双语散文:A moving storyabout FAMILY

 　　A moving story--about FAMILY

　　A man came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find his 5-year oldson waiting for him at the door.

　　SON: "Daddy, may I ask you a question?"

　　DAD: "Yeah sure, what is it?" replied the man.

　　SON: "Daddy, how much do you make an hour?"

　　DAD: "That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?" the man said angrily.

　　SON: "I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?"

　　DAD: "If you must know, I make $20 an hour."

　　"Oh", the little boy replied, with his head down.Looking up, he said,"Daddy, may I please borrow $10?"

　　The father was furious, "If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I work hard everyday for such this childish behaviour."

　　The little boy quietly went to his room an! d shut the door.The man sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

　　After about an hour or so, the man had calmed down,and started to think: Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $10 and he really didn't ask for money very often.

　　The man went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door. "Are you asleep, son?" He asked. "No daddy, I'm awake," replied the boy.

　　"I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier said the man ."It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation¹ on you. Here's the $10 you asked for." The little boy sat straight up,smiling. "Oh, thank you.daddy!" He yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled² up bills.

　　The man, seeing that the boy already had money,started to get angry again.he little boy slowly counted out his money, then looked up at his father."Why do you want more money ! if you already have some?" the father grumbled³. "Because I didn't have enough, but nowI do," the little boy replied. "Daddy, I have $20 now. Can I buy anhour of your time? Please comehome early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you."

　　So what is the moral of the story? Don't work too hard...and you know what's the full word of FAMILY?

1 aggravation   

n.烦恼，恼火

参考例句：

• She stirred in aggravation as she said this. 她说这句话，激动得过分。
• Can't stand the aggravation, all day I get aggravation. You know how it is." 我整天都碰到令人发火的事，你可想而知这是什么滋味。” 来自教父部分

2 crumpled   

adj. 弯扭的, 变皱的 动词crumple的过去式和过去分词形式

参考例句：

• She crumpled the letter up into a ball and threw it on the fire. 她把那封信揉成一团扔进了火里。
• She flattened out the crumpled letter on the desk. 她在写字台上把皱巴巴的信展平。

3 grumbled   

抱怨( grumble的过去式和过去分词 )； 发牢骚； 咕哝； 发哼声

参考例句：

• He grumbled at the low pay offered to him. 他抱怨给他的工资低。
• The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. 天热得让人发昏，水手们边干活边发着牢骚。