英语小达人 436 What Friendship Means to Me?

 What Friendship Means to Me? 友谊对我意味着什么？

I have a list of folks I know all written in a book,  我在一个本子里记下了很多朋友的名字，

and every now and then I go and take a look.  偶尔翻开瞧瞧时，

That is when I realize these names they're a part, not of the book they're written in but taken from the heart. 我意识到这些名字不仅记在本子上，而且记在心灵深处。

For each name stands for someone who crossed my path sometime,  每一个名字都代表着一个人，他们在特定时间进入我的生命轨迹，

and in that meeting they have become the reason and the rhyme.  因为与他们相遇，我找到了人生的意义和韵律。

it may sound fantastic for me to take this claim,  我这样说可能听起来很不可思议，

but I really am composed of each remembered name.  但我其实是由记忆中的每一个名字共同塑造而成。

You may not be aware of any special link,  你可能意识不到这其中有丝毫特殊的联系，

but just knowing you has shaped my life more than you could ever think.  然而你的出现给我的生活带来重大影响，远远超出你的想象。

Please don't think my greeting as just a mere¹ routine,  不要以为我的问候只是形式，

your name was not forgotten in-between.  你的名字在问候中不会被遗忘。

For when I send a greeting that is addressed to you,  我向你打招呼，

it is because you're on the list of folks I'm indebted to.  是因为你是我要感激的人。

So whether I've known you for many days or few,  所以不管我认识你很久还是几天，

in some ways you have a part in shaping things I do.  在某种程度上你都会影响我的处事方式。

I total up the many folks I've met,  我将遇到的人记在一起，

and you're a friend I would prefer never to forget. 你就是我永远不能忘怀的朋友。

1 mere   

adj.纯粹的；仅仅，只不过

参考例句：

• That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
• It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。