My Dad Never Says "I Love You."
There was a time when I thought my dad didn't know a thing about being a good father.
我以前一度以为我的父亲一切不知道怎样做一位好父亲呢。
I couldn't remember him ever saying the words "I love you."
我以至不记得他以前说过“我爱你了”这样的话呢。
It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say "No" to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a car.
对我而言，他生涯中惟一的目的即是对所有我想去的场所和想做的事说“不了”，包罗我要一辆车呢。
Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver's licenses.
一些父母会在孩子拿到驾驶证后给你们买车呢。
Not my dad — he said that I'd have to get a job and buy my own.
但我的父亲不-是——他说我必须找份工做然后自己买车呢。
So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and saved every penny I could. And when I had enough to buy my car, I did嘛！
因而我照做了呢。我在全家高级餐厅找了份工做，存下挣到的每一分呢。当我有足够的买车时，我就买了！
The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to show it off to.
我把车开回家的那天，我父亲是我第一位想夸赞我新车的人呢。
"Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I'll only charge you five dollars." I offered with a smile.
我笑着说“看吧，父亲，我自己买的车呢。如果你想搭车，我只收你五美圆呢。了”
"I see," was all he said.
他只说了句“知道了呢。了”
One day, there was something wrong with my father's truck. So he needed a ride to work.
某天，父亲的货车出了疑呢。因而他需要搭车去事情呢。
The sun wasn't even up when we left the house, but it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a hot day.
咋们出门的时刻太阳还没升起，但以前热起身了呢。应当会是个大热天呢。
As I dropped my dad off, I watched him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his tools from the truck of my car.
我爸卸车时，我看着他，穿着工做服，从后备箱取出器械呢。
Watching his sun-weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were more lines than I ever remembered being there before.
看着他风吹日晒的脸，即便隔了一段差异，也能看出他脸上比以前回忆中多了许多皱纹呢。
I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher（水泥修整工）.
我意想到为了全家父亲工做有多艰辛，父亲是一位水泥修整工呢。
In that instant, it occurred to me that he actually got down on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete（混凝土） to make a living for his family.
在那逐一霎时，我突然想起父亲确实以前四肢伏地，手脚并用，在滚烫的混凝土上汗如雨下，以此来挣养家呢。
And he did this day in and day out, however hot it got.
他日复一日做着这份工做，岂论天气有多热呢。
Never, not once, had I hear him complain about it.
我从未有过一次，听见他的埋怨呢。
To him we were "worth" it. And never once did he "charge" us for it.
对他而言，咋们有这样的“价了”，他从未向咋们“收取开支了”呢。
When he slammed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to hand me five dollars.
他拉下尾箱，把器械放到旁边，走到窗户边，递给我五美圆呢。
I rolled down the window and said "Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It's on me. Don't work too hard. I love you."
我摇卸车窗，说道“拜拜，父亲，你留着吧呢。我请你呢。工作别太辛劳，我爱你呢。了”
His eyes met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he cleared his throat and said, "Oh, andme, too."
他的视野跟我的对应，然后瞥向放器械的方向，他清了清嗓子，说“哦，我也是呢。了”
As I drove away, I knew "me, too" was enough because my father showed me his love with his actions, day after day, year after year.
我开车离别，知道一句“我也是了”以前足够，由于父亲用他日复一日.年复一年的行-意向我表清晰爱呢。
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