大学英语精读预备级课文翻译(5)

去。

I did, and just as I was about to reboard the train for my gate, I saw that the man and his son ha d returned too. I realized then that they hadn’t been heading for a flight, but had just bee riding the shuttle.

正准备上车的时候，我看到那对父子也回来了。那时我意识到他们不是来乘飞机的，而是特意来坐区间列车的。

“You want to go home now?” the father asked/

“你想要回家了吗”父亲问道

“I want to ride some more!”

“我还想再坐一会儿!”

“More?” the father said, pretending to be annoyed but clearly pleased. “You’re not tired?”

“再坐一会儿!”父亲假装很生气，单明显很高兴的说，“你还不累?”

“This is fun!” his son said.

“真好玩!”儿子说。

“All right,” the father replied, and when a door opened we all got on.

“好吧，”父亲说。车门开了，我们都上了车。

There are parents who can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, and the children turn out rotten. There are parents who live in million-dollar houses and give their children cars and swimming pools, yet something goes wrong. Rich and poor, black and white, so much goes wrong so often.

我们很多父母有能力送孩子去欧洲，去迪斯尼乐园，可孩子还是堕落了。很多父母住豪华别墅，孩子有车有游泳池，可孩子还是学坏了。富人、穷人，黑人、白人，那么多人都轻易学坏了。

“Where are all these people going, Daddy?” the son asked.

“爸爸，这些人去哪?”儿子问。

“All over the world,” came the rep ly. The other people in the air port were leaving for distant destinations or arriving at the ends of their journeys. The father and son, though, were just riding this shuttle together, making it exciting, sharing each other’s company.

“世界各地。”父亲回答。机场来来往往的人流或准备远行，或刚刚归来。这对父子却在乘坐区间列车，非常兴奋的享受着批次的陪伴。

So many troubles in this country – crime, the lack of purpose that seems to be taking over the lives of many young people, the lowering of educational standards,