新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第10篇：父子俩

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[00:00.42]10. A father and a son 父子俩
[00:09.22]Passing through the Atlanta airport one morning, I caught one of those trains that take travelers from the main terminal to their boarding gates. 一天早晨去亚特兰大机场，我看见一辆列车载载着旅客从航空集散站抵达登记处。
[00:20.27]Free, sterile and impersonal, the trains run back and forth all day long. 这类免费列车每天单调、无味地往返其间。
[00:26.97]Not many people consider them fun, but on this Saturday I heard laughter.  没人觉得有趣，但这个周六我却听到了笑声。
[00:33.13]At the front of the first car - looking out the window at the track that lay ahead - were a man and his son.  在头节车厢的最前面，坐着一个男人和他的儿子。他们正透过窗户观赏着一直往前延伸的铁道。
[00:41.20]They had just stopped to let off passengers, and the doors wee closing again. 他们停下来等候旅客下车，之后，车门关上了。
[00:46.92]"Here we go! Hold on to me tight!"the father said. “走吧。拉紧我！”父亲说。
[00:52.74]The boy, about five years old, made sounds of sheer delight.  儿子大约5岁吧，一路喜不自禁。
[00:57.49]I know we're supposed to avoid making racial distinctions these days, so I hope no one will mind if I mention 我知道如今我们不该种族歧视，我希望我这样描述没人介意。
[01:06.86]that most people on the train were white, dressed for business trips or vacations - 上坐的多半是衣冠楚楚，或公差或度假的白人，
[01:12.59]and that the father and son were black, dressed in clothes that were just about as inexpensive as you can buy.  车只有这对黑人父子穿着朴素简单。
[01:21.53]"Look out there!" the father said to his son. “快看！”父亲对儿子说：
[01:26.54]"See that pilot? I bet he's walking to his plane."“看见那位飞行员了吗？我敢肯定是去开飞机的。”
[01:30.59]The son craned his neck to look.  儿子伸长脖子看。
[01:34.48]As I got off, I remembered some thing I'd wanted to buy in the terminal. 下了车后我突然想起还得在航空集散站买点东西。
[01:40.58]I was early for my flight, so I decided to go back.  离起飞时间还早，于是我决定再乘车回去。
[01:45.22]I did - and just as I was about to reboard the train for my gate, I saw that the man and his son had returned too. 正准备上车的时候，我看到那对父子也来了。
[01:55.45]I realized then that they hadn't been heading for a flight, but had just been riding the shuttle.  我意识到他们不是来乘飞机的，而是特意来坐区间列车的。
[02:03.88]"You want to go home now? " The father asked. 爸爸问：“你想现在回家吗？”
[02:06.98]"I want to ride some more!"  “我还想再坐一会儿！”
[02:09.22]"More?” the father said, mock-exasperated but clearly pleased. "You're not tired?"  “再坐一会儿！”父亲嗔怪模仿着儿子的语调，“你还不累？”
[02:19.12]"This is fun!" his son said.  “真好玩！”儿子说。
[02:23.27]"All right," the father replied, and when a door opened we all got on.  “好吧，”父亲说。车门开了，我们都上了车。
[02:29.57]There are parents who can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, and the children turn out rotten. 我们很多父母有能力送孩子去欧洲，去狄斯尼乐园，可孩子还是堕落了。
[02:38.40]There are parents who live in million-dollar houses and give their children cars and swimming pools, yet something goes wrong. 很多父母住豪华别墅，孩子有车有游泳池，可孩子还是学坏了。
[02:47.63]"Where are all these people going, Daddy?" the son asked.  “爸爸，这些人去哪？”儿子问。
[02:52.48]"All over the world," came the reply. “世界各地。”父亲回答。
[02:56.55]The other people in the air port wee leaving for distant destinations or arriving at the ends of their journeys. 机场来来往往的人流或准备远行，或刚刚归来。
[03:04.57]The father and son, though, were just riding this shuttle together, making it exciting, sharing each other's company.  这对父子却在乘坐区间列车，享受着父子间的亲情与陪伴。
[03:13.57]Here was a father who cared about spending the day with his son 而这里。这位父亲却很在意花上一天陪伴儿子，
[03:18.99]and who had come up with this plan on a Saturday morning.  并在这样一个星期六的早上，提出这个计划。
[03:23.61]Parents who care enough to spend time, and to pay attention and to try their best. 父母愿意花时间，愿意关注，愿意尽心尽职。
[03:29.83]It doesn't cost a cent, yet it is the most valuable thing in the world.  这不要花一分钱，可这却是世间无价之宝。
[03:36.32]The train picked up speed, and the father pointed something out, and the boy laughed again.  火车加速了。父亲指着窗外说着什么，儿子直乐.

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第10篇：父子俩