your child being twelve is sitting in the stands during baseball practice and ,
孩子12岁时,你所记得的,是孩子在体育场打棒球练习赛时,你坐在看台上
hoping your child’s team would strike out fast because you had more important things to do at home.
希望你孩子所在的队很快三击不中出局,因为家里还有更重要的事等你去做。
The coach didn’t understand how busy you were.
教练不明白你为什么那么忙。
You wished the baseball season would be over soon.
你多希望棒球赛季能尽快结束。
All you remember about your child being fourteen is being asked not to stop the car in front of the school in the morning.
孩子14岁时,你所记得的,是他不让你早晨把汽车停在校门口。
You had to drive two blocks further and unlock the doors without coming to a complete stop.
你不得不开过两个街区,车还没停稳就赶紧打开车门。
You remember not getting to kiss your child goodbye or talking to him in front of his friends.
你记得没能在他的朋友面前跟他吻别或说话。
You wished your child would be more mature.
你多希望孩子能更成熟些。
All you remember about your child being sixteen is loud music and undecipherable lyrics screamed to a rhythmic beat.
孩子16岁时,你所记得的,是吵闹的音乐和以富有节奏的拍子尖声唱出的难以听懂的
You wished for your child to grow up and leave home with the stereo.
你多希望孩子快点长大成人,带着音响离开家吧。
All you remember about your child being eighteen is the day they were born and having all the time in the world.
孩子18岁时,你所记得的,是他们出生的那一天,拥有世间所有的时光。
And, as you walk through your quiet house, you wonder where they went and you wish your child hadn’t grown up so fast.
当你在静静的房子里走来走去时,你纳闷他们去哪里了——你多希望孩子别这么快就长大了。育路外语
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