以下是小編整理的情感類英語美文欣賞：感激父母：你所記得的一切， 希望對你有所感觸。

　　All you remember

　　All you remember about your child being an infant isthe incredible awe you felt about the preciousmiracle you created. You remember having plenty oftime to bestow all your wisdom and knowledge. Youthought your child would take all of your advice andmake fewer mistakes, and be much smarter than youwere. You wished for your child to hurry and growup.

　　All you remember about your child being two is neverusing the restroom alone or getting to watch a movie without talking animals. You recallafternoons talking on the phone while crouching in the bedroom closet, and being convincedyour child would be the first Ivy League college student to graduate wearing pullovers at theceremony. You remember worrying about the bag of M&M's melting in your pocket and ruiningyour good dress. You wished for your child to be more independent.

　　All you remember about your child being five is the first day of school and finally having thehouse to yourself. You remember joining the PTA and being elected president when you left ameeting to use the restroom. You remember being asked "Is Santa real?" and saying "yes"because he had to be for a little bit longer. You remember shaking the sofa cushions for loosechange, so the toothfairy could come and take away your child's first lost tooth. You wished foryour child to have all permanent teeth.

　　All you remember about your child being seven is the carpool schedule. You learned to applymakeup in two minutes and brush your teeth in the rearview mirror because the only time youhad to yourself was when you were stopped at red lights. You considered painting your caryellow and posting a "taxi" sign on the lawn next to the garage door. You remember peoplestaring at you, the few times you were out of the car, because you kept flexing your foot andmaking acceleration noises. You wished for the day your child would learn how to drive.

　　All you remember about your child being ten is managing the school fund-raisers. You soldwrapping paper for paint, T-shirts for new furniture, and magazine subscriptions for shadetrees in the school playground. You remember storing a hundred cases of candy bars in thegarage to sell so the school band could get new uniforms, and how they melted together onan unseasonably warm spring afternoon. You wished your child would grow out of playing aninstrument.

　　All you remember about your child being twelve is sitting in the stands during baseball practiceand hoping your child's team would strike out fast because you had more important things todo at home. The coach didn't understand how busy you were. You wished the baseballseason would be over soon.

　　All you remember about your child being fourteen is being asked not to stop the car in front ofthe school in the morning. You had to drive two blocks further and unlock the doors withoutcoming to a complete stop. You remember not getting to kiss your child goodbye or talking tohim in front of his friends. You wished your child would be more mature.

　　All you remember about your child being sixteen is loud music and undecipherable lyricsscreamed to a rhythmic beat. You wished for your child to grow up and leave home with thestereo.

　　All you remember about your child being eighteen is the day they were born and having all thetime in the world.

　　And, as you walk through your quiet house, you wonder where they went and you wish yourchild hadn't grown up so fast.

　　中文：

　　當(dāng)你的孩子是個嬰兒時，你所記得的，是你對自己創(chuàng)造出的堪稱完美奇跡的作品，感到不可思議的敬畏。你記得你有大量的時間去傳授你所有的智慧和知識。你認(rèn)為你的孩子將會接受你所有的忠告而少犯錯誤，將會比孩提時代的你聰明許多。你多希望你的孩子快快長大。

　　孩子兩歲時，你所記得的，是從不能獨(dú)自使用衛(wèi)生間，從不看一部與動物無關(guān)的電影。你記得那些蜷縮在臥室儲衣間跟朋友通電話的下午，深信你的孩子將是第一個身著套頭衫出席畢業(yè)典禮的常春藤名牌大學(xué)畢業(yè)生。你記得你擔(dān)心那袋M&M巧克力糖會在你的衣兜里融化，毀了你體面的衣服。你多希望你的孩子更獨(dú)立些。

　　孩子5歲時，你所記得的，是他上學(xué)第一天你終于獨(dú)自擁有整個房子了。你記得參加家長—教師聯(lián)系會，在你離開會議室去洗手間時，你當(dāng)選為會長。你記得孩子問你“圣誕老人是真的嗎?”你回答“是的”，因?yàn)樗€需要你的肯定回答，盡管不久他就能自己判斷了。你記得在沙發(fā)墊子下一通翻騰要找出些零錢，這樣牙齒仙女就會來把你孩子掉的第一顆牙帶走。你多希望孩子的牙都換成了恒牙。

　　孩子7歲時，你所記得的，是合伙用車的時間安排。你學(xué)會了在兩分鐘內(nèi)化完妝，照著汽車后視鏡刷牙，因?yàn)槟隳芙o你自己找出的時間就只有汽車停在紅燈前的那小段。你想過把你的車子漆成黃色，并在車庫門旁的草坪上立一個“出租車”的標(biāo)志牌。你記得有幾次你下車后，人們盯著你，因?yàn)槟悴粩嘤媚_踩油門加速，制造噪音。你多希望孩子有一天能學(xué)會開車。

　　孩子10歲時，你所記得的，是怎么組織學(xué)校的募捐者。你們?yōu)橹匦路鬯W(xué)校兜售包裝紙，為購置新家具兜售體恤衫，為在學(xué)校操場上種植遮陽樹勸人訂閱各種雜志。你記得你在車庫里存放了上百盒糖果等待出售，得到錢后學(xué)校的樂隊(duì)就可以購置新制服，可是那些糖果竟在一個暖和得過頭的春天的下午全都融化在一起了。你多希望孩子長大，不再演奏什么樂器了。

　　孩子12歲時，你所記得的，是孩子在體育場打棒球練習(xí)賽時，你坐在看臺上希望你孩子所在的隊(duì)很快三擊不中出局，因?yàn)榧依镞€有更重要的事等你去做。教練不明白你為什么那么忙。你多希望棒球賽季能盡快結(jié)束。

　　孩子14歲時，你所記得的，是他不讓你早晨把汽車停在校門口。你不得不開過兩個街區(qū)，車還沒停穩(wěn)就趕緊打開車門。你記得沒能在他的朋友面前跟他吻別或說話。你多希望孩子能更成熟些。

　　孩子16歲時，你所記得的，是吵鬧的音樂和以富有節(jié)奏的拍子尖聲唱出的難以聽懂的歌詞。你多希望孩子快點(diǎn)長大成人，帶著音響離開家吧。

　　孩子18歲時，你所記得的，是他們出生的那一天，擁有世間所有的時光。

　　當(dāng)你在靜靜的房子里走來走去時，你納悶他們?nèi)ツ睦锪?mdash;—你多希望孩子別這么快就長大了。