[这个贴子最后由lqf在 2007/04/16 11:01pm 第 2 次编辑]
不好意思啊,我迟到了 ,第一次翻译东西,需朋友帮我改一下,所以迟了。翻得不好啊, 希望高手多多指教阿。
About the reasons why I joined the Guangzhou Youth Volunteer Association
Every month I stay with my grandfather and grandmother in their home for a few days .At the end of the month when I go to their home, I always see grandfather waiting for me alone under a dry rot peach tree at the entry of the village, with his affable face. The happiest moment to the elderly is when they are accompanied by us, and with our company they feel happy and joyous. Look, when my grandfather sees me, he smiles from the bottom of his heart .At the same time, I also feel very happy.
My grandfather’s home is located in a remote village in Hubei Province. There is a zigzag and rugged road before the entry of the village, which is the only way leading to the outside .At the entry of the village is a little pool, which is the centre of the village. When I was in the high school, I began to pay attention to an old lady, who lived at the north of village alone.
Grandfather said that the old lady had a daughter, but unfortunately, her husband committed suicide during the Culture Resolution. From then on, her daughter never came back home to see her mother and never spoken one word in the village for many years, because many villagers thought her husband’s death was due to her fault.
Shortly after entering the high school, I saw the old lady for the first time. When I wandered in the village that day, I saw her moving slowly on the path by the pool with her basket. At that time, I felt very puzzled, but I didn’t dare to go to see what had happened, because my father said she was a bad grandma, with the evidences that she was the daughter of a landlord and her fate contributed to her husband’s death, according to one superstitious saying of some Chinese people. When I thought of my father’s words, I hurried to grandfather’s home immediately. Later I heard grandfather said she was blind and couldn’t do much things, so many her relatives would help her with some work as long as they had spare time. However, her relatives were also busy during the time of harvest.
After one year I went back to hometown again by another byway also near to the pool. Again I met her ,and she purchased some things from the store at the entry of the village .I didn’t dare to have a eye contact with her and hurried to leave ,lowering my head .I touched her carelessly because of the narrow byway. At the same time, she leaned forward, when I realized, she already fell over on the ground, but still smiled regardless of little pain I observed from her face. I was shock and hurried to help her stand up. To my surprise, she was so weak although her body was wrapped by her overstaffed clothes. I sympathized with her from the bottom of my heart uncontrollably, and helped her go home . On the way home, she was very happy, although she didn’t say much. I didn’t expect such little help could make her so happy. Therefore, I decided to help her go to her home in order to let happiness last much longer. When we arrived, I found that was an old house in disrepair with a big hall and variegated walls made people shudder with fear. Hence I wanted to leave after helping her sit down on the chair, but it seemed that she didn’t want me to leave immediately. She asked me a lot of questions and gave me a dozen of milk with AD calcium for me to drink, but I didn’t accept it and hurried to go home with some perfunctory words, because I thought of what father had told me about her before
From then on I never met her and never thought of visiting her, although I went to hometown for many times, and I never planned to see her.
I knew she had passed away until grandfather chatted with one of the old lady’s relatives one time. she was an old lady,who had experienced so many dramatic changes in her life ,but why couldn’t she enjoy the care of the world , and why she died with loneliness ,why we believed the sayings from other people superficially and didn’t listened to her carefully. I regretted that I hurried to leave her that time and did not went to see her , even though I had sufficient time .Why we treated an old lady who was weak just like a candle in the wind ,and why we let her pass away with loneliness. I think no one in the world has this right to treat a poor old lay like this.
Therefore, I become a volunteer now, for one side, I can compensate for my regret from the past, for the other side, I want to make the lonely people feel warm and love of the world.
可能有些地方不能准确地表达作者的原意,因能力有限,我以后会注意改进的,要跟作者说声对不起了~~~~
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