少兒英語(yǔ)朗讀:《扎克伯格給小女兒的信》

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小小朗讀者：Amy（11歲）-良聲少兒英語(yǔ)表演藝術(shù)學(xué)員

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

歡迎來(lái)到這個(gè)世界！我和你媽媽迫不及待地想要知道你會(huì)成長(zhǎng)為一個(gè)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 in — a world with better education, fewer diseases, stronger communities, and greater equality.

你姐姐出生的時(shí)候，我們給她寫了一封信，告訴她我們希望她在怎樣的一個(gè)世界里成長(zhǎng)。現(xiàn)在，你也將要在這個(gè)我們希冀中的世界里成長(zhǎng)。在這個(gè)世界里，教育更完善，疾病更少，社會(huì)更團(tuán)結(jié)，也更公平。

We wrote that with all the advances in science and technology, your generation should live dramatically better lives than ours, and we have a responsibility to do our part to make that happen.

我們寫道，因?yàn)榭茖W(xué)和技術(shù)的進(jìn)步，你們這一代人的生活應(yīng)當(dāng)遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)好于我們，我們有責(zé)任將這個(gè)愿景實(shí)現(xiàn)。

Even though headlines often focus on what's wrong, we still believe these positive trends will win out. We're optimists about your generation and the future.

雖然人們經(jīng)常關(guān)注負(fù)面消息，但我們?nèi)韵嘈胚M(jìn)步的趨勢(shì)會(huì)占上風(fēng)。我們對(duì)你們這一代人、對(duì)未來(lái)都十分樂(lè)觀。

But rather than write about growing up, we want to talk about childhood. The world can be a serious place. That's why it's important to make time to go outside and play.

不過(guò)，相較于成長(zhǎng)的話題，我們還是更想跟你說(shuō)說(shuō)童年。世界終究是個(gè)嚴(yán)肅的地方，所以抓緊時(shí)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(zhǎng)大，你就會(huì)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(jìn)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(lái)覆去讀你最愛的蘇斯博士的書，直到你靈感涌動(dòng)，開始創(chuàng)造自己關(guān)于Vipper of Vipp的故事。

注：蘇斯博士（Dr. Seuss），二十世紀(jì)卓越的兒童文學(xué)家、教育學(xué)家，一生創(chuàng)作了許多在西方家喻戶曉的早教作品。Vipper of Vipp，是蘇斯博士寫的Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!一書中的角色。

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，2015年11月出生）一起騎旋轉(zhuǎn)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 yard 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(jué)，我希望你是一個(gè)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(mèng)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(shí)光充滿魔力。你只有一次童年，別把它都花在擔(dān)心未來(lái)上。

You’ve got us for that, and we’ll do everything we possibly can to make sure the world is a better place for you and all children in your generation.

那些事情，留給爸爸媽媽，我們會(huì)竭盡所能地讓這個(gè)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. We wish you a life of joy, love and the same hope you give us.

寶貝，爸爸媽媽非常愛你，我們滿心激動(dòng)地和你踏上這段探險(xiǎn)旅程。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