里昂夜讀英語美文[191]:扎克伯格寫給剛出生小女兒的信

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A letter to our daughter

一封給我們女兒的信

Dear August,

親愛的八月：

Welcome to the world!

歡迎來到這個世界！

Your mom and I are so excited to see who you will become.

我和你媽媽迫不及待地想要知道你會成長為一個怎樣的人。

When your sister was born, we wrote a letter about the world we hoped she and now you will grow up into

你姐姐出生的時候，我們給她寫了一封信，告訴她我們希望她在怎樣的一個世界里成長?，F(xiàn)在，你也將要在這個我們希冀中的世界里成長。

a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality.

在這個世界里，教育更完善，疾病更少，社會更團結，也更公平。

We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology,

我們寫道，因為科學和技術的進步，

your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen.

你們這一代人的生活應當遠遠好于我們，我們有責任將這個愿景實現(xiàn)。

Even though headlines often focus on what's wrong, we still believe these positive trends will win out.

雖然人們經常關注負面消息，但我們仍相信進步的趨勢會占上風。

We're optimists about your generation and the future.

我們對你們這一代人、對未來都十分樂觀。

But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood.

不過，相較于成長的話題，我們還是更想跟你說說童年。

The world can be a serious place.

世界終究是個嚴肅的地方。

That's why it's important to make time to go outside and play.

所以抓緊時間出去玩耍很重要。

You will be busy when you're older, so I hope you take time to smell all the flowers and put all the leaves you want in your bucket now.

一旦長大，你就會變得很忙。所以我希望你能盡情地去嗅嗅所有的花朵，把你喜歡的葉子都放進小桶里。

I hope you read your favorite Dr. Seuss books so many times you start inventing your own stories about the Vipper of Vipp.

我希望你能翻來覆去讀你最愛的蘇斯博士的書，直到你靈感涌動，開始創(chuàng)造自己關于Vipper of Vipp的故事。

I hope you ride the carousel with Max until you've tamed every color horse.

我希望你跟Max（扎克伯格的大女兒）一起騎旋轉木馬，直到你們馴服每一匹彩色馬為止。

I hope you run as many laps around our living room and yards as you want.

我希望你可以在我們的客廳和后院里自由奔跑，想跑多少圈就跑多少圈。

And then I hope you take a lot of naps. I hope you're a great sleeper.

我還希望你能好好睡覺。我希望你是一個能睡的小姑娘。

And I hope even in your dreams you can feel how much we love you.

我希望即使在夢里，你依然能感受到爸爸媽媽是多么愛你。

Childhood is magical. You only get to be a child once, so don't spend it worrying too much about the future.

童年時光充滿魔力。你只有一次童年，別把它都花在擔心未來上。

You've got us for that, and we'll do everything we possibly can

那些事情，留給爸爸媽媽，我們會竭盡所能地

to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.

讓這個世界變得更好，為了你，也為你們這一代的所有小朋友。

August, we love you so much and we're so excited to go on this adventure with you.

寶貝，爸爸媽媽非常愛你，我們滿心激動地和你踏上這段探險旅程。

We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

祝愿你這一生歡喜、有愛，充滿希望，如同你帶給我們的一樣。

Love, Mom and Dad

愛你的，媽媽爸爸

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