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Dear Dad， 亲爱的爸爸： Today I was at the shopping mall and I spent a lot of time reading the Fathers Day cards.They all had a special message that in some way or another reflected how I feel about you. Yet as I selected and read, and selected and read again, it occurred to me that not a single card said what I really want to say to you. 今天我在商场的时候, 我读了好长时间的有关父亲节的贺卡。那些卡片上面的文字很特别，也或多或少地表达出了我对您的感受。我挑选读过一次后，又挑选读了一遍，但那并不是一张贺卡所能表达出我想对您说的话的。 Youll soon be 84 years old,Dad,and you and I will have had 55 Fathers Days together.I havent always been with you on Fathers Day nor have I been with you for all of your birthdays.It wasnt because I didnt want to be with you. Ive always been with you in my heart but sometimes life gets in the way. 爸爸，很快您就要84岁了，您和我也将度过这第55个父亲节。父亲节的那天，我总是不能和您在一起，连您过生日的时候我也是这样，但这并不是因为我不想陪在您身边。其实，在我心里，我总是和您在一起。不过，有的时候，生活也会有差错。 You know,Dad,there was a time when we were not only separated by the generation gap but completely polarized by it. You stood on one side of the Great Divide and I on the other, father and daughter split apart by age and experience, opinions, hairstyles, cosmetics, clothing, curfews, music, and boys. 爸爸，您也知道，我们父女俩曾有一段时间因为代沟不在一起过，比如年龄、个人阅历、观点、发型、化妆、服装、音乐、作息时间以及男朋友，因为这些，我们的观点也非常对立。您站在大分离的一端，我站在大分离的另一端。 | 
