Those days in your life –for your beloved mother
生命中的岁月——献给敬爱的母亲
When you came into the world, she held you in her arms. You thanked her by shaking your fists and weeping your eyes out.
你来到人世,她抱你在怀。你却挥舞着拳头、哭得天昏地暗。
When you were 3 years old, she made all your meals with love. You thanked her by tossing the fork on ground and turn over the tray on her lap, crying for ice-cream ,coke and ham sandwich(hamburger).
你3岁时,她满怀爱心为你备三餐。你却把餐叉摔在地上,把盘子打翻在她膝上,哭着要吃冰淇淋、可乐和火腿三明治。
When you were 6 years old, she enrolled you in kindergarten; she began to teach you arithmetic and alphabet; she told you the tale of the fisherman and the little fish. You thanked her by hiding in the dwarf bushes to play with ants, contaminating your school uniform.
你6岁时,她送你上幼儿园,开始教你算术,教你拼音,给你讲《渔夫和鱼的故事》。你却放了学躲在灌木丛里玩蚂蚁,把校服弄得脏兮兮。
When you were 12 years old, you were fascinated with chess and painting. She invited chess coach for you, bought you painting brushes and took you to galleries. You thanked her by being careless about your studies, sketching portraits of teachers in class. Nicknaming your classmates, and getting very low scores.
你12岁时,迷上了下棋和画画,她给你请教练,给你买画笔,带你去画廊。你却在学校不好好学习,课堂上给老师画头像,给同学们起外号,考试不及格。
When you were 15 years old, she took you to learn to play the violin and trumpet in an orchestra, and paid you for summer camp abroad, You thanked her by going to bars and clubs to listen to jazz and pop music secretly, by being cynical to her so-called classic art and her tunnel vision.
你15岁时,她带你去一个管弦乐队学习小提琴和小号,掏钱送你去国外参加夏令营。你却偷偷地去酒吧听爵士乐和流行音乐,对她所谓的经典艺术不屑一顾,说她见识狭隘。
When you were 20 years old, you began to date with your girlfriend. You learnt to play the guitar and went to gymnasium for girlfriend. She was concerned about you, telling this to you aunts in neighborhood accidentally. You thanked her by disputing with her, "I am an adult, You needn't worry about me!"
你20岁时,开始交女朋友,为了女朋友,你学吉他,去健身房。母亲关心你,无意间把这件事告诉周围的阿姨们。你却对她大吼:“我已经是成人了!用不着你们操心!”