英語溫馨夜讀I PART3 05 Date With Mamma 我與媽媽有個約會

[00:00.64]Date With Mamma 我與媽媽有個約會 [00:05.89]After 21 years of marriage, [00:08.30]I discovered a new way of keeping alive the spark of love. [00:12.13]I started to go out with another woman. It was really my wife’s idea. [00:18.04]“I know that you love her,”she said one day, taking me by surprise. [00:23.83]“But I love YOU,” I protested.“I know, but you also love her,”she said. [00:29.85] The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, [00:34.23]but the demands of my work and my three children [00:37.48]had made it possible to visit her only occasionally. [00:40.90]That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. [00:45.61]“I thought that it would be pleasant to pass some time with you,”I said. [00:49.87]“Just the two of us,”he thought about it for a moment, [00:53.50]then said,“I would like that very much.” [00:56.55]That Friday after work, as I drove over to pick her up I was a bit nervous. [01:02.67]When I arrived at her house, I noticed that she, too, [01:06.57]seemed to be nervous about our date. [01:08.59]She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress [01:12.26]that she had worn to celebrate her last wedding anniversary. [01:15.25]She smiled from a face that was as radiant as an angel’s. [01:19.85]We went to a very nice and cozy restaurant. [01:23.76]After we sat down, I had to read the menu. [01:26.85]A nostalgic smile was on her lips. [01:30.38]“It was I who used to have to read the menu when you were small,”she said. [01:35.60]“Then it’s time that you relax and let me return the favor,” I responded. [01:40.42]During the dinner we had an agreeable conversation—nothing extraordinary— [01:46.33]but catching up on recent events of each other’s life. [01:50.05]We talked so much that we missed the movie. [01:52.89]As we arrived at her house later, she said, [01:56.49]“I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.”I agreed. [02:01.86]A few days later my mother died of a massive heart attack. [02:06.46]It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. [02:10.84]At that moment I understood the importance of saying in time “I LOVE YOU” [02:16.52]and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve. [02:19.70]Nothing in life is more important than your family. [02:22.98]Give them the time they deserve, [02:25.24]because these things cannot be put off till “some other time”.

00:00

00:00

MP3下載 文本下載