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分钟 minutes [英]['mɪnɪts] [美]['mɪnɪts] 中英文小故事：再5等分钟 一天，公园里一个女人挨着一个男人在游乐场旁边的一条长椅上坐下来。“那边那个是我的儿子，”她指着一个正在滑滑梯身穿红色运动衫的小男孩说。 “他是一个漂亮的男孩，”男人说。“那个穿蓝色运动衫荡秋千的是我的儿子。”说着， 他看了看手表，朝自己儿子喊道：“我们走，你说怎么样，托德？ ” 托德央求道：“再等5分钟,爸爸。就再等5分钟。”男人点点头，托德继续尽情地荡着秋千。 许多分钟过去了。这位父亲站在那里，又朝儿子喊道：“现在该走了。”托德又央求道： “再等5分钟，爸爸。就再等5分钟。” 男士微微一笑说：“好吧。" “哎呀，你的确是一位有耐心的父亲，”那位女士说道。 男士微微一笑，然后说道：“我的大儿子汤米去年在附近骑自行车时被一个醉酒司机撞死了。我从来没有花多少时间陪伴汤米。我发过誓不在托德身上犯同样的错误。他觉得他可以继续荡5分钟秋千，事实是我得到了继续再看他5分钟的时间。” Just Five More Minutes While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a bench near a playground. That’s my son over there”，she said, pointing to a little boy in a red sweater who was gliding down the slide. "He’s a fine-looking boy,” the man said. “That’s my son on the swing" in the blue sweater•” Then, looking at his watch, he called to his son. ‘What do you say we go, Todd?” Todd pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please just five more minutes.” The man nodded and Todd continued to swing to his heart’s content. Minutes passed and the father stood and called again to his son. Time to go now.” Again Todd pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.” The man smiled and said, “OK." “My, you certainly are a patient father, the woman responded. The man smiled and then said, “My older son Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy. I’ve vowed not to make the same mistake with Todd. He thinks he has five more minutes to swing. The truth is that I get five more minutes to watch." |
