爱你千遍

　　A thousand times

       My son is growing up and it scares me. Terrifies me, actually. Girls, driving, alcohol¹, drugs, how can I protect him from all of these things? When he was little, I was one of those regimented on the present mothers. Even when it was hard and I was tired. I addressed even the most seemingly² insignificant³ experience. If I thought there was something fundamental⁴. I am doing these for the long whole, I tell myself and my credits⁵, now, I have to help my instincts⁶ all right. My chances from guidance daily, and covered by ever present and often more favourite peers⁷. I feel my influence will be replaced by someone wearing a or short skirt, I repeat the basics to him when he doesn’t want to listen. That is the tough issues. Head on! And I hold on to my belief that for the formative years. I demented his full attention and maybe that unremitting consistency⁸ will save us both.
I know that I haven’t lost him completely. Not yet, anyway. Because the look he gave me the other day when I drove him to schoolI love you, I said always. Usually he will say, I love you too.byeBut he didn’t. But it is OK. He is 14, what do I expect? Then he looked straight at me, I love you. He said quietly, he looked right into my eyes, to see that I hurt him, the girlsWho were passing by were out of ill by then. His words at that look happened in a hundreds of a second. But the whole universe became still, and I couldn’t hear a think. His entire lifetime blessed though my mind. I know him better than anyone in thisI can hear what he is not saying, know what he means, I love you too, mom, and I hope you know that. I want to say it back to you when you said it, but there was people walking by, and they might have heard me, and they me. And I didn’t want you leaving without hearing it. Because I really do love you. Please understand. I understand, I understand growing up is tough, and I wouldn’t be a teenager again even if I could. I understand that I can’t be with him every second, and protect him and look outside my grasp; I understand how important it is for him to know that I am here. And he can always count on me. And so I tell him these over and over. Even when he says, mom, you have already told me thousands of times! Since the day he became a part of me, I have tired to prepare us both of this separation. Right or wrong, almost everything that I ever done has been to be and now I am scare to deaf, now I can only trust his future to the past, I’ve told him I love him everyday, 2,3 or 12 times a day, for 14 years now. He usually says it back, it becomes a, may it last. May it protect him when I can’t. And I tell him again and again, talk to me, I am here for you. Trust me, I will help you. I will always listen. You can tell me anything, and a thousand times a day, I’ll say, I love you! Sometimes he will say it back, but even when he doesn’t , I’ll hear it anyway.

1 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

2 seemingly   

adv.从表面上看起来，似乎是

参考例句：

• Seemingly,we can do nothing to prevent this from happening.我们似乎没有什么办法阻止这件事发生。
• For several seemingly interminable seconds no one spoke.有几秒钟没有人讲话，这几秒钟似乎十分漫长。

3 insignificant   

adj.无关紧要的，可忽略的，无意义的

参考例句：

• In winter the effect was found to be insignificant.在冬季，这种作用是不明显的。
• This problem was insignificant compared to others she faced.这一问题与她面临的其他问题比较起来算不得什么。

4 fundamental   

adj.基本的，主要的；基本原则，基本法则

参考例句：

• The fundamental way out for agriculture lies in mechanization.农业的根本出路在于机械化。
• Fresh air is fundamental to good health.新鲜空气对健康是不可缺少的。

5 credits   

n.节目前后字幕；信任，信用，声望，荣誉， [财务]贷方，银行存款；信任( credit的名词复数 )；存款；学分；（借钱偿还的）信誉link-v.相信，信任，把…归给

参考例句：

• He credits me with having better sense than that. 他认为我的见识要比那强得多。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Does this item go among the credits or the debits? 这笔账应记入贷方还是借方？ 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

6 instincts   

本能，天性，直觉( instinct的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The sight of the hopeless little boy aroused her maternal instincts. 那个绝望的小男孩的模样唤起了她的母性。
• Don't ask me; follow your instincts and do what you think is right. 不要问我，凭你自己的直觉行事，你认为什么是对的就去做什么。

7 peers   

n.同等的人，贵族vi.凝视，窥视vt.与…同等，封为贵族v.凝视( peer的第三人称单数 )；盯着看；同等；比得上

参考例句：

• She enjoys the respect of her peers. 她受到同侪的尊敬。
• She peers into my eyes. 她盯着我的眼睛。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 consistency   

n.一贯性，前后一致，稳定性；(液体的)浓度

参考例句：

• Your behaviour lacks consistency.你的行为缺乏一贯性。
• We appreciate the consistency and stability in China and in Chinese politics.我们赞赏中国及其政策的连续性和稳定性。