美文賞析:當(dāng)我老了
還記得小時(shí)候頑皮的你嗎？還記得那時(shí)媽媽的諄諄教導(dǎo)爸爸的嚴(yán)厲批評(píng)呢？還記得你大聲地哭泣安慰你，擦掉眼淚的那個(gè)人嗎？孩子，當(dāng)我老去時(shí)，請(qǐng)?jiān)囍私馕摇?/p>
Dear son...
孩子…
The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me …
哪天你看到我日漸老去，身體也漸漸不行，請(qǐng)耐著性子試著了解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.
如果我吃的臟兮兮，如果我不會(huì)穿衣服……有耐性一點(diǎn)……
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
你記得我曾花多久時(shí)間教你這些事嗎?
If， when I speak to you，I repeat the same things thousand and one times…
如果，當(dāng)我一再重復(fù)述說(shuō)
Do not interrupt me… listen to me
同樣的事情…不要打斷我，聽(tīng)我說(shuō)….
When you were small， I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
你小時(shí)候，我必須一遍又一遍的讀著同樣的故事，直到你靜靜睡著……..
When I do not want to have a shower，neither shame me nor scold me…
當(dāng)我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要責(zé)罵我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath…
你記得小時(shí)后我曾編出多少理由，只為了哄你洗澡…..
When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
當(dāng)你看到我對(duì)新科技的無(wú)知，給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間，不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to dress well… to confront life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃，好好的穿…如何面對(duì)你的生命……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation…
如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云，
let me have the necessary time to remember…
給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間回想…
and if I cannot do it，
如果我還是無(wú)能為力，
do not become nervous…
請(qǐng)不要緊張…..
as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
對(duì)我而言重要的不是對(duì)話，而是能跟你在一起，和你的傾聽(tīng)…..
還記得小時(shí)候頑皮的你嗎？還記得那時(shí)媽媽的諄諄教導(dǎo)爸爸的嚴(yán)厲批評(píng)呢？還記得你大聲地哭泣安慰你，擦掉眼淚的那個(gè)人嗎？孩子，當(dāng)我老去時(shí)，請(qǐng)?jiān)囍私馕摇?/p>
Dear son...
孩子…
The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me …
哪天你看到我日漸老去，身體也漸漸不行，請(qǐng)耐著性子試著了解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.
如果我吃的臟兮兮，如果我不會(huì)穿衣服……有耐性一點(diǎn)……
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
你記得我曾花多久時(shí)間教你這些事嗎?
If， when I speak to you，I repeat the same things thousand and one times…
如果，當(dāng)我一再重復(fù)述說(shuō)
Do not interrupt me… listen to me
同樣的事情…不要打斷我，聽(tīng)我說(shuō)….
When you were small， I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep…
你小時(shí)候，我必須一遍又一遍的讀著同樣的故事，直到你靜靜睡著……..
When I do not want to have a shower，neither shame me nor scold me…
當(dāng)我不想洗澡，不要羞辱我也不要責(zé)罵我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented， in order that you wanted to bath…
你記得小時(shí)后我曾編出多少理由，只為了哄你洗澡…..
When you see my ignorance on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
當(dāng)你看到我對(duì)新科技的無(wú)知，給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間，不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat good， to dress well… to confront life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃，好好的穿…如何面對(duì)你的生命……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation…
如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云，
let me have the necessary time to remember…
給我一點(diǎn)時(shí)間回想…
and if I cannot do it，
如果我還是無(wú)能為力，
do not become nervous…
請(qǐng)不要緊張…..
as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
對(duì)我而言重要的不是對(duì)話，而是能跟你在一起，和你的傾聽(tīng)…..
