爸爸的二十岁

类别：成长

一次偶然的提问，让我发现沉默寡言的父亲年轻时也曾有过骑车奔赴大海的肆意青春。

时长 55 秒 · 语速 153 wpm

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My father is a quiet man. 我爸是个话不多的人。

He worked in the same office for thirty-five years. 他在同一个办公室干了三十五年。

In my whole childhood, I saw him do three things: work, 在我整个童年里，我就见他做过三件事：工作、

read the newspaper, and fix things. 看报纸，还有修东西。

Last spring, we were sitting on his balcony, 去年春天，我们坐在他的阳台上，

and I asked a question I'd never asked. 我问了他一个我从没问过的问题。

"Dad, what were you doing when you were twenty?" “爸，你二十岁那会儿都在干嘛呢？”

He was quiet for a while. 他沉默了一会儿。

Then he said, "I had a motorcycle." 然后他说：“我那时有辆摩托车。”

I almost dropped my tea. 我手里的茶差点没拿稳。

A red one, he said. 他说，是红色的。

He and a friend rode it 他和朋友骑着那辆车，

four hundred kilometers to see the ocean, 跑了四百公里去看海，

because neither of them ever had. 因为他俩谁都没见过大海。

They slept on the beach. 他们就睡在沙滩上。

He was smiling in a way I'd never seen. 他脸上的笑容，我从没见过。

"Why did you never tell me?" “你怎么从来没跟我提过？”

He shrugged. 他耸了耸肩。

"You never asked." “你从来没问过啊。”

For forty years, I thought I knew him. 这四十年来，我一直以为自己很了解他。

I only knew the part that came after me. 其实我只知道我出生之后的他。