一直没说出口的谢谢

类别：成长

讲述作者二十年后向高中恩师表达迟到感谢的感人经历，领悟表达感激永远都不晚。

时长 60 秒 · 语速 139 wpm

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In high school, I had an English teacher named Mr. Lin. 高中的时候，我有个英语老师姓林。

Once, he kept me after class and said, "You write well. 有一次，他把我留堂，对我说：“你文笔很好。

Don't waste it." 别荒废了。”

Nobody had ever said that to me. 从来没有人对我说过这样的话。

I'm a writer now. 我现在成了一名作家。

I've thought of that sentence a thousand times. 这句话我想过无数次。

I never thanked him. 我却从没谢过他。

I was seventeen, and then I was busy, 那时候我十七岁，后来一直在忙，

and then twenty years had gone by. 转眼二十年就过去了。

Last month, I finally wrote an email. 上个月，我终于写了一封邮件。

Three short paragraphs. 短短的三段话。

I sent it to the school's address, expecting nothing. 我发到了学校的邮箱，没抱任何希望。

He must be retired. 他肯定已经退休了。

Four days later, a reply. 四天后，我收到了回信。

"Of course I remember you. “我当然记得你。

Last row, by the door. 最后一排，靠门的位置。

You were always reading a novel under the desk, 你总在桌子底下偷偷看小说，

and you thought I didn't see." 还以为我没看见呢。”

I read it three times. 这封信我读了三遍。

I waited twenty years because I thought it was too late. 我等了二十年，因为我以为早就来不及了。

It wasn't. 但其实没有。

It almost never is. 其实从来都不算晚。