Dear Son

佚名 / Anonymous

Dear son，

The day that you see me old and I am already not， have patience and try to understand me...

If I get dirty when eating...if I can not dress...have patience. Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.

If， when I speak to you， I repeat the same things thousand and one times...do not interrupt me...listen to me.

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...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 necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile...I taught you how to do so many things... to eat good， to dress well...to confront life...

When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation...let me have the necessary 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...

If ever I do not want to eat， do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.

When my tired legs do not allow me walk...give me your hand...the same way I did when you gave your first steps.

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...Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.

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...

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.

I love you， son...

Your father

親愛的孩子：

當你看到我日漸衰老，昔日的強壯不在之時，請耐心地努力去了解我……

如果我吃東西時弄得一團糟……如果我無法穿戴整齊……請耐心點。你要記得，我教你做這些事情時曾花費了多少時間。

如果，當我總是一再重復相同的事情……請不要打斷我……請耐心聽我說……

在你很小的時候，我必須一遍又一遍地重復講同一個故事給你聽，直到你入睡……

當我不想淋浴時，不要羞辱我，也不要斥責我……你要記得，我曾編造了上千條理由，只是為了讓你洗澡……

當你看到我對新技術的愚笨無知時，給我一些必要的時間，不要帶著嘲諷的笑意看著我……我曾教了你多少事情啊……吃好，穿好……面對生活……

當我在交談中偶爾忘記了內容，或者思路不清……讓我有一些必要的時間回憶……如果我不能想起，請不要不安……因為最重要的不是我的談話，而是有你相伴，有你傾聽……

如果我有時不想吃東西，不要強迫我，我清楚自己什么時候需要食物，什么時候不需要。

當我衰老的雙腿無法行走……伸出你的手……在你邁出人生的第一步時，我也曾這樣幫你。

還有，當我有一天告訴你，我不想再活了……想隨風而逝時，不要生氣……總有一日，你會明白的……設法去了解，像我這樣的年紀，不過是茍延殘喘。

總有一天，你會發現，盡管我有許多過錯，但我總想給你最好的，并總是設法為你鋪好道路……

看到我靠近你時，一定不要感到傷心、生氣或無奈，你一定要站在我身邊，設法理解我、幫助我，就像在你剛開始生活時我所做的那樣。扶著我行走……用愛和耐心幫助我走完人生……我會用微笑和始終給你的寬廣的愛來回報你。

我愛你，孩子……

你的父親

記憶填空

1. When you see my ignorance new technologies...give me the necessary and not look at me with your mocking ...I taught you how to do so many things...to eat good， to dress ...to confront life...

2. And when someday I say to you I do not want to live any more... that I want to ...do not get angry...some day you will understand...Try to that my age is not lived but survived.

3. You must not feel ， angry or impotent for seeing me you. You must be next to me， try to understand me and to me as I did it when you started living.

佳句翻譯

1. 當你看到我日漸衰老，昔日的強壯不在之時，請耐心地努力去了解我……

2. 在你很小的時候，我必須一遍又一遍地重復講同一個故事給你聽，直到你入睡……

3. 當我衰老的雙腿無法行走……伸出你的手……在你邁出人生的第一步時，我也曾同樣這樣幫你。

短語應用

1. When I do not want to have a shower， neither shame me nor scold me...

neither…nor：既不……也不……

2. …I tried to prepare the way for you...

prepare for：為……準備，使有準備