新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第7篇：父爱

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[00:00.21]07. A father's love 父爱
[00:07.48]Daddy just didn't know how to show love. 爸爸根本不知道怎样表达爱。
[00:11.99]It was Mom who held the family together. 把这个家维系在一起的人是妈妈。
[00:15.21]He just went to work every day and came home; 爸爸天天去上班，回家，
[00:19.30]well, she'd have a list of sins we'd committed and he'd scold us about them.  然后是妈妈向他数落我们所做的一连串错事，爸爸再为了这些事把我们骂一顿。
[00:24.85]Once when I stole a candy bar, 有一次我偷了一根棒棒糖。
[00:28.10]he made me take it back and tell the man I stole it and that I'd pay for it. 爸爸硬是要我送回去，还要我告诉卖糖的人是我偷了糖，并说我愿意帮他拆箱开包作为赔偿。
[00:33.22]But it was Mom who understood I was just a kid.  但妈妈却理解我，她知道我只不过是个孩子。
[00:37.83]I broke my leg once on the playground swing and it was Mom who held me in her arms all the way to the hospital. 再有一次，我在操场荡秋千摔坏了腿，一路抱着我到医院的人是妈妈。
[00:46.37]Dad pulled the car right up to the door of the emergency room 爸爸将车正好停在急诊室门口。
[00:51.27]and when they asked him to move it saying the space was reserved for emergency vehicles, 因为那儿是专供急救车停靠的，医院里的人就叫我爸爸把车开走。
[00:56.73]He shouted, "What do you think this is? A tour bus?"  爸爸大声吼叫起来：“你以为这是什么车？难道是旅游车吗？”
[01:00.68]At my birthday parties, Dad always seemed sort of out of place, 在我的生日聚会上，爸爸总显得有点不得其所。
[01:08.36]He just busied himself blowing up balloons, setting up tables, and running errands, 他不是忙于吹气球，就是摆桌子，或做些跑腿的活儿。
[01:14.47]it was Mom who carried the cake with the candles on it for me to blow out.  将插着蜡烛的生日蛋糕捧进来让我吹灭的人总是妈妈。
[01:20.43]When I leaf through picture albums, people always ask, "What does your Dad took like?" 我随便翻阅相册时，别人总会问“你爸爸长什么模样？”
[01:27.81]"Who knows? He was always fiddling around with the camera taking everyone else's picture. 这还真说不出。他总是摆弄着相机为别人拍照。
[01:34.59]I must have a zillion pictures of Mom and me smiling together."  我和妈妈在一起微笑的照片一定多得都数不清了。
[01:40.36]I remember when Mom told him to teach me how to ride a bicycle. 我还记得有一次妈妈叫爸爸教我骑自行车。
[01:45.96]I told him not to let it go, but he said it was time. 我叫他扶着车子别松手，他却说是时候了。
[01:49.88]I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he waved her off. 我摔了下来，妈妈跑来扶我，他却挥手让妈妈开走。
[01:54.99]I was so mad I showed him,I got right back on that bike and rode it myself. 我真是气得发疯，决心非要让他看看我的本事不可。我马上骑上车，竟能一个人骑了。
[02:02.36]He didn't even feel embarrassed and just smiled.  爸爸却一点也不尴尬，只是笑笑。
[02:07.20]When I went to college, Mom did all the writing. 我上大学了，给我的信总是妈妈写的。
[02:11.51]He just sent checks and a little note about how great his lawn looked now that I wasn't playing football on it.  爸爸只知道寄钱，顶多附上一张便条，告诉我他的草坪现在修整得多么好，而如今我却不能在上面踢球。
[02:18.65]Whenever I called home, he acted like he wanted to talk, but he always said, "I'll get your mother."每次我打电话回家，爸爸总像是有话要说，但结果他总是说“我把你妈叫来接”。
[02:27.63]When I got married, it was Mom who cried. 我结婚的时候，妈妈哭了。
[02:30.81]He just blew his nose loudly and left the room. 爸爸只是大声打着鼻响，离走出了房间。
[02:35.20]All my life he said, "Where are you going? What time are you coming home? No, you cannot go."  在我一生中，他总是说：“你去哪儿？你什么时候回家？不，你不能去。”
[02:42.28]Daddy just didn't know how to show love, unless...  爸爸就是不知道怎样表达爱，只会这样......
[02:46.62]Is it possible he showed it and didn't recognize it ?  爸爸向我们表达了爱，难道他只是没有意识到吗？

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新概念一生必读的英语经典美文第7篇：父爱