收到來自遼寧鞍山張芳老師的郵件。張老師在郵件中說：田老師，您好！這是我第二次向您的公眾號投稿了。每天都在關注您「江南一燭」的公眾號，真的是業界良心之作啊！對於我這樣一名初入職場兩年的青年教師來說，簡直是如獲至寶。每天早上刷牙的功夫都會打開您的公開課視頻，哪怕就那麼放著、聽著，每天薰陶著，感覺自己都被潛移默化地影響著！
今天我投稿的這篇文章是寫給父母的。重陽節將至，算是應了節日這個「景」吧。過慣了洋節的年輕人也該重視咱們中國的傳統節日。最近恰逢媽媽生病了，我卻因為工作原因不能日日相伴，心裡虧欠得很！說實話，錄這段音頻的時候我是有些哽咽的，但我堅持讀完了。這篇美文真的會讓你眼前像過電影一般一幕幕地閃現著從小到大的情景。我想把這篇英語美文送給更多的人，讓更多的年輕人感受到父母的愛，也讓年輕人學會懂得如何去愛我們的父母！
江南一燭微信公眾號去年開辦了《英語朗讀者》欄目，到目前為止已經推送了將近200期節目。記得今年5月19日我們推送了張芳老師的作品：《電臺播音員的經典誦讀----寫給自己的一封信》。非常高興地再次收到她的誦讀作品，而且她的作品又是專門為今天--重陽節而準備，真的是太感謝張老師了。
重陽節，又稱為老人節。之所以設立這樣的節日，無非是想提醒我們每一個人，一定要善待我們的父母，一定要懂得孝順懂得感恩。值此重陽，請允許我衷心地祝福正在閱讀的您的父母，福如東海、壽比南山、健康快樂、萬事如意！重陽節快樂！來，讓我們一起來聆聽張芳老師的經典誦讀吧。
The day that you see me old
當我日漸老去的時候
Dear son……
孩子…
The day that you see me old-
當我日漸老去的時候
The day that you see me old and I am already not, have patience and try to understand me …
哪天你看到我日漸老去,身體也漸漸不行,請耐著性子試著了解我……
If I get dirty when eating… if I cannot dress… have patience.
如果我吃的髒兮兮,如果我不會穿衣服……有耐性一點……
Remember the hours I spent teaching it to you.
你記得我曾花多久時間教你這些事嗎?
If, when I speak to you, I repeat the same things thousand and one times… do not interrupt me… listen to me
如果,當我一再重複述說同樣的事情…不要打斷我,聽我說….
When you were small, I had to read to you thousand and one times the same story until you get to sleep… When I do not want to have a shower, neither shame me nor scold me…
你小時候,我必須一遍又一遍的讀著同樣的故事,直到你靜靜睡著…….當我不想洗澡,不要羞辱我也不要責罵我……
Remember when I had to chase you with thousand excuses I invented, in order that you wanted to bath…When you see my on new technologies… give me the necessary time and not look at me with your mocking smile…
你記得小時後我曾編出多少理由,只為了哄你洗澡….當你看到我對新科技的無知,給我一點時間,不要掛著嘲弄的微笑看著我……
I taught you how to do so many things… to eat well, to dress well… to confront life…
我曾教了你多少事情啊….如何好好的吃,好好的穿…如何面對你的生命……
When at some moment I lose the memory or the thread of our conversation… let me have the necessary time to remember… and if I cannot do it；do not become nervous… as the most important thing is not my conversation but surely to be with you and to have you listening to me…
如果交談中我忽然失憶不知所云,給我一點時間回想…如果我還是無能為力,請不要緊張….對我而言重要的不是對話,而是能跟你在一起，有你的傾聽….
If ever I do not want to eat, do not force me. I know well when I need to and when not.
當我不想吃東西時,不要勉強我.我清楚知道該什麼時候進食
When my tired legs do not allow me walk… give me your hand… the same way I did when you gave your first steps.
當我的腿不聽使喚….扶我一把….如同我曾扶著你踏出你人生的第一步….
And when someday I say to you that I do not want to live any more…that I want to die… do not get angry… some day you will understand…
當哪天我告訴你不想再活下去了….請不要生氣….總有一天你會了解…
Try to understand that my age is not lived but survived.
試著了解我已是風燭殘年,來日可數.
Some day you will discover that, despite my mistakes, I always wanted the best thing for you and that I tried to prepare the way for you.
有一天你會發現,即使我有許多過錯,我總是盡我所能要給你最好的…當我靠近你時不要覺得感傷,生氣或無奈
You must not feel sad, angry or impotent for seeing me near you. You must be next to me, try to understand me and to help me as I did it when you started living. Help me to walk… help me to end my way with love and patience. I will pay you by a smile and by the immense love I have had always for you.
你要緊挨著我,如同我當初幫著你展開人生一樣的了解我,幫我….扶我一把,用愛跟耐心幫我走完人生…我將用微笑和我始終不變無邊無際的愛來回報你
I love you son…
我愛你孩子