双语有声阅读：你所记得的

All you remember about your child being an infant is the incredible awe¹ you felt about the precious miracle you created.

 

你所记得的，当你的孩子是个婴儿时，你对自己创造出的堪称完美奇迹的作品，感到不可思议的敬畏。

 

You remember having plenty of time to bestow² all your wisdom and knowledge.

 

你记得你有大量的时间去传授你所有的智慧和知识。

 

You thought your child would take all of your advice and make fewer mistakes, and be much smarter than you were.

 

你认为你的孩子将会接受你所有的忠告而少犯错误，将会比孩提时代的你聪明许多。

 

You wished for your child to hurry and grow up.

 

你多希望你的孩子快快长大。

 

All you remember about your child being two is never using the restroom alone or getting to watch a movie without talking animals.

 

你所记得的，是孩子两岁时，从不能独自使用卫生间，从不看一部与动物无关的电影。

 

You recall afternoons talking on the phone while crouching³ in the bedroom closet, and being convinced your child would be the first Ivy⁴ League college student to graduate wearing pullovers at the ceremony.

 

你记得那些蜷缩在卧室的壁橱里与朋友通电话的下午，深信你的孩子将是第一个身着套头衫出席毕业典礼的常春藤名牌大学毕业生。

 

You remember worrying about the bag of M＆M’s melting in your pocket and ruining your good dress.

 

你记得你担心那袋M＆M巧克力糖会在你的衣兜里融化，毁了你体面的衣服。

 

You wished for your child to be more independent.

 

你多希望你的孩子更独立些。

 

All you remember about your child being five is the first day of school and finally having the house to yourself.

 

你所记得的，是孩子5岁时，他开学的第一天，你终于独自拥有整个房子了。

 

You remember joining the PTA and being elected president when you left a meeting to use the restroom.

 

你记得参加家长教师联系会，在你离开会议室去洗手间时，你当选为会长。

 

You remember being asked “Is Santa real?” and saying “yes” because he had to be for a little bit longer.

 

你记得孩子问你“圣诞老人是真的吗？”你回答“是的”，因为他还需要你的肯定回答，尽管不久他就能自己判断了。

 

You remember shaking the sofa cushions for loose change, so the tooth fairy could come and take away your child’s first lost tooth.

 

你记得在沙发垫子下一通翻腾要找出些零钱，这样牙齿仙女就会来带走你孩子掉的第一颗牙。

 

You wished for your child to have all permanent teeth.

 

你多希望孩子的牙都换成了恒牙。

 

All you remember about your child being seven is the carpool schedule.

 

你所记得的，是孩子7岁时，合伙用车的时间安排。

 

You learned to apply makeup⁵ in two minutes and brush your teeth in the rearview mirror because the only time you had to yourself was when you were stopped at red lights.

 

你学会了在两分钟内化完妆，照着汽车的后视镜刷牙，因为你能给你自己找出的时间就只有汽车停在红灯前的那小段。

 

You considered painting your car yellow and posting a “taxi” sign on the lawn next to the garage door.

 

你想过把你的车子漆成黄色，并在车库门旁的草坪上立一个“出租车”的标志牌。

 

You remember people staring at you, the few times you were out of the car, because you kept flexing⁶ your foot and making acceleration⁷ noises.

 

你记得有几次你下车后，人们盯着你，因为你不断用脚踩油门加速，制造噪音。

 

You wished for the day your child would learn how to drive.

 

你多希望孩子有一天能学会开车。

 

All you remember about your child being ten is managing the school fund-raisers.

 

你所记得的，是孩子10岁时，怎么组织学校的募捐者。

 

You sold wrapping paper for paint, T-shirts for new furniture, and magazine subscriptions⁸ for shade trees in the school playground.

 

你们为重新粉刷学校兜售包装纸，为购置新家具兜售T恤衫，为在学校操场上种植遮阳树劝人订阅各种杂志。

 

You remember storing a hundred cases of candy bars in the garage to sell so the school band could get new uniforms, and how they melted together on an unseasonably warm spring afternoon.

 

你还记得你在车库里存放了上百盒糖果等待出售，得到钱后学校的乐队就可以购置新制服，可是那些糖果竟在一个暖和得过头的春天下午全都融化在一起了。

 

You wished your child would grow out of playing an instrument.

 

你多希望孩子长大，不再演奏什么乐器了。

 

All you remember about your child being twelve is sitting in the stands during baseball practice and hoping your child’s team would strike out fast because you had more important things to do at home.

 

你所记得的，是孩子12岁时，在体育场打棒球练习赛时，你坐在看台上，希望你孩子所在的队很快三击不中出局，因为家里还有更重要的事等你去做。

 

The coach didn’t understand how busy you were.

 

教练不明白你为什么那么忙。

 

You wished the baseball season would be over soon.

 

你多希望棒球赛季能尽快结束。

 

All you remember about your child being fourteen is being asked not to stop the car in front of the school in the morning.

 

你所记得的，孩子14岁时，他不让你早晨把汽车停在校门口。

 

You had to drive two blocks further and unlock the doors without coming to a complete stop.

 

你不得不开过两个街区，车还没停稳就赶紧打开车门。

 

You remember not getting to kiss your child goodbye or talking to him in front of his friends.

 

你记得没能在他的朋友面前跟他吻别或说话。

 

You wished your child would be more mature.

 

你多希望孩子能更成熟些。

 

All you remember about your child being sixteen is loud music and undecipherable lyrics⁹ screamed to a rhythmic¹⁰ beat.

 

你所记得的，孩子16岁时，用吵闹的音乐和富有节奏的拍子尖声唱出难以听懂的歌词。

 

You wished for your child to grow up and leave home with the stereo.

 

你多希望孩子快点长大成人，带着音响离开家吧。

 

All you remember about your child being eighteen is the day they were born and having all the time in the world.

 

你所记得的，孩子18岁时，他们出生的那一天，拥有世间所有的时光。

 

And, as you walk through your quiet house, you wonder where they went and you wish your child hadn’t grown up so fast.

 

当你穿过你寂静的房子时，你不知道他们去哪里了——你多希望孩子别这么快就长大了。

1 awe   

n.敬畏，惊惧；vt.使敬畏，使惊惧

参考例句：

• The sight filled us with awe.这景色使我们大为惊叹。
• The approaching tornado struck awe in our hearts.正在逼近的龙卷风使我们惊恐万分。

2 bestow   

v.把…赠与，把…授予；花费

参考例句：

• He wished to bestow great honors upon the hero.他希望将那些伟大的荣誉授予这位英雄。
• What great inspiration wiII you bestow on me?你有什么伟大的灵感能馈赠给我？

3 crouching   

v.屈膝，蹲伏( crouch的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• a hulking figure crouching in the darkness 黑暗中蹲伏着的一个庞大身影
• A young man was crouching by the table, busily searching for something. 一个年轻人正蹲在桌边翻看什么。 来自汉英文学 - 散文英译

4 ivy   

n.常青藤，常春藤

参考例句：

• Her wedding bouquet consisted of roses and ivy.她的婚礼花篮包括玫瑰和长春藤。
• The wall is covered all over with ivy.墙上爬满了常春藤。

5 makeup   

n.组织；性格；化装品

参考例句：

• Those who failed the exam take a makeup exam.这次考试不及格的人必须参加补考。
• Do you think her beauty could makeup for her stupidity?你认为她的美丽能弥补她的愚蠢吗？

6 flexing   

n.挠曲，可挠性v.屈曲( flex的现在分词 )；弯曲；（为准备大干而）显示实力；摩拳擦掌

参考例句：

• Flexing particular muscles allows snakes to move in several ways. 可弯曲的特殊的肌肉使蛇可以用几种方式移动。 来自电影对白
• China has become an economic superpower and is flexing its muscles. 中国已经成为了一个经济巨人而且在展示他的肌肉。 来自互联网

7 acceleration   

n.加速，加速度

参考例句：

• All spacemen must be able to bear acceleration.所有太空人都应能承受加速度。
• He has also called for an acceleration of political reforms.他同时呼吁加快政治改革的步伐。

8 subscriptions   

n.（报刊等的）订阅费( subscription的名词复数 )；捐款；（俱乐部的）会员费；捐助

参考例句：

• Subscriptions to these magazines can be paid in at the post office. 这些杂志的订阅费可以在邮局缴纳。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Payment of subscriptions should be made to the club secretary. 会费应交给俱乐部秘书。 来自《简明英汉词典》

9 lyrics   

n.歌词

参考例句：

• music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hart 由罗杰斯和哈特作词作曲
• The book contains lyrics and guitar tablatures for over 100 songs. 这本书有100多首歌的歌词和吉他奏法谱。

10 rhythmic   

adj.有节奏的，有韵律的

参考例句：

• Her breathing became more rhythmic.她的呼吸变得更有规律了。
• Good breathing is slow,rhythmic and deep.健康的呼吸方式缓慢深沉而有节奏。