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父親節(jié)快樂(lè)

Happy Father’s Day

湖北省武漢市 方芳 供稿

編者注：在父親節(jié)這天，人們常常佩帶鮮花，表達(dá)對(duì)父親的敬重和思念。父親節(jié)雖沒(méi)有母親節(jié)那樣隆重，但我們對(duì)父母的敬愛(ài)之心，都是一樣的。當(dāng)母親含辛茹苦地照顧我們時(shí)，父親也在努力地扮演著他的角色，他們對(duì)我們的人生也有著很重要的影響，因此，在父親節(jié)這天，大聲地對(duì)父親說(shuō)一句“爸爸，我愛(ài)你”吧!

Father’s Day originated from America.On the third Sunday of June every year,all the fathers will receive lots of gifts and greetings from their children.Father’s Day is coming.Are you ready to send your father a gift?Whatwill you send?

父親節(jié)起源于美國(guó)。在每年六月的第三個(gè)星期日這天，每個(gè)父親都會(huì)收到來(lái)自他們孩子的禮物和問(wèn)候。父親節(jié)就要到了，你準(zhǔn)備給你的爸爸送一份禮物了嗎？你打算送什么禮物呢？

If you can’t see your dad on Father’s Day,then write him a card orelectronic card(電子卡片),or call your dad,telling him you love him.If you can spend Father’s Day with him,you can cook ameal yourself or just help your mother to cook some food your father likes.Thismeal surely will let him remember you.After themeal,you can give him a warmhug(擁抱),because it can express how much you care for him.

如果在父親節(jié)那天你見(jiàn)不到你爸爸，那就給他寫(xiě)一張卡片或者電子卡片，或者打電話給他告訴他你很愛(ài)他。如果你可以和他一起過(guò)父親節(jié)，你可以自己做或者幫你媽媽做一頓飯，做一些爸爸愛(ài)吃的菜。吃完飯后，給爸爸一個(gè)溫暖的擁抱，因?yàn)閾肀Э梢员磉_(dá)你有多在乎他。

If your father is aworkaholic(工作狂),aneyepatch(眼罩)is a good choice.An eyepatch ensures fatherswho fly a lot a good sleep even on airplanes.You can also send your father a CD of lightmusic.It can be difficult for busy fathers to fall asleep when they have toomany things on mind.Light music can help clear themind and get prepared for sleep.Watches and pens are the two important things for a man.Send your father a watch or a pen so that he has yourcompany(陪伴)even in his office.

如果你的爸爸是個(gè)工作狂，眼罩會(huì)是一個(gè)很好的選擇。眼罩可以保證那些經(jīng)常要坐飛機(jī)的爸爸們即使在飛機(jī)上也有好的睡眠。你也可以送給你爸爸一張輕音樂(lè)的CD。對(duì)那些忙碌的爸爸們來(lái)說(shuō)，當(dāng)他們想太多事情的時(shí)候很難入睡。輕音樂(lè)可以幫助理清思緒，有助于睡眠。手表和鋼筆對(duì)男人來(lái)說(shuō)是很重要的兩樣?xùn)|西。送給你爸爸一只手表或一支鋼筆，那樣的話，即使是在辦公室，他也會(huì)有你陪伴。

Here are some expressions of fathers.

“That is the thankless position of the father in the family—the supporter for all,and the enemy of all.”

——August Strindberg

這就是父親在家中費(fèi)力不討好的地方——既要養(yǎng)活全家，又受全家敵視。

——奧古斯特·斯特臨堡

“It is a wise father that knows his own child.”

—William Shakespeare

了解自己孩子的父親是明智的父親。

——威廉·莎士比亞

“It doesn’t matter who my father was;itmatterswho I remember he was.”

—Anne Sexton

我的父親是誰(shuí)并不重要；重要的是我記憶中的他是誰(shuí)。

——安妮·塞克斯特

“A man knows when he is growing old,because he begins to look like his father.”

—Gabriel Garcia Marquez

一個(gè)男人發(fā)現(xiàn)他在變老，因?yàn)樗_(kāi)始像他的父親。

——加布里埃爾·加西亞·馬爾克斯

“I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father’s protection.”

—Sigmund Freud

在孩提時(shí)期，我不能想象還有什么需要比父親的保護(hù)更強(qiáng)烈。

——西格蒙德·弗洛伊德

“One father ismore than a hundred schoolmasters.”

—English proverb

1 個(gè)爸爸比100個(gè)校長(zhǎng)還頂用。

——英國(guó)諺語(yǔ)

Children’s attitudes towards their fathers always change.

4 years old：My Daddy can do anything!

4 歲：爸爸什么都會(huì)！

7 years old：My Dad knows a lot...awhole lot.

7 歲：爸爸懂得挺多，真的挺多。

8 years old：My father does not know quite everything.

8 歲：爸爸懂的也不是那么多。

12 years old：Oh well,naturally,father does not know thateither.

12 歲：哦，這個(gè)嘛，爸爸肯定不懂。

14 years old：Oh,father?He is hopelessly oldfashioned.

14 歲：唉，老爸？他實(shí)在是太老派了。

21 years old：Oh,thatman—he is out of date!

21 歲：哦，那個(gè)人已經(jīng)落伍了。

25 years old：He knows a little bit about it,but notmuch.

25 歲：他懂點(diǎn)，但不是太多。

30 years old：Imust find out what dad thinks about it.

30 歲：我必須問(wèn)問(wèn)老爸看他怎么想。

35 years old：Before we decide,we will get dad’s idea first.

35 歲：在做決定之前，先問(wèn)問(wèn)老爸的意見(jiàn)。

50 years old：What would dad have thought about that if he hasn’t died?

50 歲：要是老爸還在，他會(huì)怎么看這件事呢？

60 years old：My dad almost knew everything!

60 歲：我爸幾乎什么都明白！

65 years old：I wish I could talk it over with dad oncemore.

65 歲：我真想再有機(jī)會(huì)和爸爸說(shuō)話。