时间:2018-12-26 作者:英语课 分类:温馨夜读


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[00:00.75]Say“I Love You” 说出我爱你


[00:08.95]In a class I teach for adults, I gave the class homework.


[00:13.55]The assignment was to go to someone you love and tell them you love them.


[00:18.47]It doesn’t sound like a very tough assignment,


[00:21.64]until you realize that most of the men were over 35


[00:25.36]and were raised in the generation of men


[00:27.99]that were taught that expressing emotions is not“macho”.


[00:32.26]At the beginning of our next class,


[00:35.86]I asked if someone wanted to share his experience.


[00:39.15]A man raised his hand. He appeared quite moved and a bit shaken.


[00:44.62]He began,“Dennis, I was quite angry with you last week


[00:50.86]when you gave us this assignment.


[00:52.50]I didn’t feel that I had anyone to say those words to.


[00:56.00]But as I was driving home my conscience started talking to me.


[01:00.92]It was telling me that I knew exactly who I needed to say‘I love you’to.


[01:05.84]You see, five years ago,


[01:10.07]my father and I had a serious disagreement and never resolved it since that time.


[01:15.22]We avoided seeing each other


[01:17.72]unless we had to be at Christmas or other family gatherings 1.


[01:21.38]So last Tuesday by the time I got home


[01:24.73]I had convinced myself I was going to tell my father I loved him.”


[01:29.07]“It’s weird 2, but just making that decision


[01:33.09]seemed to lift a heavy load off my chest.”


[01:35.83]“The next day at 5.30 p.m., I was at my parents’house ringing the doorbell.


[01:41.65]It was Dad who answered the door.”


[01:44.80]“I didn’t waste any time—I took one step in the door and said,


[01:50.51]‘Dad, I just came over to tell you that I love you.’”


[01:54.43]“It was as if a transformation 3 came over my dad.


[01:58.36]Before my eyes his face softened 4,


[02:01.39]the wrinkles 5 seemed to disappear and he began to cry.


[02:05.04]He reached and hugged me and said,‘I love you too, son,


[02:09.85]but I’ve never been able to say it.’”


[02:12.15]“It was such a precious moment.”


[02:14.34]“But that’s not even my point.


[02:17.51]Two days after that visit,


[02:20.33]my dad had a heart attack and ended up in hospital, unconscious.


[02:24.95]I don’t know if he’ll make it.”


[02:27.46]“So my message to all of you in this class is this:


[02:31.18]Don’t wait to do the things you know need to be done.


[02:35.23]What if I had waited to tell my dad—maybe I will never get the chance again!


[02:40.38]Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!”




1 gatherings
聚集( gathering的名词复数 ); 收集; 采集; 搜集
  • His conduct at social gatherings created a lot of comment. 他在社交聚会上的表现引起许多闲话。
  • During one of these gatherings a pupil caught stealing. 有一次,其中一名弟子偷窃被抓住。
2 weird
adj.古怪的,离奇的;怪诞的,神秘而可怕的
  • From his weird behaviour,he seems a bit of an oddity.从他不寻常的行为看来,他好像有点怪。
  • His weird clothes really gas me.他的怪衣裳简直笑死人。
3 transformation
n.变化;改造;转变
  • Going to college brought about a dramatic transformation in her outlook.上大学使她的观念发生了巨大的变化。
  • He was struggling to make the transformation from single man to responsible husband.他正在努力使自己由单身汉变为可靠的丈夫。
4 softened
(使)变软( soften的过去式和过去分词 ); 缓解打击; 缓和; 安慰
  • His smile softened slightly. 他的微笑稍柔和了些。
  • The ice cream softened and began to melt. 冰淇淋开始变软并开始融化。
5 wrinkles
n.(尤指皮肤上的)皱纹( wrinkle的名词复数 );皱褶;有用的建议;妙计v.使起皱纹( wrinkle的第三人称单数 );(尤指皮肤)起皱纹
  • There were fine wrinkles around her eyes. 她眼角上出现了鱼尾纹。
  • His face was lined with wrinkles. 他的脸上都是皱纹。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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