双语：父亲，我想对你说

　　这个周日就是2017年的父亲节了，你是否有什么话想要对你的父亲说?也许在这个特殊的日子，给父亲写一封信会是一个好主意。

双语：父亲，我想对你说

　　Dear Dad,

　　亲爱的爸爸，

　　Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Father’s Day cards. They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, and selected and read again, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you.

　　今天我在商场花了很长时间阅读那些写满父亲节寄语的卡片。那些卡片上面的文字很特别，也或多或少地表达出了我对您的感受。但当我反复挑选阅读时，我发现没有一张卡片能明确表达我想对您说的`话。

　　You’ll soon be 84 years old, Dad, and you and I will have had 55 Father’s Days together. I haven’t always been with you on Father’s Day nor have I been with you for all of your birthdays. It wasn’t because I didn’t want to be with you. I’ve always been with you in my heart but sometimes life gets in the way.

　　爸爸，您很快就84岁了，并且我和您将共度第55个父亲节。无论父亲节还是您的生日，我并非总是陪在您身边。而这并不是因为我不想陪伴您。我的心一直在您身畔，可奈何人生世事变幻。

　　You know, Dad, there was a time when we were not only separated by the generation gap but completely polarized by it. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other, father and daughter split apart by age and experience, opinions, hairstyles, cosmetics, clothing, curfews, music, and boys.

　　爸爸，您知道的，有段时间我们完全被时代代沟阻隔。您站在沟壑一边，而我在另一边。父女生生被年龄、经验、意见、发式、化妆、服饰、晚归、音乐和男友等因素分开。

　　The Father-Daughter Duel of ’54 shifted into high gear when you taught me to drive the old Dodge and I decided I would drive the ‘54 Chevy whether you liked it or not. The police officer who escorted me home after you reported the Chevy stolen late one evening was too young to understand father-daughter politics and too old to have much tolerance for a snotty 16 year old. You were so decent about it, Dad, and I think that was probably what made it the worst night of my life.

　　那时，您教我开那部道奇旧车，可我却不顾您是否同意执意要开那辆雪佛兰54，也由此，我们的争执开始白热化。您报警说雪佛兰车被盗的那晚，护送我回家的警察到家太年轻，根本不懂我们父女俩之间的政治斗争，可他也不小了，竟然对一个16岁的流鼻涕的小孩没有足够耐心。爸爸，您对这件事处理得很体面，但我想那可能是我一生中最糟糕的一个夜晚吧。

　　最后，小编再送上一份为父亲而做的祷告：

　　Gaynell Bordes Cronin

　　From Friend Jesus: Prayers for Children

　　Thank you, friend Jesus,

　　感谢你，我的朋友耶稣

　　For my father who loves me,

　　为爱我的父亲

　　For my grandfather who cares for me,

　　为关心我的祖父，

　　And for God, your father and mine,

　　为你和我的父亲——上帝

　　Who made me and is always with me.